Introducing the Black Mountain Thumb Pick - a Combination Traditional Flatpick and Spring-Loaded Thumb Ring
By Jackson Maxwell published
The unique pick aims to provide heightened comfort, speed, string-feel and durability for flat and/or thumb pickers.

Black Mountain Picks has unveiled an innovative new thumb pick.
The crux of the pick is its unique design, which combines a more traditional flatpick with a patented, spring-loaded thumb ring.
The flatpick component is comprised of a modified 1.5 millimeter nylon pick with a beveled edge, while the thumb ring is "ergonomically sculpted to provide a universal fit," while simultaneously allowing for the flat pick to flex along with the picking motion.
All in all, the pick aims to provide heightened comfort, speed, string-feel and durability for guitar, banjo, steel, ukulele and other stringed instrument flat and thumb pickers.
The Black Mountain Thumb Pick is available in packs of three, for $19.95, seven, for $44.95, and 12, for $74.95.
For more info on the pick, point your browser on over to blackmountainpicks.com (opens in new tab).
Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com and GuitarPlayer.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
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