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QUestion for the pick players out there...
- Thread starter chrisp2u
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I'm not a pick player, I gave it a shot when I first started and then switched to fingers...but I picked up someones pick the other day and it had a star shape punched through it so that it wouldn't slip out of you fingers (I sweat like Robin Williams) and this was one of the reasons I switched.
...So yeah awesome hole punched picks FTW.
...So yeah awesome hole punched picks FTW.
Step 1: go to a music store with a $5 bill
Step 2: buy different picks
honestly it's so subjective, that's all you can do, and for $5 it's so easy, and then you'll have all kinds of picks for when guitards forget to bring them.
Which brings me to this question, why's it so hard for guitarists to remember picks and cables? I carry extra picks and cables just for them, and I rarely even use picks.
Step 2: buy different picks
honestly it's so subjective, that's all you can do, and for $5 it's so easy, and then you'll have all kinds of picks for when guitards forget to bring them.
Which brings me to this question, why's it so hard for guitarists to remember picks and cables? I carry extra picks and cables just for them, and I rarely even use picks.
I am a avocate of dunlop brand picks.
I think you can play fast or solo hard and soft and just get by on the Tortex .88 green medium picks.
They can sound growly or very trebly depending on string brand and how you use them (up or down picking) and they are avaliable everywhere you don't have to worry about breaking them either I tried it's impossible sure you can bend them pretty good but, after 3 years of using the same pick the only thing wrong with it is it has my thumb print on it.
I think you can play fast or solo hard and soft and just get by on the Tortex .88 green medium picks.
They can sound growly or very trebly depending on string brand and how you use them (up or down picking) and they are avaliable everywhere you don't have to worry about breaking them either I tried it's impossible sure you can bend them pretty good but, after 3 years of using the same pick the only thing wrong with it is it has my thumb print on it.
ultex is awesome if you're not the type who loses picks!
and we all know that only pick users lose picks
and we all know that only pick users lose picks
went through a bunch of picks and am on these now, really good so far, not my holy grail of pick but the best I've used to date. Really lets your picking hand relax.
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I find i can't use the thicker picks like i used to. On songs alternate picking back and forth between notes on chords, thinner picks are way easier to use.
but then you got the added problem or constantly breaking picks.
but then you got the added problem or constantly breaking picks.
Previously I was using Herco heavy or Carol Kaye brand logo pick, sometimes a Dunlop Jazz too.
Now I have discovered graphite picks and I like them much better. I still like the Carol Kaye pick too. Not using the Dunlop or Herco anymore.
Now I have discovered graphite picks and I like them much better. I still like the Carol Kaye pick too. Not using the Dunlop or Herco anymore.
I have tried alot of different kinds of picks in different gauges and material. There is no right one for a bass. You need to try different ones and see what sound you like best. Heavier picks will get a dark thuddier sound, while lighter picks get brighter sound. I have found when you get too light you get very muddy and you get that flick sound of the pick hitting the string. Whn you go to heavy it sortdull the resonation. Also, consider your strings. If they are bright strings you might not want a pick to be light. If you use heavier strings then perhaps a heavy pick may be to much. Also consider what kind of music you are playing and what would sound right.
Bottom line is just go to a music store and buy a bunch of picks in different sizes and different materials and see what works for you. I myself like Fender 351's in Medium.
Bottom line is just go to a music store and buy a bunch of picks in different sizes and different materials and see what works for you. I myself like Fender 351's in Medium.
I agree on the Tortex 1.14, great picks. been using them for a while in my hardcore band, never broke one once!
Ive been using Clayton Acetal Rounded Tri picks for about 4 years and really like them.
I started off with the 1mm size but now use the 1.9mm.
They seem to last for ages, in fact the only reason i have to buy more is i tend to loose them.
After reading this thread a few days ago i tried the Big stubbies but dont really like them, so far. They feel like i might drop them. I guess its just the way i hold them and they are a bit smaller than my usual picks. I could get used to them though. They dont seem to produce quite as much low end as the Claytons.
I got the Claytons as people were saying you can get a bit closer to finger tone with them.
I started off with the 1mm size but now use the 1.9mm.
They seem to last for ages, in fact the only reason i have to buy more is i tend to loose them.
After reading this thread a few days ago i tried the Big stubbies but dont really like them, so far. They feel like i might drop them. I guess its just the way i hold them and they are a bit smaller than my usual picks. I could get used to them though. They dont seem to produce quite as much low end as the Claytons.
I got the Claytons as people were saying you can get a bit closer to finger tone with them.
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