Customer Reviews
For the 25 + years I have played MD, I have tried a variety of picks but once I found Herdim picks that has become my go-to choice. When I teach new students I gift them 2 Herdim picks and a strip of the vinyl non skid shelf liner.
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.
I’ve tried using several different styles of pics since I started playing the dulcimers ago. At a workshop, years back, I listened to the pic I had been using, and a friend gave me one of these little yellow marvels. I love the clean crisp sound they offer and that each point of the triangle has a different thickness and can adjust the sound of the strike on the string. Since then I have used nothing else and will continue to keep plenty in stoc to offer a friend who may need one.
