Favourite guitar picks?

Randy Shafter

Hey all, just wondering what are your favoured guitar picks to use. For me, when i'm playing hard and fast its a thick gator grip or a thick 'Tiki Taboo' dunlop pick. If i'm playing softly then its the grey dunlop .88 pick. So what about yourselves? Any particular pick that you use?

landsleaving

.88 same as you.

Coin for bass :pac:

68 lost souls

I use sevral depending on the mood :P

.88 dunlops, jazz III's, Big stubbys, and black ice.

Roomic Cube

have a bunch of the .88 grey dunlops, but my fav is this red .78 dunlop one i have.

have a bunch or the tortoice ones too

Alanstrainor

Dunlop .88s
Great minds think alike:D

Creamy Goodness

Dunlop 1.0 for guitar.

Mataguri

Currently I use:




But I have been meaning to try a Red Bear pick, just cant bring myself to pay $20 for one.

-=al=-

dunlop 1.0 nylons... the black ones

and anything from .50mm up to the 1.0

Grolschevik

Dunlop standard nylons, generally .73, though my favourite "wallet spare" is a .60 that's stiffer than the .73s.

I also shave them down to give them a rounder profile...

rcaz

Dunlop nylon .88 or tortex .73 (yellow one).

Malice

On bass I mostly use my fingers but occasionally I'll use the same pick that I used for the guitar which is a black 1.0mm Dunlop.

Darkglasses

A few different Pickboy ones...

Why do Red Bear ones cost that much!?

z0oT

Either .88 or .73 on the guitar and 1.0 on bass.

Mataguri

Darkglasses wrote: »

Why do Red Bear ones cost that much!?

Because they are hand made from their own original material. Normally I would dismiss such marketing claims but a lot of serious guitar players are endorsing them like Dweezil Zappa, Dave Weiner and Guthrie Govan.

Alanstrainor

Mataguri wrote: »

Because they are hand made from their own original material. Normally I would dismiss such marketing claims but a lot of serious guitar players are endorsing them like Dweezil Zappa, Dave Weiner and Guthrie Govan.

I just know i'd lose mine within a week if i bought one!

stephenshields2

Has to be Tortex!! :D

As for gauge, .73mm or .88mm, its all good!

NeMiSiS

The max grip Jazz III :

Ravelleman

Jazz IIIs. They're excellent.

Randy Shafter

I've read a lot about people praising the Jazz 3's. What makes them appealing? How do they feel to use and could you use them for both hard and soft strumming?

Gaspode

Whatever I've dug out of the washing machine's filter in the past month is generally what I'd use.
I go through them too fast to have a favourite - generally the popular Dunlop .88 comes out for acoustic strumming, 1.0 for lead stuff, and big fat stubbys if I fancy using one for Bass, though I dont generally.

MattKid

V picks small pointed

Zangetsu

Randy Shafter wrote: »

I've read a lot about people praising the Jazz 3's. What makes them appealing? How do they feel to use and could you use them for both hard and soft strumming?

I used to use them all the time though while strumming I find they give a more washy tone as opposed to playing with a Dunlop .88.

I find the size and thickness allow for faster more accurate playing as you get used to it, really depends on the style your playing though.

Parsley

dem blue ones. i like dem ones. :pac:

Dord

Dava Rock Control picks are my favourite for guitar.



On bass I use my fingers 95% of the time and the rest it's usually some Dunlop Tortex picks.

eoin5

I'm a dunlop nylon 1mm man now, I've worked my way up from .60s. I like messing with other plecs though, I like the Davas and the Jazz ones but also delrin planet waves and pearloid yolks like martin ones. I sometimes just use the back of my fingernails on bass to get the effect too.

goblin59

dunlop 1.14mm on my guitar. havn't used any other pick that i love using as much

LpPepper

1.0 Black dunlop picks .

Using them for years now . Always break anything less than 1.0 and cant stand anything more than 1.0 :rolleyes:

Pen Rua

I usually use Peavey .50, I got a bunch of Peavey picks when I got my first guitar, and I've stuck with the .50. I've tried out Jim Dunlops (.88) but rarely use them. I'm thinking of trying out new picks - any suggestions? Are the Dunlop Tortex any good/cheap ish?

Malice

Pen Rua wrote: »

I'm thinking of trying out new picks - any suggestions? Are the Dunlop Tortex any good/cheap ish?

Go for the 1mm Dunlops, I find they are stiff enough for precise playing but not too stiff that you feel like your guitar strings are about to break.

Gaspode

Anyone find that plecs turn in their hand after a while and you end up picking with the top of the plec?
This happens to me all the time, and it's ok if you're belting out chords, but when you want to pick out notes it can sound muddy.
I suspect it's because my hands can get sweaty, so grip on the plec is reduced.
any recommendations on what type of plec might help prevent this?

Randy Shafter

Gaspode wrote: »

Anyone find that plecs turn in their hand after a while and you end up picking with the top of the plec?
This happens to me all the time, and it's ok if you're belting out chords, but when you want to pick out notes it can sound muddy.
I suspect it's because my hands can get sweaty, so grip on the plec is reduced.
any recommendations on what type of plec might help prevent this?

I find that Gator grip plecs from dunlop have good grip properties even when your hands are sweaty. Maybe you should try them.

Malice

Gaspode wrote: »

Anyone find that plecs turn in their hand after a while and you end up picking with the top of the plec?
This happens to me all the time, and it's ok if you're belting out chords, but when you want to pick out notes it can sound muddy.
I suspect it's because my hands can get sweaty, so grip on the plec is reduced.
any recommendations on what type of plec might help prevent this?

What I end up doing is just periodically turning the pick so that it points the correct way as much as possible. Just be careful not to drop it

I must check out those Gator grip picks.

Alanstrainor

Gaspode wrote: »

Anyone find that plecs turn in their hand after a while and you end up picking with the top of the plec?
This happens to me all the time, and it's ok if you're belting out chords, but when you want to pick out notes it can sound muddy.
I suspect it's because my hands can get sweaty, so grip on the plec is reduced.
any recommendations on what type of plec might help prevent this?

This never happens to me! I'd be gripping the plectrum pretty hard though, and the dunlops have a good grip.

Malice

Alanstrainor wrote: »

This never happens to me! I'd be gripping the plectrum pretty hard though, and the dunlops have a good grip.

If anything I probably grip the pick too softly . I went through a phase a few years ago of having both the pick and the guitar neck in a deathgrip which led naturally to quite a bit of hand pain. I forced myself to learn to grip the guitar neck with the minimum amount of pressure necessary to get the notes to ring out cleanly. I also did the same thing with my picking hand with the result that the pick moves a bit. I also have a tendency to alter my grip depending on what I'm playing e.g. if I'm blasting out a Fear Factory riff, I'll have a lot less of the pick appearing between my fingers than if I am playing a clean part or something.