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Anyone use these? What are the pro/cons?

I tried some a while ago. They sounded super icepicky bright, wasn't too into it. I like bright sounds but it was bright in a way I didn't love, like a grating tinny high end or something. Awesome for pick scrapes though.

I used super thin aluminum picks in my brief guitar playing phase mostly for tremolo picking.

They sounded quite nice but every single one broke as I was using it (probably due to the tremolo picking). Usually into some sort of jagged serration that would draw blood.

I imagine a thicker aluminum pick would hold up nicely and give you a unique toan. I do think they have more "ring" and less click than regular picks. A useful tool when seeking brightness.

I tried them a long ago... they stain fingers... they sound bad (ice picky) and they worn very fast.

I made one out of the back of an old DOD pedal, I used it for a while when going through a Shellac phase, it was a little on the thick side but I liked how rough I could be with it. Only downside was it didn't 'give' like even the thickest plastic picks can

I got some and was bangin away on my baritone but the sound does not outweigh the damage done to my strings so they are now relegated to scraping sounds only...

Yeah they definitely scratched up my pickguard/finish in a short amount of time (no surprise really).

I wonder if the string damage would be reduced if the picks were made of another metal.

It's a metal on metal battle, someone's gotta lose...

I prefer copper to aluminium

I use bronze ones. You can find a dunlop branded pic called "techpicks" on ebay and they're the fucking shit. I found I bent and broke the aluminium ones I used to have.

Seizurema wrote:Yeah they definitely scratched up my pickguard/finish in a short amount of time (no surprise really).

Oh yeah forgot to mention that, it really fucked up my pickguard pretty quick.

Tungsten is where it's at.

I use them and love them. I'm trying to get a set of different metal picks soon. I'm curious if they have different characteristics.

Achtane wrote:I wonder if the string damage would be reduced if the picks were made of another metal.

Mercury?!?