I only use a pick about 1 out of every 7 or 8 tunes. When I do my go to pick is COOL brand beta sand 1.00 I like the tone and feel of poly-carbonate vs other material.
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Just a curious question. What picks do you use?
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Anywhere that sells the Dunlop delrins they're just part of the standard range.
(I just realised the 1.14s are the thickest of the tortex range, the 2mm are the delrin 500, which I find interchangeable. They're just smoother, but I cut a cross into the plastic where my thumb sits for grip.)
I buy them from one of any of the few guitar shops in Amsterdam, but they're available online at thomann and presumably other online stores.
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Right here!The thickest pick ever!
11.85mm thick!
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My preference is Fender triangular medium, tort of course. However I have been known to pick up what ever pick I see abandon and pick with it, I'm not really picky with my picks.
actually ive seen 42mm guitar picks lol i just meant that same kind of pick because i like the feel of it but there all too thin
And hows the grip on that pick? is it slippery or sticky etc?
we've talked about them before, but not here in the nice new shiny Accessories forum!
What do you like and why?
I like these:
Dunlop Tortex large .73mm - nice and big surface area to hold on to, grippy texture, stiff enough to do the work but with just enough flex to be comfortable.
What do you like and why?
I like these:
Dunlop Tortex large .73mm - nice and big surface area to hold on to, grippy texture, stiff enough to do the work but with just enough flex to be comfortable.
I don't play bass with a pick very often, maybe 10% of the time, but this is my first choice:
The green Micks Picks. They are some kind of synthetic polymer and for me, they're the perfect flexibility for sound and playability. The felt ones that come in the pack I don't use, they sound great but the felt goes everywhere including getting stuck in the strings.
1.14s in the lead so far 
I've never tried felt picks, always was curious. not sure i like the sound of felt-y strings though.
I've never tried felt picks, always was curious. not sure i like the sound of felt-y strings though.
+1, but I like the felt ones, too.
I originally got a package of Mick's Picks for the felt picks. As I am mainly a pick player, I wanted something to give me a softer attack, similar to finger style. But I really like the green polymer ones, too, because they give me the same feel (i.e. pick thicknesses) as the felt pick, with a harder attack, but not as hard of an attack as a "standard" guitar pick (for me "standard" is a Fender medium).
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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Recently I also started using leather ones and really like them.
I had not used a picks in...um...forty years, but recently bought a 6 string bass, and I'm kind of enjoying playing with a pick. Dunlop Tortex purple 1.14 mm
I may have to try those. How durable are they?
That's my only complaint about the Mick's felts: they wear out. Not too terribly quickly, but they do wear.
I had two of these. 1.4mm
Gave one to a buddy and I lost mine. They are actually mandolin picks.
I've got to get a couple more of them.
It's too soon for me to tell, honestly.
I got them months ago, but hand pain has seriously reduced my playing time.
I would be fairly sure heavy constant play would wear them down pretty quick though...but certainly not as quickly as the felt ones.
I've been aiming to reacquaint my fingers with the use of a pick and have been going through several. I used to use the thick 2.0mm Tortex purple ones that have nice rounded edges. Lately the Wedgies, with a nice thumb dimple, have seemed promising (not the rubber ones, though; they grab on the strings too much for my taste).
I was hoping to like the Telefunken graphite picks. I was given a sample pack by the president of Telefunken a few years ago at the AES convention, where he told me that they had exactly reverse-engineered the old Adamas graphite picks that are so beloved by Deadheads and lovers of all things Jerry. He claims they took the time and got the formulation exactly right (and that Dunlop didn't). That being said, the jury's still out on how I like them. (It probably doesn't help that I don't wear tie-dye.)
Another interesting pick I tried was a clear V-Tech that, despite being quite smooth, seemed to stick well to my fingers. (Then again, I wasn't sweating at the time.) Then I dropped it on the floor and haven't found it since.
I was hoping to like the Telefunken graphite picks. I was given a sample pack by the president of Telefunken a few years ago at the AES convention, where he told me that they had exactly reverse-engineered the old Adamas graphite picks that are so beloved by Deadheads and lovers of all things Jerry. He claims they took the time and got the formulation exactly right (and that Dunlop didn't). That being said, the jury's still out on how I like them. (It probably doesn't help that I don't wear tie-dye.)
Another interesting pick I tried was a clear V-Tech that, despite being quite smooth, seemed to stick well to my fingers. (Then again, I wasn't sweating at the time.) Then I dropped it on the floor and haven't found it since.
The best pick ever...Dunlop Tortex Light .50mm (red) Jazz III shape. I swear by these and have a bulk bag of them.
Everything about these picks are perfect, the shape, the grip, the flex/give, and the sound they produce. Love 'em.
Everything about these picks are perfect, the shape, the grip, the flex/give, and the sound they produce. Love 'em.
