Take Your Pick

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:14 pm

Jeff, it's "Delrin". Just a trade name for nylon.

I use that pick on the bottom only during our Earth, Wind, and Fire sets...it's the "Maurice White No Tooth Left Behind" model.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:20 pm

Ahem, Delrin® is chemically a polymeric acetal, a condensation product of an aldehyde and an alcohol, whereas nylon is a polymeric amide, a condensation product of an acid and an amine. They have very different chemical resistances and physical properties because of their different chemical natures. (Nylon is a generic term because the acid and amine used can vary; e.g., Nylon 66 is the condensation product of a C-6 diacid and a C-6 diamine.)

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:42 pm

This is gonna sound kooky, but I specifically like the "clown vomit" Fender heavy picks. Oh, I think they call them confetti.

They feel different from the other celluloid picks. A friend didn't believe me and made me do a blind test and I picked the correct one each time, and felt confident about it.

And then there is the fact that they match my guitar playing, which is a little scary. Like clowns. And their vomit.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:45 am

Thanks for the clarification, Good Doctor.

I'd forgotten about the "acetal" category, which is of course correct. This can be verified by machining a piece of Delrin, which gives off a smell like cat pi$$...

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:00 am

Once I tried the Dunlop nylons I never looked back. The raised lettering keeps my pick from sliding around, and I never have to deal with the "broken half-pick slashing my E-string" issue.

byu · Post by **byu** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:18 pm

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:29 pm

Melissa, you and I use the same picks. The yellow colour took a while to grow on me but the feel and snap were perfect from day one. Standard Dunlop Tortex yellow .73's. Same pick now for two decades.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:59 pm

I usually finger pick, Chet Atkins/Merle Travis style. So I use a National plastic thumb pick and 2 ProPik no. 3s. (OK, I know Merle Travis only used his thumb and index finger to pick, and I'm learning to switch. The old habits of an old folkie die hard.) On those occasions when I do resort to a flat pick, I use Dunlop Tortex Plectra 1.0mm picks (the blue ones).

P.S. I tried picking using the Dunlop pick, and putting my finger picks on second and third fingers, picking like McGuinn does. It can be done. I was surprised that it wasn't more difficult.

Jim

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:55 pm

Dunlops seem to be the only picks I can't destroy after a song or two of double picking...anyone here use Pyramid strings?

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:33 am

I like how fender picks burn.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:00 am

Once by accident dropped a Fender celluloid pick into my tea cup.."Boy this tea tastes funny"! After finishing the cup I find the pick..toxic? Wife says this explains some things about me..hah

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:17 am

Jerry, they make a cream for that.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:09 pm

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:01 pm

Now I don't feel so bad about my dumb jokes!