Anyone have any experience with using clayton picks? Ive had friends recommend em to me. Mainly the .88's or 1mm's since ive always used those when playing bass. Anyone ever used em and would you recommend em over dunlop tortex?
My only experience is with Clayton’s 2.8mm Phat-Tones. They’re well made, feel good in the hand, and do pretty much what they claim (get a fingerstyle tone using pick techniques). Very different from Tortex or Gator Grip (which I usually use, for a picked tone with pick techniques, haha). FWIW.
i usually go for something away from fingerstyle. But if youre looking for something that is very akin to finger style. I heard rubber picks are really good for that.
I've never tried them, and am more than satisfied with .73 Dunlop USA Nylon picks I've been using since the 80s.
Nylon has this warm fuzz i usually hear when i play. Theyre definitely good when you wanna go fast. And they go real good with distortion
I buy them, no not because of my name. I get the "Colored Delrin" custom .5mm picks. I have no complaints.
Ive gotten my hands on some claytons. The acetals 1mm. I do notice, they are a tad bit brighter than tortexes. But imo not as smooth as them, even though theyre close
The last 5 or 6 years I play exclusivity with Clayton Acetal Rounded 1.00mm and for some parts I'm using 1.26mm. I really like their tone and feel. The only drawback is that I'm destroying them too fast. Especially the 1.00mm.
That's been my issue too. Had em for a bit. The acetals get destroyed faster than tye tortexes. It barely took me 2 to 3 days to wear the tip out on a 1mm. Compared to tortex. It takes me a good week or 2
I really like the ultem series. I use the .80 mm and never have broken them. They remind me of the brightness of a fender medium pick but more durable.
I use their 1mm rounded triangles for guitar because they're a little more pointy than Dunlop's version. Other than the shape I can't tell a difference between them.
I usually switch between Dunlop Tortex and Clayton Acetal, those two are my favorite picks. Clayton Acetal 1.9mm for when I want to play with a pick but with a finger-ish tone without a bright attack, and Dunlop Tortex when I want a regular pick sound.
I'm a finger-style player, but use a pick one in awhile for certain songs. I've been using Clayton picks for ten years. I like them, and have used the 0.8 & 1mm ones.
I've grown to enjoy Claytons. I'm between finger and pick these days. I'm trying to develop my fingers to be as fast as I am with a pick.
I had only good experiences with them, they have a very interesting range. Steve Clayton USA - Guitar Picks If you talk about the Acetal series, I found them darker at equal thickness. But they have something more interesting: the thicknesses are not the same as the Dunlop. The Medium-Heavy are 0.80 mm instead of 0.88 mm, for example. This is very useful if you are looking for intermediate values, as was the case for me at one time. The Black Raven series share the same thicknesses.