zeboma
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Lots of threads about picks, and lots about strings, but what about both?
I've become such a tone fiend lately (UPDATE: LOVING my 2000 D55!). Had fun a while ago sampling different picks playing for a friend, and we ended pretty much on the same page as to which pick sounded best. But here's what I've noticed: the picks I liked when strings (JP bluegrass) were NEW, is different from the pick I like best as they've gotten a little older (a week of heavy playing, and they're approaching dead). When new and all jangly, I liked the thicker, mellower triangle pick (a Dunlop, 1.5 I believe), but as the strings have started to deaden, I'm going more for the tortoise-like mystery pick (found in the case of my old HD28 leftover from previous owner) or the Dunlop JazzIII.
Just thought with all this talk about strings and about picks, there ought to be a thread about how both evolve and change in relation to each other!
I've become such a tone fiend lately (UPDATE: LOVING my 2000 D55!). Had fun a while ago sampling different picks playing for a friend, and we ended pretty much on the same page as to which pick sounded best. But here's what I've noticed: the picks I liked when strings (JP bluegrass) were NEW, is different from the pick I like best as they've gotten a little older (a week of heavy playing, and they're approaching dead). When new and all jangly, I liked the thicker, mellower triangle pick (a Dunlop, 1.5 I believe), but as the strings have started to deaden, I'm going more for the tortoise-like mystery pick (found in the case of my old HD28 leftover from previous owner) or the Dunlop JazzIII.
Just thought with all this talk about strings and about picks, there ought to be a thread about how both evolve and change in relation to each other!
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