Ahhh... so, typical of the wanna-try-everything-else lust in me... I've been exploring metal picks.
Metal picks have pretty much interested me... They have excellent attack, lots of power, bright/clear, allows you to use new techniques, pretty much lasts forever and well, who doesn't want to try and be different? (even in a superficial manner like this. heh.)
However, the bad side of a metal pick? They "kill" strings. They feel (very) scratchy when playing on the wound strings. The pick attack isn't desirable all the time. And preference of course.
However, the metal picks that are readily available are usually of the thinner sort. 0.8mm or 0.6mm thick. And I found that these thin picks are the ones that "catch" in the wound strings and get all scratchy + icky feeling. Also, the thinner they get, the brighter they sound... so you don't get a tone thickening effect at all.
So I went around looking for metal picks that had a concept like the V Pick. Wide tip. Thicker edges. And yeap... verdict - if you can get a metal pick that has a wider tip - the scratchy-ness is reduced (note, REDUCED. Its still slightly scratchy) - so if you can machine one for yourself from a sheet of metal, try to do a shape that is like the V Pick Psycho pick. But if you get a thicker edge - the scratchy-ness is .. gone. But you introduce a heavier pick and really, you'll notice it. Perhaps one could get used to it though. Main thing, scratchy-ness is GONE.
Pretty cool.
Now those thicker/wider picks are expensive, e.g. Dugain. But I found a locally available alternative that has a good compromise of width + thickness.
Its that Planetwaves Satriani Chrome Dome pick. http://www.planetwaves.com/js_chrome_dome.aspx
The chrome pick itself is what, 1 mm thick? 1.1? Its thick enough to reduce scratchy-ness by quite a bit. The tip width is like a regular pick which is okay, familiar shape and stuff - at least its not a pointy tip.
Tone-wise, its surprisingly warm (for a metal pick) plus it does fatten your tone. And its chrome - doesn't tarnish like brass.
Go and try one - its $6.50 I think, for 1 x Chrome Dome + 4 limited ed (yeah, like real) satch plastic picks.
I think the chrome domes are a great way to get started on metal picks.
Metal picks have pretty much interested me... They have excellent attack, lots of power, bright/clear, allows you to use new techniques, pretty much lasts forever and well, who doesn't want to try and be different? (even in a superficial manner like this. heh.)
However, the bad side of a metal pick? They "kill" strings. They feel (very) scratchy when playing on the wound strings. The pick attack isn't desirable all the time. And preference of course.
However, the metal picks that are readily available are usually of the thinner sort. 0.8mm or 0.6mm thick. And I found that these thin picks are the ones that "catch" in the wound strings and get all scratchy + icky feeling. Also, the thinner they get, the brighter they sound... so you don't get a tone thickening effect at all.
So I went around looking for metal picks that had a concept like the V Pick. Wide tip. Thicker edges. And yeap... verdict - if you can get a metal pick that has a wider tip - the scratchy-ness is reduced (note, REDUCED. Its still slightly scratchy) - so if you can machine one for yourself from a sheet of metal, try to do a shape that is like the V Pick Psycho pick. But if you get a thicker edge - the scratchy-ness is .. gone. But you introduce a heavier pick and really, you'll notice it. Perhaps one could get used to it though. Main thing, scratchy-ness is GONE.
Pretty cool.
Now those thicker/wider picks are expensive, e.g. Dugain. But I found a locally available alternative that has a good compromise of width + thickness.
Its that Planetwaves Satriani Chrome Dome pick. http://www.planetwaves.com/js_chrome_dome.aspx
The chrome pick itself is what, 1 mm thick? 1.1? Its thick enough to reduce scratchy-ness by quite a bit. The tip width is like a regular pick which is okay, familiar shape and stuff - at least its not a pointy tip.
Tone-wise, its surprisingly warm (for a metal pick) plus it does fatten your tone. And its chrome - doesn't tarnish like brass.
Go and try one - its $6.50 I think, for 1 x Chrome Dome + 4 limited ed (yeah, like real) satch plastic picks.
I think the chrome domes are a great way to get started on metal picks.
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