An apparatus to improve gripability of stringed instrument picks which have a gripping portion on a first surface, including a material that is appliable to the gripping portion, and the material having properties that resist sliding and promotes gripability by human fingers. In one aspect of the invention, the material can be removable and reappliable by cohesive resurface tension forces. Optionally the material can be applied to another gripping portion on another surface of the pick.