Jim Dunlop 9020TP 3 Finger Picks and 1 Thumb Pick Large Player Pack (Pack of 4)

All good

but not suitable for my slender fingers!

They are well made and as expected quality from Dunlop but they are so darn painful. The thumb is the worst but the fingers suffer too. Yes you can heat and shape to fit but who pays for them when I break or mess them up doing so... oh that would be me. That said the thumb I found to be way too thick and would be too harsh for a strum. The fingers would have been ok.

Please only use these for picking on musical instruments.Not suitable for picking your nose or bum.Writing this for a friend.No, really.

I read the reviews before buying and decided to purchase them.At first i did find them tight on my large thumb and fingers.I soaked them in hot water as suggested in some reviews andwith a gentle stretching of each one i managed to widen them enoughuntil they fitted and felt comfortable.Ive just been playing my guitar for half and hour using all of the picksand they are now just fine for me.

Tried out these picks as an alternative to metal picks and now I'm hooked on them. Apart from being more comfortable to use they are less 'clicky' on the strings, although there is a slight reduction in volume. They're still not the most comfortable things to wear, but they are a lot better than the metal picks I used to use which always hurt my fingers. I lick my finger slightly before putting them on as it helps them to slide into place much easier. It also ensure no one else will want to steal them ;-)

I can't see a point in putting a size if they don't conform to the size- when they arrived 'large' fitted an eight year old's finger perfectly!Put them in really hot water, pull them apart to size then stick something inside while they cool or else they shrink back again. Fine after that, but, Mr Dunlop, why not make 'large' large in the first place?

I would say my hands are large-ish although not abnormally so, but these finger picks were too small despite being advertised as Large. I used the trick suggested by other reviewers of soaking them in hot water so they become pliable and they can then be stretched.Other than that they perform well and they produce a pleasing tone on my Martin acoustic guitar.