EQ settings and pick?

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I know I may catch some flames for this but...

I am looking for suggestions as to how to set an eq so that a pick player can sound more like a finger player. I am not sure if I will be able to achieve the same exact tone, probably not, but I would like to come as close as possible.

I am a pick player. I just feel more combfortable playing with a pick as I played guitar for 10 years previously. I know alot of you are going to say for the sound you are trying to achieve just learn to use your fingers. But at this point I just dont want to; I just enjoy playing with a pick much more. And if i dont enjoy playing as much, well I just begin questioning the point of it all.

So should i just boost the low-end eq (or cut all the other frequencies)? I assume the answer isnt that simple.

okay, just give me a sec while i put my flame proof bio-suit on.

 

[Mike Money]

Boost the lows, yes.

keep the highs down.. and keep the mids down a bit. but dont totally eliminate them.


you may want to look into heavy picks... i find they sound deeper and more fingerlike than thinner picks.

 

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I usually use a .96mm thickness.

 

[alexclaber]

How about those rubber picks you can get?

Playing with a hard pick produces a much quicker attack than fingers do, and no amount of EQ will solve that, because the problem is the note envelope as well as the tonal balance. But a pick make of a softer material could give you the rounder warmer attack that fingers give.

Alex

 

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Never heard of rubber picks.

any links?

 

[alexclaber]

http://www.wedgie.com/cgi-bin/ccp5/...636&rrc=N&cip=80.3.64.8&pg=ste_detail_rubbers

Alex

 

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Thanks Alex!

i am going to order some of those.

anyone have experience with them?

they have two thicknesses 3.1mm and 5.0mm. They come in soft, medium or hard. I think its best to order hard.

5mm seems pretty chunky to me so I guess I will stick with 3.1mm