wich pick do you use?

[peaveyuser]

I don't use picks much but if I do

Home made wooden Pick

[mellobud]

Ive played for 3 yrs w/o a pick but I decided to expand my abilities a few yrs ago and Ive found, as of late, that I really dig the 1.0mm blue tortex guys shown here http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?p...products/picks

they have a softer feel but a harder attack than the nylons ive used....But Ill always prefer fingers to anything.

[ibnzneksrul]

Yellow tortex .73mm

[Tostenbass]

Dunlop Ultex 1.14 mm
Hard material makes them stiff and makes them last

[Sneckumhaw]

Yellow .73 tortex, if I'm using a heavier pick I automatically become less relaxed.

[rap138]

very rarely use one, a stainless steel one I made. but i'm not good with it, I admire bass players who can do wonders with one

[plastik-bass[?]]

i rarely use a pick but when i do its a 2.00

[blikeng]

1,50-2,00. Always in between of those or 1,50/2,00

Thinner than 1,50: Too thin
Thicker than 2,00: Too thick

imo

[FrigginChris]

i'm mostly a fingerstyle player but when i use a pick it's the green tortex ones

[frankosaurus]

Originally Posted by Tostenbass

Dunlop Ultex 1.14 mm
Hard material makes them stiff and makes them last

+1

[ColoradoBass]

I use...



I use the pointy end as it can provide TONS of attack when i want it to.

[3rdBass]

see my reply here:

I want to use my fingers, but a pick is just SO easy

[MarloweDk]

Dunlop .88, I need a light pick (I tend to play hard).
Both for playing funky lines in a rhythm guitar fashion and harder rock

[3rdBass]

Originally Posted by coolrunner989

FELT PICK??!?!?! what is this? Im guessing a pick with a velvet cover....but why? where do you get them? what sound does it make (compared to fingers or a standard pick)

I read a while back that McCartney used a HUGE felt pick in the early days. About the size of your thumb so he always got a "thump" instead of a "click".
Non-bass related I also read that Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top used a 25 cent piece coin. Now THAT's attack !

[derrico1]

Fingers and nails almost all the time, but Tortex 1.14 (purple) when a song calls for a pick sound.

[eedre]

I like those Dunlop Ultex in a 1.50