'spensive picks

[foomanfat]

...a pick isn't gonna do shit for your tone.

Well, I wouldn't say that. A felt pick is going to sound significantly different from a steel pick.

[Fuzzy Fred]

I have a titanium pick I bought from my dad's friend who makes knives. I wear it mainly as a necklace, but I play with it sometimes. Beats the shit out of strings, but it sounds cool.

idk, if you can afford it/ want it, idgaf

[Ilikewater]

idk, if you can afford it/ want it, idgaf

that's what's up.

[rfurtkamp]

Tried wierd picks, tried thin picks, tried stuff made of exotica.

I always have gone back to ugly purple tortex 2mms when it's all said and done.

[symbolique]

actually a wegen 7. i dont know why the fatter picks feel better, but my hand hurts much less after a few hours of playing with it than when i use tortex .73s.

it's not about "mojo tones" and such cause really, a pick isn't gonna do shit for your tone. it just felt better on the hands. had i not tried one before since a friend of mine had one, i probably would have been more wary of it.

Ah yes, I had it once, but sold it. Wegen picks are well worth the money, they sit great in the hand. I do beg to differ that they give you a better tone than some picks of similar thickness, just more density due to the prosthetic chemistry magic he uses - i.e. a credit card pick vs his methods. Once you go Wegen it's hard to go back.

[Wormwood]

I like how the t-shirts are cheaper than the picks.

[hazelwould]

I'm tempted to buy these Dunlop Jazztones after this dudes review:


 "Take your playing to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL!
March 9, 2008 By Alon Oscar Deutsch "Computational Biophysicist"
Dunlop Jazztone Picks (No. 477) were developed specifically for jazz guitarists in order to improve the speed and precision of conventional pick attack. I find that the 'precision contoured edge' on each plectrum accommodates exactly this - the tip immediately slides down the gradient to the contact point on the string and then is released with almost no catching or tugging, facilitating an accelerated incursion and an uncompromised, full-bodied resonance, a combination which tends to be very revealing of pick dynamics. I have to work harder to articulate cleanly and evenly this way, so I am able to fine tune my right-hand technique when it matters the most - during the actual plucking of the string, the motion from which all others are calibrated. Most of what I had previously channeled into locating the string and then pulling free of it can now be focused on the enhancement of specific tonal characteristics and sheer picking speed. The contour itself offers some protection against digging in too deeply - linear movements in a wide range of directions face resistance if ascending the sloped surface whereas flatter picks would allow unhindered sliding and ultimately waste time and energy. This in turn contributes to a consistency of tone quality as well as an acoustic volume compression effect. Jazztone picks are rigid and durable, resisting deformation much better than similar brands. I prefer model '206' because it reminds me of the traditional teardrop jazz picks, only much more powerful; personally, I am made to feel as though awakening from a dream in which I struggle to play guitar but fail to physically grasp or reach it, and suddenly playing and able to visualize quite clearly the action of the strings in space and time using only my pick..."

[Gearmond]

thats... going a bit TOO far...

but i would say that a pick's impact on athletic playing is something thats often underrated

[Andrew]

I do love this
“Hufschmid handmade solid PHD Tapered Guitar Picks" - high quality guitar picks which do not claim to make you play better!

[phantasmagorovich]

Well.....


the blindness might be intrinsic to us as fuzz lovers, because it is impossible to hear the difference a pick makes, when you run your guitar through fuzz and all that. It's highly probable that we had to go into serious corksniffer territory to find an electric guitar and amp that made it possible to hear the difference even without effects. But if you do play acoustic with a pick, then you can hear that different materials do make a difference in tone.

[rattler420]

as far as differences in tone, ive played with picks made from wood, steel, aluminum & plastic. & there is an audible difference between each material. i actually like wood, but they dont last very long. like there is a difference between flesh & fingernails & picks as well. but i do agree thats these differences are easiest to hear in cleaner signals.

[Fuzzy Fred]

Well.....


the blindness might be intrinsic to us as fuzz lovers, because it is impossible to hear the difference a pick makes, when you run your guitar through fuzz and all that. It's highly probable that we had to go into serious corksniffer territory to find an electric guitar and amp that made it possible to hear the difference even without effects. But if you do play acoustic with a pick, then you can hear that different materials do make a difference in tone.

definitely. i play a lot of acoustic, and different picks, coins, fingernails, fingers, all sound different, some of it has cool "effects" on your sound

[Ilikewater]

stone on my baritone sexy.