Roscoe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:18 pm
I've tried sooo many picks over 30 years of playing including V-Picks, Gravity, wood, metal, all shapes, all sizes, all thicknesses, and even those monster thick suckers... I've settled on standard Fender sized Planet Waves Cortex picks 1 - 1.5 mm. They feel the best, sound the best and last the longest for me anyhow.
I actually liked v-picks but I'd wear a notch in one after playing just one set at a gig. My picking motion just destroys those types of picks (same with Gravity).
Oh yeah I forgot about wearing notches into them too
Or with the thinner ones, they'd pretty much disintegrate once you start alternate picking fast
Again, as long as you flat pick you're fine. But it they edge of your pick contacts the string, that doesnt really work for V picks.
I use a variety of thin to thick, and the material the pick is made from varies also. I have metal picks for more attack, soft polyethylene picks for very little attack.
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Acoustics new Eastman acoustic Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers) Fender 12 str Ibanez exotic wood Silvercreek rosewood 00 Ovation steel str martin backpacker acoustic Johnson dobro
Rollin Hand wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:49 am
Fender heavy is my preference these days. For acoustic I like the white Dunlop nylon thins.
That said, during my shred days, I liked Fender thin. A lot. I kept breaking the tips of the picks though. Maybe I should try those again....
I found the fender thins would get a crack and then rip. They crack would grab my high e. I think I broke a couple of strings from that. I gave up on them in my teens. No other thins I used back then ever had the same issue. Not even my cheap credit card pick punch homemade ones. Those just grind up eventually. I remember I finally got a nylon thin and it lasted years until I started going thicker.
Gearlist: My Gear:Electric Gibson '13 studio dlx hsb Gibson '79 flying V Gibson '06 sg faded Gibson '15 LP CM w gforce Epiphone Casino coupe Epiphone dot studio Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81 Fender lead II Firefly spalted 338 Squier affinity tele bsb Squier strat std relic Squier subsonic baritone Agile al2500 albino Agile al3001 hsb Sx ash Ltd strat Sx ash strat short scale Sx ash tele Sx callisto jr Dean vendetta Washburn firebird. Ps10 Johnson trans red strat Johnson jazz box Vegas Seville explorer Inlaid tele flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck 23
Acoustics new Eastman acoustic Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers) Fender 12 str Ibanez exotic wood Silvercreek rosewood 00 Ovation steel str martin backpacker acoustic Johnson dobro
t100d wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:49 pm
Dunlop Big Stubbies, with Monster Grips on both sides—I put a 1.00 (red), a 2.00 (middling blue-ish) and a 3.00 (purple) on my music stand along with my iPad and my Kindle Fire (with Remuda app to run Mustang III).
That way I'm covered for whatever guitars I take to the gig and whatever style of tune gets called. I primarily use the 1.00 for strumming.
I have a fender floor. I don't think I even knew about remuda. I just looked it up from your ref. How is that working out for you? Maybe you can start a new thread on how it works for you and how you use it. I have the fender floor but as I go to more gainy tones I'm using my vox vt40 mostly. Maybe this app can help me get more use out of the floor. Foot buttons would be great to use again and it would be nice to finally get a decent wah tone out of it.
my favorite is the V-Pick Tradition Lite, which is 1.5 mm. So not crazy ridiculous, but not listed, either. I used to use the thinnest picks I could find, but I hate the floppy sound. Tried the V-pick on a whim and never looked back. Even gone up some to their thicker offerings, but I prefer the TL.
Jazz III, the large one. It has good grip and longevity, nice attack. Every now and then I try others, and sometimes I play the acoustics with a very light pick too, but usually it's the black jazz.
Roscoe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:18 pm
I've tried sooo many picks over 30 years of playing including V-Picks, Gravity, wood, metal, all shapes, all sizes, all thicknesses, and even those monster thick suckers... I've settled on standard Fender sized Planet Waves Cortex picks 1 - 1.5 mm. They feel the best, sound the best and last the longest for me anyhow.
I actually liked v-picks but I'd wear a notch in one after playing just one set at a gig. My picking motion just destroys those types of picks (same with Gravity).
Oh yeah I forgot about wearing notches into them too
Or with the thinner ones, they'd pretty much disintegrate once you start alternate picking fast
Again, as long as you flat pick you're fine. But it they edge of your pick contacts the string, that doesnt really work for V picks.
