That is how I started too. Couldn't understand what was so fantastic about using a guitar pick. I felt like I lost touch with the strings. But when I switched from acoustic to electric, it all started to come together. Now I always play using a guitar pick. I own many different ones, velvet, wooden, glass, stone, made out of coins and so on, but the one in the picture is my favorite. That said, I am not a real guitar player, I am just someone who has a lot of fun making sounds using a guitar :)