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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"
Gary ... aka ...gglide |
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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.
John <>{ |
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Location: AKRON, OHIO | Dunlop gator 58 is my number 1 choice,I like the hole idea!
Gary |
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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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Whats YOUR favorite PICK to use??
