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Location: AKRON, OHIO | Ive tried ALOT of different picks in my life,and was wondering what other people use.latley Ive tried different materials:ivory,walnut,a quarter cut in the shape of a pick,ebony,osage etc. All produced a different "COLOR" to the sound I finger pick and also flat pick.
"Different Strokes"
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Location: south east Michigan | "CoolPicks" from Elderly.
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Dunlop Gator Grip, .58mm.
I drill a 1/4" hole in it for a better grip.
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Location: AKRON, OHIO | Dunlop gator 58 is my number 1 choice,I like the hole idea!
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
(...Dunlop...) I drill a 1/4" hole in it for a better grip. Hey! So do I! :cool:
I originally drilled the hole to keep some picks on my keyring and differentiate my picks from my friend's, who always seemed to end up with more picks than he started with after jamming.
The better grip was a bonus. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 1. I've been using a real tortise given recently to me by a friend.
2. The tri-tip from the Red Bear Trading company, they are synthetic tortis and come realllly close to the real thing.
3. PLEC by D'Andres, I use the 1.5 Pro Plec in the triangle shape. I sand one edge down to a point and leave the others roundish.
4. A regular heavy or xheavy shaped pick.
5. A medium regular pick
Each will give a different sound so choose the one that works for your application |
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Location: NJ | my go to pick is a fender heavy or extra heavy in the standard of the larger shape.
my go to electric pic is a wood one that I was sent as a sample when this board was started.the guy that made them was on here and sent me a couple. I really like the pick although he took offense to my critique of it. He then sent me a pick that was about 1/4 thick which was totally unuseable.
wonder what happened to him? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I like the perforated Red Bear -beveled bluegrass-synthetic tortoise. Also use Clayton .80mm. |
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Location: NJ | Currently gigging w/Dunlop Tortex .73mm (yellow) & 1.0mm (green) both with a hole punched in 'em . . . seems t'be working (this month).
I still have a few left of the thin, stiff, black picks with a brite green Ovation logo stamped on 'em that someone gave me . . . GREAT 12-string picks!, and I treat the surviors in my GigCase like gold . . . |
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Location: GA USA | When Beal says he likes his picks, he means it. He got a bit jittery at g8r's house when Zilla tried to lift one. Turns out they cost something like $400 each.
What are your picks called, Beggin? I've been meaning to get me some. |
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Location: AKRON, OHIO | Does type of pick have any coralation to the type of music being played? .....
thin for rock?
medium for country?
heavy for say metal? etc.....
Any Thoughts???.....
Gary
Does the material the pick is made of influence the "FLAVOR" of the song? |
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Location: NJ | Volume, Tone, and the amount of "slap" on the strings . . .
(Thicker is Darker, Thinner is Brighter) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Fender mediums, standard single points. I have a Red Bear faux tortie of the same shape, but the Fenders last forever and are my go-to picks of choice. I also use a .58 thin on infrequent occasion for strumming. |
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Location: Chicago | Tortex .88 (the green ones).... |
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Location: NJ | a pick is a tool you use it as such. it is all what you are used to. I don't like thin, they slap too much I cannot get a quick response with them etc.
I like the heavy and extra heavy because they feel right in my hand. often I have the same pick for a long time and it wears into a nice comfortable extention of my fingers |
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Location: Utah | My favorite is Ultex medium (.73?) for acoustic playing. I also use the yellow Dunlop Tortex for electric lead guitar, or the thicker green Tortex for rhythm electric. The orange Tortex .60 gets some use on the acoustic O. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Slipkid:
"CoolPicks" from Elderly.
I also have 3-4 tri-tips from Red Bear that I use mainly with electrics. |
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Location: AKRON, OHIO | Originally posted by alpep:
a pick is a tool you use it as such. it is all what you are used to. I don't like thin, they slap too much I cannot get a quick response with them etc.
I like the heavy and extra heavy because they feel right in my hand. often I have the same pick for a long time and it wears into a nice comfortable extention of my fingers ..... "extention of my fingers"
AMEN :p |
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| Tortex Orange. It bends slightly and stays that way after it's broken in..
(and a small Fender jazz pick when I played the Deacon) |
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Location: CT | Fender Medium. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | They only cost $25.00 |
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Location: GA USA | That's what I meant. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Dunlop Tortex .73mm are my favs, but will adapt to any med to heavy pick if they are free.
If they don't work I'll just chuck 'em and use my thumb and index finger. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Mostly Dava Control picks
http://www.davapick.com/ |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
What are your picks called, Beggin? I've been meaning to get me some. Cap'n, they are (I kid you not) Snarling Dogs Brain picks.
They come in six differnt thicknesses and are easy to hold on to when tha fingers start to sweatin.
Got 'em at the local GC. |
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Location: NJ | I had a couple of those picks from a NAMM SwagBag . . .
GoodPicks. I eventually lost 'em . . .
