[tkecheech]

For the past 6 months i have been playing on an accoustic with nylon strings. my heart is in rock and i plan to transition to an electric soon. Mostly because i am lazy, i've been learning chords and songs just with my fingers (not having a pick at my disposal coupled with the aforementioned lazyness to go spend $.50 to buy one). Fearing that the transition to electric and hence steel strings would feel about as good as strumming a cheese grater i bit the bullet and bought a pick. The feel of the pick wasn't too bad after a few minutes of focused right hand attention, but the clicking sound the pick makes especially when strumming a full chord drives me crazy! This obviously wasn't an issue strumming with a soft thumb or fingerpicking. Is this a problem with my pick technique that could be corrected or just something i am going to have to live with?

[Lcjones]

First, you will be pleasantly surprised in the transition from a classical nylon stringed guitar to a nice low action steel string electric. Forget the pick click. You're hitting a plastic pick on plastic strings.

The biggest hurdle you'll have is acclimating yourself to such quick action on an electric guitar. You'll also be adjusting your attack from a more powerful attack on the acoustic to a lighter less aggressive attack on the electric. In other words it doesn't take much to get tone from an electric guitar.

Anyway, I wouldn't fret, so to speak, the pick click. You might choke up on the pick a bit or grasp it with a bit more pressure, but really, I wouldn't worry too much about it. As you progress you'll discover your sweet spot for the pick. Depending on the thickness of the pick I'm using, and I prefer a medium pick, I get clicky too!

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LC