would never use a very thin & soft pick that bends a lot during playing, those sound real nasty imo.
strong/solid picks are ok imo.
 

This thread has me thinking about making a few short u tube vids about getting good at finger style guitar playing with out having to jump through all the BS and rhetoric that's currently out there on the tube ...
 
Kenny

Good idea Kenny, go for it. Anything that helps explain that there are other musically interesting ways to play a guitar than a hundred notes a second ultra-gain shredding is always a good idea.

I find picks to be an impediment.  I have not used a pick in so long that if I try to use one I toss it against the wall after 4 bars or less.  I have a quart jar full of picks.  It sits on my night stand as a relic.
 
I do not want to learn how to use a pick.  I do not have the time left, and I play what I play....for me.  The worst thing when I did use picks, was when I couldn't find one, or the one I did find was split (which can actually yield some cool results,) or it was the wrong gauge or texture.
 
But what I want is only for me.  I am amazed at players who can use picks; amazed to tears.  I think if you want to be an all around player, one whom people seek to contribute, you better be able to swing both ways.
 
Jesse Q. Screed
 
 

tlw
Good idea Kenny, go for it. Anything that helps explain that there are other musically interesting ways to play a guitar than a hundred notes a second ultra-gain shredding is always a good idea.

I hope to get a video out there soon on this topic ....
Today I set up to do one and I guess it just wasn't meant to be ...
what can I do other than laugh ?...every thing wrong that could have happened .....happened
 
After setting up the camera and getting the right focus the guy in the house next door to me starts mowing his lawn and running the weed whacker ....
 I shut all my windows , grab an electric guitar figuring I can just run that into SONAR ..then the guitar decides it doesn't want to stay in tune for me ...
I wind up taking out my pedal board figuring I can just tune inline instead of having to stop unplug and tune the way I normally do ...No matter what I do to get with it ..... it just keeps getting and better
Then when I finally get it together a mechanic  shows up to my place to help me fix my car after he had told me 2 hours beforehand  that he cant do it until tomorrow ....
I finally gave up ...my mamma told me I would have days like these
 
Kenny
 

 
Wow , take a look at this thing ...it takes pick VS fingers to a whole new place
 

 
Kenny