Enmitygauged Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ok peoples I spent most of my time playing without picks to the point I have a dava control pick I bought when I was 15 that is still in use. I like picks with grip My lead guitarist plays with a jazz pick heavy and small. I cant use it. Besides the Dava control pick which is an awesome pick ( I just cant find it anywhere here in Adelaide ) what would you recommend for a .80 weight with some sort of grip I tried the Ibanez ones hated them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I use .88 Green Dunlop Tortex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 most of my picks are made from old gift cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Dunlop Sure Grips for me. Although I'm more of a finger and thumb user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enmitygauged Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 Thanks I will give the dunlops a try., :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Dunlop Sure Grips for me. Although I'm more of a finger and thumb user. +1. I like to use thumb picks with the sharp end sanded down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I use the 2.0mm Dunlop Gator Grips...they're rigid, but I'm a lead guy so I like the way they feel. Might want to try either the .71mm or the .96mm Gator Grips, as they don't make .80, for some reason... Them's good picks, though. I tells ya wot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Wow.....Lots of Dunlop pick users here....Me as well, usually .60 Dunlop Standards; I hold picks sideways, with only a bit available to hit the strings with......I recently learned that many jazz cats do this.....hmmm....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Dunlop Gator Grips 1.5 nice and thick which gives a bite to the note. and its green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've always used the Gibson/Fender heavy(large) picks. I think there's a market for a new style of pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 For my whole life I have used 2.0 mm Gator type picks, but now (well since two weeks ago) I have had plectrum epiphany!! I am using 5 mm gypsy jazz picks for electric and acoustic. The rhythms are chunkier and I can really play much faster and more accurately! Check these bad boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Fender red celluloid thins. Used em for years. Old school I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I'd say that 99.9 percent of the time I'm playing bare fingers and thumb nowadays - although steel fingerpicks and one of those sharp clear thumbpicks for banjo and 12-string guitar. When I do use a flatpick I've some ancient Fender mediums and some nylon something-or-anothers that have lasted in the big old AE guitar case since the mid 1970s. I think a lot of pick preference has to do with a lotta factors ranging from music style to guitar shape to string gauge to how one holds the thing. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase1410 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I use those Dunlop Ultra Grips...I use 0.88 to 1.5 depending on what mood and guitar I'm playing...I used to play exclusively Dava picks but I prefer the feel of the Ultra Grips more...Try losing one of them picks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase1410 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 For my whole life I have used 2.0 mm Gator type picks, but now (well since two weeks ago) I have had plectrum epiphany!! I am using 5 mm gypsy jazz picks for electric and acoustic. The rhythms are chunkier and I can really play much faster and more accurately! Check these bad boys Damn...thats a thick pick!...I would think though if you played aggressively you'd get alot of fret rattle, is that true Matt? Or do you just have a light touch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I use Bulldog Brain 0.53 and I hold it sideways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Fender red celluloid thins. Used em for years. Old school I guess. word. I remember when I first started playing 20+ years ago the only picks we could get in our small are were Fender celluloid picks. Used to almost poke out our eyes with those suckers. The thins don't wear down, they chip & break and shoot off the strings like shrapnel. After years of searching I have settled on Dunlop Tortex Wedge .50mm picks. Just flexible enough for my ham handed playing style and with enough meat to grip. For my acoustic I have started using Fender celluloid picks. Thins sound nice and jangly, but the mediums give nice volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I play fingerstyle, but I prefer the sound I get with my Jazz III pick for lead parts and an occasional chord. I have a hard time playing more than three or four strings at a time with a pick; it gets caught up in the strings and tends to move around in my fingers. Playing rhythm, I'll either play without a pick or use a very thin gauge. Maybe for rhythm, I just need to play with a more relaxed action in my fingers and wrist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Damn...thats a thick pick!...I would think though if you played aggressively you'd get alot of fret rattle, is that true Matt? Or do you just have a light touch? It is as thicker than a giant whale omelette!! Yes I am quite a light picker (and also a light presser with my left hand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've used Dunlop nylon 73mm picks since they came out,they are very easy to grip and very durable and if not for my ability to lose them all the time I would probably be using the first one I bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookkeeper's Son Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I used standard style/size picks (celluloid or Dunlop Tortex) for years, but they started seeming slippery. Then I discovered Dunlop Max Grip picks - excellent. I bought a couple dozen, gave some to friends, and now they're all converts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've been using these for a few years and really like them. They have a very good grip on both sides. I have a tendency to not hold on to my picks. These really helped solve that problem. I get mine at Guitar Center. But you can also get them on ebay. Here's a link to Ebay Music 123. http://cgi.ebay.com/Snarling-Dogs-Tin-Box-Brain-Picks-/190540615592?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item72176d3e11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've been using these for a few years and really like them. They have a very good grip on both sides. I have a tendency to not hold on to my picks. These really helped solve that problem. I get mine at Guitar Center. But you can also get them on ebay. Here's a link to Ebay Music 123. http://cgi.ebay.com/Snarling-Dogs-Tin-Box-Brain-Picks-/190540615592?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item72176d3e11 Same ones I use, as stated in my earlier post. I use the green ones .53 and hold them sideways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I'll use anything from those plastic clips that seal bread to a beer bottle cap.... It really doesn't matter me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest farnsbarns Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I have been reading thus with interest. After loosing half my index finger mail it has grown back quite right. Today I gave in, I'm going to have to get used to using a plectrum after about 15 years of holding my thumb and index finger together, as if holding a plectrum but using the nail. I have been trying out a load of plectra . I seem to prefer a pretty rigid dunlop Jazz III. I really thought a thin one would suit me better but this seems to be best so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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