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For some of my music I need help holding onto a pick. Today I was playing "one of those" pieces, and suddenly something was wrong - no pick, even though I was still holding one. I look down and see my Fender Pick Grip still in my hand, but the pick is gone. My first thought was that the pick went flying out of it - nope. The pick sheered off at the line where the Pick Grip holds it. I broke a pick, or the rubber Pick Grip sleeve apparently broke it.
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Now there can't be a coincidence that it broke right along the same line the Pick Grip exposes it. I imagine what actually happened is that the Pick Grip "suggested" the pick flex at just that line, and over some time it flexed there more than the pick could handle, and just snapped. Shear strength failure!

I had to get a needle nose pliers in there to pull out the remainder of the pick from the Pick Grip. Maybe mediums are not the pick for me, but I like the "give". Anyone else suddenly snap a pick in 2?
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Never broke one. I wear the tips down and fix them up with sandpaper though.
For grip, I put some scratches / light cuts across them with a utility knife.
Or as one of the guys I dealt with in my roofing / siding days said - utily (yoo-tilly) knife.
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This also taught me maybe I shouldn't use picks the same color as my carpet.
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BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:33 pm This also taught me maybe I shouldn't use picks the same color as my carpet.
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But from an interior design perspective…. That matching pick motif is FABULOUS!!!

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andrewsrea wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 4:10 pm I've never seen a 'pick-grip'!
Fender calls them Mojo Grips. Sweetwater has them.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... rtoise-3pk
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I never ran into that, but I used to split the tip (ouch!) on Fender thin picks all the time.
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I like the big triangular Claytons, 3 big tips to hold on to or wear down. I 've never worn one down. Bought 60 of the .80mm from sweatwater for 15$. ( 12 for $2.99)
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Wow. Yeah the fender thins crack as soon as I touch them. Never cracked anything else though.

Dunlop 60 is my go-to.
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PsychoCid wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:15 pm Wow. Yeah the fender thins crack as soon as I touch them. Never cracked anything else though.
Dunlop 60 is my go-to.
I sure believe that now! I tend to use their mediums and that's what this one was. Always happy to try other picks that feel right and don't sound "clacky", if you know what I mean.
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Fenders are the worst for me and they always shear off. They make out of 2 melted plastics together and I angle alot so eventually the scraping catches and then rips it. Not only must certainly mostly fender picks. I like the med heavy torte and some 1mm I bought in bulk are working well.
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The compounds Fender uses always result in a break with me. The tortoise shell Fender thins used to break like a Union crew.I quit using them years ago and went to Dunlop or other makers that used the less brittle compounds. They wear off on the end pretty quickly but that does not make them unusable and they never break. The last few years I have used Ernie Ball picks. The Carolina blue ones, whatever they are.
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Partscaster wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:12 pm I like the big triangular Claytons, 3 big tips to hold on to or wear down. I 've never worn one down. Bought 60 of the .80mm from sweatwater for 15$. ( 12 for $2.99)
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Trying a set of Clayttons - 1 mm, on their way.
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tonebender wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:46 pm The compounds Fender uses always result in a break with me. The tortoise shell Fender thins used to break like a Union crew.I quit using them years ago and went to Dunlop or other makers that used the less brittle compounds. They wear off on the end pretty quickly but that does not make them unusable and they never break. The last few years I have used Ernie Ball picks. The Carolina blue ones, whatever they are.
The Fenders wear down tips on me too. I like the Dunlops, but not as much (they don't have that 'give'), and they wear as well.
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BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:01 pm
tonebender wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:46 pm .... like the Dunlops, but not as much (they don't have that 'give'), and they wear as well.
if the Clayton 1mm dont have enough give, try the .80mm. I tried the 1mm, and went down one step.
Clayton also sells regular shape. I love the big triangle that has 3 big tips/ handles.
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Partscaster wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:12 pm I like the big triangular Claytons, 3 big tips to hold on to or wear down. I 've never worn one down. Bought 60 of the .80mm from sweatwater for 15$. ( 12 for $2.99)
So I've been using the Claytons for a while, and I like them. I got the 3 tip ones too, 1mm seemed a bit stiff at first, but turns out I like it a lot more overall. It let me not have to actually play as aggressively, the pick does some of that now. I still have to put a grippy rubber sticker in the middle to hold on well enough, but thanks, the Claytons are nice!
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