Picks

mcgroup53

Another option is to have Matthew Goins at Blue Chip Picks custom make a pick to your specs. You can send him almost anything, and he'll duplicate to your preferred thickness and bevel, out of that amazing brown industrial synthetic material he uses. It'll be expensive if you go thick, but I suspect it'l be the best pick you'll ever try.

Mandobart

I just heard about and got some of these JTS picks. My normal go to pick for mandolin and guitar are the Wegen M200's. I found them very similar in size, shape and feel as a Wegen M200. They have a shallow tri-foil design in the center that helps grip more than a purely smooth pick. These feel thicker and a little more substantial than my Wegens. Bevel is the same direction and very similar to my right handed Wegens. And they are fairly cheap. I also have a couple Blue chips but I prefer the Wegen picks to them.

woodamand

I stopped into the hippest music store in town today, looking for picks. To my amazement, they actually had Wegen picks, under the counter of course so they didn't get stolen. I tried most of what they had in stock, including the big city. To my surprise, I ended up walking out with the 3.5mm twins. There were no good archtops or of course any GJ guitars to try these out on, but they still seemed great, never played with a beveled pick before. And once I got home and tried them with my archtop - wow. I am sure I will change picks a lot as I learn this style, but really really cool, the sound and the feel these picks have. A whole new day.

Buco

@Mandobart thanks for the tip. Those seem cool. And cheap! Think I'm gonna try me some.

woodamand

Cheaper than the Wegen GP250 - think that was the model - and sounded just as nice, and with a more pronounced point on the tip. I also was messing around with strumming using the flat end of the pick, kind of interesting. And two of the picks I bought for the price of one of the other type - kind of a no-brainer.

mcgroup53

As much as I'm a major pick ho and have purchased Wegens, Blue Chips and other dedicated Gypsy picks until my pick box is overflowing, I also like the new Dunlop Primetone picks, which are cheap alternatives to the big boys. Using them on mandolin, and I'll be trying the Dunlop PT gypsy pick on my new Bumgarner Derecho when it arrives tomorrow. I'll let you know.

criminel

I like a good pick just like anyone else, but guys, let's get real here: Django could play with a shirt button or a comb thoot. Pick discussion is wankerland.

Buco

Yeah but in those days a shirt button and/or a comb half the time was made out of turtle shell so...

criminel

... so what? I still think that the important thing is how you play, not the pick.

alton

woodamand wrote: »

I stopped into the hippest music store in town today, looking for picks. To my amazement, they actually had Wegen picks, under the counter of course so they didn't get stolen. I tried most of what they had in stock, including the big city. To my surprise, I ended up walking out with the 3.5mm twins. There were no good archtops or of course any GJ guitars to try these out on, but they still seemed great, never played with a beveled pick before. And once I got home and tried them with my archtop - wow. I am sure I will change picks a lot as I learn this style, but really really cool, the sound and the feel these picks have. A whole new day.

Out of curiosity, which store is the hippest in Portland?