Attn. pick users ! Requesting info and opinions.......

[McFarlin]

Cool, thanks, no pick-noise is a plus, I seem to get a fair bit of "click" with my nylon Dunlops. How would you estimate their size, in comparison to a standard guitar pick? It looks like they may run kinda small?

I managed to avoid picks for about 18 years, mostly because I didn't know how to make them sound good. Once things changed, I used the Dunlop nylon MaxGrip in 1.0 or 1.14 for several years.

Then once at a rehearsal I found myself without a pick. There was a Dunlop Ultex Jazz iii that someone left on a shelf in the rehearsal room. During the course of that one rehearsal, I learned to like it much better than the nylon. (Turns-out I like small picks, so I went the opposite direction.)

Later I found the Jazz iii Primetone; a bit thicker, much easier to grip (and easier to spot on a floor when dropped, the Ultex just disappears), and the beveled edge seems to reduce the "click".
The Primetone Jazz comes in XL. Not sure what size that is, but the 1.4 will definitely be stiffer and possibly a tiny bit larger than your nylon picks.
PRIMETONE JAZZ III XL GUITAR PICK

Edit: This Primetone pick might be even larger than the Jazz XL:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...MkXnjNwmrC6tw_EO2zgaAohJEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[JohnArnson]

Well, I am not going to be of any help here, since I prefer the Dunlop grey USA Nylon .73 pick for bass.

Also I'll I'd advise you to learn how to finger pick too, even if I personally prefer the sound a pick gives me as things are.

It's valuable to be able to do both.

 

[RustyAxe]

Dunlop Gator 1.5 is what I use lately.

 

[REV]

I use Snarling Dogs Brain Picks. They have this texture on them that makes them easy to hold. Mostly I use them in the studio but sometimes live for a different way to attack the strings. The picks come in different gauges, mostly I use the 1mm but sometimes a pick that's a little thinner gives some interesting results.

 

[ShortyGetLow]

Acoustic guitar I use Fender 351 medium celluloid (only the clear blue)

Electric guitar I use Fender 351 heavy celluloid, (I would use extra heavies but they don’t come in the color I like) (checkerboard).

Bass I tried the Clayton triangles and a couple others and while I liked the Clayton the best of the new ones I tried, I decided I would use the Fender heavies I have laying all over the house, and haven’t looked at another pick since.

 

[redstrand]

I’ve found the shape that works best, but I rotate between thicknesses depending on the strings or bass. It’s good to have options.

 

[jchrisk1]

I like these.

 

[jd56hawk]

I tried the search feature, but in typical internet forum fashion, I got everything but what I was looking for.
I'm just beginning to learn the bass, but have played guitar for decades (or what some might call my approximation of guitar playing!), and at this point in life, I'm just not gonna reinvent the wheel, and ditch my picks. I'm comfortable and reasonably proficient with them, and starting from scratch with my fingers would be like trying to learn to play left handed, and it just ain't happening.
I've long been a fan of the nylon Dunlops, and have a stash of them in 73, 88 and 1.0 mm, and have been using the black 1.0 on the bass. I like the nylon over something like celluloid, but am open to other materials.
But, if I could pick and choose (ha! see what I did there ! ), I'd have something a tiny bit stiffer, and a tiny bit larger. I can find stiffer gauges, but not seeing anything similar, that's a tiny bit larger ( but don't want to be manhandling some monster pick that's the size of a silver dollar!)
So anyway, you get the idea, I was hoping for any info,opinions, experiences,advice, warnings,recommendations, amusing anecdotes, etc. that you guys feel would be relevant and helpful (other than, "ditch the pick, and learn to play with your grubby fingers!" )
thanks.......

Don't put a guitar pick when you can buy a bass pick!
Nylon, celluloid, tortex, wood, stone?
I wouldn't use any of them even if Paul McCartney showed up at my front door and recommended them.
Same for felt.
Wedgie rubber picks. They come in soft, medium and hard, either 3 2 or 5.0.
You'll want the hard in 5.0.
They last forever.
I have one at home and one in my wallet and I've been using the same two for years and haven't dropped one in six years.

 

[ShortyGetLow]

Acoustic guitar I use Fender 351 medium celluloid (only the clear blue)

Electric guitar I use Fender 351 heavy celluloid, (I would use extra heavies but they don’t come in the color I like) (checkerboard).

