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Old June 25th, 2010, 03:50 PM   #12 (permalink)
dconeill
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Originally Posted by dijos View Post
... the dunlop tortex purple teardrop picks ... may not be super easy to find. ...
Try www.juststrings.com. Easy to find, just not easy to find locally, like anything that's out of the mainstream.

I use Dunlop Jazztones (#207), Dunlop teardrops (1.0 and 1.14mm), and came to them from Gibson Stars (shaped like Jazztone #207).

I liked the Gibsons very well, there's something about the material of which they're made that has a very nice, rather dark tone; however, they're no longer available and I've got about 200 left - should last me to my death.

When the Gibsons became unavailable, I tried several and got the closest tone from the Dunlop Jazztones, so I started using those.

When I want a much brighter tone I use the Tortex.

I never liked standard-shaped picks, so that's how I happened to start using the Gibson Stars.
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