This, specifically the EJ model.
Battle of the Pick Materials!
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Mart the Hat
Tele-Holic
I like celluloid best for feel when I'm noodling around at home, but some of the rhythm parts I play with my band wear it down so fast that I can see a layer of pick dust on my guitar at the end of a rehearsal. So I end up using Dunlop Tortex picks most of the time, and discard them when the edge goes ragged.
6stringcowboy
Friend of Leo's
Snarling Dog Brain Picks. Nylon .73mms (red)
therealfindo
Tele-Holic
Nylon .73 for electric, Tortex .5 (orange) for acoustic
ricknbaker
Tele-Afflicted
Clayton Acetal. The big ones, 0.63.
basher
Friend of Leo's
I voted acrylic because I like medium round V-Picks, but what I like about them is the shape and the thickness. If they were made of celluloid or tortex or whatever I'd still like them.
TheletterJ
Tele-Afflicted
I like the Dunlop Tortex .60mm picks, however it doesn't really matter to me at the end of the day. Saturday night I played a 3 hour show using an Alabama University (Roll Tide!!) vanity pick from the college book store. Not sure what the material is but it was hard as a rock. I've also got a few of those standard red picks from Guitar Center that I pocketed upon visits that work fine.
I often wonder if there's some kind of mojo with certain picks because everyone seems to debate about them and the different tonal qualities that are achievable with different material. I do like the grip I get with the Tortex picks, but that's been about the only factor that keeps me coming back. That, and I'm a creature of habit.
I often wonder if there's some kind of mojo with certain picks because everyone seems to debate about them and the different tonal qualities that are achievable with different material. I do like the grip I get with the Tortex picks, but that's been about the only factor that keeps me coming back. That, and I'm a creature of habit.
thebowl
Tele-Meister
Another vote for whatever Blue Chips are made of. They really are remarkable. Ultex a surprisingly close second.
Henry Mars
Tele-Afflicted
I use 2- 3mm Lignum Vitae, Ebony and Agate Stone picks for the most part. I make the wood picks myself.
Occasionally I use bone picks if I need a brighter sound. Also 2mmm Dunlop Gators here and there.
Occasionally I use bone picks if I need a brighter sound. Also 2mmm Dunlop Gators here and there.
Glass Onion
Tele-Meister
Meldin the stuff Blue Chip picks are made from. I love those picks and don't use anything else except fingers.
If I had to choose a second maybe tusq.
If I had to choose a second maybe tusq.
I started using Tortex when they came out because they sound like my fingernails...which I figured sounded like tortoiseshell because the two are the same basic material, right? Cow hoof and cow horn picks are like tortoiseshell, too.
there's lots of cool stuff out there, but as far as i'm concerned they could have stopped when they invented nylon picks. dunlop nylon .88's have floated to the top for me, after lots of experimentation.
Thin celluloids for me. Love the snappy attack.
FattoneTele
Tele-Meister
I've played before with the fingernail of my index finger. I loved the tone that it had, I have some .50mm tortex but they're too thin for a fingernail substitute. What guage do you use?
FattoneTele
Tele-Meister
How flexible are they?
fattone,for elcetric,I use the yellows....?88's? For acoustic, I choose the pick for the guitar...dreadnaughts---yellows. For smaller guitars, I use thicker than that to bring out warmth. Ihave no use for the .50's. There is no sound in a thin pick for me, andby the time the note is picked my 'hand'...meaningthe main partof the pick...has moved on. Thebending of the thin material.delays the pick attack,ime.
edvard
Friend of Leo's
Ummm... Plastic. I don't even know any deeper what my picks are made of, they just sit on the 'pick shelf' until I grab one and start playing.
I have cut my own out of aluminum and brass, and I like those quite a lot, but they're not for everything; best for rock and metal, from my experience. They might be good for getting chime and twang, but I've never played a style that needed that, so...
My wife bought me an acoustic guitar some years ago, but it was a classical. I don't play that style, but I accepted it as if it was the very thing I wanted my entire life (BTW, that should be one of the top 5 rules of marriage...). I cut some picks out of milk jug plastic so I didn't hammer the soft nylon strings, and they worked well for it.
Other than that, hell, I dunno...
I have cut my own out of aluminum and brass, and I like those quite a lot, but they're not for everything; best for rock and metal, from my experience. They might be good for getting chime and twang, but I've never played a style that needed that, so...
My wife bought me an acoustic guitar some years ago, but it was a classical. I don't play that style, but I accepted it as if it was the very thing I wanted my entire life (BTW, that should be one of the top 5 rules of marriage...). I cut some picks out of milk jug plastic so I didn't hammer the soft nylon strings, and they worked well for it.
Other than that, hell, I dunno...
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