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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.

Using a pick less and less

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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.

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.

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.

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PsychoCid wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:36 pm

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.

nomadh wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:54 am

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.

.88 for guitar. dunlop tortex, dunlop tortex flex, and ernie ball everlast

1.00 for bass, dunlop tortex flex

1.0 of this brand has been working very well. They don't grind up much and they don't crack or rip.

My pick variety. Different ones for different uses. :shrug:

Rollin Hand wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:34 pm

nomadh wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:54 am

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.

nomadh wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:01 pm

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!