We had this discussion once before, before I had discovered the Fingertone picks RiB describes above. I bought a dozen Fingertones (I think for about 20 bucks, maybe less) and gave some to a couple of my friends--who now use them. I still haven't tried them--I'm primarily a clawhammer banjo player and a flatpicker on guitar--but I do intend to give them a try...one of these days...after I clean the garage. They do look like they'd give you the feel of the strings you miss with most fingerpicks, and the volume you can't get fingerpicking naked--and finding them caused me to put off trying to craft the design I have bouncing around in the vast emptiness of my mind.

--seed