Pick of choice

[dreadnut]

I just finished detailing and re-stringing my red DeArmond Starfire Special with some Power Slinky's, so I just had to take it out for a test drive.

I pulled out my solid silver pick (Mojo pick, made from a 1954 U.S. quarter) and played for about an hour. This is now officially my pick of choice for this guitar. I like a thick pick anyway, and when the silver warms up it has a delightful effect on the nickel wound strings.

 

[taabru45]

I just finished detailing and re-stringing my red DeArmond Starfire Special with some Power Slinky's, so I just had to take it out for a test drive.

I pulled out my solid silver pick (Mojo pick, made from a 1954 U.S. quarter) and played for about an hour. This is now officially my pick of choice for this guitar. I like a thick pick anyway, and when the silver warms up it has a delightful effect on the nickel wound strings.

They are about 20 times more expensive than they used to be ....aren't they? :lol: Steffan

 

[Ravon]

I just finished detailing and re-stringing my red DeArmond Starfire Special with some Power Slinky's, so I just had to take it out for a test drive.

I pulled out my solid silver pick (Mojo pick, made from a 1954 U.S. quarter) and played for about an hour. This is now officially my pick of choice for this guitar. I like a thick pick anyway, and when the silver warms up it has a delightful effect on the nickel wound strings.

I don't go anywhere without my 2.mil Dunlop. Sooo uncomfortable to play anything lighter. I've been wanting to shape a quarter pick for years. I remember Billy Gibbons said he used a quarter and so I tried it but found it too round and the edges too rough :shock: This thread has piqued my interest again so I just may try to find a silver quarter and grind'er down

 

[GAD]

I used to play with a dunlop 1mm pick. For 25 years I played, and even have a couple that I've had all that time.

When I got my Taylor, I hated the sound with the big pick, so went and bought one of each from the bin. I discovered that I much preferred the bright attack of the .50, and now that's all I use.

 

[Jeff]

Star pics in 1.0 or 1.14 mm.

http://www.maurysmusic.com/inc/sdetail/ ... rple/60619

 

[iismet]

I just finished detailing and re-stringing my red DeArmond Starfire Special with some Power Slinky's, so I just had to take it out for a test drive.

I pulled out my solid silver pick (Mojo pick, made from a 1954 U.S. quarter) and played for about an hour. This is now officially my pick of choice for this guitar. I like a thick pick anyway, and when the silver warms up it has a delightful effect on the nickel wound strings.

Yea - I played with a quarter for a lot of years. I play hard so the strings don't last long. I eventually went for putting them on the railroad tracks. This would thin them some and leave a nice soft edge. Still, if you attack too hard, a wound G and high E cannot hold up. If you can stay calm you can get some killer tone out of it.

 

[iismet]

I used to play with a dunlop 1mm pick. For 25 years I played, and even have a couple that I've had all that time.

When I got my Taylor, I hated the sound with the big pick, so went and bought one of each from the bin. I discovered that I much preferred the bright attack of the .50, and now that's all I use.

LOL - My experience - Steel Strings on an acoustic with a thick pick kills the resonance. Once I got way from a quarter (massive resonance cross picking, but very difficult for singing chord work) I ended up thinner and thinner until I was around .5. I choke down on it if I am really going to hit it.

On an electric - for me, the thin pick washes out far to soon and I play a 1.0. It has taken some time to learn how to strum cleanly, but I just bury the pick and use the tips of my fingers.

Compared to the total journey, I've not been playing electric for very long. Definitely it's own thing and much to learn. I can get some great tone on a electric with a quarter, but I can almost predict which hit will destroy the string.

 

[krysh]

still these:

 

[Brad Little]

I used a Butterfly pick for years, recently went back to the dunlop jazz III, although I like the blue chip jazz pick a lot, but considering what they cost I leave them home most of the time, at least if I lose one there I have a chance at finding it again.
Brad

 

[Walter Broes]

I've used these forever :

I do make an exception for recording strummy acoustics, and use thin plastic or celluloid picks for that, for more "click" and treble.

 

[frettedstrings]

Jim Dunlop Vinyl Picks (.88mm) with my D35 and F212.

 

[iismet]

I've used these forever :

yea - This one works well for me on the IV and BB.

 

[fearless]

I like the Snarling Dog "Brain" picks. Good textured grip, (similar to Jim Dunlop textured grip) and available in bulk. I have been using the 1.14mm (orange) pick for quite a while but am training myself to use the thinner 1.0mm - otherwise I have a tendency to break D strings on my SG.

 

[AlohaJoe]

I like something that's thick enough to not bend but thin enough to be accurate, polished enough to be sticky (unless your hands are very dry) and no bigger than it needs to be.

Current favorites:
Garden variety Fender extra heavy,

Golden Gate:

 

[jmac]

Isn't it illegal to deface a quarter? Take Joe Friday's advice, stay within the law, use a nickle, almost the same size, and not a crime.

 

[Guest]

I got into V-picks for my mando (thin and thick) ... the thin ones work great on my Starfire, too. I like National thumbs and metal fingerpicks for my F-212

 

[AlohaJoe]

Take Joe Friday's advice, stay within the law, use a nickle, almost the same size, and not a crime.

And they're only 5 cents! :lol:

 

[kakerlak]

I bought a gross of white Fender Mediums a long time ago and still have a ton of them in a little glass jar. I played metal picks for a while and they do sound great. At the time, I preferred a rigid pick, but for whatever reason, I went back to liking mediums. They wear out pretty quick, but I think the celluloid sounds better than nylon. Those dunlops and claytons last a long, long time, but always sounded dull to me, probably b/c they're not as brittle as celluloid. I always felt they sound a little like dead vs. new strings.

I will say that the jar full of Fender Mediums smells crazy when you open it. Talk about some fumes!

 

[adorshki]

Isn't it illegal to deface a quarter? Take Joe Friday's advice, stay within the law, use a nickle, almost the same size, and not a crime.

It's a crime to deface any currency, period. The feds'll be knockin' on those doors just as soon as they stumble across this thread. :lol:

 

[Ravon]

Isn't it illegal to deface a quarter? Take Joe Friday's advice, stay within the law, use a nickle, almost the same size, and not a crime.

It's a crime to deface any currency, period. The feds'll be knockin' on those doors just as soon as they stumble across this thread. :lol:

Ok Ok I won't get the grinder out. Be my luck the feds ARE looking at this thread. How bigs a Peso?