DOES IT'S JOB, BUT A BIT SCRATCHY

After watching a few dozen videos of finger pickin' masters online, I was inspired... and bought three of these National Nickels and a thumb pick. First off, they're a cinch to fit and put on, one squeeze it all it takes. I had no trouble at all with 'em falling off. One little problem: the metal-on-metal action between the pick and strings creates scratches and screeches every once in a while. So far, with a few days of practice, it's become much less noticable.

Reviewed by gendough on 11/6/2006 who plays Blues.

Not the best, but functional

I generally purchase such picks for Scruggs-style banjo picking. The best picks I've yet to find are also made by National, the NP2s. These "Nickel Silver" picks by National are lower in quality. They do not hold to shape very well and do not interact smoothly with the strings (I used nickel banjo strings). I also find these to be more irritating to my skin than others, although this could be a result of body chemistry, and probably varies from user to user. Overall, these picks are okay but not the best for banjo-picking. I've bent one of them into more of a right-angle to use on my middle finger in conjunction with a flat pick (like James Burton) while playing electric guitar. It works pretty well for that purpose.

Reviewed by JugStomper on 10/11/2006 who plays Old-timey, Country, & Rock.

For fingerstyle, these can't be beat!

I love these picks - they are incredibly brilliant on any guitar, giving songs that folk magic. They fit my fingers perfectly, and allow me to play banjo with ease. A great pick!

Reviewed by coolwhip on 11/2/2006 who plays Folk.

great for starters

Took a little getting used to, but makes the dobro sound great. (I forgot to get a thumb pick, though).

Reviewed by Letty on 3/14/2009 who plays bluegrass.

I have used these national nickel silver finger picks since i started to finger pick a couple months ago. At first it felt odd because to me these felt clunky and bothersome. Also sometimes as I am playing the picks would all of a sudden fall off. Aside from the negtaive, these are pretty cheap and if you want to try out finger picking, this would definitely be a good investment, that or you can simply grow your nails out =).

Reviewed by emorapper on 10/26/2006 who plays rock, alternative.