Insanity Insane Pick Training

Well, I just wanted to say that I've been trying this "insanity pick" now for 2 or 3 weeks, (hard to remember exactly how long) to practice alternate picking - and it really is insane at about half an inch thick (11.85 mm thick), but I must say.... [there are 35 grinds involved to make the pick, so it costs $35 too!]

when you switch back to a more normal v-pick size, it seems that your control goes way way up. These huge insanity picks are from v-picks. I think that the insanity pick forces a person to relax their picking hand, or at least makes them way more conscious of tension.

http://www.v-picks.com/picks.php

Does anyone else have any experience with the insanity pick? They have a sort of feel to them such that you don't need to regrip the pick either, which I think helps in speed.

hi!

i am using v-picks for about 1,5 years (used the jazz iii before) and i am really satisfied with it. i will not change back. i really love em....

rock on!!!!
wollace

I've heard of them and hear a lot of good things, but I'd rather stick with my Jazz iii's. More convenient to buy and I have to worry less about not having a pick that I'm used to around. I run into a lot of situations where I'm playing at a friends house or something and I don't have my own picks with me, so I have to use more "standard" picks that they have. Hard enough getting used to going back to giant paddle-like picks compared to a Jazz iii. I wouldn't want to get used to this pick and feel weird playing on anything else.

I have been using the dunlop 1.0mm jazz stubbys for ages.

As hunter said, I too will go to a friends house and all they have are these massive floppy picks, ugh. So I always make sure I have extras in my wallet :)