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07-01-2001, 07:57 PM
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hello everyone, i was wondering what size mm of pick you all use? if you do use a pick. | 
07-01-2001, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Worcester, MA | | | Im not sure of the actual thickness, but I play with medium Fender picks.
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07-01-2001, 08:24 PM
| | Jerk | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | | I think it's .76 mm. I don't really like it any other thickness. | 
07-01-2001, 09:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Sebastopol, CA | | | Jim Dunlop: grey USA Nylon 73 mm. | 
07-01-2001, 09:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Central Coast, CALIFORNIA USA | | | oh really?, i use a 1.50 mm and a 1.35... do the thin ones work good as well? | 
07-02-2001, 12:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lake Worth, Florida | | | ..its not the size of the pick that matters, its how you use it. heh. no, really, i use a fender heavy pick when i use one. i'm not sure of the exact thickness though. | 
07-02-2001, 12:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Los Angeles | | | Pickboy 1.00 mm, I can't play with anything else, not even a dunlop 1.00 mm. | 
07-02-2001, 03:37 AM
|  | Mmmmmm... Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Kopavogur, Iceland | | I don´t know the thickness, but the best pick that I've used, and am still using is Ernie Ball - USA Nylon, Heavy. Got about 5 of them in my pocket. 
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07-02-2001, 08:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Sebastopol, CA | | Quote: Originally posted by godsmack oh really?, i use a 1.50 mm and a 1.35... do the thin ones work good as well? | I like a little 'snap' with my pick. | 
07-02-2001, 11:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | I don't play bass with a pick, but on my acoustic guitar, a thinner pick gives you a little brighter tone, a thicker pick is a little "thuddier." the string strike is a little more distinctive. | 
07-02-2001, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lake Charles, LA in a galaxy far far away.... | | | The only one I have tried so far is a Gibson Heavy.
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07-02-2001, 02:10 PM
| | | | I use medium, 1.00 I think.. | 
07-02-2001, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA | | | I like medium's myself...it just depends on what you like though I think. The medium gives me the right amount of control for my hand strength or whatever it is. | 
07-02-2001, 05:42 PM
| | | | Jim Dunlop USA "Big Stubby" 2.0mm
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07-03-2001, 01:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Texas | | I mostly finger, but....when I do pick I use Dunlop Gator Grips (.58 or 2.0 depending on how clumsy I'm feeling that day  ). | 
07-03-2001, 01:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherla | | | Dunlop 1.14mm ( dark pink ones )
I have 50 of them in a plastic bag in my hardshell, because for some reason at least 2 or 3 get lost during rehearsal / gig..
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07-07-2001, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Massachusetts (or is it?) | | | 3mm Stubbies!!!
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