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I sometimes use a felt pick when playing my Olympia ABG unplugged. It gives me a bit more volume without the click.

When using a pick on an electric, it is usually the click and attack that I am looking for, otherwise I would be using my fingers. I like Dunlop Stubby 2.0 mm picks for that.

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[Ken R]

Thank you everybody for all the replies. I will look into the Dunlop picks and ask around for a teacher who gives "pick" instruction. ( I would have never thought of that!). I will also pick during the next jam day and see if the clickyness gets hidden in the mix. Great replies.

Thanks again,
Ken R

 

[RickC]

I'm a pick player 99% of the time. I've experimented a lot with finger-style, but for me the control with a pick is so much more. It's hard to let that go. I don't click unless I want to. It's a matter of technique.

I tried the felt picks long ago, but never got comfortable with them. They seemed like the worst of both worlds; less articulation and control, and without the easy multi-string jumps that fingerstyle gives you. I used to use a Fender Heavy, but my choice for years now has been Dunlop nylon 1.0 mm. Try em; they're not too thin, not too thick, good grip, great tone, and available everywhere.

/rick

 

[The Golden Boy]

I actually just picked up a bunch of felt picks last week.

After messing around a bunch with them, I'm not much of a fan.

I'm primarily a pick player- and have been for 25+ years. Over that course of time I've figured out what I need to use my fingers with, what need to use a pick with, where to play and how to have the tone/pickups/amp adjusted to get what I'm looking for out of the instrument.

 

[SwamiRob]

Thank you everybody for all the replies. I will look into the Dunlop picks and ask around for a teacher who gives "pick" instruction. ( I would have never thought of that!). I will also pick during the next jam day and see if the clickyness gets hidden in the mix. Great replies.

Thanks again,
Ken R

Another clickyness thing I forgot to mention is where you play, if you hadn't already noticed it makes alot of difference. Takes a little more getting used to playing near the neck, cos the strings vibrate over a wider area, but you get a much fatter sound, it's not hard to get over really. Used to gradually play from the bridge of my bass, up toward the neck, on the intro of an old song my band played and it gave off a really cool mid sweep like effect.

Also try alternating between holding the pick with just 2 fingers and 3, I use 3 (without really noticing I did for a long time). It gives me alot more control, and it sounds a bit more solid to my ear, cos your only using the tip of the pick and not rubbing the rest of it against the strings.

 

[dave64o]

I sometimes use a felt pick when playing my Olympia ABG unplugged. It gives me a bit more volume without the click.

When using a pick on an electric, it is usually the click and attack that I am looking for, otherwise I would be using my fingers. I like Dunlop Stubby 2.0 mm picks for that.

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I play primarily fingerstyle but a year or so ago decided I needed to try to expand my pallete and started working with a pick. After trying quite a few different picks I found I also love the 2.0mm Big Stubbies. At least for me, though, I find them less clicky than some others I've tried and to me they give me the right amount of both click and attack.

I also love felt picks but the Dunlops I bought seem to compress quickly so the attack becomes less thumpy after a while and starts to approach that of harder picks like plastic (though I haven't had one get so compressed it sounds just like a plastic one). But when they're new I think they sound great. I get both tone and attack that's in between fingerstyle and a plastic pick.

 

[Atoz]

I absolutely love using a felt pick when playing my Ric. The combination of the pick and the TI flats is pretty awesome. It's comfortable for me to use as well. I just need to improve my technique a bit... I play fingerstyle 90% of the time because I'm not a great pick player. Vicious circle.