Favourite plectrum?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:13 pm

dots wrote:

+1

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:14 pm

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:12 pm

every time. .73mm. boring grey colour. Bought a load off eBay but i still lose them all.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:14 pm

wihle we're on the subject, can anyonre reccommend any decent (cheap) thumbpicks?

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:18 pm

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:41 pm

it depends, i play with my fingers more than with a pick these days (fran was witness to this).

i agree with reece's blue tortex picks. though i've always used metal picks a lot. up until 2 years ago, i used a 50p for 5 years solid, perfect worn in.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:23 am

I was only joking when I posted this but since everyone else has posted theirs, my pick of the picks is: the bog standard â€˜Jim Dunlop USA nylon .88â€™ in dullest grey

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:23 am

Can't be anything thinner than this;

I hate light plectrums, HAT.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:40 am

JD .73mm

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:46 am

(1.00 for bass)

For guitar

Post by **Doog** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:34 am

George Dennis picks, just because my local shop in Boggers carries 'em, and I tend to get lotsa free ones cause I'm awesome.

Blue ones, 1.20mm- for both guitar and bass.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:24 pm

DuoSonicBoy wrote:
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.73 is for the really strummy stuff on Fenders. The 1.0s work better on Danos for some reason.

them's what i use, but i've noticed the thinner ones tend to split up the middle thanks to my over enthusiastic strumming, so i might go back to the thick jobs.

also, PRO TIP: a spot of double sided tape wrapped round the top of the plectrum means you'll NEVER drop it, and it means you don't have to grip it so hard if you're a fast rhythm player.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:19 pm

Orange Dunlops

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:45 pm

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YES red dunlop jazz III's are the best pick for electric guitar. They have improved my speed and technique/accuracy tremendously. I think eric johnson also uses them, hes convinced the red ones give better tone than the black ones.

euan · Post by **euan** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:53 pm

The shiny pink Dunlops are what I tend to use these days. Though I do a lot of undisciplined hybrid picking.

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:56 pm

DanHeron wrote:

every time. .73mm. boring grey colour. Bought a load off eBay but i still lose them all.

+1 Best Pick EVA. Aside from, as you point out, the shitty colour which means you can't ever find the fucking things.

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:13 pm

I use the thickest of thick metal pickins

The brass ones in the middle

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:06 pm

Dogma Hollow · Post by **Dogma Hollow** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:29 pm

the isaac eaton wrote:

This is the only kind i use, and sometimes these hilarious first act picks that my girlfriend bought me, they are actually nice though. but yeah, Tortex, only in yellow. NO OTHER COLORS!!!

This for my electrics. I tried the Gators for a while, but the shit they put on them to make them easier to grip also felt like it made 'em stick to the strings.

I use anything thin for my acoustics.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:41 pm

I hate thin picks, you loose all the picking dynamics. because a thin pick absorbs so much the energy in how much it flexes, your picking and strumming will all sound the same.