what's your pick thickness?

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how thick is your Pick? (or closest choice)

0.50
3
6%
0.60
6
13%
0.73
8
17%
0.88
6
13%
1.00
9
19%
1.14
7
15%
Something ridiculous
8
17%
 
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I really love the Dunlop Tortex 0.60 picks. I do keep a thicker pick around for heavier sounds occasionally but nothing competes with the 6 as my go to.

How about your taste in picks??
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Thin to medium for me.

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That's a loaded question right now. It was 1.0 with my custom Tortex Sharp picks, but I'm switching to the Jazz picks (1.38). I like the standard Jazz picks with the Max Grip feature, but you can't get those custom. I've been trying Tortex Jazz, which are alright, but I got the jumbo, and I'm liking the smaller pick size.
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It depends on what I'm doing (or trying to accomplish). I keep a lot on hand of all different thicknesses and materials.
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Updated for multiple choice
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Mediums.
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.70 and up, essentially. I think I’ve been reaching for the 1.13 lately but .77 is also a good go-to.
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Jazz III these days. Regular red ones and the black ultex
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I’m with you on the Dunlop .60 (and have been for some 15+ years now) but I prefer the Gray nylon grip Picks to the Tortex. Lately I bought some Dunlop picks labeled fender in .73 and they are just a nudge stiffer but they still feel good.
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1.14mm Dunlop Tortex or Gator Grip for guitar, 1.0mm Dunlop Tortex Triangle for bass.
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For 20 years I used a super thin nylon but as I got better i went up to 50 the 60 or 70. I like 1.0 slot. I better as i bought 200 of them. But .8 can work ok for me. I've experimented with 2.0 or metal even and I suspect I could move to that size but it would take some
relearning. I also use a lot of credit card pics with my pick punch. They are a little thin for me as most are around .60 or .75 but they are ok.
I found as i sped up (and I'm still not very fast) the thin pick was too floppy and it slowed me down. Is there anyone more to the sheedy side speedwise that used a thin?
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Currently I’m using Dunlop Ultex .73mm Sharp picks.


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Clayton Acetyl big rounded triangle .80 mm
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Couldn't vote in the poll because mine is not listed and is not ridiculous. Dunlop Prime Tone 1.5 mm for electrics, Dunlop Triangular Ultex 1.0 mm for acoustics.
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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....
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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....
Yeah I think those fender thins are 0.5. Doesn't take me but a quick second to crack those, and also haven't re-tried in years.

I did use ULTRA thin (like 0.15) brass picks for a while. It does give you a ripping tone, but it's hard to track in the studio comes off thin and it literally eats holes in your strings. :)
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howardlo65 wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:44 am Couldn't vote in the poll because mine is not listed and is not ridiculous. Dunlop Prime Tone 1.5 mm for electrics, Dunlop Triangular Ultex 1.0 mm for acoustics.
Hahaha thanks Howard. IMO 1.5 is firmly in the ridiculous camp, no negative connotations intended :D
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I use .38 mm to 4.0 mm picks and whatever is in between.

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mikesr1963 wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:19 pm I use .38 mm to 4.0 mm picks and whatever is in between.

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Also did the V picks thing for a while. I quite liked them at the time, but the thickness kind of hurts my thumb after a while. Also they make that CHIRP CHIRP sound every time the pick touches a string.

That was also back when I was messing with a Parker Fly. The steel frets also go PLINK PLINK every time a string touches one. So combined with a V pick, every single note was CHIRPLINKRIIIIIIIING.
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PsychoCid wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:21 pm
mikesr1963 wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:19 pm I use .38 mm to 4.0 mm picks and whatever is in between.

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Also did the V picks thing for a while. I quite liked them at the time, but the thickness kind of hurts my thumb after a while. Also they make that CHIRP CHIRP sound every time the pick touches a string.

That was also back when I was messing with a Parker Fly. The steel frets also go PLINK PLINK every time a string touches one. So combined with a V pick, every single note was CHIRPLINKRIIIIIIIING.
I hear people say they get a chirp but I only get a chirp when I try to get a chirp. I have all sizes with both the polished and frosted edges.
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mikesr1963 wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:42 pm
PsychoCid wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:21 pm
mikesr1963 wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:19 pm I use .38 mm to 4.0 mm picks and whatever is in between.

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Also did the V picks thing for a while. I quite liked them at the time, but the thickness kind of hurts my thumb after a while. Also they make that CHIRP CHIRP sound every time the pick touches a string.

That was also back when I was messing with a Parker Fly. The steel frets also go PLINK PLINK every time a string touches one. So combined with a V pick, every single note was CHIRPLINKRIIIIIIIING.
I hear people say they get a chirp but I only get a chirp when I try to get a chirp. I have all sizes with both the polished and frosted edges.
As far as I recall there's no chirp from flat picking. My pick is almost always at an angle though, so I got more chirps than not :)
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Just like with guitars, I like to have a lot of options.
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PsychoCid wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:05 am
howardlo65 wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:44 am Couldn't vote in the poll because mine is not listed and is not ridiculous. Dunlop Prime Tone 1.5 mm for electrics, Dunlop Triangular Ultex 1.0 mm for acoustics.
Hahaha thanks Howard. IMO 1.5 is firmly in the ridiculous camp, no negative connotations intended :D
Ridiculous maybe but I have some of those prime time picks too and they're niiiiiice.....
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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).
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