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LSMFT6

LSMFT6

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#1
Can anyone recommend a good pick?
I’ve been strictly a fingerstyle guy for my nearly 20 years of playing, only occasionally messing with a pick on alternate basses usually setup to cop Justin Chancellor tones, though never really with my main basses.
I’d like step up my pick game.
All I’ve ever had or used where freebies that came with pedals or from JustStrings, and I know that pick players don’t use those. Otherwise I’m a complete n00b about picks. If it’s of any consequence, I do play TI Flats.

Good flatwound-friendly pick recommendations?
 
#3
I like Dunlop .73s, the yellow ones. I can get a soul vibe with flats, and, when needed, I can get grit.
I don't like very thick or large picks. Occasionsally I use nylon picks, they give a bit softer attack. And now I'm using a think metal pick. It has some clang.
So... Picks are cheap. Buy a handful and try them out. You'll find the right tools for the job.
 
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#4
Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have this in the technique section. ;)

I use mostly Tortex picks. I keep all of the medium to heavy ones with me. But I mostly grab the 60s-80s thicknesses. I use different thickness for different attack and feel.
 
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I do what @two fingers does. I have thick, medium and thin licks for different sounds/attacks and even a felt pick on a few tunes.

Even make picks out of old credit cards

I'm mostly a finger player, but you can get cool sounds out of different picks. It make practice more fun trying new things and sounds
 
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PS: That's why I have 16 basses. I'll line 6 different basses up and play the same studies and scales on each one to see how different they feel and sound. Makes practicing more interesting. Before you know it, you've been playing for 90 minutes and really know that scale!
 
#11
Telefunken graphite picks. Highly recommend.

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#14
Pick choice is highly subjective, some prefer them really heavy, some prefer them rather light, as well as people have different preferences for the material the pick is made of (mainly having to do with hardness and flexibility).

It all will depend on how you use the pick, for instance how hard you pick, and how you prefer your tone.

Coming with any useful answer to your question is nearly impossible.

My best bet would be that you buy a wide collection of picks, they are rather inexpensive, with different thickness and made of different materials and then try them out for yourself.

Personally I prefer the Dunlop grey nylon .73mm picks, but generally most people prefer their picks thicker, around 1mm or so, some even 2mm or thicker.
 
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#15
I like using medium picks with grips (in case I'm in a sweaty situation). Don't like felt picks cuz I feel they defeat the purpose of a pick. Don't like oversized picks, because I don't want to get comfortable with them. I want to be able to borrow a pick with no problem, should I be pickless and find myself in a picking situation. :)
 

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