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Frequently Asked Questions

Perfect Touch Finger Picks are available in a wide variety of choices! However, if you are new to finger picks or just the Perfect Touch brand, negotiating those choices can be daunting! So to address those questions...

NICKEL SILVER OR BRASS

Nickel silver is preferred by those who want a brighter sound that will project more than plastic or brass. Brass has a warm, soft, organic sound. Bluegrass banjo players and resonator guitar players generally prefer the brighter nickel silver sound. Clawhammer players and Americana/Roots/Acoustic Blues musicians seem to enjoy the warm brass sound. Pedal steel and lap steel players usually play the nickel silver. Guitar players are pretty evenly split depending on the style they play.

LONG OR SHORT

How do you wear your picks? This is very much a personal preference. Resonator guitar, pedal and lap steel and banjo players wear the picks in many different ways. Some prefer the picks to extend well past the tips of their fingers. Some favor the picks just covering the pad of the finger with no extension. Some even like the pick to curl up and around the tip of the finger. If you are unsure of the size to choose, when ordering, please include a note on the shipping page as to how you like to wear your picks.

ROUND OR FLAT

Round or flat is even more of a personal preference than length. Flat is more traditional, gives more string contact and possibly just a bit sharper release of the string. Round is spoon shaped, feels like part of your finger, gives multiple possibilities of attack angle on the strings and a bit more speed.

RING SIZE

We ask for the ring size only if you are unsure of the size you will need. Even though a good portion of players don't wear the picks on their ring fingers, it does give us a standard idea of hand and finger size to help refine your size choice.

PICK THICKNESS

Our picks are now fashioned from .025 stock!  You asked, we listened! .020 thickness is still available as a special order.

CONTACT US

If you haven't found an answer to your question, please get in touch. We love chatting with our customers and want to help you order just the right picks!

We are available:

By phone: 615-669-3956 - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CST, M-F (Time Zone Converter)

By contact form on the site: (you will receive a standard reply but we are notified immediately and will respond ASAP by email or phone if you leave a number)

By email: ptinfo@perfecttouchpicks.com is checked at least three times daily

If we are in the shop on Saturday we will check email and answer the phone. Sunday we take off completely to be with family. Any questions that come in on Sunday will be addressed first thing Monday morning.

LONG OR SHORT

​This is very much a personal preference. Resonator guitar, pedal and lap steel and banjo players wear the picks in many different ways. Some prefer the picks to extend well past the tips of their fingers. Some favor the picks just covering the pad of the finger with no extension. Some even like the pick to curl up and around the tip of the finger. If you are unsure of the size to choose when ordering, please include, in the shipping notes, the way you like to wear your picks. This will help us to more correctly refine your size choice.

RING SIZE?

We ask for the ring size only if you are unsure of the size you will need. Even though a good portion of players don't wear the picks on their ring fingers, it does give us a standard idea of hand and finger size to help refine your size choice.