vroom
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Post by vroom on Jun 22, 2006 11:54:39 GMT -5
Right now I'm using a Gator Grip 1.14mm and liking it.
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Post by vonFrenchie on Jul 9, 2006 18:52:09 GMT -5
I agree with Quarry. I use 60 (orange) and 88 (green) Tortex picks from Dunlop. I've never broken one but I've lost a good 3 bucks worth of them. A few I've even ended up throwing because I was "rockin out" to hard and they flew from my fingers.
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Post by dunkelfalke on Jul 22, 2006 14:58:34 GMT -5
right now i have switched to heavy (0.5mm) s&b stainless steel picks. a bit slippery and very heavy. but after them plastic pics seem to have no weight at all so it helps building up speed (and i am pretty slow, can't keep up even with david gilmour)
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Post by vonFrenchie on Aug 9, 2006 17:54:48 GMT -5
.5mm is heavy? I usually think of heavy as 1.5mm. Maybe all that heavy metal is getting to my head.
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Post by dunkelfalke on Aug 11, 2006 4:30:17 GMT -5
0.5 mm stainless steel pick is definitely heavy.
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mikesr1963
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Post by mikesr1963 on Aug 23, 2006 21:13:18 GMT -5
I use these, thin to thick.
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Post by tacobobbo on Aug 30, 2006 0:55:48 GMT -5
OK.....I'm gonna come out of the closet. I take 2 medium Fender tortoises and cut off about 3/16" from the tip......then I glue them to each side of a Fender thin. THEN, I take a needle and heat the tip with a lighter and punch little holes in the thick part so it doesnt slip out of my fingers. I've also glued sand paper to some Dunlop thins to make them nonslip. They actually work quite well, but they ARE an investment in time. Oh, and sometimes I'll take those void credit cards that I seem to get daily and cut/trim them into picks. They actually come in a lot of different thicknesses, AND the lettering is also a good nonslip surface. OK, there ya have it. Hey, who are those guys in the white suits? Whats that funny looking coat with the belts coming off the sleeves? That crotch strap looks a bit uncomfy...... Bob
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mikesr1963
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Post by mikesr1963 on Sept 1, 2006 18:35:24 GMT -5
OK.....I'm gonna come out of the closet. I take 2 medium Fender tortoises and cut off about 3/16" from the tip......then I glue them to each side of a Fender thin. THEN, I take a needle and heat the tip with a lighter and punch little holes in the thick part so it doesnt slip out of my fingers. I've also glued sand paper to some Dunlop thins to make them nonslip. They actually work quite well, but they ARE an investment in time. Oh, and sometimes I'll take those void credit cards that I seem to get daily and cut/trim them into picks. They actually come in a lot of different thicknesses, AND the lettering is also a good nonslip surface. OK, there ya have it. Hey, who are those guys in the white suits? Whats that funny looking coat with the belts coming off the sleeves? That crotch strap looks a bit uncomfy...... Bob They make those. Definitely a labor of love.
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guitarmonkey
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Post by guitarmonkey on Sept 2, 2006 11:14:21 GMT -5
i use the heaviest picks i can find at my local music store, but i want to find me some of them stainless steel picks! now those sound like my kind of pick
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Post by sumgai on Sept 2, 2006 21:50:05 GMT -5
Bob, Nope, you want brass. I'll lay one on ya the next time we get together. sumgai
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Post by tacobobbo on Sept 3, 2006 1:37:02 GMT -5
Sumgai: Ok, but dont tell me to kiss your brass. Hee hee. Bob
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Post by classicrocker on Oct 17, 2006 15:44:56 GMT -5
I'm not too *picky*, 351 style, medium flat pick and my fingers.
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cottonwolf
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Post by cottonwolf on Oct 19, 2006 10:28:06 GMT -5
I use fingers or thumbpick and fingers
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Post by gfxbss on Dec 15, 2006 17:13:32 GMT -5
depends what im playing. the heavier the strings, the heavier they pick. i tend to use Everly Star Grips. they have that nice star punched in them so i dont throw them. before i got those, i used to take a hole puncher and put a hole in each pick, for the same reason. also, i like to shave my picks to a point....
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Post by vonFrenchie on Jan 31, 2007 22:33:57 GMT -5
Why waste half your fingers trying to hang onto one little scrap of plastic, when nature gave you five of your own that you can use all at once? Thats why I've got these bad mofos the one on the right and Now if i only had a sixth finger on my right hand... or both hands for that matter.
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Post by dunkelfalke on Feb 1, 2007 3:09:57 GMT -5
i have switched now to picks handmade of buffalo horn (at least the seller claims so). it feels slightly better than plastic and sounds better, too.
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Post by UnklMickey on Feb 1, 2007 10:46:42 GMT -5
i have switched now to picks handmade of buffalo horn... tone bone? sorry i just had to!
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Post by dunkelfalke on Feb 1, 2007 11:09:05 GMT -5
is it some kind of pun?
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Post by UnklMickey on Feb 1, 2007 12:05:29 GMT -5
sure.
so far we've talked about tone wood, tone plastic, tone (fill-in-the-blank) on this forum.
the picks are made of buffalo horn (a type of bone).
and you said they sound better.
so ................................. tone bone.
kinda loses something in translation.
