pick preference?

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:23 pm

just interested, since it seems like there are people who seem to have very unique playing styles on this board, and it's really ignored by a lot of players as to how using different types can effect your playing. personally, i've played with the .60 orange tortex picks, but have been thinking about switching to comparable Snarling Dogs brain picks. what about you?

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:27 pm

I use picks.

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:29 pm

yeah this one is going to be fun too.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:32 pm

on electric i only play dunlop tortex 1.0 mm blue shortscale dot org picks.

and on acoustic i use dunlop tortex green shortscale dot org picks.

i can't be bothered to take another photo or find out how thick the greens ones are though.

SoylentGreenIsPeople · Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:32 pm

I like my picks like I like my women: hot and black.

Oh, wait...

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:34 pm

i think the green ones are 1.2, maybe 1.4? just christ are those some thick ones!

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:35 pm

nah they're thinner.

the green ones are 0.88.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:36 pm

i use the red and oranges.

i like clayton picks too.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:38 pm

I vary between the green nylon Dunlops and the purple tortex ones. I can't remember how thick either of those are.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:49 pm

Just my right hand - thumb and 2 fingers, banjo style.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:51 pm

yellow tortex .73 MM I feel like we've been over this before.

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:57 pm

entirely possible, i just wanted to stir some conversation up, always interested in what others are using

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:02 pm

I tape a tortex green shortscale dot org picks to my half errect penais and smack it on my strings.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:05 pm

I also use dunlop tortex 1.0 mm blue shortscale dot org picks. I'm not sure how I'm getting along with them though. I think I like picks made of a softer kind of plastic.

also, I don't know if anyone else is like this but I really hate pointy picks. I have to sand the point off of all the picks I use or it annoys the hell out of me.

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:07 pm

what is this penais you speak of?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:10 pm

it is the best riffs delivery method provided to man.l

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:13 pm

just had to clarify, haha. i'll have to try it out sometime

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:29 pm

If you like the dunlop tortex orange check out the other .60mm picks on offer. Being made of a different material can make them feel a lot different. Having noticed I play better with a .60mm but still wanting a bit more diversity at times I've checked out:

Dunlops "the wedge" .60mm tortex, feels stiffer than the all-orange but not too heavy
Ultex .60mm, more flexible but not quite a 'thin'
I use all 3 for different applications.

If a different look is all you're after, everyone makes a version of the orange tortex picks. I got some Jackson Black Bomb .60mm awhile ago just for fun, they're all the same price for a pack anyway. That little dude was speaking to me more than the Tortise at the time.

Plus on my mojo pie chart I've worked out that a good 26.333333% of good tone is, in fact, in the pick.

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:31 pm

Brain picks .60

I used to use those grey nylon dunlops before that, switched to the brain picks about 2 years ago.

I can't use stiff picks they don't like my style.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:25 pm

d'andrea pro plecs. i can't stand thin picks, they just flop around.