Patent ID: 6903256

Claim:
A pick assembly for playing a stringed musical instrument, comprising: a pick, having first and second edges converging to a playing tip and having a third edge region opposite the playing tip, designed for deployment by a player holding said pick between the thumb and forefinger; an attachment portion made and arranged to attach to said pick in the third edge region; a shaft portion having a first end attached to said attachment portion and extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis of the third edge region to a second and opposite end; and a generally cylindrical handle portion attached to the opposite end of the shaft portion, made and arranged to be comfortably handheld between palm and fingers, other than the forefinger, of the player: said shaft portion being made and arranged to couple effective mass to said pick from a hand, wrist and arm of the player, regardless of any longitudinal tensile or compressive force received by said shaft portion.