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For awhile i have been using a rather thick guitar pick when playing my 360/12. A few weeks ago i was doing some playing and i couldnt find my heavy picks anywhere all i could come up with at the time was this nylon .046 mm pick. What a difference in the sound of the guitar. It just seem to add more jangle to the guitar. I have to admit it takes awile to get the feel but in my opinion is well worth it. Has anyone tried this? Thanks Gary

Picks are a huge factor in getting one's sound, assuming one use a pick (I hardly do these days with my acoustic and mostly with my 330, also). Different thicknesses, shape, material they are made from.......... Fortunately, for the most part they are inexpensive so it is easy to buy a bunch of different ones, or go to your local GuitarMartCenterDepot and try a bunch for a couple of hours or until they throw you out!

Yes, the real super-thin picks are useful on a Ric 12-string for getting into that small space between the regular and the octave string-pairs, during each strum, and the pick edge striking each string succinctly and helping them ring out with all that chime.

Yep, I switched from Fender thins to Dunlop .46 nylon about four years ago and have never looked back. Haven't broken one either, or a string. My TI Jazz flats are close to three years old with hundreds of hours on them and they still sound fantastic with those thin flatpicks.
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I use really thin nylon picks as well on both my 6 and 12 string guitars and I can really get some mileage out of my strings.

Man here I am using 1.00's on everything. Am I missing out on something by not using thinner?

Hmm. I also use Dunlop .46 nylon picks on my 12 string to get the best jangle. Interesting coincidence? Anyone else use these picks that hasn't weighed in yet?

Dunlop Tortex .50mm.

Interesting thread...

Playing a Byrds style picking style I can't do it with anything other that a .96 plectrum .Using anything much lighter doesn't give ( for me anyway) any attack as thin plectrums seem to flick over the strings without the attack.

Maybe thin plecs are ok for general rhythm playing.......

I use a Dunlop 1.00 mm tortex pick. The heavier pick allows me to play through the string.
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I like these:
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Interesting. I always round off the end of my picks. More like a mandolin pick.

Yes, this is an interesting observation

However I've always used heavy plectrums, currently favouring 96mm Dunlop Delrins.

And to be honest with the picking rhythm style of playing I use, with thin picks its not possible to get the
attack and articulation. So I'm actually fascinated as to how a thin plectrum could produce more jangle.

Am sure this subject will roll and roll

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. In the end though, what's important is that you get the sound you want, not how you get there. How hard or softly you generally tend to play may also have a lot to do with it.
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For a long time, I used these:


Then these:


Before finally settling on these back in November: