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Thanks for your replies, both of you. I believe I could have bent the metal picks I bought, but didn’t want to in case they still didn’t work for me and I needed to return them. Six and change isn’t much, but I’m retired and every buck counts.
After looking at how I actually finger pick, I realize I’m not “clawing” enough perhaps, to engage my fingernail, though I don’t generally like long nails. The pads of my fingers end up doing the work, and they get sore. On the heavier strings it doesn’t seem to be a problem. But I would just as soon not have to use a pick as I would lose the feel of the strings, which I need to develop for accuracy. I’m having a hard enough time developing accuracy with a flat pick!