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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:27 pm
by scott_s
So I guess I should zip it about the ivory picks? <eg>
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j/k, I use Dunlop "USA NYLON" 0.60mm picks -- they don't slide around in my fingers, and they seem "janglier" sounding to me.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:08 am
by joeyr
Dunlop .73 -- That's all I use.
...and if they could get the turtle ink not to smudge, they'd be perfect.
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:29 pm
by dkxl5
I use Ultra Cool medium picks, the black ones. Standard shape with some kind of a thin textured rubber grip on both sides. They're plastic but when you drop them on a table and they sound like metal. They are really light and rigid and dig nicely into 12's strung with Pyramids.
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:58 am
by fran4001
I must be old fashioned! I still love a Fender medium 351 in tortoise or celluloid or whatever the things really are now! Been using them since '73.
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:09 pm
by bluesyric
Plain ol' Fender Heavy for me.
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:09 pm
by delberthot
I too use Herco heavies - they work for Chris Squire and they work for me too
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:04 am
by rictified
Yup, Fender heavies here also, used to use mediums but found them too clicky. I must put this in context, a pick lasts me years if I don't lose them and of course I do. Jeffrey here has had the same pick for what, 89 years or something like that?
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:22 am
by cheyenne
I use Carvin mediums.
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:23 pm
by danbind
I've taken a liking to Cool picks--made of "Juratex", whatever that is. Very rough surface, so easy to keep ahold of, and the right amount of stiffness and snap. They have them at Elderly, I think (and Classic Axe in Manassas, VA).
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:09 pm
by eddier
I use these weird "Sharkfin" picks. I think they are made in Sweden mostly because it says so on the pick
They have three edges: a "normal pick shaped" edge, a longer "shark- fin" edge and a serrated edge.
They are different from the Dunlop version in that the plastic they are made from is very flexible, durable and thermodynamic.
The thin-Red models are like playing with a piece of wax paper that molds around your fingers after a few minutes. I am told Trevor Rabin favors these. They work really well on 12 strings.
The med-White and the heavy-Lite-Blue models are slightly thicker and have a "springy snap" when used for strumming. They have very little "click" when they make contact with the strings. The serrated edge is great for artificial harmonics and oddly enough bass guitars. They are extremely durable.