Customer Reviews

Wedgie WRPP31S 3.1mm Soft Wedgie Rubber Pick, 3 Pack

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A beginning uke player, have trouble holding onto the felt pick, so thought this one might make it easier. It's supposed to be soft like a finger. It IS easier to hold onto, but it REALLY drags across the strings. Doesn't feel at all like real fingers on the strings. Too much work for me to use it. For guitar, think a regular pick and some Gorilla Snot might be the better choice. For my uke, guess I'll stick with the folded paper pick, like Dad used to use.

I'm a beginner on the ukulele, and I bought these picks because I had a hard time gripping felt picks. I'm so glad I purchased these; not only are they very easy to hold (without slipping), they create a beautiful sound. The felt picks I've tried sound sharp and harsh, almost as if you can hear the sound of the pick hitting the string more than the vibration of the string itself. Not so with these picks. The sound they give is much cleaner, much more pure. At first (like some of the reviewers pointed out), I thought these picks grabbed on to the strings a little too much. They do take a little while to get used to, but once you do, you won't want to play without them.

I bought pick, wondering what a rubber pick would be like. These wedgie rubber picks are much easier on the fingers, you can grip as hard as you like, and the softness will not rub your fingers raw. On the other hand, the rubber easily grabs onto the strings, getting stuck, and basically makes it impossible to play with, unless you are just picking and not strumming. Good idea, but I don't suggest these.

For the soft-hearted feel-good guitarists is this soft guitar pick. It is a rubber pick, much thicker than a normal plastic pick, and gives your music a soft, not-so-sharp-and-tinny sound. You will love this. It's like the damper pedal on the piano.

It makes the sound of playing with picks on my ukulele so much softer. The sound is not sharp, but sweet and soft. I hate to play without these using regular picks because of the harsh slapping sound of plastic on string.

These picks have totally changed the way that I feel about playing guitar. I've never been a fan of the harsh sound of a plastic pick against my strings; but I'm not exactly a gifted fingerstyle player, either. In my opinion, these are the perfect middle ground. They sound awesome, and once you get used to holding them (they ARE a little different), they work wonderfully. If you play as heavy handed as I do, you'll find that your strings start to eat up the picks, but it's fully worth the tradeoff for the amazing, natural sound. wI'm a huge fan.

This is a great pick for all those that use picks, but need a softer sound occasionally. Much easier than getting your fingers all tangled up. The only negative is the way they seem to be packed here. They come in three colors and the colors stand for soft, medium, hard. They also come in 3 and 5mm which is the size of the grip thickness (where you grip the pick.) The white is soft, the medium grey is medium, and the dark grey is hard. I use the white and medium grey in 3.1mm and find that easy to adjust too. They are soft and they do wear fairly quickly, but you just keep playing them or do a little cutting to sharpen them back up. You get a nice soft tone and, just like using any other plectrum, you develop a picking style to get various tones (double bass, acoustic, finger style, etc. I use the soft picks for a smooth tone, and the medium pick for a deep jazzy sound (think Motown.) I never leave home without at least three of each in my gig bag.

For a real trip, if you are able to finger pick, try out the Jam Cat pick holder sold here. It is so easy to switch from finger to pick in an instant and it is always there when you need to rock it up a bit.

I've been playing the Uke (my first stringed instrument) almost daily now for almost two months and have a repertoire of 17 songs. I do not like the sound of plastic picks on strings, so when I discovered that there was such a thing as rubber picks for the Uke, I jumped on the chance to try them. I must say that I LOVE these little picks! They have made my Uke sound louder, and it is vastly easier to strum with these picks than with my thumb and/or fingers. I'm able to strum different patterns EASILY, like never before, & without the annoying sound of picks.

These picks are exactly what I needed and wanted to propel my playing to the next level. Musician's Friend prepared and dispatched my order in a timely manner, and I would not hesitate to order from them again.

I've tried all 3 types of these, and they're pretty much as-advertised. I don't really find a huge difference in tone between the relative hardnesses of the rubber, but it is there to a small degree. To me these are too dull sounding for an acoustic. Well, they don't sound bad, but if you then switch to a normal pick you'll notice the upper and upper-mid harmonics that are being de-emphasized by the duller attack. It doesn't sound bad, and in certain applications it would be fine. I wouldn't want it to be my everyday acoustic tone, though.

THey fare much better with electric guitar, where the difference in attack can be less notable, but you'll still notice the loss of some "sparkle". But for the most part I found the sound very agreeable and useable. The pick tends to catch on the strings a bit - there's more friction, of course - but it's just something to get used to.

The bottom line: I like these, and they'll probably last me almost forever, but I don't really see them becoming my go-to picks. I like the thickness and the feel (they won't slip out of your hand while playing) but the loss in high end is just enough that I don't think I want to limit myself in that way, except for certain situations. I tend to switch back and forth between a pick and fingers anyway, so I already get a sound similar to this by using my fingers. Worth a try, though, and you just might find a keeper if you need to tame an amp or guitar that's just a bit too bright. You know, at higher volumes, too, it's easy for the high frequencies to be emphasized, and these might work better in a live setting where you've got your amp cranked up.

I have a small fairly simple lap harp that my 5 year old grandaughter is learning to play. It was quickly obvious that using her fingers was not going to work - much too tender.

I purchased a package of these - they are easy and comfortable for both of us to hold and work nicely for our purpose. Our UNTRAINED ears cannot tell the difference between fingers and the picks.