Good picks for strumming

[BeGUILeD]

Does anyone have experience with Dunlop Primetone Semi-round picks? Wondering specifically if they may be better for strumming than picks with more slender tips and provide a warmer tone. I have an OM.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Does anyone have experience with Dunlop Primetone Semi-round picks? Wondering specifically if they may be better for strumming than picks with more slender tips and provide a warmer tone. I have an OM.

Never tried it but I never liked the pointy edge for stumming a guitar ever. I always turn the pick sideways so the rounded edge is against the strings. It moves the hand closer to strings too and really is a marvelous difference. So I like this pick idea above as the "pointy" edge is gone. Nice! I must have been a visionary. Glad Dunlop finally caught up to me...

 

[GGJaguar]

Never tried it but I never liked the pointy edge for stumming a guitar ever.

I like the pointy end of the pick for strumming, but invariably, the darn thing will eventually start rotating between my fingers. The result is I'm not strumming with the pointy end of the pick at all. So yeah, maybe Dunlop has an idea there.

 

[Westerly Wood]

I like the pointy end of the pick for strumming, but invariably, the darn thing will eventually start rotating between my fingers. The result is I'm not strumming with the pointy end of the pick at all. So yeah, maybe Dunlop has an idea there.

If you turn pick to one of its sides, it no longer moves.
Maybe that was my observation way back when. Either way, it also provides more of the pick to each strum so you can really dig in and drive it more.

 

[walrus]

Primetones are great picks with the beveled edges they have. But IMO that gauge is pretty high for strumming acoustic strings..

I have used Dunlop Ultex 346 triangle picks for the last several years.

Try lots of picks, it's a pretty cheap exercise!

walrus

 

[RBSinTo]

For my pathetic attempts at music-making, the traditional teardrop picks (I prefer Dunlop .60mm grey ones) work j u s t fine.
However, for those who require a radically different geometry for theirs, might I suggest that, that's why God made sandpaper, and emery boards.
RBSinTo

 

[crank]

IMO for a good strum something 70mm or thinner is best. Thick picks don't flick my bic.

 

[Guildedagain]

The best pick is the one in your pocket.