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Were the Herco Flex 75 the best pick at the time?

Was it easy to play with the available picks by then according to the gauge, not to mention the string gauge? I can imagine most of the bass players breaking their picks due to the lack of heavier picks such as the Jim Dunlop's 2mm. which are available mowadays.

Does anybody knows which picks were used in the 60's to play bass?

It seems the X-Heavy ones are perfect for bass. I've tried the H before, and honestly I didn't like them for the work. I prefer from 1.20 onwards

I also wish to know the extra heavy thickness, and if the are useful for bass, since I do not like use from heavy to lower

Good afternoon. I have been having troubles with finding the accurate thickness for Fender picks, they do not specific how thick their picks are. The just have the thickness label on them. Anyone who knows this?

Sometimes are both, depending on the tempo I am playing

Hi there, I've been strugling with playing scales with pick because whenever I play them as semiquaver it just sounds as if I am doing dotted semiquaver and demisemiquaver. I don't know wether it is mental or something esle. This had not happened me before. Please any suggestions??

Right? They are some of the best picks, even much better than the Big Stubby. I also use Herco Flex 75, but only when I play some Yes stuff or the Who's

Actually I use Jim Dunlop 2mm Delrin 500 or the Gator grip. I once read in a Led Zep forum dealing with Jonesy's equipment an interview (I think it was Guitar World), and he said he uses Dunlop 2mm, and that he uses pick for really intricate lines such as TSRTS, Celebration Day, Black Dog, among...

I found out my own way to play it with pick. The trick is developing a suitable picking style for the runs, specially in the chorus where the rhythmic-melodic pattern employs pedal notes on A. Plus, I combine both wrist and forearm movement, as I'm also a piano player, that allows me to avoid...

Thanks man, shall keep it in mind ;)

Also, when I play Communication Breakdown, I love how it sounds when played with pick because imo it sounds much heavier (if the song itself is already heavy, playing that way has a Ramone-esque sound, and we all know that Johnny Ramone was deeply influenced by Page's downstroke picking in...

Hi there. This is a issue I have been dealing with for a while. I'm a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, so I play most of John Paul Jones' lines with pick, even those where he use fingerstyle. The other day I was playing Ramble On using a plec and a school partner complained because I was playing it...