Bass I tried the Clayton triangles and a couple others and while I liked the Clayton the best of the new ones I tried, I decided I would use the Fender heavies I have laying all over the house, and haven’t looked at another pick since.

Ohh crap! I’m running low! Time to order more!

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[Riff Ranger]

Picking up (oh, the pun never ends!) fingerstyle down the line might expand your pallet on guitar as well.

 

[vickerekes]

Cool, thanks, no pick-noise is a plus, I seem to get a fair bit of "click" with my nylon Dunlops. How would you estimate their size, in comparison to a standard guitar pick? It looks like they may run kinda small?

They're normal sized - sort of an oversized jazz pick, like a regular pick.

 

[AboutSweetSue]

Try V-Picks. They don’t slip...especially the “Mummy”.

 

[GManfromOz]

I tried the search feature, but in typical internet forum fashion, I got everything but what I was looking for.
I'm just beginning to learn the bass, but have played guitar for decades (or what some might call my approximation of guitar playing!), and at this point in life, I'm just not gonna reinvent the wheel, and ditch my picks. I'm comfortable and reasonably proficient with them, and starting from scratch with my fingers would be like trying to learn to play left handed, and it just ain't happening.
I've long been a fan of the nylon Dunlops, and have a stash of them in 73, 88 and 1.0 mm, and have been using the black 1.0 on the bass. I like the nylon over something like celluloid, but am open to other materials.
But, if I could pick and choose (ha! see what I did there ! ), I'd have something a tiny bit stiffer, and a tiny bit larger. I can find stiffer gauges, but not seeing anything similar, that's a tiny bit larger ( but don't want to be manhandling some monster pick that's the size of a silver dollar!)
So anyway, you get the idea, I was hoping for any info,opinions, experiences,advice, warnings,recommendations, amusing anecdotes, etc. that you guys feel would be relevant and helpful (other than, "ditch the pick, and learn to play with your grubby fingers!" )
thanks.......

I came from a guitar background and play bass exclusively with a pick. I use a relatively soft Dunlop 0.60 and it works a treat. I've never had any complaints and one time a keyboard player expressed his suprise that I played pick, I'd been standing right across from him in a studio for 6 months and he never realised.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

I used to use a heavy purple Dunlop Tortex ( I don't recall the thickness) but I got stuck at a studio where the guitarist used the green Dunlop Tortex 88's... I tried one and liked it a lot. So I stuck with those.

 

[Jhengsman]

I only use picks should blistering or cuts be on my fingers, along with Mondays after a full day playing Sunday. And I found felt picks keep me closest to the finger sound. Hard rubber is next closest and feel to thick for me.

 

[landry.bass]

I've mostly been a finger player for years, but dabbled in pick playing.

Recently I decided to REALLY give pick playing a go, especially because my new p bass sounds really good with a pick. Do I experimented with a bunch of picks - nylon, Dunlop max-grip, celluloid, and tortex. I tried each of them between 0.73 and 1.0 mm.

I ended up settling on Dunlop Tortex 0.88mm (the green ones). Ive never dropped a Tortex pick, and have dropped the others, but also like how it feels and my hand. I liked the 0.73mm Tortex as well, but found that tiny but of extra thickness in the 0.88mm just a bit more comfy.

That being said, I'm probably gonna try some of the other picks mentioned in this thread just out of curiosity. I'm very happy with my green Tortex picks, but who knows, maybe I'll like something else more. I say keep experimenting with a wide variety.

 

[Chrisk-K]

I use Dunlop Jazz III blue (1.00 mm) and yellow (.73 mm) for playing guitars and (occasionally) basses.

 

[grrg63]

Ive been using Dunlop 3mm Big Stubbys for years.

 

[EatS1stBassist]

As a guitar player I always used a real tortoiseshell pick that was bought for me on my 23rd birthday back in 1973. I loved that pick and it was irreplaceable so I gave it away to my daughter for safekeeping. Now I use picks made by ALICE they’re fantastic and give me the same feel. They’re great! I bought 100 of them.

 

[Chrome Dome]

With all the comments suggesting picks,I am entering enemy territory? Never used a pick playing bass,and at my age probably never will. Tried using a pick at first,but never adapted to playing with a pick? After 43 years playing bass,it is what I have been most comfortable playing with finger style. And that is the solution I guess, whatever you are comfortable with is what matters.