picks wearing down?

[boiboi]

hi! i have a problem with my picks wearing down. after 2 or 3 weeks of playing, the side gets worn down so it doesn't have the same sound or punch as when i first bought it. i'm using the pickboy jazz pick 1.5mm. i was thinking that maybe its my pick got problem, that's why wear down so fast. can anyone recommend a pick that doesn't wear down so fast? help greatly appreciated thanks

 

[leecs]

You must have played fast riffs, scratching, pick harmonics with it, thats y it wears so fast.

Use metal pick or a coin like Brian May.

 

[Everdying]

dunlop jazz III picks

 

[optisailor2002]

You must have played fast riffs, scratching, pick harmonics with it, thats y it wears so fast.

Use metal pick or a coin like Brian May.

lol using a coin.. wont it kill the strings instead?

 

[dric]

haha.......later your coins all start wearing out!

well if ya really like the pick you're using bro then you just gota keep getting new ones.

 

[Xingg]

maybe your technic is wrong?
maybe you're scraping the strings..
try to guitar it in a certain angle

 

[FPaulLes]

Someone here should leave their fingernails longer than cut it out and become a pick.. I don't think anyone has done that before..

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Someone here should leave their fingernails longer than cut it out and become a pick.. I don't think anyone has done that before..

Haha it will be quite painful.

Ironically I use nylon picks and although they get black and bent I just use the other side. But I'm gonna receive my V-pick soon so it might turn out way better.

 

[Hydesg]

actually i do know of someone who plays with finger nails
and shred like steve vai.

his 5 fingers on his right hand have long nails
he seals them with a layer of nail polish i think to prevent breakage
and he just plays with all 5 fingers

but his left hand has short nails

 

[Hydrofly]

I have the same problem, consistent replacement, i get on average 1 pick a week. Its not really about the punch for me because once the pick edge wears out unevenly I have to change as upstrokes and downstrokes start feeling different.

 

[subversion]

the music i play necessitates pick replacement very often (if i play every day: 3 days = 1 pick). in any case, pick wear is expected, do try a different pick material but keep to your thickness preference for familiarity.

 

[boiboi]

hmmm...leecs you mentioned metal pick. i think i remember reading somewhere that alex laiho uses metal pick? any idea where to get? haven't seen before.

 

[subversion]

i've stopped using metals picks due to the clanking noise, in lieu, thick picks work just as well.

teckpick's available at Davis, if memory serves me right, it's $3

 

[remy]

dunlop jazz picks are quite thick imo
so far da picks had lasted more den half a yr for me

 

[subversion]

my Big Stubby is 3.0mm; the thickest i own but same thing; play every day, 3 days = 1 pick...

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Even big stubbies wear out that fast?

 

[subversion]

it's all about how one plays...

 

[Dime]

only knew about paper shredder.but pick shredder?fender picks do me good.i play metal and do lots of harmonics and slides on the pick.the pick has last me for a long while now.

 

[bin4christ]

i use pickboy jazz picks too. the one i find most comfort with. but mine dont wear out that fast....

sub: imo, one major gripe about the stubby 3.0mm is that as the middle curves inward, that part gets oily very easily n it's also very hard to clean..

 

[subversion]

before i embrace Stubby picks, the above are some of the picks i used; note how worn out the tips are. the least resistant (for me) is the Peavey (top row, first from left). the Ernie Ball/ Fender picks are all HEAVY versions, less the D'Andrea (.71mm, given to me by Beez when he was still with Yamaha).