Stochelo's pick

Hemert

Yes, rounded edge always. In fact I've never met a gypsy jazz guitarist who uses the pointy end of the Dunlops!

dennis

yorgui loeffler uses the pointy end!

i prefer the gator picks over the turtle picks because of the material. When newish, the turtle picks's edge tends to be uneven and can get caught in the strings, the gators don't have that problem... for me anyway.

Jazzaferri

Well I haven't met Christiaan, but I do use the pointy end

BluesBop Harry

Hemert wrote: »

I thought Bireli used the Delrin 1.5 (like Gonzalo Bergara and Adrien Moignard).

I'm pretty sure both Gonzalo and Adrien switched to Gators at some point.
That's what I use too... $15 bucks for 72 picks!

Il Trovatore

BluesBop Harry wrote: »

Hemert wrote: »

I thought Bireli used the Delrin 1.5 (like Gonzalo Bergara and Adrien Moignard).

I'm pretty sure both Gonzalo and Adrien switched to Gators at some point.
That's what I use too... $15 bucks for 72 picks!

Yeah, last I saw Gonzalo he was using a 2mm gator.

AmundLauritzen

Anyone know what pick Mozes uses? He gets a sound similar to Stochelo, but slightly different.

I'm going to give those Dunlop Gators that everybody talk about a try. It's good to have an emergency solution at hand. A Wegen habit can get quite expensive, though the sound of the BigCity 1.8 is it for me.

What I find with the BigCity picks is that they need breaking in. They are too pointy right out of the pack. A few hours of play and they're perfect. I have one lying around that is worn out quite a bit so that it's almost rounded off, but it sounds a plays great. I think the beveled edges and the thickness play more of a role when it comes to string feel and control, as well as material of course. Too sharp and thin and it sounds brittle. Too thick and dull and it sounds "wooly" almost. This is what I found with the 3.5mm. Too dull and wooly for my taste.

I used to like Dunlop Jazztone picks for a while when I was playing electric only before I got into Django music. These have an almost rubbery material which gives a wonderful sound for archtops.
It helps for playing lyrically on ballads because they're too clumsy to handle fast playing. But at some point you want to play some double time though and that's when they fall short.