I'll have to search them out. |
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Location: Central Florida | Fender or Ernie Ball mediums in general, but I often use Fender thins on my Ovations. Just like the way they make my O's sound. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Dunlop thumbpick w/ Delrin tip and Alaska Piks- never use a flat pick. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Fender heavies. | |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by Jeff:
Fender or Ernie Ball mediums in general, but I often use Fender thins on my Ovations. Just like the way they make my O's sound. I've always played Fender mediums, but I'm thinking of going with thins on the Elite T, especially plugged in. | |
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Location: enid, ok | Brazilian agate picks for me. But I don't take them out in public. Mr. Beal will explain why. I use Dunlop yellow or greens for that. And I play a lot without one, anymore. | |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Sharkfin (made by a Swedish company) , Dunlop makes some too , for those who do n`t know about them , they`re " ribbed " on one side , holding in a regular fashion , the " tip " can be used for " note by note -lead " playing , twisting the Wrist a bit when strumming , using the ribs to hit strings , it sounds as if several plectre roam over the strings , giving an " orchestral sound " to it , could be ( in certain situations ) used to replace a 12 stringer , on a 12 , it can obtain a dreamy -romantic effect, part of my plectre I have covered , on Both sides ,with a thin layer of Cork , that makes for a Thick , easy , non -slippery item to hold :)
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Location: SoCal | I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned these... I use OFC cream colored picks. Finest kind.
They are actually the same as Fender mediums which I've used for years and years. I used to use the red Fender mediums because the red dye, sonically, gave the best "color" to the tone, and were easy to find when the kids flipped them into the carpet we had for a long time.
Oddly enough, about 5 years ago I tried some different kinds of picks and then found that I couldn't transition back to the Fender mediums. For a while, everything felt weird.
I use the mediums for everything, 6 string steel, nylon strings, 12's and electrics. They just feel right..... | |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | There was a good article in one of the magazines with Brian Sutton and he was talking about his box of picks that he bringt to recording sessions. Up till I read that I was trying to find the pick that worked the best for me. After reading that it becomes clear that there are different picks for different applications.
I prefer the hard tri shaped ones but will use several as needed. | |
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Location: big island | dunlop tortex .50 w/drilled holes for strumming
zookies XL10 heavy thumbick
herco light thumbpick
alaska fingerpicks | |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Pick? Only when absolutely necessary--as in, there are six other guitars in the room and I want to be heard without causing myself injury by overstrumming. I strum with fingers and thumb, fingers mostly on down-strokes, thumb mostly on ups. (Since I don't play lead, it's not a big deal.) I really don't like picks.....
However, when I have to, I use a Dunlop .38mm on the acoustics, a .48 on the electrics, and a .60 on the bass.
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Location: Waterloo, IL | Fender medium. | |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I use Cactus Grip Green (medium) picks that I got with some strings that I bought on eBarf. I bought some Ernie Ball Slinkies and this dude sent me 25 assorted picks. They are great. So I ordered some EJ16's from him and asked him to send me all mediums. 
They are sturdy and hard-to-drop... And almost FREE! (the best kind) | |
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Location: Flushing, MI | Originally posted by auchencrow:
I've been using the little jazz heavy's since about 1976, and I can't use anything else. If I don't have one, then I'll just play with bare fingers (which I often do anyway).
When I was about 15-16, I got a big assortment of picks and tried them all, using an acoustic guitar, just to see what had the best tone, and most accurate feel. I know that it's strictly a matter of opinion but, for me, the jazz heavy's had the fattest tone, and the most accurate feel as it glides over a string. There was no going back after that. Still ain't! | |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | +1 for Gator or Tortex .73's, or Fender Mediums. The Fenders were my dad's pick of choice back when I was growing up, and for the longest time I didn't know there was another type of pick. I always just swiped some of his...
Anyone else here ever pick up one of these:
Dunlop Adamas Pick
I got some a couple years ago...they actually play really nice on the Papoose with heavier strings, or played (gently) on a 12-string. Plus, it feels like you've got something very solid to hold on to. | |
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Location: Jet City | i'm with all you yeller tortex pickers | |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I use either the Adamas Graphite picks or these "Vox" picks I found years ago that have a slight texture to them. You can't really feel it, but they just don't slip. They may be called slip grip or something.
I love the Adamas picks.. If I hold them verticle I can pick faster than I can finger the notes, but I still try. | |
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Location: NJ | hold on to those Adamas picks
they are going the way of the do do | |
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Location: NJ | I've got one of those (Thanx,Miles!)
For a "thick" pick, they're great! | |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The reason I use Fender Mediums is because I bought a gross of them years ago and they never break. As more equipment arrived over the years, various types of picks also arrived as deal candy and they went into the pick jar. Now there's got to be hundreds in there of all shapes and sizes. However, inasmuch as I had become accustomed to the Fender Mediums, they remain my pick of choice. | |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | I like to experiment with different picks.. much cheaper than experimenting with strings!
One pick that hasn't been mentioned here yet are the star grip picks, like this:
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I have a helluva time holding onto picks when I'm strumming. I've tried many different picks with not a significant amount of difference. I was bored one day and decided to try a selection of thumb picks:
The other reason I tried this was to get more volume from the thumb while fingerpicking. Out of the five shown, the bumblebee (black/yellow) was the best for me for strumming. It's adjustable (the attack angle) and was closest to a regular pick. For finger picking I liked the one in the middle - made of delrin. It's also adjustable. I also tried standard dunlop and fender thumbpicks but didn't like those. The orange one on the left was just way too wimpy.
For strumming though, I'm still in search of a good pick. Beggin gave me one at G8rbowl, which my son has confiscated.
The more I play, the easier it gets to hold on, so there's hope for me yet. | |
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Location: nyc area | I always use the Dunlop 1mm nylon... got a grip so I don't drop em'! | |
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Whats YOUR favorite PICK to use??