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[three.eighteen.]

Ernie Ball 10-46 on everything, yellow tortex picks ftw

[mazda_maniac]

D'addario .09-.42
Orange Tortex

[TKRIS]

I bought a few Dunlop ULTEX Jazz III picks a couple weeks ago. It took a couple hours to adjust my pick attack and hand position, but I quickly noticed a significant increase in speed and clarity.
I threw all my nylon and tortex picks in an empty case and bought a handful of Jazz I, II, and III's to replace them.

[b_t]

I've got a bunch of Ultex Jazz IIIs and absolutely hate em. Spent a couple weeks trying to get used to them but my picking hand would cramp up after awhile no matter what I did or how light my grip was. They were just too stiff to get any kind of dynamics with and too small to really play with.

[finboy]

i used those for a while, but got sick of cutting off part of the pick to make them comfortable to use

[kerry]

9-46 Hybrid Slinky.

I have some 10-44 Jazz Flat Wounds that rule but they're so hard to find.

Yellow Tortex FTW +1

[wildkarrde]

Mozell just finished up with my acoustic, woo hoo! I'll post a little report when I get back.

[three.eighteen.]

Originally posted by finboy


i used those for a while, but got sick of cutting off part of the pick to make them comfortable to use

uhh...the regular shaped ones??

[kerry]

Originally posted by three.eighteen.


uhh...the regular shaped ones??

Hahahahaaahahhaah yeah really. I guess weird fucking picks are part of the weird fucking effect syndrome he's got.

[finboy]

Originally posted by three.eighteen.


uhh...the regular shaped ones??

nope, just the pointy part, the fins got kept on, i run through pics fast, so extra material is always useful

[three.eighteen.]

no i meant that they make regular shaped tortex picks

[Seanith]

Whats the purpose of those weird looking ones?

[finboy]

Originally posted by Seanith
Whats the purpose of those weird looking ones?

grinding on strings w/o tearing up the side of the pic, and it looks like they make nylon ones now

its also nice to have a few different kinds of picks as well, metal, shell, etc.

a quarter + a delay pedal can make some really interesting sound, even billy gibbons uses a mexican peso

[rage2]

Originally posted by finboy
a quarter + a delay pedal can make some really interesting sound, even billy gibbons uses a mexican peso

Brian May uses a coin as a pick too. Bizarre.

I tried using a dime years ago, tore through strings like you wouldn't believe.

[kerry]

I use a pick

[b_t]

I use picks ahaha
Whenever I pick up a guitar and don't have a pick (which is almost never since I always forget them in my pants pockets) I'll try and play em with a quarter. I have no idea how anyone could do it..

[rage2]

The only thing that sounds cool playing with a coin is pick slides... well I guess they'd technically be called a coin slide in this situation haha.

[finboy]

Originally posted by b_t
I use picks ahaha
Whenever I pick up a guitar and don't have a pick (which is almost never since I always forget them in my pants pockets) I'll try and play em with a quarter. I have no idea how anyone could do it..

if you think thats weird, you could always try to get ahold of a toroise shell pick

myles at fretworks has some interesting picks as well, but you mostly tell the difference with those while playing acoustic, which makes sense.

[kerry]

Nylon String and fingers FTW!

[wildkarrde]

Whenever I can't find a pick, I use those little square plastic things on loaves of bread.