ClawJam Fingerpicks Review!
Added 2018-09-21 21:30:59 +0000 UTC
Robb Torgler, proprietor of ClawJam "Handcrafted Finger & Thumb Picks" https://clawjam.com was kind enough to send me his full line of USA-made picks. In this video I demonstrate each kind (copper, brass, stainless steel and nickel silver). They are comfortable and work well so I would recommend them to anyone who uses picks--especially if you are interested in a fingerpick for playing overhand, clawhammer, frailing, stroke style &c.
From the website: "ClawJam fingerpicks are a patent pending design that enables you to play Upstroke (3 finger "Scruggs" or guitar styles) and Downstroke (clawhammer or frailing styles) with the same pick…. with no need to change it around on your finger. Dual conjoined blades make it easy to smoothly transition between styles within the same song, or even the same measure of a song! Strumming and flat-picking styles are also possible…without any adjustments to the pick or how it is worn."
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Comments
Hell yeah! That should help move some picks.
Clifton Hicks
2018-10-05 20:24:33 +0000 UTCHey Bro....we're on Bluegrass Today: <a href="https://bluegrasstoday.com/clawjammer-picks-go-both-ways-on-banjo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bluegrasstoday.com/clawjammer-picks-go-both-ways-on-banjo/</a>
RobbyT
2018-10-05 19:17:53 +0000 UTCI think for a handmade, USA-made fingerpick, with the material and finishing techniques you are using (i.e. copper and nickel silver or heat-blued steel with artwork on it + gripping surface and solder reenforcement on the inside) $25 makes sense. I will have to bring this up in a future video. I mean, the picks are beautiful, comfortable, nearly indestructible and clearly made by a craftsman. Thanks for sharing them with me.
Clifton Hicks
2018-09-22 14:50:19 +0000 UTCThanks Patrick....glad you are enjoying them!
RobbyT
2018-09-22 14:28:23 +0000 UTCMan, what a cool way to wake up…seeing this video review this morning! Clifton I can’t begin to tell you how awesome it is hearing you make that banjo sing with the ClawJam picks! I wanted to mention for the folks that are interested, but not sure about the price….they definitely are way more expensive than I’d like them to be. Unfortunately, being one guy cranking them out by hand in my barn is very time consuming. I used to do all the cutting myself but switched to laser cutting…..saves me time, but is also expensive. Then there’s the patent cost, which is way beyond what I’ve recouped in the 2 years I’ve been selling. So….my apologies on the cost, but if I charged any less I couldn’t afford to make them. I am trying to figure out how to get them less expensive…..perhaps a factory in China could make them for me…..kidding! Anyways for now it is what it is, and if you try them and don’t like them I’m happy to refund your money. Thanks again Clifton!
RobbyT
2018-09-22 14:16:50 +0000 UTCRight you are, sir! Stand by for a guitar demonstration. Robb really helped me out with these at an opportune time as I was about to go down to the local music shop (which, sadly, is an overpriced dive) and buy picks from them.
Clifton Hicks
2018-09-22 13:57:01 +0000 UTCLooks like these will bring the volume out of the guitar so you won't have to pick so hard
Bobby Banks
2018-09-22 12:08:19 +0000 UTCI have been inspired to keep experimenting with these. They sound great on nylon strings! I will have to do a follow up video on these in the future demonstrating with and without picks and then steel vs nylon strings. With steel strings the banjo can become so loud as to overwhelm the voice, but on nylons this is not the case: they really bring out the *snap* of the nylon while keeping the volume reasonable. Call me old-fashioned but using these things to attack steel strings put me in a hard rock-n-roll induced daze... no LSD required!
Clifton Hicks
2018-09-21 23:30:26 +0000 UTCThis is great! I'm going to try them out. I don't use picks often except for lap steel and dobro, but sometimes I do like them on banjo. Mine are just so uncomfortable.
Joe
2018-09-21 23:02:29 +0000 UTCI actually bought a set a while back and have been playing with them, the old set I had was really uncomfortable and I didn't like using them but the clawjam picks are very nice and don't wear your fingers out after using them for a while, I would recommend them as well
Patrick Campbell
2018-09-21 22:09:22 +0000 UTCwould have liked a comparison with no finger pick on. I am like u. Dont think I have used finger picks on a banjo except once I mean when I was trying them on a guitar for a performance and then picked up a banjo to see. Especially with the thumb you are taking different angles than without finger picks. like a lot of banjoists-many of whom do not admit it--I use accrylic nails from the nail salon to deal with frailing
Tony Thomas
2018-09-21 22:01:49 +0000 UTC
