Pick survey...

[subversion]

which type of pick do you prefer- any particular reasons?

thanks for participating...

 

[ShredCow]

Depends on the tone I want. Or song I play.

But general, medium to heavy.

Currently using 2 picks often, an Ibanez 1.0mm which I absolutely love for the snap, bite and dynamics, but its on the thinner sounding side, plus its not very favourable for shred licks. 2nd pick is the Dunlop Big Stubby 2.0mm, has a nice glassy bite, but its fatter sounding, more compressed, not so nice for emotive playing.

 

[gsonique]

^same same

 

[subversion]

thanks for the quickie...

there is a trend of not relying on one type of pick these days... i am one of them :smt112

 

[Gr3yF0x]

i use 0.8mm picks, feel most comfortable pinching with those picks.

 

[sepultura]

0.8-1.0mm picks. My finger movement should go direct to the string, without the pick bending and introducing its own character.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

any freebies?

 

[edder]

Got discount or not?

:lol: :lol:

Medium in general for me... but I like to use fingers more these days cos...

I can't shred
I can't chugga chugga
I can't play the blues
I can't play the jazz...

I can only play Freddy Aguilar's Anak...

 

[Marksman]

I like the Jazz 3 picks... When I tried 2mm normal sized picks, it was difficult to play, but Jazz 3's smaller profile just made it easier to use.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

lets wank

1) i use finger for warm plucking
2) i use thin for strumming
3) i use medium for riffing and soloing
4) i use heavy for one finger drop d or power chord only
5) i use coin for added harmonics
6) i use instrument jack ala tom morello
7) i use plier/screwdriver for prepared guitar and when in sonic youth mood
8 ) i use vibrator when in jimmy page mood
9) i use fan to blow at the string when wanna be in drone mood
10) i use no hand with amp volume at 10, gain pedal, delay pedal all at maximum, feedback to max with variation in pitch by standing at different position!

 

[worldwithoutlines]

Big Stubby 3.0's.

They're great for riffings.

Well to me at least...

 

[daryl]

the red jazz 3s.

 

[Chang]

Red Jazz IIIs for the rock and metal stuff.
Generic Medium picks for the strummy stuff.
Sometimes i use thin picks for strummy stuff too, depends on what my "lucky draw" in my pick box came up.

I feel tt the thinner the pick, the nicer the strumming sound though.

 

[Guest]

those D'Andrea spectra plecs! teardrop shape and damn hard, perrrrrfect!

 

[gkinsingapore]

Dunlop nylon 80's for the rock
Dunlop nylon 60's for the funk

 

[crozzfire]

i use medium and thin picks, hardly use hard ones, cuz doesnt feel right with me.

 

[subversion]

there is currently a sizeable thick-pick fans, not quite the situation say, a decade ago. i had been using thick picks back then, when i showed them to friends, they asked if i play bass instead... :smt069

 

[thor666]

I use Awe-in-one transparent jazz for solidstate amps. Somehow the effect doesn't translate to tube amps, so I just use normal plastic medium picks if I use tube amps.

Anyway strangely I find the normal medium generic picks allow me to work with dynamics most easily.

 

[ChanMin]

Jazz III reds for me \m/,

for the softer strummy acoustic stuff.. sometimes i use those soft types... but usually its the reds...

 

[penta-tonic]

dunlop teardrop tortex .73mm for me. find that with any other picks i cant go as fast or sweep properly. den again ive been playing them for almost 3 years now i find it impossible to switch with any others. downside is they wear out pretty fast.