PICKS ANYONE??

K.Ross · #1 05-31-2008, 03:07 PM

This has probably been asked MANY tims,but how many of you play with picks...and what kind do you use?

Kent

BigRedX · #2 05-31-2008, 03:08 PM

I use both picks and fingers depending on the sound I need.

When I'm using picks it's normally Herco Flex 75s.

Occasionally I'll use something harder if I need a clickier sound.

savit260 · #3 05-31-2008, 03:17 PM

Picks, or fingers depending on what I need/want to sound like.

Both bands I'm playing with now are primarily pick stuff, with a few songs here or there that I use my fingers.

I've been using the blue Tortex 1.mm picks for a long time now. They wear very well. I lose more than I wear out.

nrssab · #4 05-31-2008, 03:18 PM

usually fingers, if i use picks they are 0.96 mm. Some cheap pretty good ones from ebay. Bought many many...

RevMachineBass · #5 05-31-2008, 03:40 PM

I use both fingers and picks depending on the song.

When I use a pick I like these Dunlop "Lucky 13" in .73 mm.

Or these Dunlop "Harley Davidson" also in .73 mm.

peterbright · #6 05-31-2008, 03:40 PM

2.0 Dunlops

anyonefortennis · #7 05-31-2008, 03:41 PM

I use 1.5mm Dunlop Gator Grips if the situation needs a pick. Use fingers most of the time.

gillento · #8 05-31-2008, 03:52 PM

Fingers (30%) and Picks (70%): Dunlop Big Stubby 1.0 mm

fenderhutz · #9 05-31-2008, 03:53 PM

Green Tortex

MrSexy · #10 05-31-2008, 04:00 PM

Yellow Tortex

ShowKing · #11 05-31-2008, 04:01 PM

i play mainly pick in my rock band

i use dunlop 1mm tortex triangle

RickenBoogie · #12 05-31-2008, 04:15 PM

Mostly fingers, but .80mm Claytons, they're a little bigger than standard git picks.

badlands2233 · #13 05-31-2008, 04:16 PM

those triangle-ish 1mm/heavy peavys

rvdbrand · #14 05-31-2008, 04:18 PM

Just 1.14 Tortex (Pink/purple ones) But we have had them printed at www.steveclayton.com because that was cheaper than normal ones here in Europe :-D

Alexisonfire344 · #15 05-31-2008, 04:18 PM

I'm more of a Dunlop yellow guy. (.73mm)

Its pretty thick but you still got some flex in there if you want to move a little faster

K.Ross · #16 05-31-2008, 04:22 PM

WOW...THANKS for the tips....I didn't know so many use picks! I've always played with fingers and if I needed a different attack,I would use my (Pardon the phrase) " bird finger" fingernail. I tried a felt pick about 30 years ago,but that didn't seem to sound so good,and they were WEIRD shaped then. Does anyone use wooden picks? Somewhere I thought I read of someone using wooden ones.Anyway, thanks for the tips...We have sort of a lousy music store here that doesn't have much to offer...maybe I'll order some somewhere.
Kent

Flintlock · #17 05-31-2008, 04:26 PM

Hmmm wooden ones...

I've never heard of it, but how hard can it be to fashion some out of old pieces of wood?

mikethecannibal · #18 05-31-2008, 04:28 PM

pick and fingers

playibanez · #19 05-31-2008, 04:31 PM

i use a bunch of diffirent thickness of the tortex

right now i grab for the green one most of the time.

lpdeluxe · #20 05-31-2008, 04:38 PM

I used flat picks for many years (Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm, I think) because I doubled on bass, Dobro and electric guitar. I bought a half-gross of them some years ago, and still have a bunch.

Then I got a one-time gig as a bass player, and when we got on stage I left the flatpick in my pocket and have played bass ever since only with my fingers.

It was immediately liberating and I won't go back, although I still play electric/acoustic guitar with a flatpick (plastic fingerpicks on the Dobros).