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View Poll Results: Do you use a pick on guitar?
All the time 11 64.71%
Eh, occasionally. 2 11.76%
Not too often. 3 17.65%
Never. 1 5.88%
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Old 08-29-2004, 10:19 PM
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How many of you use a pick on a guitar? I tried it for a few weeks (I've only taken it guitar with a teacher since early July) but I just couldn't get the hang of it. Plus, I've really taken a shine to the sound of minor 7 chords without the fifth, and you can't really use a pick to hit them with a 1-7-10 voicing.

Sometimes if I'm going to strum something I'll grab a pick (Fender thin, preferably), but I usually just use my fingers and thumb.

Do you use a pick? If so, what kind?
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Shucks. I was all ready to be mean to the guitar when I saw the thread's title, and now you go and let me down.
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I use a Pickboy, not sure the width, but it's pretty hefty. I hate skinny picks.
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I voted 'Eh, Occasionaly', because I prefer to finger-pluck. But when I do pick it's a Dunlop Tortex .73mm. They're the yellow ones.

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i use a pick for chords and my fingers for single notes, i find it easier to pluck since im used to it on bass.
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Old 08-30-2004, 11:16 AM
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I use a pick. But I also finger-pick. I learned Merle Travis style from an (averylongtimeago) girlfriend. Banjo lessons also gave me one or two other styles. I change them in rythym without even thinking about it.

None of it helped me on Bass. That was starting over.
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