Customer Reviews
I've experimented with all three wrights of the Herdim picks (blue, red, yellow). The blue are too stiff for me, and while the yellow feel great to play, strum sounds in particular sound a bit thin to me. But red is just right: they sound great and full, while not being so stiff as to get in the way of rapid strumming (and work for picking too). Highly recommended!
Herdim picks are the ONLY ones I use for mountain dulcimer. When I teach, I give each student 2 Herdim picks to get them started right, and tell them where they can order them (Folkcraft)
I have been playing dulcimers tuned DAA for many years and when I started I tried many types and brands of picks. I found that the Thin Yellow Herdim Nylon Pick, 3-in-1 Style was the best one for me to play as it was easy to hold, strummed easily and sounded nice. I also play a DAD tuned dulcimer and use the Red Herdim Nylon Pick playing there.
Have used many picks over the years and have finally found "the one" for me - the Herdim yellows. I use them on acoustic guitars. Really like the size and grip, but even more the soft attack on the strings, almost as if not using a pick at all. Yet they are punchy enough to deliver the response I'm looking for (not too hard, not too flexible). Highly recommend them. Though not absolutely necessary, I modify my picks with an edge of epoxy putty, molded to my finger size and shape, with a dot of fingernail polish to tell me which side is up - they work a treat for me.
Love the picks. Easy to hold and variety of thicknesses for picking and strumming.
