Just a curious question. What picks do you use?

[JimmyM]

Blue Dunlop Max Grips 1.5mm.

 

[electracoyote]

Dunlop Sharps .90mm on bass, guitars, and mandolin. I got tired of rotating through the different textures and thicknesses and settled on one pick for everything. It made my life so much easier.

 

[electracoyote]

This will sound bizarre, but on both bass and guitar I use coins--a dime for the gee-tar and a quarter for the thumpy thing. In essence, I heard Brian May (my guitar hero) did it, then I tried it once...then I never went back! And for the record, I use a pick almost exclusively on bass.

I was also influenced by Mr. May and got my hands on some British sixpence for guitar. It's not too difficult to get the hang of, and that attack, oh my.

 

[Novv]

I'll use whatever's around, as long as it's thicker than .7 mm.

 

[mysteryclock]

Dunlop Medium Gels (the purple ones), .73 mm - not that often, however. Need to work on improving my pick skills.

 

[BubbaZed]

Mostly a finger player, but when it's called for: Dunlop Max-Grip 1.14 mm. Tried a bunch and I always came back to this pick and thickness. Plus it doesn't move around in my hand as much.

 

[BubbaZed]

I was also influenced by Mr. May and got my hands on some British sixpence for guitar. It's not too difficult to get the hang of, and that attack, oh my.

That coin he used was definitely one of the reasons he got that tone.

 

[Catbuster]

Dunlop USA Nylon 1mm. Am also a fan of the Gator Grip and Delrin 1.5mm when I'm playing 5 string on some material. I like the extra rigidity to get the string out of the way quickly.

 

[JMacBass65]

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1.14

 

[Max Blasto]

Dunlop nylon 1mm. Black

This isn't what I used to use. I had these Scotty picks that a roadie bought for me at a swap meet. Loved 'em! He bought so many that I didn't have to buy a guitar pick for twenty years! When I finally ran down to my last five in each color (width) I tried to buy more and found that nobody knows where to get them. They don't exist any more. Agh!

So I went on a guitar pick hunt and wound up with two preferred picks: The Tortex orange, which are easy for me to see, but too smooth so they slip out of my fingers on hot stages and the Dunlop blacks nylons. The Dunlop blacks feel great, but I need five per gig cuz if I drop one, I'll never see it again.

In the studio, I still use those Scotties, though. I bring them home afterward and put them in a box so I don't lose them.

 

[Hamish MacCleod]

I use Lotto scratchers, very hard, very free...thanks Colorado Lottery.
Rondo

 

[Gizmot]

Try V-Picks - - thats what a lot of Nashville musicians use. They're made of a hand buffed plexiglass material. The edge produces a bŕight, yet solid tone with a big low end transient. They make them in quite a few shapes and thicknesses. My favorite is The Mummy which has incredible grip. V-Picks are fantastic

 

[Dradder]

And for the record, I use a pick almost exclusively on bass.

You and Dee Dee Ramone -- and he's in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

I'm also a full-time 100% pick player; just like that thwack sound, rather than the thub you get with fingers. Diff'rent strokes...

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I use my first two fingers as a plectum.

 

[arbiterusa]

bass: fingers only

guitar: Dunlop Gel 1.14mm picks. The feel is incomparable.

 

[foolforthecity]

Usually thins. I prefer flexibility and get better control of my dynamics. Finger style is still my most used mode, however.

 

[Justice Graves]

Guitar Moose Carbon Fiber the non sticky pick kind unless I beat my thumb up then I like the padding the sticky picks have. V Picks mainly traditional, I like them in a much lighter gauge than any other nylon or ultex type pick.

 

[bassbenj]

I can't believe here on TB where so many people think that the only basses are Fender J and P basses that so few use the large triangular Fender picks. I love them in both medium and heavy. (Tend to use medium on guitars and heavy on bass but it can vary) Gack! I HATE those tiny teardrop shaped guitar picks for guitars and they are even worse on bass! The only problem is that while I usually play resonator guitars where a large stiff pick activates the tone, I do have to be careful on standard electric guitars about playing too hard with the Fender picks and creating a mess.

That is my standard pick (I really don't use picks that much on bass) but I also have a large collection of standard teardrop guitar picks in all manner of material like wood, felt, metal, etc, that are really just for special purpose sounds. I also play my 4 string banjo (not fingerpicking) with standard guitar picks. Usually one of the Dunlop things like people seem to like here.

 

[Michael4bass]

For the few songs I use a pick on, it's a Herco (silver) heavy.

Bassically, Michael

 

[hobosong]

Dunlop 2.0 here, but I like the Fender 1.14 also, just a little too slippery if I don't rough it up with sandpaper first