https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:50:08 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212486 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:33:02 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212486 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212476 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:49:09 +0000
With this knowledge I think I may have just solved my pick problem seeing as .50 is in between the .36 and .60 I currently use, so I might just go out and get some.

:D]]> Guitar Players Discussion Clazon https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212476 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212359 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:15:32 +0000
I used .50 until I got a guitar teacher recently. He insists I use 1mm picks. He is a total guitar nut - when he lived in Indonesia he was voted best rock guitarist in Java '89-'91 I think and used to play Yngwie covers - in fact for a while he toured Indonesia with a band including Yngwie's keyboard player. Now he lives in Australia and plays all kinds of styles. Anyway, he told me he used to go to concerts all the time and stand up the front so he could catch the guitarist's picks and he reckons practically all the great rock guitarists use 1mm picks.

You can definitely notice if you use a thin pick for lead that there is a flicking sound when you hit the string. That disappears with the 1mm and it is not too thick to make strumming difficult......]]> Guitar Players Discussion jwishart77 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212359 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212327 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:57:13 +0000
I prefer them when they have a point, but I guess it'll take a month or two to see how things settle down.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Clazon https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212327 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212322 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:49:09 +0000
Anyhow with these, or any shape/material/thickness pick, you can get different things out of them just by changing the angle of attack in regards to the string, and how hard or soft you're holding the thing. You can take a really thin pick and strum along with it, but then turn it more at right angles to the strings for doing leads. The opposite is sometimes true too; thick pick for leads, then flatter to the strings and softer grip for strums. I used to keep several stuck on the pickguard with double-sided tape, but wound up just having all the same picks in case I dropped one. And even the dropping thing which happens to all of us pretty much, can be avoided by taking a pick or two with you to work and just handling them in your spare moments or while you're doing something else. This also can apply to holding it at different angles, holding it more toward the back or more toward the point; that kind of thing.

OT: Regarding Dunlop - man it still makes me mad when they can keep something like the 'Sharkfin Pick' and stop making the ones I got used to! That's why I'm more or less on a Dunlop Pick Strike (not that it matters to their profits) and have gone to other, more 'normal' shapes (the 451 shape), just so I'll never find myself in that same situation again. It's like "What do you mean they don't make them anymore?" Okay, they have the Jazz III shape in Tortex and all that, but...I like the 'smell' of celluloid when you've been playing a lot and the edge starts to get rough. ;)

Rant over :)]]> Guitar Players Discussion DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/paged/2/#post-212322 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212314 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:30:21 +0000
Whilst playing live, I guess there's more tension, so I strum harder and more jerkily (including added effort for showmanship :D ) which is when I feel the sound at times is a bit uneven, where as my thinner pick(s) come of with a more rounded sound, but are at times a little too flimsy for some single note playing.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Clazon https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212314 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212310 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:10:10 +0000
Like the older celluloid picks.

But I do tend to use really thin picks to get the 'brushy' strumming sound you hear sometimes; like a Fender Big Triangle thin. On the other hand Santana uses a big triangle for everything I've heard.

To answer Clazon abou live vs recording: In my opinion, when you're onstage everything gets a little blown out of proportion; there's lots more adrenalin and excitement going on so there's times you'll find yourself bending strings a lot easier, playing more forcefully, and getting into it. Amp settings, efx settings, even string gauge and pick gauge sometimes have to be adjusted - or not, depending.

Sitting in the room recording is a completely different sort of feel - to everything - a way different vibe, and that's when you might go with softer strings and picks. After you've done each for awhile though it all sorta equals out. :)

But for right now, I'm more into Delrin picks.]]> Guitar Players Discussion DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212310 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212309 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:05:48 +0000 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Dunlop-Tortex-Standard-Picks?sku=110040, or a medium fender 351 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-351-Standard-Picks-?sku=110500. The Dunlop's for lead heavy stuff like the blues, while the fenders for more general stuff.

For Acoustic, I've been using a .96 Fender 346 style pick http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-346-Shell-Pick?sku=110541. The big rounded triangle picks are great for strumming.]]> Guitar Players Discussion duffmaster https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212309 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212293 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:46:10 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion boxboy https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212293 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212279 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:03:54 +0000 http://www.thomann.de/gb/dava_control_pick_medium_heavy.htm]]> Guitar Players Discussion biker_jim_uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/pick-dilemma-2/#post-212279