You're on the right track, dub-k.
They are similar to Dawg's / Golden Gate but enough different that I like 'em better.
Proteus got it right: "smoothness and tone".
The best flatpick EVER?
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Aug 21, 2008 7:53 p.m. Jet-Head:
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Aug 21, 2008 7:58 p.m. dmanlow:
I change picks depending on what or who I'm playing with. I alternate between a Fender Extra Heavy, Herco Medium thumbpick, Wegen Gypsyjazzpick, and Dunlop .43mm Matchpik.
I'll have to check out some of the picks you guys mention. I used the blue Tortex picks for years. I actually bought a whole bag of them I used them so much. I'm desperately trying to find a thumbpick I can use for everything. I think I'll check out the Slick Pick Richard posted.
The problem I run into is that the local shops don't really carry much a of a selection. They have your standard Dunlop, Fender, etc., but they never stock anything other than those. I guess its online pick shopping for me.
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Aug 21, 2008 8:40 p.m. BillyZoom:
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If all three sides are the same, there's no wrong way to hold it, and if a corner breaks you can use another corner.
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If it's white, you can find it on the floor when the lights are low.
- You can get used to anything in about twenty minutes.
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Aug 21, 2008 8:50 p.m. BillyZoom:
The big white picks also make good Dracula teeth when you're really bored on the tour bus.
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Aug 21, 2008 9:26 p.m. bwallace1:
Lee Erickson (aka rvwinkle) said: Homestead picks
Lee the last time that I was in there, they didn't have any of those. I got some at Groth yesterday.
when I started playing in 1966, I used the thin picks. the thinner the better, because I thought it helpped to make me faster. well, before long the pick would start tearing in two. somewhere along the way, I started using medium to heavy picks. I've got some picks that I've been using for years. I place the pick in the strings of the guitar and it stays there untill I pick the guitar up again. I don't go through alot of picks. I have tried the "designer" picks, but I've never been impressed with any particular one. I even have some picks that I bought at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. over the years, I've tried various types, even those triangle ones. I always go back to a plain medium to heavy pick and it doesn't matter what color it is either. just as long as I can pick and play my guitar.
brent
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Aug 21, 2008 9:28 p.m. T.K.:
I usually use the orange tortex, but one day when in a music shop someone said feel these picks. It was a weird feel, gritty just like a cats tounge on the gripping side. I wished I would have got some, because now I have no clue what they were.
I'm weird, I hold the pick sideways and and pick off the sides of the edges rather than the tip of the pick. It was something an old bluegrass picker recommended I do. He claimed he could move around the strings faster. Anyway, I tried his trick and now I do it automatically without thinking; whether I want to or not. I didn't think the cat tongue pick would do much for me with my oddball gripping style.
One night a Reggae player was using them and I asked him what they were called and he said, "I dono?",but they are the only things that he can keep a grip on during all the scratches and scrapes and sweeps he plays for reggae.
Anyone know what they are?
Thanks
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Aug 21, 2008 10:16 p.m. MR TROUBLE:
I recently tried some heavy white Fender picks and couldn't figure out why they kept chipping and getting worn down so quick. Then I looked closer and saw that the picks are made in China. I had used Fender heavy picks years ago and did not encounter this issue.
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Aug 22, 2008 8:09 a.m. Nobody:
Proteus will know where I'm coming from when I describe my approach.
"MmmDuhhh, doess it say Medium on it? Duhhhrr okaay.."
Admittedly, I do like some that I've tried better than others, but I've done little more than point and say, "Derrr, how much for the pretty green ones?"
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Aug 22, 2008 8:13 a.m. Proteus:
That would only be because the quality of your fingerpicking means you don't need no steenkeeng flatpicks.
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Aug 22, 2008 9:12 a.m. jaydar:
Proteus,
I have only used two picks my entire lifetime, although I have tried quite a few. My favs have been the Fender Thin and the Dunlap Ultrex .73 or .96.
I like thin picks and these work for me. I find i can rotate the Ultrex pick to get different tones too. joe.
