what is your fav pick?
- Thread starter Rokken
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I have the maxgrip and the Ultex pick. They can be found at Davis. Sound Alchemy has the max grips too.
I wish they had the maxgrip Jazz III in the XL size and in red. I don't like black cos its stupid hard to find when i drop my picks
i dun really worry about the colour but i wish they had the XL versions...oh well anyway i'll be heading down to davis tmr then. thx for the heads up
btw...ur pick: power lar u lol!!
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theliverevolution
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WOAH. You wear out your picks really quickly.
Mine are still in perfect condition. Yet again, I'm not a hardcore shredder...
dudelove
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I'm not a hardcore shredder either. I pick hard, and I just play alot.. The really bad and fast source of wear comes from pick scrapping. I play quite a bit of EVH!
lazy3yed
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Keep that pick! Good for some U2 stuff. =P
Btw, anyone knows where to get those Herdim picks locally?
About 2 months of constant use. Pick scrapping, hard picking and all that crap.
I have about 6 of them lying on top of my amp so rotation between them make the picks last much longer obviously. Who cares, they are so cheap.
extreme sia. i'm using elixir strings so i don't dare to pick scrap.
later all coating come off.i do some pick scrapping too but i focus my scrapes on the non picking sides of the pick so i got the picking sides only for picking lol
subversion
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that's the definite cause of my pick wear.
subversion
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bro... that's quite a reduction in thickness... i think we can be known as the pick grinders; our picks simply cannot live its useful life for long he he...
dudelove
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Hmmm US$35 for a pick is rather ex I think...
ok after buying a few picks, here are my test results, starting from those i mentioned i would buy.
- jazz III ultex: the edge feels more resistant against the string so that slowed me down quite a bit. the grip is just nice though
- jazz III max grip: the grip is imba!! but still need some getting used to since i'm too used to big picks and i didnt buy the big max grips to try.
- dunlop delrin 1.14: how does malmsteen use delrins?? i get almost no sound when i go through the strings!! after 5sec, it went straight to the pick book
- dunlop tortex teardrop 1.0: i used this b4 and i thought it would work again but i guess my picking has changed alot since last time, only thing i can do on this is rhythm, no fancy lead lol.
- planet waves black ice 1.1: the grip is nice, very similar to the tortex, but the tip could use a little filing. its too different from the jazz IIIs
in the end, its still either the jazz III XL or the ibanez paul gilbert black/white picks for me. btw my ibanez PG has a fine sandpaper glued to the surface (one side only) to prevent slippage of the thumb.
- jazz III ultex: the edge feels more resistant against the string so that slowed me down quite a bit. the grip is just nice though
- jazz III max grip: the grip is imba!! but still need some getting used to since i'm too used to big picks and i didnt buy the big max grips to try.
- dunlop delrin 1.14: how does malmsteen use delrins?? i get almost no sound when i go through the strings!! after 5sec, it went straight to the pick book
- dunlop tortex teardrop 1.0: i used this b4 and i thought it would work again but i guess my picking has changed alot since last time, only thing i can do on this is rhythm, no fancy lead lol.
- planet waves black ice 1.1: the grip is nice, very similar to the tortex, but the tip could use a little filing. its too different from the jazz IIIs
in the end, its still either the jazz III XL or the ibanez paul gilbert black/white picks for me. btw my ibanez PG has a fine sandpaper glued to the surface (one side only) to prevent slippage of the thumb.
hmmm where'd u get ur blue chip picks from?? and is the grip effective?
Bought them direct. Feels alot like V-picks in that when it warms up it doesn't slip. Sounds very close to Ultex Jazz III and Pickboy Jazz 1.5mm. Sonic difference is probably 3 to 5 percent better on the Blue Chip. Whether it's worth USD50.00 for the Jazz 80 or USD75 for the Jazz 100 that would be a VERY personal choice. Lastly the Blue Chip picks are very fast off the strings and they wear VERY slow.
