When you play with a pick, what kind do you use?

[Sean775]

I know the type of pick doesn't make much of a difference, I'm just curious.



Also, does anyone know what type of pick well known pick players use/have used? Such as Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, Roger Waters, Sting, etc.

 

[RustyNails]

I use a Dunlop Extra Heavy (XH) Gel guitar pick. I've tried many other picks, but that one is my favorite for bass. And I use the Heavy and Medium version of the same pick for guitar. They're pretty much indestructible, and take forever to wear away the rounded edge. Awesome grip. I dont think ive ever dropped one on stage. And they sound great for punk, funk, metal, anything requiring a pick.

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[Slade N]

im not that picky.....terrible i know
i like them thicker for bass, i dont about other players famous or not

 

[/\/\3phist0]

I like tortex or other nylon 3 point triangle types

 

[OOD]

I like 'em cause of the low price. 1.99 for 12.

 

[PortlandBass77]

Whatever pick I can steal from my guitar playing friend.....

 

[JMacBass65]

JPJ used Herco heavy gauge.

I use Snarling Dog "Brain" picks. 1.14 & 1.00 mm, nylon.

 

[monsterthompson]

Toetex .88 is best all around. Gator 2.0 is good too. Just started using Dunlop thumb picks with the wrap around so you don't need to hold it in place with the index finger. They are a little long, but I really like them.

 

[Danomo]

Mostly Dunlop Max Grip 1.0, but I have a bag of Digitech labeled 1 mm picks I got with an RP accessory kit mail-in deal years back. They're just a bit more flexy than a Fender Heavey, and just a bit less flexy than the Max Grip.

 

[CatSquare]

The red Dunlop is light and floppy, but fun, and the orange is a close balance between flex and rigidity (a little too rigid). Anything thicker than orange I can't play with any finesse whatsoever. But who wants to play with a dumb old pick anyways?

 

[Link Ramone]

Lately it's been the 1.5 Dunlop Max Grip.

 

[Feral Feline]

I really like the new(ish) GraphTech picks. Drop one on a table and then drop a regular plastic pick and hear the difference. How much of that difference is heard against the string is debatable, but I like how they are thin yet super stiff. Downsides are they're slippery, and wear faster than some other picks. They come in different thickness and shapes...

 

[Michael4bass]

I usually use the yellow Tortex .73 mm picks.

Bassically, Michael

 

[AaronVonRock]

Jim Dunlop Stubby Triangle 2.0mm

 

[gregmon79]

Love these

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[Stempelloos]

The Jim Dunlop Jazz II or III is the pick mostly used by me. For bass I prefer thicker picks.
But I'll play with anything that shows up, most of my picks are found anyway.
I tended to loose most of my picks when I played with pick, then after I started to play mostly finger style,
other picks showed up again.

 

[TripleDouble]

Edit; woops, quoted wrong message, sorry!

A lot of the country guitar playing chicken pickers file their picks down so the length and angle is just right. I know a guy who cuts thumbpicks up, heats and bends another regular pick so the angle is perfect, then crazy glues it to the thumbpick "strap" and files and fusses with it some more. I'd say that's a bit excessive, except he's an awesome player.

I love playing with a thumbpick too, being able to switch from finger funk to freight train downstroke picking on the fly is a blast. You can even pop the thumbpick off and palm/cup it for thumb playing.

 

[Goad]

Clayton Acetal Standard Guitar Picks 1.0

Hate the look of them, but love to use them!!

 

[Joshua Pickenpaugh]

With a last name of Pickenpaugh, sometime I use a pick, sometimes my paw. (rimshot).

Anyway...I sometimes use the red Dunlop Big Stubby 1mm.

 

[Duder]

I normally use D'addario's, but for the life of me I can't remember the thickness. I mostly use them because they keep sending me free stuff. I am not endorsed by them, I just keep filling out surveys.