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guitar picks

guitaroo	Date: August 25, 2006 @ 10:39 PM For some people this might seem like a really weird question but I find that I only like one kind of pick and I can't play as well with any different one What kind do use? Or do you just use the cheapest that you can find?
leedsquietman	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 12:09 AM I use Jim Dunlop .73 mm picks esp. th e slightly bigger triangular yellow ones (easy to see if you drop them and sound good) or the Fender .73mm brown depending on the type of music, the Fenders I find are better for playing faster lead lines and the JD's better for rhythm or arpeggios.
Opossum	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 1:19 AM My dad used large fish scales when he had to (which he got from his trips to El Jobean, Florida). He also sometimes got them from a good piano tuna. (Ha.)
jewsus	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 2:48 AM i dunno, anything from medium to hard. i don't really pay much attention to gauges, just whatever feels like it won't bend too much. those paper thin ones piss me off when i play single notes.
GeneHilbert	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 3:00 AM Fender calls them “Heavy”……… Peavey calls them “Heavy” some people call them fish scales…… I call them 1.00mm mandolin picks......
celtaidd	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 3:21 AM Medium, not too fussed about the brand
GreatGooglyM...	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 4:00 AM Ibanez PG signature picks.
EvilPicnic	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 5:01 AM Jim Dunlop Jazz III's. Small, hard and pointy. I really don't see the point in larger picks.
Opossum	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 9:02 AM ...depends on if you want to use extras for bookmarks.
Rikki27	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 9:24 AM i use some 1mm picks that are fooking awesome
hueseph	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 10:04 AM JD Stubbies. I don't know how thick. 2-3mm? They're thick! Less pick noise. Way more control.
zedsalt	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 10:51 AM I used to use Quarters, but I almost never play with a pick anymore.
guitaroo	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 6:26 PM hehe Evil Picnic: I use the same pick...nice and small don't like the bigger ones either
guitaroo	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 7:29 PM btw 1.38mm
EchoMinor	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 10:10 PM .73mm for me, thick picks and me usually can get along, but i always go back to the flimsy .73mm.
zedsalt	Date: August 27, 2006 @ 10:38 AM Can't say as I've ever played guitar with a Pict...
guitaroo	Date: August 27, 2006 @ 10:52 AM I hate those little flimsy ones
marcosalvarez	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 11:00 AM sometimes i play like holding an invisible pick with my thumb and index and hit the notes with the plain surface of my index nail...you feel like surfin´..
Alecs	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 3:46 PM Dunlop .93mm, can't remember the type. I used to use the big stubbys but they kill the sound so much that I couldn't stand them eventually.
guitaroo	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 10:52 PM
JamesThomson	Date: August 29, 2006 @ 12:31 PM dunlop nylon .76 mm. i have loads of them all over the house cos i keep losin them
dEaDmEtAl	Date: September 24, 2006 @ 2:41 PM purple dunlop tortex picks (1.14mm)
Alecs	Date: September 24, 2006 @ 10:13 PM Ah, remembered! Dunlop Delrin .96 mm They're a beautiful bright pink (gag me, please) but the material they're made out of is so nice. Very slick for a soft and controlled touch but still hard enough to whack the hell out of the strings. I love them!
vladb	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 7:22 AM I have found the greatest source of picks... ticktak boxes! You get two from each box and they only cost 30p.
Opossum	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 7:37 AM
vladb	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 7:40 AM They work... Just the right thickness and strength, and the D.I.Y element makes you look like a shit punk (ok i'm not sure if that's a plus...)
GreatGooglyM...	Date: September 25, 2006 @ 3:10 PM After a long while I've once again picked up Jim Dunlop's Jazz III's. Now I can't play with anything else anymore. Those picks rock!
Snoogans775	Date: September 26, 2006 @ 11:08 PM yeah, my buddy plays a lot of flamenco and jazz, he can't function without those things. I might be filing myself some tictac boxes this weekend
dsindel	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 1:02 AM yep, I have been using Jim Dunlop's Jazz III's for almost 20 years... I was at Winter NAMM 06 last January talking to the Dunlop folks and asking if they made (or will be making) a Jazz III in just a lighter gauge, sadly they said "no"... (I guess in order to get a new pick created and make them change business strategy you have to be a platinum selling superstar ) Problem is, it is my most favorite pick in the world but due to it's extreme heavy gauge it creates a tremendous amount of pick noise where lighter gauge picks do not dig in as much and create less attack... oh well, so I have tons of other picks/gauges lying around and all have their specific uses.. "Clayton" makes a pick in similar shape to the Jazz III (in lighter gauges as well) but I am not a huge fan of the plastic material that they use for guitar picks, although I do like Clayton's for Bass as they are very sturdy and near indestructable...
GTOriginal	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 1:08 AM When I play guitar melody, or mandolin, or even bass (yes that's right bass) I use a medium. WhenI play rhythm guitar I use one of those thin suckers that everyone hates. They break a lot too, but you can strum rapid fire chords with them. I use my index finger to pick my nose when I wanna gross someone out at traffic lights and get the jump on the green (light that is).
Orion	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 1:07 PM Fender medium or first act don't care how thick just as long as there not flimsy whatever floats your boat
EvalLin	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 1:49 PM finger nails mostly...sometimes i use this really thick pick, it's about the size of a dime, works good when i play sitar solos on an over bent high e
JeraldHenry	Date: November 30, 2006 @ 12:22 PM I like a heavy pick in combo with fingernails, what I call "hybrid picking."
leflaw	Date: November 30, 2006 @ 7:53 PM Fender heavy's , and I use the short side... when I am not fingerpicking.
thecauseisjust	Date: December 1, 2006 @ 2:25 PM BIG Stubby-Jim Dunlop 3.0mm Dunlop .018 metal fingerpicks National thumbpick If you want to experience awesome sound variables, give the Dunlop TORTEX .73mm a try. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Mojosnake	Date: January 6, 2007 @ 3:26 AM fender medium or heavey or his yellow one i've had for almost 2 years thing wont lose itself or go dull yup it's my magic pick ye sir
shadowself	Date: January 6, 2007 @ 3:09 PM I never use a pick. scrolling up Looks like I am the only fingernail-guitar-player around! Well, unless Lindsey Buckingham is lurking.
JDFreeSoul	Date: January 7, 2007 @ 1:39 AM I use my good old JD .38mm and .46mm My first pick ever is a Tortex JD .60mm which I rarely play with anymore. I fingerpick though, this is only for strumming, strumming with my thumb is a no thanks for me.
shadowself	Date: January 7, 2007 @ 12:44 PM I never strum with my thumb unless I am somewhere where someone is sleeping and I want my guitar to sound all quiet and muffled. I strum and fingerpick with nothing but what I was born with. My HANDS, people. Stop thinking that.
mattbanx	Date: January 7, 2007 @ 6:32 PM I occasionally like strumming guitar with a quarter or nickel. Always lost the regular ones, and besides that, whichever brand I would get would always bend and end up flying between the strings or in my face. I usually just use my hands. It gives an electric guitar almost a grunge sound when I play more than one string. Especially when I hav'nt clipped my fingernails.
milesov	Date: March 20, 2007 @ 11:41 AM dunlop 1.14
GreatGooglyM...	Date: March 20, 2007 @ 2:15 PM Ah well, I've changed back from Jazz III's to basic Ibanez medium picks. Looks like I still haven't found the right pick for me.
dafendabenda	Date: June 4, 2007 @ 11:41 PM i have hundreds of fenders with about 3 dunlops and i only use dunlops my cat plays with the fenders
billrhynes	Date: June 5, 2007 @ 5:30 PM