Pick Gauges for Metal?
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Aki S. Ian
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ah yes, i was refering to the smaller ones subs,
anyways, picks are not really expensice anyways.
just head down and buy lots of different type and slowly by process of elimination, find the one you like.
anyways, picks are not really expensice anyways.
just head down and buy lots of different type and slowly by process of elimination, find the one you like.
One day I show you my $35 pick. Hahaha. Yes. I did buy one.
On the topic of the stubbies - it was my introduction to the world of thick picks. I think thick picks are ... sort of a taboo thing. Too thick = ewwww, no way! You mean you can pick with that? While I don't expect to play fast funk rhythms with a thick pick as easily as with a thin one... a thicker pick affords stiffness and power. Taking a 1mm stubby and a 2mm stubby - do some rhythm work on gain. The 2mm actually gets more saturation out of guitar while the 1mm sounds like you lowered the gain a touch.
In anycase, stubbies... sound rather bland/dull. The material is dulls the tone somewhat. I think it works for bright guitars but for things like say an LP, then I wouldn't recommend it.
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there would be old hags saying: Eh, you play bass with that, is it? that's how much 'respect' you get going round with thick picks...
Aki S. Ian
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wah $35?
upload a pic dude. wahahhaa..
i dont know, i just find thicker picks not meant for strumming.
the tone it produces its too... bleargh..
upload a pic dude. wahahhaa..
i dont know, i just find thicker picks not meant for strumming.
the tone it produces its too... bleargh..
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you get better result with thinner picks when strumming. but some of us just don't strum too often... 
Aki S. Ian
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ahah
on response to subs.
yeah i agree.. ahaha.
unfortunately for me, i have to play just about anything. haha
on response to subs.
yeah i agree.. ahaha.
unfortunately for me, i have to play just about anything. haha
Its a balancing act.
Thicker picks usually have a fatter tone, more "output" because they hit the strings hard.
So if your setup is one that has been carefully tweaked and eq-ed to sound the way you want it to sound, a change of picks could very well screw up the sound.
bin4christ
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guys how r 1mm picks to u? i feel they're too thin, really. 1.5mm is best for me. also i feel that picks of thickness 1mm n below tend to 'curve' towards one direction. am i the only one?
[vogue]angel
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use 1 cent coin or 5 cent coin from malaysia. it works............... like billy gibbons from ZZ top
