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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:08 am
by NJjoanjettfan
For me plain old Fender Thin and Mediums do the trick. Find I split the Thins but since I buy a dozen or more at a time it's worth it.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:07 am
by Josh
purple totex picks fo me.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:36 am
by Noirie.
dunlop tortex 0.73 mm yellow shortscale dot org picks

Good for strumming and leady shite.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:00 am
by serfx
i use tortex yellow shortscale dot org picks to create noize.. with electric guitars
and tortex orange shortscale dot org picks for acoustic.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:21 pm
by roachello
Green Tortex!

Anything else is just slips off. I also enjoy the ones in the sharkfin shape for precision!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:23 pm
by Mike
I'm a green tortex person.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:25 pm
by Progrockabuse
purple tortex every time. can't remember the gauge. 1.2mm?

and fingers.

probably 40%fingers 60% pick in a gig.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:41 pm
by benecol
Dava control picks, Black Dunlop Match Piks (I just never drop them) and, for those really special TGP moments, my Country Music Hall of Fame plectrum (but this necessitates me deactivating the alarm and unlocking the display cabinet).

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:42 pm
by Progrockabuse
did you catch it from brad Paisley?

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:46 pm
by James
I tried some of the Dava Control ones when staying with Dots. They seem too thin. Even held in a way to mak ethem feel thicker they're quite thin feeling. It seemed like they couldn't get up to the feel of 0.7mm yellow tortex.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:54 pm
by Progrockabuse
i liked the dava one that have a metal tip, felt really nice. and didn't look as twee as using these

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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:56 pm
by benecol
That's odd - they feel pretty thick to me. It's important to note that my main qualification for a plectrum is that it's hard to drop.

IMMATUREBENECOLFACT: There used to be these dicks that turned up to the improvised music workshop I go to (they'd turn up late, play over people constantly, never leave space for other musicians and always revert to the same sub-Thurston noisefest). One asked me if he could borrow a plectrum; at the end of the session he gave it back, broken, and said, smirking "Sorry, it's a bit broken - I hold them in my mouth when I'm not playing". I replied, witty as all-get-out "That's OK - I hold them in my bum".

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:09 pm
by wilrecar77
I usually use the green or blue gator grip picks. If a pick is floppy i can hardly play with it.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:23 pm
by lorez
I've always used the Dunlop 500 .96mm picks for electric and .5 for acoustic. I just like the different shades of pink I guess

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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:01 pm
by kim
dunlop nylon glow in the dark 1.14

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my favs, but lately i just grab whatever is lying around as long as it's not too thin (min 0.76)

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:13 pm
by stewart
benecol wrote:It's important to note that my main qualification for a plectrum is that it's hard to drop.
stick a square of double sided tape on it and you'll be dandy. trouble is it goes manky and leaves black marks on your fingers, but that's a small price to pay for perma-grip-ness.

the day i forget to take my trusty roll of tape to a gig is the day i'll suffer my first nervous breakdown, as i scrabble around the stage in the dark, going "I DROP PLECTUAMS, ARG" and crying about how sore my hand is from having to grip the fuckers really hard.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:16 pm
by paul_
benecol wrote:One asked me if he could borrow a plectrum; at the end of the session he gave it back, broken, and said, smirking "Sorry, it's a bit broken - I hold them in my mouth when I'm not playing". I replied, witty as all-get-out "That's OK - I hold them in my bum".
TEE HEE

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:40 pm
by Thom
Shortscale.org Purple Tortex - 1.14mm.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:43 pm
by winterfrost
I'm really like dunlop jazz III
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:40 pm
by Justyn
.60 mm dunlop nylons