More on guitar picks

[The Retro Rocker]

Funny! After years of just using whatever medium-to-heavy plastic "whatever" pics, I just today ordered the Primetone pics which should be here tomorrow. I just cant quite pull the trigger for a 35.00 Blue Chip...yet! Baby steps.

 

[The Retro Rocker]

And I'm in Los Angeles. Even our own DWP advises us to NOT drink the tap water.

 

[Boomstick]

Funny! After years of just using whatever medium-to-heavy plastic "whatever" pics, I just today ordered the Primetone pics which should be here tomorrow. I just cant quite pull the trigger for a 35.00 Blue Chip...yet! Baby steps.

Oh nice! I'll be interested to know what you think. I really like them.

 

[davenumber2]

Oh nice! I'll be interested to know what you think. I really like them.

Overall I prefer a casein pick but I like Primetones better than the Bluechips I've tried.

 

[Bill Ashton]

Oh I am...or, er was a sucker for picks. @Default accidentally "gifted" me a Blue Chip and I thought it pretty good, at least the sound others expected to hear...then I found a Dunlop Ultex on a sidewalk at Kaufman Kamp and damn if it didn't sound just like the BC! Better yet, I then found (the next week) that my instructor Beppe Gambetta been using them for some time

My only "trouble" now is deciding on whether to use the .88 or 1.0 thickness, and I guess it really depends on the guitar and strings. Find the .73 sounds too brittle, too much treble.

So there ya go, another one to try out

 

[speedwagon]

I have a couple of Blue Chips, and I also use Primetones. I like the BCs the best, but the Primetones are close enough. They sound a little more bright than the BC, with a little more pick-on-string noise. The feel is about the same. I don't have too much of a problem losing picks, so the BCs have been worth it to me. If I were to lose them, I'm not sure in buy another one when the Dunlops are a much better value

 

[pick5]

In the '60s I got hooked on the thin Mosrite picks..... Heck, they feel good and they NEVER break ! The one in the strings of my Guild is from that time...... Really.... I have 3 more NOS as spares that I'm sure I'll never get to.

 

[adorshki]

In the '60s I got hooked on the thin Mosrite picks..... Heck, they feel good and they NEVER break ! The one in the strings of my Guild is from that time...... Really.... I have 3 more NOS as spares that I'm sure I'll never get to.

Slight veer from the string topic but I still have 2 sets of the mid '90's Guild L350 sets that have an .025 instead of an .024 G, (otherwise they're D'Addario EJ-16's), in the case of my '96 D25.

Dunlop nylon in 73, but primarily 60, sometimes 44, but earlier comments about thinner picks creating more treble suddenly ring true. So to speak.

Might have to break out one of those 73's again.

 

[steveintampa]

I guess it all depends on your style and what part you play in a group.

We have an acoustic guitar strummer who uses a thin Delrin pick, and mandolin player who thrashes with a thin Delrin pick and does some strummy leads, and my wife who is very good at appegiating on guitar and 6 string banjo with a 1.0mm pick.

that leaves me and the bass player to put some kind of rhythm to the sound and we do.

He rocks a good 1-5 and does walks and accents. I play lead and a chop/syncopated style with a very heavy pick for clarity.

Those little thin rubbery picks always have irked me because the tone they produce IMO, is weak and unflattering to the instrument. Couple that with a cheap instrument, dead strings, etc and it is just mush.

Using heavier, stiffer picks has made me a much better player. More, tone, control and clarity.

 

[Boomstick]

Those little thin rubbery picks always have irked me because the tone they produce IMO, is weak and unflattering to the instrument. Couple that with a cheap instrument, dead strings, etc and it is just mush.

I usually hear as much pick noise as string and they don't last long either. I'll usually go with .73mm picks for a couple of songs where I want that particular tone, but the majority of the time I'm in the 1.-1.4mm range and sometimes heavier.

 

[nickelwound]

Moshays.

I love Moshays , I have a few left that I bought a long time ago.

 

[plaidseason]

I've stuck with .60s (and .58s) for probably the last 15 years. These days I hover between Everly Star Picks and D'Addario Duragrips, probably 75/25 in favor of the Star picks. I also just us my bare thumb a lot.

 

[Wilmywood]

I love Moshays , I have a few left that I bought a long time ago.

They can be lost, but they never wear out or break.