What pick to use?

Wolfman200 · #1 07-02-2006, 11:20 AM

I'm primarily a fingerstyle player, but want to learn to how to use a pick. I've played using my dad's Dawg madolin pick, which is alright, but I want to try some others.

I'm primarily looking for a good chunking sound(do people know what I mean by that?). I'm thinking specifically of the kind of stuff i hear Entwistle doing on Live at Leeds, and the sound JPJ is getting on Achilles Last Stand(Been watching this a lot, but those with the recording will have a better idea of what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbQz1...20last%20stand)

Thanks in advance everybody.

BrandonBass · #2 07-02-2006, 12:51 PM

dude just buy a variey of picks and try each of them out. theyre like kinda cheap, incase you dont know

clockworkwar · #3 07-02-2006, 12:55 PM

I use a Dunlop Delrin 500 (the purple one) 2mm its great! and great sounding! have used it since i started.

phxlbrmpf · #4 07-02-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfman200

I'm primarily a fingerstyle player, but want to learn to how to use a pick. I've played using my dad's Dawg madolin pick, which is alright, but I want to try some others.

I'm primarily looking for a good chunking sound(do people know what I mean by that?). I'm thinking specifically of the kind of stuff i hear Entwistle doing on Live at Leeds, and the sound JPJ is getting on Achilles Last Stand(Been watching this a lot, but those with the recording will have a better idea of what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbQz1...20last%20stand)

Thanks in advance everybody.

I "love" how JPJ gets almost no camera time whatsoever. I can also hardly hear im on my crappy laptop speakers.

Wolfman200 · #5 07-02-2006, 06:44 PM

No kidding phx. It's a travesty! Nevertheless, I love watching Page, so I try not to think about it too much.

RAM · #6 07-02-2006, 11:35 PM

Entwistle used Dunlop picks in 1mm (black) and 1.14mm (purple). This website http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipm...isc.html#picks also lists him using Herco picks but doesn't mention the black Dunlops. I only know he used the black ones because I caught one at a JEB show back in the late 1990's.

They're pretty heavy picks but still have a fair amount of flexibility. When using a pick, the black ones are the ones I like.