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I hate thin picks, you loose all the picking dynamics. because a thin pick absorbs so much the energy in how much it flexes, your picking and strumming will all sound the same.

light rail coyote wrote:I hate thin picks, you loose all the picking dynamics. because a thin pick absorbs so much the energy in how much it flexes, your picking and strumming will all sound the same.

I don't really have that problem, probably more due to different guitars/techniques. My main acoustic is a Martin, and it's pretty bass-heavy. Thicker picks make it sound really boomy, at least with the way I play, so I use thins.

I do like thin picks for acoustic if I'm just doing big chords and just straight forward strumming.

Dinosauria wrote:

+1

Red and Orange are my favorites.

MY HAND


Using a pick is like using a strap-on when you have FIVE PERFECTLY GOOD DICKS.

Not really. A Plectrum gives you a completely different attack and tonality than using your fingers even if you're using your fingers like a pick.

If can't understand that I really feel for you as a guitarist. It's like the whole Bass with pick or fingers debate, both are equally valid, and that's because they SOUND DIFFERENT.

aye. i prefer me fingers on acoustic but you'd never get the attack i like on a electric with fingers.

i'm more comfortable using fingers though, i tend to drop plectrums and do things like completely miss strums sometimes 'cause my hands are both as useless as each other.

When I play with the band, it's all picked. I just don't like the way picks sound - I do it grudgingly cause it works better in a rock band context.

I use the orange .60 dunlops. I used to use really heavy ones, (2mm at one point, like a nickel) and then moved down to mediums, always hated thins, find the .60mms to be in the middle leaning towards medium. A tad more flexible, but not wussy. Fender make some as well that are identical.

avntzen wrote:

Dinosauria wrote:

+1

+2

Reece wrote:aye. i prefer me fingers on acoustic but you'd never get the attack i like on a electric with fingers.

i'm more comfortable using fingers though, i tend to drop plectrums and do things like completely miss strums sometimes 'cause my hands are both as useless as each other.

if you drop plectrums, try my double sided ticky-tape trick (mentioned above somewhere). works a treat. i used to get cramps in my right hand from clenching the plectrum too hard onstage (adrenalin) but no longer. it's cheating a wee bit, but means i can get to the end of a set without crying.

I used to hate thin picks, but I've really started to love them. Mind you, thin to me is anything less than .75mm. I feel it gives me more attack on single notes, and helps with leads a little bit. The really thin, like .1 mm are the picks I find unuseable, but down to about .3 mm I enjoy.

However, Dunlop Jazz IIIs are the best picks ever made. 1mm or something like that.

stewart wrote:

Reece wrote:aye. i prefer me fingers on acoustic but you'd never get the attack i like on a electric with fingers.

i'm more comfortable using fingers though, i tend to drop plectrums and do things like completely miss strums sometimes 'cause my hands are both as useless as each other.

if you drop plectrums, try my double sided ticky-tape trick (mentioned above somewhere). works a treat. i used to get cramps in my right hand from clenching the plectrum too hard onstage (adrenalin) but no longer. it's cheating a wee bit, but means i can get to the end of a set without crying.

If you do drop it though you'll never be able to pick it up! For the floor is stronger than man D:

This stuff is awesome if you drop picks a lot.

UPDATE:


My friend just gave me this as a very early birthday present (7+ weeks early!). It's a sterling silver pick and she had the words to my favorite song stamped into it. It's amazing, possibly the most personal gift I've ever gotten. I LOVE THIS PICK.

She clearly wants to climb on you and bounce around.