I hold mine ... kinda in the middle of what the two ways of holding being discribed. I hold the pic not quite squared up with my pointer finger a little to the side but not on the side of my finger. I say go with what is comfortable to you now. But dont take any stock in what I say ... after all I almost shot my wife with the pic the other night getting down and dirty on my acoustic playing a GnR song...lol. I have the harndest time holding onto that little dude.