felt picks

[sonicnuance]

Bought a surfpick (very hard wooden pick) and used it in practice tonight

May be my setting on the bass (SR5HH in position 3 with a touch of mid boost)

The tone was too boomy

I went back to my "money" setup of position 4 with mid and bass slightly boosted and using fingerstyle

Not sure a pick is gonna work for my goals but I'll keep trying. I'm gonna eventually try the felt pick though.

 

[Btone]

Is there an online source for these felt picks? I'de like to try them out.

 

[dave64o]

Anyone try these? I'm trying to emulate the meaty thump I get playing fingerstyle and am interested in the felt picks.

(I need to grow my nails for a classical guitar gig, hence the need)

When I use a pick I tend toward a Dunlop Delrin 2mm or a Fender triangle heavy.

I'm using a Stingray 5HH and a Fender P both with roundwounds

Thanks for your insight

P.S. I didn't know which forum to put this in, so if a mod needs to move it... by all means do so

I have a similar pair of basses - Stingray 5 HH with rounds and Precision, though it's a V with flats - and I love the sound of a new felt pick on both of them. However, like a lot lot of others said it doesn't take long before they lose that sound. The Dunlops I have tend to get really compressed at the tip and then the attack gets sharper and twangier so the sound ends up being much closer to what I get from a Big Stubby (which I really like) than it is to a fingerstyle sound.

But I do have a bag of them laying around because sometimes it's just nice to have that sound, especially with my Precision.

 

[The Golden Boy]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of sound are you going for?

What kind of "meaty thump" are you trying to get at?

I was going for a tubby 1960s type sound. What I did was to use a mute by the bridge and roll off the tone control on the bass, and sometimes the treble off the amp. I've also sometimes use some compression. If I'm using a pick, I'll play up further towards the neck.

For the T-Bird, I just used an old thick neoprene foam mouse pad. For the other basses I used an old neoprene foam wrist pad cut to the desired width and height.

Here's the Jazz with a mute (I've since cut a different piece of foam so it looks better)

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Here's the mute on my T-Bird:

 

[EBodious]

i have played around with felt picks and use them a wee little bit live.

i got a bag of autoharp picks from music123. about a dollar a pick by the dozen. they were white and very soft. they sounded really thumpy (rolled the tone back some), but with pick attack. they do not last long. i used them for two songs in my blues band and found they lasted for maybe 8-10 run thru's of the songs. but i played them gently.

i then found the dunlop felt picks. these are yellowish and harder than the white ones. and cheaper. i find these last a lot longer, but i don't like them as much. they are more "pick" like; not as warm.

interestingly, i gave some to another bass player who always uses a pick and he blasted thru the dunlop one in one practice, tore it to pieces. so, your attack will have a big effect of how long they last.

just did a musician's friend search for "felt pick" and found they now sell both types of picks i mention here.