I recently bought some of these picks to try them & after using others which I found unsatisfactory these proved the best I have found by far. I use the heavy most of the time. Great little product.

I have played electric guitar for over forty years & in the last 5 years have suffered from carpel tunnel syndrome(CTS). I found that whilst playing guitar, the plectrum was turning in my fingers & I had to grip it really tight to keep it in position, as you have not got full feeling in your hands with CTS & your 3 of your digits are numb. My wife & I tried to modify a plectrum by gluing it onto a tortoiseshell thumb pick which is a bit thick & not flexible. This seemed to be the answer, so we modified a couple of others for spares. We then knew what we were looking for & after months of searching we came across these picks by chance. As far as we know Strings Direct are the only company that sells them. We have seen similar items but they are too rigged or just unsuitable. Any way we sent for some to try them. All I can say is they are brilliant, totally amazing. Thanks to these picks I am still managing to play guitar without worrying about plectrum turning & don't have to grip this one hard at all, which takes the strain off my hand a bit. Also don't have to look to check if plectrum is turning. Many thanks to Herco & Strings Direct.

For years I have struggled with various thumbpicks, whilst trying to play Merle Travis style, they all seem to rigid to me and I can't get a nice tone, utlimately ending up just using my bare thumb, I have tried the Herco Light flat thumb, and for the first time I feel comfortable, also I like the fact that I can quickly switch to regular flat picking, although I still don't sound much like Merle Travis, I'm heading in the right direction.

Andy - I think your friend meant you to put the thumbpick under hot water, not your thumb. I've tried both thicknesses, and I think an even thinner one wouldn't stay on you thumb too well. However, even the heavy one is quite comfortable compared to your old style thumbpicks. <br/>Now here's something I tried, which I'd like to share. I cut the front end of the flat pick off, stuck a small velcro pad on the remaining flat part, then stuck some corresponding velcro onto various ordinary plectrums, and achieved a selection of thumbpicks which I now can't live without. After only 3 weeks I can't go back to using just my thumb, and I've NEVER got on with any kind of thumbpick in 40 years of playing guitar.

I can give a few reasons why this is worth getting. <br/> <br/>Ok. If, like me, you have unfortunate fat fingers and thumbs, you may have had problems with other thumb picks. I know I have. I tried loads, but they never fit. My thumb always hurts. One guy told me to put my thumb under very hot running water until it changed shape. DO NOT TRY THIS! <br/>However, I was delighted to find that this flat thumb pick fits just fine. I don't know why, it just does. <br/> <br/>Secondly, while this isn't so thin that you can do some really heavy strumming on your strings, you can do some light finge/thumb strumming mixed with a bit of picking very well, and it gives a great sound. The other problem I've always found with thumb pick is that on accoustics, they always sound too heavy. And the string feel like they're going to break under the weight. Not so with this. It really doesn't feel much different to picking with the fleshy part of you thumb, but it gives a better sound. <br/> <br/>The final reason is if you're not a 'proper' finger picker, by which I mean if, like me, you don't use the traditional way of thumb for the top three strings, and index, middle and ring finger for the other three, but use thumb/index finger mixture for the whole lot, then this is going to make you sound better. I grow my finger nail long and I can use that pretty well, but when you mix finger nail picking with fleshy thumb picking, you're not going to get a balanced sound. You will with this. <br/> <br/>Well worth it. But like the other review said, more choice of sizes would be good. I'd like an even thinner one that I could do some hard strumming with. It's a dream of mine to one day have a pick that I won't keep dropping when I strum. <br/>

After 13 years of using a flat pick I was surprised how natural the flat thumb pick felt when I first tried it. I use it all the time for gigs now although I'm still getting up to 'flatpick speed' after about 2 months of regular gigging. My only adverse comment would be that I find the heavy thumb pick a bit heavy and the medium pick too flimsy - maybe some more variations in between Herco? I also find them hard to get hold of (apart from here!)- working the country circuit professionally I am surprised how few other guitarists are aware of these picks.