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Location: Fort Worth, TX | I read about these on acousticguitarforum.com. I just got my two free samples and was AMAZED at the difference in sound and timbre they produce. My real tortoise shell pick I've carried in my wallet for 20 years just became an orphan. I URGE you to get your free sample. You can read more about them here:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231721&h... Copy and paste into address bar. You'll thank me later. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | These look pretty cool. I didn't see anything about how to get free samples though. |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | just email them at chris@gravitypicks.com and request a sample pack. got mine in 3 days. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Cool, thanks! |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by DaveKell:
My real tortoise shell pick I've carried in my wallet for 20 years just became an orphan. An acrylic pick displacing a Tortoise... you can send me that poor old orphaned Tortoise. |
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Location: Seacoast NH | I just requested a sample of these, and the guy said he was sending it out.
We'll see if I like them better than the Green Tortex picks I've used for the last decade... |
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Location: nashville | I have on the way as well |
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Location: sitting at my computer | It will be interesting to read your reviews / opinions.
Aside from the wear / durability characteristics of different materials... and the personal preferences of pick feel, shape, handling ease and comfort... I remain skeptical that there's any significant, discernible difference in guitar tonality between picks of similar thickness / hardness / surface finish e.g. - a hard plastic pick versus a stone pick versus a metal pick versus a carbon fiber pick, etc...
But then I've been unwilling to shell out the $$$ for any of those pricey plectrums just to try 'em out. Paid a buck for a Pickboy 0.75mm black teardrop pick that gets the job done adequately... and I thought it was even kinda pricey for one single pick! I know, I'm a cheap SOB.
It would be real interesting to hear some comparison audio clips of pick-A versus pick-B versus pick-C... being used on the same guitar, same notes / chords, same playing technique by the same (unbiased) guitarist.
Found this guy making a sales pitch (the audio quality sucks) and comparison of his picks versus Dunlops. But honestly, I just don't hear any significant difference between either one. Maybe my hearing is just going to crap like my eyesight is! :eek: |
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Location: eastern united states | i ordered a few. expensive picks just to get lost as most of mine inevitably do. i applaude the mans attempt at private industry. i respect that enough to help out by buying a few and if i like them also.... lucky me. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Yes you really can tell a difference in tone.
A few years ago at a gathering at g8r's house we did a pick tone comparison and voted on the the best sound. Here are the results.
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Mine are on the way :) :) |
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Location: Seacoast NH | Got a sample with 3 picks in it. Did a side by side comparison with my preferred green tortex picks.
I actually can hear a slight bit of improvement on the high end. Sounds as if these picks let all the higher harmonics ring out while the tortex pick mutes them somewhat.
Not a huge difference I would say, but definitely noticable... |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Got my two in the mail... Still need to try them out. They remind me of one I made in shop class as a kid... HEAVY and THICK. |
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Location: Ohio | Mine are on the ay |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I don't use picks, but I HAVE noticed that different materials sound better on different guitars. My old black Legend definitely sound better with a nylon pick vs. a plastic one. But my LX sounds better with plastic. |
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Location: eastern united states | just got my order in today. i don't use picks often but i tried these out against the dunlop and fenders i had hangin' around. i used the clear .75 against the .60mm dunlop and med. fender, there is a huge tonal difference! my strumming seems clearer and its definitely a LOT brighter sounding! for picking i loved it, strumming was too clear. haven't tried the rest yet but , i dont think i wasted 29.95. only problem i see is i wont find the clear one when i drop it. |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | glad so far everyone has liked them |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Just received mine, Great picks!!! I normally use a 88mm Dunlop but this picks seem to make my 6 and 12 boom. But the big surprise was when I used them on my Viper, Preacher and UKll. Amazing pick attack, easy pinch harmonics, they just seem to bring out sounds I have yet to achieve. Now I just need to save to order the .75mm package. Dave thank you for the heads up brother. :) :) :) :) |
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Location: Seacoast NH | Agreed on losing the clear colored one! Dropped in on my beige carpet the other day and it took me about 5 minutes to find (right at my feet of course)... |
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Location: Massachusetts | I dropped mine while setting up on Saturday in the afternoon. When I got to the gig that night I realized that it was missing. I looked for it all night on stage, but it didn't show up. I never really got a chance to give it a real tryout! Bummer!! |
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Location: eastern united states | that's the cool thing... we keep buying, he'll keep making them ! and again... thank you dave for turning us on to these ! |
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Location: Ohio | I normally use a Green Tortex and I think I'll stay with it. THe Gravity pick is a BIt slippery for me. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | nikon4004 sez:
I normally use a Green Tortex and I think I'll stay with it. THe Gravity pick is a BIt slippery for me. I have discovered Cactus Picks, and Snarling Dogs, and other "textured" picks...
Now I have a bowl full of "smooth" picks that I never use cuz they are too slick.
So I have ruined myself for "normal" picks... they have to have a gripping surface. |
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Location: Surrey, BC, Canada | Just got my sample pick, and am very pleased with them. I have a SIT strings model, a Dunlop, a Gibson .88, and a couple cheapies. I would say it's the brightest sounding one of all, without having that "too thin" feeling in the fingers.
Thanks Dave for mentioning this! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I wish they would have sent me a couple I could use. The two I received in the mail were so thick, the only thing I could think of using them for was as a doorstop. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Saw Brad Paisley in concert. He used the cheapest picks possible, ripped on his tele, and threw a hundred of these cheap picks out to the audience. If he can play THAT good with a cheap pick, I guess they are good enough for me. |
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Location: Seacoast NH | I hear you. I actually got through a gig at a restaurant once using a clip tab thing that comes on a loaf of bread as a pick. My friend recorded it all on DAT and I didn't sound half bad, bread tab and all! |
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Location: eastern united states | i got a buch more ordered bvince. i'll send ya a clear .75 if ya want. guy says they are going to start making the .75's in red. i'll get a bunch of those. |
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Location: eastern united states | gravity pick guy can do custom pick orders. i think it would be cool if he can do a special 1778t-rft/bft/oft pick. he should let me know if he can tomorrow. if so, any other flamers in here interested? bobbo? OMA? prof? it'd be neat to have a few match the guitar. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Thanks for the offer 'usmc, but that's ok, I have so many picks laying around the house now, that the wife keeps vaccuming them up and pulling them out of the clothes dryer. After trying a ton of them out, I've went from coolpics to the latest choice of Dunlops. After picking up another guitar, I'm afraid to purchase anything related to guitars, for fear of the wrath of the "Sergeant Major" (if you know what I mean) (; |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | gravity pick guy can do custom pick orders. i think it would be cool if he can do a special 1778t-rft/bft/oft pick. he should let me know if he can tomorrow. if so, any other flamers in here interested? bobbo? OMA? prof? it'd be neat to have a few match the guitar.
How exactly would a pick match the guitar? I'm intrigued. I live for little details like this. |
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