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Post by dunkelfalke on Feb 1, 2007 16:39:23 GMT -5
aaaaaaaaaah thanks yes, it definitely loses something in translation, that's why i haven't got it and thought this is some kind of a pun about a well-known (for an american) brand name or so.
you see, i translate english into a strange mix of russian and german in my head ;-)
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Post by DarKnight on Feb 13, 2007 14:14:22 GMT -5
I'm currently using three picks depending what I want to play (and sound)... Here we go: - Dunlop Big Stubby (seen earlier in thread) 3.0mm... Very stiff and gives "chimey" sound when picking.. Prolly 'cos it's very thick and round.. so string "slips off" from the side and makes that unique sound. It's nice for solo play and heavy (pun intended) stuff... Obviously bit awkward for strumming, but can do that, cos so round. - Ibanez heavy.... about 1.0mm... Like that sandpaper-type coating in the middle.. gives a lot of grip. I'd say "normal" pick sound. ;D whatever it is... - Landström Sharkfin (from sweden)... about 1.0mm (thinking finding thinner one)... Mostly for acoustic stuff... good for strumming and gives lots of options how to use it, cos shape is so weird... has funny "dimples" on one side which give imo fuller sound... No scientific info - just what I think....
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Post by darkstar73 on Jun 23, 2007 3:13:38 GMT -5
easy- go directly to redbeartrading.com expensive picks but the best "legal" pick in the world. the thicker the better... if your gonna drop a grand on a box might as well buy a decent pick. you won't regret picking up one of these and it will open new doors to your tone. www.redbeartrading.com/
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Post by quarry on Jun 23, 2007 6:07:12 GMT -5
Regarding "RedBear Trading Co." (the link mentioned in the above post)... This is taken from their site:
"What Size Am I? Take a quarter and put it on the edge of the table. Place the pad of your thumb over the quarter. Look straight down. If you completely cover the coin, you are a large. If you almost, but not quite, cover it, you are a large. If a good amount of the quarter shows, you are a medium. If you fall down while doing this, you are a drummer and do not need this pick."
Love it! ;D
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Post by sumgai on Jun 23, 2007 14:03:32 GMT -5
darkstar,
Welcome to the forums. Nice link, keep up the good research. ;D
sumgai
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Post by blank on Jul 9, 2007 14:58:39 GMT -5
I have a few but 90% I'd say i use a Dunlop "500" 2mm. The rest are the Stylus Pick, Dunlop Jazztone 205, (at times even the 204, 206, 207 and 208), custom shaped brass pick.
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Post by warmstrat on Jul 9, 2007 16:48:28 GMT -5
I use a Jim Dunlop Jazz III and i'm ASTOUNDED to see that no-one has thus far mentioned them on this thread. Every really technically proficient guitarist i know uses either them or the mini-tortex picks, which are the same shape, just made of that classic tortex material. As they come from the shop, they aren't perfect - i find them a little slippery at times. So what i did, and maybe this is a little obsessive, but i cut all of the ineffective grip off with a very sharp craft knife, and then on only one side i used some gel-consistency superglue to make a spiral-shaped raised grip area (the glue dries into a hard, clear substance) like this... however in recent days i've wondered about trying the mini tortexes (jazz tortex i think they call them), just to see what the deal is there. Another pick i was VERY impressed with was the Dunlop Ultex, it felt almost like my pick was lubricated, and oh-so-smooth, but in the end (after a day), i found it too large for me. However, on the net today, i saw a jazz III ultex, i.e. a jazz III made of the ultex material. Now that'd be the ultimate.
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Post by warmstrat on Jul 9, 2007 17:27:16 GMT -5
The one thing i should probably mention about the jazz III and indeed any of those uber-small picks like it is this: it is almost impossible to use them, in all my and all my guitar playing friends' experience - UNLESS you have perfect or near-perfect plectrum technique. In fact it's thanks to a well-meaning friend who gave me my first Jazz III that i actually have any plectrum technique at all!
Now obviously, to each his own, but this is how it seems to be with the things. When photobucket works again i'll post a coupla pics of what works for me and my guitar-headed mates.
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Post by blank on Jul 10, 2007 9:59:02 GMT -5
I have some Jazz III's around, as well as Jazz III XL's, Jazz II's and Jazz I's. I have read so many like the JazzIII's i had to try them but I find the point hard to get around. I'm used to a traditional tip (slightly rounded) but I need a stiff pick. If you want to try a pick that forces good pick technique, try the Stylus Pick. It was invented as a training tool. If you play too deep it stops you dead, until you learn to play with only the very tip of the pick.
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Post by warmstrat on Jul 11, 2007 8:44:36 GMT -5
here you go... You'll note the slight length of my nails - that's for fingerpickin'. I don't use my nail only, like some classical fundi's do, it's just a mm or two for sharper attack. Try it!
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Post by jkemmery on Aug 3, 2007 11:34:50 GMT -5
I used to play with Jazz pics, and they work great for shredding, but I found I kept dropping them, and/or grazing my knuckles on the strings during fat power chords. I switched back to plain old plastic mediums, which seem to work fine for me. I've bought some dunlops, just the plastic kind, and they are decent, but I really don't notice a significant difference in tone when it comes to the material of the pick, just the stiffness. I like a medium, .6 to .8 mm, plain old plastic pick you get for a buck a dozen at most guitar shops.
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