I do not just flat pick. In fact most of my playing is single note lines and I play them for hours at a time. I've never worn them out nor do I get excessive chirping. I just recorded lead lines on a cd for someone two weeks ago using V-Picks and had zero problems. Not a chirp over either of the songs I did each 2 minutes to 3 minutes.
I use them for high speed alternate picking almost daily and they never crack, I never saw into them, nor do they chirp. I do tracks for all types of music and I've never had an issue with V-Picks. They have frosted edge pick and you will get additional noise from them but you're suppose to,
I very rarely use picks. I do have some but honestly i have no idea what thickness they might be - mostly ones that have come as swag or filler in other orders.
Rollin Hand wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:49 am
Fender heavy is my preference these days. For acoustic I like the white Dunlop nylon thins.
That said, during my shred days, I liked Fender thin. A lot. I kept breaking the tips of the picks though. Maybe I should try those again....
I found the fender thins would get a crack and then rip. They crack would grab my high e. I think I broke a couple of strings from that. I gave up on them in my teens. No other thins I used back then ever had the same issue. Not even my cheap credit card pick punch homemade ones. Those just grind up eventually. I remember I finally got a nylon thin and it lasted years until I started going thicker.
That is exactly what happened to me, save for the strings breaking.
I just can't like the nylon picks for electric for some reason. Too soft for how thick they are (that's what she said). Fender mediums may prove to be a happy...uh, medium.
I also kind of like the Dunlop Big Stubbies. For some reason they increase my picking precision, though I am not fond of how they feel for chording.
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Gearlist: My Gear:Electric Gibson '13 studio dlx hsb Gibson '79 flying V Gibson '06 sg faded Gibson '15 LP CM w gforce Epiphone Casino coupe Epiphone dot studio Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81 Fender lead II Firefly spalted 338 Squier affinity tele bsb Squier strat std relic Squier subsonic baritone Agile al2500 albino Agile al3001 hsb Sx ash Ltd strat Sx ash strat short scale Sx ash tele Sx callisto jr Dean vendetta Washburn firebird. Ps10 Johnson trans red strat Johnson jazz box Vegas Seville explorer Inlaid tele flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck 23
Acoustics new Eastman acoustic Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers) Fender 12 str Ibanez exotic wood Silvercreek rosewood 00 Ovation steel str martin backpacker acoustic Johnson dobro
Rollin Hand wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:49 am
Fender heavy is my preference these days. For acoustic I like the white Dunlop nylon thins.
That said, during my shred days, I liked Fender thin. A lot. I kept breaking the tips of the picks though. Maybe I should try those again....
I found the fender thins would get a crack and then rip. They crack would grab my high e. I think I broke a couple of strings from that. I gave up on them in my teens. No other thins I used back then ever had the same issue. Not even my cheap credit card pick punch homemade ones. Those just grind up eventually. I remember I finally got a nylon thin and it lasted years until I started going thicker.
That is exactly what happened to me, save for the strings breaking.
I just can't like the nylon picks for electric for some reason. Too soft for how thick they are (that's what she said). Fender mediums may prove to be a happy...uh, medium.
I also kind of like the Dunlop Big Stubbies. For some reason they increase my picking precision, though I am not fond of how they feel for chording.
For chording, in my experience the red one (1.00) gives more of an acoustic edge, a bit of extra clarity. I usually switch between the 2.00 and the 3.00 for soloing—the 2.00 seems to be slightly better for fast stuff, and the 3.00 has more heft to the sound, if that makes sense … and yes, I feel they all encourage precision.
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t100d wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:49 pm
Dunlop Big Stubbies, with Monster Grips on both sides—I put a 1.00 (red), a 2.00 (middling blue-ish) and a 3.00 (purple) on my music stand along with my iPad and my Kindle Fire (with Remuda app to run Mustang III).
That way I'm covered for whatever guitars I take to the gig and whatever style of tune gets called. I primarily use the 1.00 for strumming.
I have a fender floor. I don't think I even knew about remuda. I just looked it up from your ref. How is that working out for you? Maybe you can start a new thread on how it works for you and how you use it. I have the fender floor but as I go to more gainy tones I'm using my vox vt40 mostly. Maybe this app can help me get more use out of the floor. Foot buttons would be great to use again and it would be nice to finally get a decent wah tone out of it.
Okay, I'll start a Remuda thread … see you over there!
"Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it."