am i the only one that holds a pick like this? i used to think everyone did, it’s the only way that’s comfortable for me.
Same pretty much for me.
The ‘right way’ never feels right for me.
me too
I thought the right way was what works for you
Not me.
The tip of my pick is always inline with my index finger, which is at a right angle to my thumb. Learned from decades of playing guitar.
My index finger might not look straight in the pic, but I’m bending its fingertip at the first joint so it’s at a 90° angle to my thumb, supporting the pick except for its tip. This makes for a solid grip so dropping the pick doesn’t happen.
Pick at right angles to thumb for me.
I’ve just tried it as per your picture and it places my wrist at a very uncomfortable angle.
But then, we’re all built differently!
this seems to be the “preferred” way according to … umm … the pick gods or whatever
this ^^^ is why i think you aren’t supposed to do it like i do. it does tend to cock your wrist (a little) more.
Keeping the wrist straight, the hand parallel to the strings, and the pick perpendicular to the strings is a very efficient way to pick a guitar or bass. The wrist remains able to pivot naturally for fluid up and down string picking.
Still, use whichever grip that feels best and most easily allows you to pick accurately.
When I started playing with a pick, I held it similar to how you are holding the pick (your middle finger is also touching the pick, so you kinda hold it with three fingers, right?)
I felt this was holding me back speed wise, so I trained to use the more “traditional” way of holding the pick. And I am faster that way.
But I later found out that the three finger grip is what James Hetfield is using. So I am wondering if I should have sticked to holding it that way. Maybe I would be a downpicking god by now. 
I hold my picks the way I did as a guitar player. With just the tip hanging out. I also tend to use Dragon Heart picks for the most part.
This is how I hold it. It’s a shape the hand naturally assumes, a bit like fretting hand posture but compacted for adequate grip of the plectrumic object.
that’s fine how you all hold your pick. I’m doing worst, really.
I sometimes catch myself doing weird shit with how I hold picks. Like, I’ll flick my wrist “out” which puts me out of position to alternate pick on the upstroke quickly/efficiently. But the weirdest is the little “wiggle” I do with my index finger and thumb 
like, I’m leading this bizarre dance with the music and this motion. Not all the time, sometimes I can finally get a grip on it and go hard/fast.
And sometimes the pick starts rotating and I can tell when I’m about to drop it.
I don’t know why I’m like this
That happens to me all the time, I hate it.
I tweeted at Andy James about how slippery/slick his (and John Petrucci) signature picks were and questioned whether he used them or not, he said yes and basically called me an oily weirdo
…that said I use the Dunlop flows that have texture on them vs the smooth ones. I have a lot less problem with them moving around. Could be that sometimes due to the angle I’m hitting the strings slightly sideways so there’s more pressure to try and rotate it.
After a lot of frustration with normal sized picks I started using the big triangle Tortex picks. That helped a lot, having a bigger surface to hold on to. Now that I’m more comfortable using picks I’ve been using the standard shape again and having less problems. I like the Dunlop Flow, but I can’t find them in .60 so I’ve been using the Tortex .60 and the Big Stubby 1.0 and the Flow .73
That’s often how it goes with new pick users. Bigger picks seem like the best way to play, until…nope.