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World's Best Guitar Picks

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- Rated: 32 ↑
Aug 2, 2007 4:29 a.m. cyclopssam:

a nother vote for dunlop .88's,my lucky pick is a... i've managed to keep for 10 years now.... broken in just right!,ha,
- Rated: 16 ↑
Aug 2, 2007 6:33 a.m. Flaco:

Proteus, You really owe it to yourself to check out the Tortis picks:

http://www.redbeartrading.com/

I love them on acoustic but they are too heavy for me on electric. They sound like they might be good for you, though. I was talking with a music store owner who carries them and he recommended a Medium thickness with the grippy holes for electric, because the holes lighten the pick just a bit. These are pricy, but you'll notice the quality the second you hold one. They don't wear near as fast as real tortoise shell. I've been using mine for hard bluegrass flatpicking and strumming for 6 months with no noticeable wear. I'm not exactly sure what these are made of, but they feel warm to the touch like an organic material as opposed to most plastics that feel cold to the touch. I wouldn't recommend the "speed bevel" for electric.
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Aug 2, 2007 8:00 a.m. El Kabong:

Dunlop nylon .60 mm. I’ve been using these for 15 or 16 years. The main reason is the raised lettering. A good griping point. I always hated dropping my picks when playing live whether from sweaty hands or my spastic playing. Before that I tried many picks, but was never devoted to one brand. One thing I always did was I would take a razor blade and score the picks to create a gripping surface. This didn’t work to good with tortoise shell style picks. They would break.
- Rated: 42 ↑
Aug 21, 2008 9:09 p.m. seadevil:

I love Dunlop 205's for lead, but I'm currently using a bone pick for that stuff. For really fast rhythm I like Dunlop nylon .88's or the red Brains. I'm intrigued by the V picks and may check them out.
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Aug 21, 2008 9:52 p.m. AJ:

Like Gretschmaster and Jeff O, I am a fan of the Dunlop Jazz III. I prefer the Jazz III XL, black if I'm playing my Aria Pro II, red or black if playing the Ibanez or Godin. If doing a lead, I grip it close to the point; if strumming, I back off and loosen my grip some. I recently started to play my acoustic guitar a little (after changing the three year old strings) and for that I use a generic medium pick that was a freebie I got at a trade show.

I'd love to try some of the more expensive, esoteric picks out there, but since picks tend to evaporate in my apartment I'm afraid to invest in something that will disappear in a week or two.
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Aug 21, 2008 10:07 p.m. audiodrome:

I just like plain old Fender Heavys. I've been using them for 25 years and now, nothing else feels right to me. Every once in a while, I'll use a extra heavy jazz-style pick for certain things, but that's about it. The problem with heavy picks is that you go through 2 or 3 of them a night so they don't last very long.
- Rated: 21 ↑
Aug 22, 2008 10:42 p.m. bobcat:

I used to have one of those stone picks, it was pretty cool for shredding at warp speed. Now I play those big old Fender rounded triangles in fake tortoise shell.
- Rated: 38 ↑
Aug 22, 2008 11:00 p.m. bobbyrivera:

I used to use the tiny Fender teardrop style jazz picks (medium). Those were by far my favorites. I now use Fred Kelly Slick Picks which are thumbpicks as I can't really use flatpicks too well anymore after the accident. They most approximate a small jazz flatpick.
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Aug 23, 2008 12:54 p.m. MarkW:

When I was young and poor, a lost pick might be the difference between finishing a gig and not, plus we were kids and forgot a lot of stuff.

So I always wanted to be able to see my pick should I drop it at night during a gig in the bar. White is a lot easier to see than a tortoise shell pick, so that's how I ended up with these...

I still use them, but the only thing I do in a bar now is enjoy a cold one.