Dunlop JD5005 Pickholder

Losing picks or not having them handy is a thing. Every one of my basses or guitars has these pick holders. I have tried other brands, models, even foam ones, or placing picks between three strings or behind pickguard but all those options are no bueno. These Dunlop brand ones have been produced since the 80s? maybe longer. They seem to last indefinitely.

Being black means there is always some part on your guitar where they can be stuck, out of the way yet easy to grab or put back your pick, fast, I like behind my headstock. They will hold 3 to 6 ish picks, depending on thickness of picks. Unlike other models, they fit almost any size and style of pick.

The 3M? glue is very strong but doesn't leave damage and it has a thin layer of springy foam, which helps with staying put and placement. While I always carry picks in my wallet, I would really rather never not have this specific pickholder as well. Especially if you have nice or really preferred picks, it will save you money by making sure you never lose one.

I'm a gigging musician and I have a Dunlop Pickholder in all my guitars. I play in a rock/metal band and I tend to move around and sweat a lot on stage and tend to drop picks at shows. I used to have a mic stand pickholder but I find it much easier to reach at the back of the guitar headstock and quickly grab a pick rather than reach at the mic stand. I might not even be near the mic stand when I drop the pick. I even have Dunlop pickholders on my guitars I don't gig and use at home. I never have to look for a pick, I always know I can find one at the back of any guitar . If you try to take it off you will probably be left with some of the sticky tape on the back of your headstock, happened to me once. This can be easily removed though. I have a Dunlop pickholder on more than 10 guitars and have never had any problems whatsoever.

This is a nice pick holder and I'm using it in most of my guitars. There's not much one can say about a pick holder, but I'll give it a go:

+ Quality seems good and durable
+ Sticky tape is good and I don't expect this to ever come off
+ Does what it is supposed to do
+ Can fit bass picks

- The last factor is double edged because it means the pick holder is quite big and it won't fit in the back of every guitar headstock
- It also means that the guitar picks have a lot of play so they don't fit snugly
- The internal spring can be quite noisy on some particular notes due to resonance. To avoid this you have to always keep the pick holder with as many picks as possible

I guess I could recommend this but maybe it would be better to get a pick holder made for guitar only, if that is what you are looking for. For bass, I'd say it's pretty good.

I ordered this pick holder to put on my busking guitar. I used to just stick a pick on my guitar with a little blob of blu tack, but this usually came off with the pick and made it a bit harder to use. I often lose my picks and it's nice to be able to grab another one quickly, sometimes in the middle of a song! I was going to order the Thomann one as it is cheaper and I have found all of their products to be of great quality, but you couldn't choose the colour and I wanted something fairly discreet.

I tend to mainly use standard sized Dunlop nylon picks and they fit with room to spare. Even my fat triangle flatpicking picks fit perfectly in the holder. It holds six of my picks safely in one place.

There is not a lot of double sided tape on the back of the holder, so it may come off if knocked hard. It'd be no problem to replace but is something to think about.

I think it is a good product. When I order another I think I would like to try the little rubber Thomann one that hooks on to your strings at the headstock.

This is probably the best pickholder I've tried at this price.
Used it for 3 basses and 1 guitar, all placed in the back of the headstock, and 1 more for my desk.
Depending on the headstock's shape, it may be a bit awkward to mount it properly, but I didn't face any actual issue so far.
The double-sided tape holds really well, the oldest one is ~5 years and is still in place.
Sometimes when the holder is empty or holding just 1 or 2 picks, there is a slight rattle when playing. Usually I just add one more and the rattle stops.
Overall an excellent choice, a must have for all my instruments.