7 yr old bad habit, should I bother trying to break?

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Posted at August 26, 2015, 2:23 pm:

Ever since I started playing, I've held my pick with three fingers. I know everyone says it's all about personal preference, but I have yet to see any accompolished musicians hold their pick this way, it's always with two. I feel my way allows me to keep a better grip and can adjust better for doing p.h.'s, should I bother try to correct my grip?

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Hold the pick the way you want to hold it dude.

You mean thumb, index and middle? James Hetfield plays like that.

Yea it doesnt hurt anything

Whatever feels right.

The only disadvantage i'd see would be 2 hand tapping with your middle...

I honestly think that's cool, man.

well i sometimes use the pick like that, i feel is comfortable just st...

I used to, when I was a wee noob, I changed though.

i was actually going to convert to 3 finger, and did for about a week.

how in gods name do you hold a pick with 3 fingers? Although, if ...

its rocket science.

I used to do that.

Play how you're comfortable playing.

do whatever the **** you want.

I play like that when i'm playing power chords.

Gene Simmons also looks like this.

Yeah.

holding 3 fingers is good.

Well.

123 Once you convert to 2 fingers, you'll have much more control an...

I use 2 fingers for riffage and soloing and 3 fingers if im doing rhyt...

Hey I play with my pic sideways so I can't really say anything.

I changed all my bad habits within the matter of a year: I started pl...

I play with thumb index and middle and I can do anything people say it...

is it bad that I only use one finger?

Well, can you fit two?

Adjusting for PH's in the first place is bad technique.

I used to do the 3 finger pick holding until somewhat recently, I chan...

Heh, I suck compared to most of you probably I've only been dilligent ...

I do the same thing.

if you are a tapper you can also use your middle finger to tap too if ...

Is this the correct two finger method? Sorry about the size

i normally let all my other fingers hang out but its all preference, d...

yeah, they're just curled up for the pic

Good point.

The one habit I have that I will refuse to break is having my thumb co...

This is how I hold the pick: As far as your habit is co...

haha nice, i like the banjo-esque picks.

Marty Friedman hold his pick with 3 fingers with a very odd arc to his...

I changed to two fingers recently, mostly because I wanted to do pinch...

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