So glad I found these thumb picks. I must have tried almost all that are on the market but just can't get used to them until I tried these which I undersatand were actually designed to be used on a Zither. I usually give up with thumb picks quite quickly but something about these felt more intuitive and before long I felt improvement. The beauty of them is that it's so easy to adapt them to your own preferences. The main issue I usually have is the length of the tine or whatever it is called, the actual picking bit. but with these it's very easy to alter them. I bought 2 silver and 2 bronze. The difference in tone between the 2 is quite substantial to my ear and I especially love the bronze rich tone with the silver ones being a bit more lighter in tone to my ear.