locating felt picks

[goldcomet]

I like to play with a felt pick. I get a little less of a clacky sound over a plastic pick, but I'm having a problem finding any. GC sold me some lousey hard ones that feel like something besides felt. Does anyone know where to buy decent ones? I've looked in all the other stores around town and on most the mail order stores and can't find any.

[m_stpierre]

I don't know much about felt picks.
I Googled "felt picks" and came up with a whole
bunch of links though.

They seem to market them towards ukes, banjos,
and harps mostly, so forgive me if there's a special
bass felt pick you're looking for, I didn't find any
of those.

http://www.jimdunlop.com/picks/specialty.html
(I think you may have to be a dealer to order direct
from these guys. Ask your local music shop if they
can special order them for you.)

http://www.musicity.com/guitars-5.html

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/apollosaxes/banjopicks.html

http://www.catamuse.com/feltpicks.html

http://www.folkharp.com/stuff/gifts.htm

http://www.ws123.com/ssl/flea/shoppi...Code=FMM-U-106

Mike

[goldcomet]

m stpierre,
Thanks for the links. Music city has what I'm looking for. I use the ones shaped like a fender pick. I picked (no pun intended) up using one of these from a bass player back in the late sixties and like the slightly muted sound over a plastic pick. I can't believe it never ocurred to me to run a search...duh. I've looked and called around for a while now and I'm down to my last one. Thanks again for taking the time to help me.

[HeavyDuty]

I use them 90% of the time on my ABG and occasionally on my other basses. I've always had the best luck picking them up from smaller stores - the kind that do lessons for all different band instruments and sell mostly accessories.

[chardin]

How long does a felt pick last? I've never seen one so I'm wondering if they are thick and chunky. Is the sound similar to plucking with the meaty part of your thumb?