Author Topic: Small stubbies for speed metal? (Read 5705 times)

the_bleeding · « **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2007, 09:40:45 PM »

i have a bunch of kinds of picks.

One made entirely out of silver... it tears the shite out of strings but the tone is insanely awesome... kinda makes a wierd scr@py sound though...

Pickboy .75-1mm... glossy, you hear the note and the note only, you dont hear the scr@pe of the pick against the strings, its quite amazing... super fast to play with too, they're my shredder picks. The one downside is that they are made of nylon and wear out fast.

Dunlop 1mm... tortex, makes the scr@py sound, but its SUPER durable, and is my practice pick because its the most difficult to play with. I practice with this puppy and use my pickboy's at gigs.

i have a few tortoise shell picks, they dont sound good, they dont flex right... i really dislike them. Perfect for accoustic guitar, not for electric, and im a strict electric player... My grandpa gave them to me and i've only used them when i was in a squeeze.

i have yet to try jazz III's...

MDV · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2007, 12:48:47 PM »

Hell. Yes.

I just switched from ultex 1.0s to stubby 2.0s and 3.0s.

The increaase in precision and control in fantastic. If youre playing fast technical metal, these, or similar to your taste, will help you out no end!

BloodMountain · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2007, 12:59:28 PM »

Quote from: MDV

Hell. Yes.

I just switched from ultex 1.0s to stubby 2.0s and 3.0s.

The increaase in precision and control in fantastic. If youre playing fast technical metal, these, or similar to your taste, will help you out no end!

oh well, i'll get some stubbies too :P

WITH FULL DISTORTION · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2007, 05:26:25 PM »

Ok, it may sound weird or totally Deranged
but i use 0.60,0.73, 0.91, 0.96, and 1.0 pickps
i use fender medium and fender heavy
dunlop medium and dunlop heavy(copy of that turtoise design fender guitar picks)

i have been experiemnting with guitar picks nowadays.. and each material , size and thickness influe teh way you pick it... and the sound you will get from it.
if the amp is smooth and you need to push it´s aggressiveness, then get a pick with a sharper material. like the :
i´m using these ones

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=16&pmh=products/picks

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=22&pmh=products/picks

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=30&pmh=products/picks

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=18&pmh=products/picks

i also have to mention somethign special
i do not use the normal arrow of the pick,i use the two rounded sides of it to attack the string.
I´m weird i now... i guess i´m an alien.

Woogie · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2007, 05:56:04 PM »

I use the rounded sides also. I find it much easier!

WITH FULL DISTORTION · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2007, 06:17:56 PM »

yah,and it has more Punchy
meatier TONE

BloodMountain · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2007, 07:05:25 PM »

i never use that side..... it's not pointy enough.

thanks for the tips though, WFD... :twisted: :twisted:

EDIT: i got the Ultex extra heavy ones in the post yesterday, snd they are awesome! they're light, comfortable, VERY durable, and have a perfect attack on the string.
about the durability, i played the whole of Slayer Raining Blood, Creeping Death, Master Of Puppets, and a shiteload of my fastest riffs, and it came out with barely a scratch!

headtheball · « **Reply #22 on:** March 28, 2007, 10:45:27 PM »

1 mm Stubby devotee, myself.

Rare as hen's teeth in Belfast, though, and I'm too lazy/careless to order large amounts of picks off the net.

metal_god · « **Reply #23 on:** March 29, 2007, 12:15:42 AM »

haha i use the round sides too, i guess that makes 3 aliens :lol:

WITH FULL DISTORTION · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2007, 03:12:05 AM »

i´m curious to see a video of you all attacking the strings
Q:P

Muzzzz · « **Reply #25 on:** March 29, 2007, 10:07:39 AM »

Yeh, those 1mm Dunlop Tortex picks rock. I've currently got a big stash of Fender mediums and thicks, and while the thickness and bendyness is good, they're a cr@p shape, mediums are too pointy and thicks are too blunt. Next time I go pick shopping, it's be dunlop all the way.

Oh, and has anyone tried the sig Paul Gilbert Ibanez pick? It's really quite good...

maliciousteve · « **Reply #26 on:** March 29, 2007, 10:14:24 AM »

Quote from: Muzzzz

Yeh, those 1mm Dunlop Tortex picks rock. I've currently got a big stash of Fender mediums and thicks, and while the thickness and bendyness is good, they're a cr@p shape, mediums are too pointy and thicks are too blunt. Next time I go pick shopping, it's be dunlop all the way.

Oh, and has anyone tried the sig Paul Gilbert Ibanez pick? It's really quite good...

I always found the Paul Gilbert picks to be too easy to wear down. After about a week the pick was useless as it had worn down so much.

gingataff · « **Reply #27 on:** March 29, 2007, 10:42:17 AM »

Quote from: Muzzzz

Yeh, those 1mm Dunlop Tortex picks rock. I've currently got a big stash of Fender mediums and thicks, and while the thickness and bendyness is good, they're a cr@p shape, mediums are too pointy and thicks are too blunt. Next time I go pick shopping, it's be dunlop all the way.

Oh, and has anyone tried the sig Paul Gilbert Ibanez pick? It's really quite good...

I'm 90% sure he actually uses Dunlop tortex, the orange and yellow ones. I think the whole range of Ibanez picks is purely for promotion. Dunlop do the same, you know they are selling a Brian May pick and no it's not a replica sixpence, just a regular plastic pick with his name on. It's a bit like buying a t-shirt at a concert, the band don't actually wear them

Author Topic: Small stubbies for speed metal? (Read 5705 times)

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