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Picks
- Thread starter Stringly
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YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE CHUNK!8mm is not a pick, it's a kitchen implement...
Honestly I actually really like how it feels but the material is a hard plastic and it sounds a little too clacky and cold to me.
My personal fav is the Dunlop Tortex .73mm. To each his own...just "picking" on you there...
You should try a Lego brickI've lately gotten quite fond of the Dunlop Primetone in 5mm!Specifically the 507s
Tortex triangle 0.6 ( orange ones ).
I like the "give" of a slightly thinner pick.
I do wear em out fairly quick though
I like the "give" of a slightly thinner pick.
I do wear em out fairly quick though
The majority of my playing is fingerstyle but when I use a pick, I like the Jim Dunlop jazz III.
I like 2mm+ picks for songs that don't require any strumming. If there will me strumming then 1mm-1.14mm is awesome to me.
I loved those pics so much when I played guitar. They weren't awesome for strumming but for riffs and soloing they were the best.
I've found that they're awesome for bass if you want to add a little bit of thumb into your picking to soften the attack a little bit.
I use the Dunlop Ultex Jazz III. Tested several from a Dunlop variety pack when i first switched to bass and the Jazz III was my favorite shape and the Ultex gave the tone i was looking for. So i got on the internet and found that they make an Ultex Jazz III and i ordered two bags!
I used to play pickstyle in my youth, since I was punk and all that lol. I don't play with picks anymore for the most part, but last year a friend gave me a set of handmade rosewood picks (yes, picks made of wood) and I gotta say I love love, LOVE the tone you get with a wooden pick, warmer, rounder, and certainly different. Bad thing though, they wear down quite quickly.
I don't use a pick very often, but this is my first choice:
Of all the exotic materials out there, wood is definitely my favorite.
I also really like leather. The tone you get from that is like fingers, pick, and a bridge mute all had a freaky drug binge and made a love child.
I have 8 words for you: Jim Dunlop Prime Tone Sculpted Plectrum Small Tri.
Right material - not clacky, responds when pressure applied, great articulation.
Tips are sculpted (think well broken-in) and smooth; no grating on bass string windings.
Small Tri shape means there are 3 tips the same, instead of one that's too long and 2 others that are too short.
They're not cheap, but they sound FANTASTIC. Besides, is $10 for 3 worth spending for YOUR tone?
PRIMETONE® SMALL TRIANGLE SMOOTH PICK 1.5MM
Right material - not clacky, responds when pressure applied, great articulation.
Tips are sculpted (think well broken-in) and smooth; no grating on bass string windings.
Small Tri shape means there are 3 tips the same, instead of one that's too long and 2 others that are too short.
They're not cheap, but they sound FANTASTIC. Besides, is $10 for 3 worth spending for YOUR tone?
PRIMETONE® SMALL TRIANGLE SMOOTH PICK 1.5MM
