Yeah, I think ur describing kind of what I'm talking about. Where does the center of the pick rest in relation to your thumb joint ? I suspect I may be positioning it a tiny bit closer to the wrist than ur describing. About a 1/3 of the pick is past the thumb joint and the center of the pick is right at the last knuckle/joint of my index finger. I'm liking it. For 40 years I've been holding it in the "normal" way you described

T-Care ( I'm still tinkering with dem evil modes :) )