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Aug 22, 2008 9:39 a.m. dubkitty:
one thing that i've found about the heavy, bevelled-edge picks that's really nice is that they work very well for the James Burton and/or Richard Thompson pick-and-three fingers style of playing. perhaps this is because the profile of the pick is more like that of a thumbpick in cross-section; in any case the tone seems to better match that of the bare fingertip on the string.
the other boss thing about the Dawg picks is that each side has a different radius, so you have three different attacks.
i've tried to get away from the Dawg picks, because most stores don't stock them--i have to go to Palo Alto for them--but i always come back.
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Aug 22, 2008 9:47 a.m. Jet-Head:
dubkitty said: the other boss thing about the Dawg picks is that each side has a different radius, so you have three different attacks.
I'll be damned. I didn't realize that and i played them for years. I'll have to see if I can find a stray one around the house. -
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Aug 22, 2008 9:59 a.m. Ric12string:
Danman said: They are pink so if you drop one one stage you can find it.
Uh...Danman...with your pink pick and all, if you do drop one, don't turn your back and bend over to pick up that pick!
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Aug 22, 2008 10:55 a.m. JazzBoxJunky:
I use the white Clayton 1.52 standard shape for electric use. I find that the standard shape is good for me because I have 2 ends that are rounded for rhythm work, and a nice point for lead work. On acoustics(Gypsy Jazz mostly) I use the Dugain delrin, and the Wegen, both work really well. Also, recently I was give a RedBear faux tortise speed bevel, and I'm currently evaluating it, so far seems pretty good, bloody expensive though.
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Aug 22, 2008 11:03 a.m. afire:
I just ordered some of the Pro Plec 330 pointed square picks. I've noticed them before, and considered ordering some for the Beatles connection, becasue I'm a nerd. Apparently the Beatles often used pointed square Bert Weeden picks like this back in the day. But, the thickness always threw me off. But, I'm a devoted blue Tortex user, so hearing another blue Tortex user approve these is enough for me to give them a shot. We'll see.
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Aug 22, 2008 11:21 a.m. Otter:
Got to be green tortex for me.
That said, I will use almost anything (unless it's too thin), and I've had good luck using the big triangle ones in a pinch. I tried to like the Dunlop Stubby picks for a long time, but just couldn't do it.
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Aug 22, 2008 11:22 a.m. Otter:
Also, a little tip that you probably all know, but when you get a pick that is too chewed up on the edges to use anymore, take that edge and rub it really hard on a carpet for a minute. It will melt/abrade the edge back to a nice smooth surface.
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Aug 22, 2008 12:09 p.m. Bear:
Are you guys as anal with your pick collections as I am?
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Aug 22, 2008 12:34 p.m. dubkitty:
no. i keep mine in an old plastic container that used to contain avocado dip.
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Aug 22, 2008 12:37 p.m. Proteus:
Bear has a problem.
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Aug 22, 2008 12:56 p.m. Bear:
Proteus said: Bear has a problem.
I guess that confirms what my wife has been saying for years.
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Aug 22, 2008 1:02 p.m. do not be afraid:
Bear, i probably need something like that (only smaller…) i spend half my practice time looking around the floor for picks! i'm still using Fender Heavy picks, although i'm not quite as enamored with them as i once was, and might consider switching if something interesting came along… i might try those Pro-Plecs…
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Aug 22, 2008 1:10 p.m. cielski:
I get picks off of the stage floor after gigs. I've got an SRV and a Jerry Garcia among others. Haven't bought a pick in over 40 years. I still have a toroise shell. I know where I hid mine, Proteus. I hate those big soft triangles. Heavy Fenders are fine.
I often play with fingertips, so, I get by even if I don't have one. Gotta make do with what you got sometimes.
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Aug 23, 2008 8:11 a.m. CnW:
I got a lot of 10 of the D'Andrea 330's a couple of years ago. I like 'em but find them a touch too small to be comfortable to my hand.
For the last half dozen years or so I've been addicted to Tortex Sharp 1.5's. But I keep two different Fender-type flatpicks (a heavy and a pretty whippy one) handy for songs that require that crisp, cutting tone. I seldom ever lose one. All the ones I have handy have the stamp worn off---but the tip stays sharp. Tough stuff.
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Aug 23, 2008 8:14 a.m. CnW:
Btw, am I the only one here that carries a couple spare picks in his billfold in case of emergencies?
