A Plectrum Question...

NeoLP314 · Unread post by **NeoLP314** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:22 pm

I'm tryin to tackle warehouse and might I say this ones a bit on the difficult side. Pick wise I normally use the dunlop thin picks, the red ones. I know dave uses the orange dunlops. I like the thin picks for the simple fact i strum a lot better with it. With the mediums I don't like the sound it produces and basically the song jus sounds bad. But now when I attempt warehouse, I find that the thin pick doesn't give me the sound I want as opposed to the mediums, which the notes are more distinct and pretty much what I'm looking for. So I use those for that song. I been playin now for 7 months and I know the basic riff for crash, still tryin to get nancies down, almost got trippin billies down (the verse, my final piece to conquer, is a BITCH! but I almost got it.

and since billies is so easy now, grey street jus automaically clicked cus I attempted that earlier on, got frustrated and put it down heh.....

Soo the question is...

Which pick should I stick with for the long haul???

Sorry for the spheal but didn't know how else to get my question across...

On with the responses!

taparoo · Unread post by **taparoo** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:54 pm

Well, that's up to you. Go with what you feel comfortable with. Don't be afraid to try new things, like heavier picks. I used to use really thin picks when I started out, but found that I really liked the tone heavier picks gave me after I tried them out for a week or so. It's all a matter of preference.

sunglassesatnight · Unread post by **sunglassesatnight** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:06 am

taparoo wrote:Well, that's up to you. Go with what you feel comfortable with. Don't be afraid to try new things, like heavier picks. I used to use really thin picks when I started out, but found that I really liked the tone heavier picks gave me after I tried them out for a week or so. It's all a matter of preference.

This is true with me too. I started with .5's, then .6's, then .88's, now .96's and 1.14's.

Yakko · Unread post by **Yakko** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:25 am

Go with what you like. I am extremely partial to the Red Dunlop Tortex Picks.

I will exclusively use those. I find that theya re perfect for all my styles of music. But it definetely is a choice that is unique to each person.

MakoMako · Unread post by **MakoMako** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:14 pm

I tried the very light picks, moved to mediums, even tried heavy picks for a while. I've jumped around so much, and I still do on occasion, but right now I'm fine with .75mm. They just work well for me.

dmfollower · Unread post by **dmfollower** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:48 pm

Same story for me as well. I started out using martin thin picks and then once i became more comfortable with strumming and picking i switched to martin heavy picks. Then, there was time that i used a small corner of the top of a cardboard milk carton which was more or less like the heavy pick. Now i use Jim Dunlop 1mm cause i stole a whole altoids box full of them from a FLOATER concert i went to probably three years ago. There were a lot of picks, i still have about 10 that are still brand new.
Anyway, thats my story and the moral is very comforting and easy to understand: go out and test all types of picks, play with your fingers only, use the corner of a cardboard milk carton, maybe a nickel. Whatever works out best for you is probably the best choice :wink:

TSilk · Unread post by **TSilk** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:58 pm

I use the Orange Dunlop Tortex

paulaitchison · Unread post by **paulaitchison** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:45 pm

i use the rubbery .60 jim dunlopp (grey.)

works for both single notes (stone/ WYA /recently etc)and strummy strummy (two step / say goodbuy etc)

Martini · Unread post by **Martini** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Orange Dunlop Tortex .60 Love em

onid41 · Unread post by **onid41** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:15 pm

Martini wrote:Orange Dunlop Tortex .60 Love em

yes me too

dmfollower · Unread post by **dmfollower** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:35 pm

I have some of those orange tortex picks but i always drop them when i play standing up, i can't get a good enough grip on em'. The black jim dunlops have that raised type, it helps me grip the pick more comfortably.

AlpineValley · Unread post by **AlpineValley** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:08 pm

paulaitchison wrote:i use the rubbery .60 jim dunlopp (grey.)

works for both single notes (stone/ WYA /recently etc)and strummy strummy (two step / say goodbuy etc)

same here, i love them

matts420music · Unread post by **matts420music** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:34 pm

AlpineValley wrote:
paulaitchison wrote:i use the rubbery .60 jim dunlopp (grey.)

works for both single notes (stone/ WYA /recently etc)and strummy strummy (two step / say goodbuy etc)
same here, i love them

me too!

AlpineValley · Unread post by **AlpineValley** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:44 pm

matts420music wrote:
AlpineValley wrote:
paulaitchison wrote:i use the rubbery .60 jim dunlopp (grey.)

works for both single notes (stone/ WYA /recently etc)and strummy strummy (two step / say goodbuy etc)
same here, i love them
me too!

Perfect amount of stiffness for playing single notes, perfect amount of
flexibility for strumming, perfect amount of grip. What a perfect pick!!!

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