Plectrums

[Fourth Feline]

Aren't BKP picks re-badged D'Andreas ?  Very nice whatever they are .

Thanks for the info on the 'Ultex Dave' ;  and thanks for the interesting links Shobet .   :)

[PhilKing]

I use custom Red Bear asymetrical picks with a right hand speed bevel that Dave makes for me.  They are based on the John Pearse studio set, which I used for years after John gave me a bag at NAMM one year because all the picks on our stand had gone.  I really like the design because you can get great harmonics from it.  I also use Red Bear for acoustic, with a pick that they copied from my old original tortoise shell pick (shown on the left in the lid.  You can also see that I have gone through lots od different picks in the years that I've been playing.

[Philly Q]

This is going to sound very O.C.D of me Philly, but I actually meant ( in the case of BKP picks ) turning the lettering to the front, then to the back. 

Nurse ! ... :roll:

Nurse!!

I'm trying to hold him down, but he's stronger than he looks...!

Nurse?

NURSE!!!!!  PDT_044

[maverickf1jockey]

Am I the only one who loves 3mm Nylon Big Stubbies?

[dave_mc]

Dave I didn't realise that there was anyone else out there using 1.5 gator grips as they are an unusual choice - but me too - to me they definately do add something and seem easier to control - regards David

yeah, that's what i like. Also, when i used to use the bog standard nylons, or tortex (or whatever they were) i used to be able to destroy a plectrum in about an hour, it'd get serrated. Doesn't happen with the gator grips. :D

[MDV]

They have a big effect on style and sound, for sure. Material, thickness, shape and pointiness all play their part.

Current favourites - Ibanez sandgrips, heavy.

[gingataff]

Here's most of my pick collection:

Dunlops at the top, Tortex (the green ones are Dimebag Darrell & Andreas Kisser sig versions), Nylons, Jazz IIIs, Gator Grips, Stubby, and Delrin. Some have holes drilled in for grip.
Notice the broken Stylus Pick (note to self, picks do NOT work as screwdrivers).

Ibanez to the left, mostly signature picks: Vai, Scofield, Satriani, Benson & Gilbert.
BKP next to those and some Claytons (I don't use them as they're warped) and Big West Creation metal picks on the right: brass, nickel, aluminium, stainless steel and titanium.

The bottom rows are a DR pick (free with a set of strings), a fernandes Hanshin Tigers pick, 2 cow bone and 1 buffalo horn picks made by PickBoy and then a couple of Fenders. Finally another PickBoy with grip holes, a Teckpick and a couple of D'Aquistos.

My favourites vary but I usually fall back on the Fenders, Ibanez Satrianis and BKPs depending on how heavy or how sharp a tip I feel like using.

[JDC]

Am I the only one who loves 3mm Nylon Big Stubbies?

you're not the only one, they were my pick of choice for so long, went back to the 2mm as I liked the extra string movement but the 3mm makes the guitar play itself

at the moment I've gone back to black jazz III xl picks, if I had some new big stubbies I might go back though

[BigB]

I played tortex pics for years in 1.14 guise. One day I forgot my pics and the parctice rooms only had uber thick 2mm gators or 1mm Dunlop Nylons.

I've been using the 1mm Nylons ever since, they just work for me. Unbelieveably I don't know anyone else locally who uses them.

:lol:

Been using 1mm Dunlop nylons for years, and recently switched to tortex 1.14...

[psy]

I had been using Dunlop tortex 1.14mm for for a long time.  I tend to go through picks quickly (either by wearing them out, losing them or lending them out never to be returned), so I got Steve Clayton to make a couple hundred for me.  Feel exactly the same as the Dunlops, but have my name on them :)

[tomjackson]

Am I the only one who loves 3mm Nylon Big Stubbies?

No, I like em too.  I'n fact I panic if I have to use anything else.

I also like stone picks like these http://www.dugainpicks.com/

£14 for something I will lose in a week is a bit steep however.

[HTH AMPS]

I've used .88mm grey Dunlop nylon picks since forever for electric.  I can get away with the 1mm black one's if thats all I can get.

For acoustic I prefer thinner picks, the lighter grey Dunlop nylon 0.73mm one is spot on - gives that 'click' to the notes and isn't boomy on the bass end (I find thicker picks to make bass strings boomy on acoustics).

[Plexi Ken]

I use a Jim Dunlop Eric Johnson Classic Jazz III for no better reason that I tried one, like it, too lazy to adapt to alternatives.
http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=371&pmh=products/p_and_e_detail

[Fourth Feline]

They have a big effect on style and sound, for sure. Material, thickness, shape and pointiness all play their part.

Current favourites - Ibanez sandgrips, heavy.

Having just re-read that, I wanted to echo the fact that the pick can ( for me ) alter the style of playing - and not just the tone :  a much overlooked factor of changing the seemingly little things.

[gordiji]

i'm another 3mm big stubby man , very good for developing right hand technique  :lol: but they don't soften your tone any. also having closet country tendencies i use ring and middle fingers + pick and have realised what great tones can be had by using the middle finger and almost pulling the string to get that ping! dunlop 1mm nylons i sometimes use and i quite like the way they almost stick to the string. last but not least i liked my free bkp pick (included with my it's), i'm guessing .8mm ,the materiel it's made from does soften the attack.love your avatar shobet