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Dave's guitar picks

Unread post by VTDreaminwithDMB » Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:03 pm

What type of picks does Dave use?

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Unread post by Stuntcheeks » Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:23 pm

Dunlop Tortex .60s. The orange ones. He doesn't have the Dunlop Tortex symbol, though, he has a DMB logo thing on them.
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:24 am

:-d I have dave's pics... their awesome to use :)

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Unread post by Brock » Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:56 am

DMBFan63 wrote::-d I have dave's pics... their awesome to use :)
standard tortex .60's? or the ones with his logo on them? if the latter, how did you get them? custom shop?
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Sat Jul 12, 2003 3:06 am

Naw, the standard ones:( I probably could get a friend of mine to etch the logo into the pick, then paint it gold or something(the logo) but nah, too much time/effort

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Unread post by Stuntcheeks » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:27 pm

Yeah, I really like the .60s. I've tried a lot of picks and these are hard enough to accentuate picking single notes but still soft enough to make your strumming sound good.
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Unread post by paywad927 » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:39 pm

i had really only used one kind of pick before i tried the tortex .60. the only reason i got those was cuz dave uses them. i really dont see much of a difference. maybe if i use a bunch of different picks i could see a difference, but the type of pick really doesnt matter to me, i just use these cuz dave does :lol: .
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Unread post by saleen » Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:05 pm

I use the blue ones, sometimes the greens when it is all open chords........ I guess I like the harder pics
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:24 pm

i too like harder picks.. just my 2 cents

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Unread post by mattahews » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:39 pm

Haha..man...where do you guys find this information?

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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Fri Jul 18, 2003 9:21 am

find what info? what type of picks he uses? I have no clue, but people here find it out with a snap of the fingers... I use Dava Control Picks for electric playing, sometimes tortex .60 for it too.. always use the .60 tortex for acoustic playing.. :)

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Unread post by MattyTrane » Fri Jul 18, 2003 9:26 am

how do the .6's feel? ive used .5s and i hated them...way too weak and flimsy

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Unread post by Stuntcheeks » Fri Jul 18, 2003 8:54 pm

I love the sound of the .60's, 6String. They're thick enough to not be flimsy, but you can bend em if you'd like.

When I strum w/a heavy or hard pick, I really don't like the sound of the attack on the strings. I find a lighter pick "blends" the notes together better.

IMO, the .60's have the perfect balance of thickness for singling out those notes and riffs and thinness (is that a word?) to make your chord strumming sound great.
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Unread post by cave_cricket » Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:10 pm

I use the .6s and love them. I didn't buy them because Dave uses them either because I was using before I found out he uses them. From the videos I've seen I THINK Howie Day uses them too. (the only basis I have for this info is that I saw him holding an orange pick)

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Unread post by NoNotThat » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:03 pm

aww I like the .6s, but I love the .5s. i use them all the time...it feels better.

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