Just a curious question. What picks do you use?

[Tom Bomb]

Take your pick
2mm stubbys for me…

…No contest

 

[J Posega]

Dunlop Tortex (yellow) .73 and Dunlop’s Ultex .73 (see through yellow that’s hard to find when dropped on a wood floor)

 

[Xandrell]

Exclusively a pick player for 40+ yrs (Bass VI, you know).
After scores of trials, settled on these...
sort of an oversized jazz pick - no noise, great control.
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What are they? What are they made of?

 

[ONYX]

What are they? What are they made of?

They're polycarbonate---but not the same formula used in their Primetone picks or in gel picks. I've used these on mandolin--personally I think they feel a bit "soft" for my taste, but that's just me.

 

[filmtex]

I've been using Herco 50's for years. I started early on using picks exclusively, but switched over to mainly finger-picking a few years later. I use a pick on just a few songs a night, so I keep them around on top of my amp.

 

[Lobster11]

I have two of these that I now use exclusively and guard with my life...

... because Julie Slick uses them and gave me a couple.

 

[vickerekes]

They're polycarbonate---but not the same formula used in their Primetone picks or in gel picks. I've used these on mandolin--personally I think they feel a bit "soft" for my taste, but that's just me.

Yes, they don't have the click or snap I'd like for a bright guitar, but they wear well and do just what I'm looking for on the bass.

Dunlop JD JazzTone 208

 

[JimmyM]

I like these because the grip means it won't be rotating in my fingers as I play.

 

[kittywithabanjo]

I use the Dunlop yellow. 73 Bobby Vega style grip works well for me.

 

[BassJuju]

I mainly play with fingers( or thumb), but I've used Dunlop felt picks a bit.
Recently I also started using leather ones and really like them.


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I'm intrigued... ordered a few today.

 

[BassJuju]

I've been using a few of the V-Pick shapes for awhile and I like them. Vinnie is good to work with as well. I prefer the original 1980 ghost rim, but have a few others as well.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Bass or guitar I typically use the orange or red Dunlop Tortex picks but I hold them the other way around and use the rounded corners not the pointy part.

 

[electracoyote]

On mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass:

It took a little time, but I finally got one pick to work on all my stringed instruments (except banjo and uke). I got tired of chasing after three different kinds of picks. Went with thick and hard (these are a little harder than Tortex, a more crisp snap and attack. Me like.)

The sharp tip lasts a good long time, and when it starts to round off I can take a sand block to it and make a new tip.

 

[saabfender]

I use these on everything and buy them by the gross. Fender Heavy celluloid 351.

FWIW, I can stand Dunlops. If I see one on the ground, I won't even pick it up.

 

[taylor16]

Blue tortex for me.

 

[Droopy_TX]

I use these on everything and buy them by the gross. Fender Heavy celluloid 351.

I find them a bit too heavy for my taste.

 

[saabfender]

I find them a bit too heavy for my taste.
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I must have one.

 

[zontar]

I mostly use fingers, sometimes thumb & sometiems pick (& hybrid as well)
When I do use a pick it's most likely whatever I have around for guitar--so normally a 1.14mm Tortex

 

[Duckophile]

I'm an oddball:

 

[aurignacian]

Dunlop Ultex Triangles 1.14mm