What Pick do you use

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Wegen twins

tommaso

Now I use :
- Wegen 3.5 mm
- Dunlop Big Stubby 3.0 mm
- PickBoy ebony
- PickBoy bone
- PickBoy horn
- PickBoy rosewood

I bought the Pickboy picks on ebay (price : 4.99 Euro) at the link below.
The product description reports that they are 5 mm thick, but they seems to be more or less 4 mm. There is also one in metal but I haven't bought it.
The sound produced by each of them is different due to the material, so one can employ each of them depending on the sound that he wants to obtain.
Bye,
Tommaso

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Heretic

Lately I'm using:
AK for clarity and low noise,and Wegen Fatone 5 mm when I want just a warm swish for backing. A good collection keeps me amused, different picks have different benefits.

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i use a dunlop .60mm and i adjust it a little with a file.

Stringswinger

Dunlop jazz III XL (Black, 1.5 mm)

I have Wegans and like them for rhythm playing only.

Cheers,

Marc

www.hotclubpacific.com

Colin Perry

I use the wegen Big City (2.2). It's the best sounding pick I've ever used, (better than tortoise shell to my ears) and it's the perfect shape and size for me.

Bob Holo

Lots... but mostly my coconut... the Dunlops get used more just practicing lead lines around the house.

~2.5mm Coconut pick of my own design
~2.5mm Tagua nut pick of my own design
~2.5mmUltex pick of my own design

Dunlop 1.5mm used backward
Dunlop 1.15mm
Golden Gate 1.5mm with a nicer point put on it.

MichaelHorowitz

Picks are a personal thing...what's best depends on so many factors:
How YOU play,what YOU like, what sort of guitar you play, what sort of
situations you're playing in (amplified, unamplified), what strings you
use, etc.



I used to use the real big picks...4mm. I used this one for years: Moustache
Gypsy Jazz Pick (4mm)



But because my Favino had sort of a darker sound, I switched to a
thinner pick (2.2mm): Wegen
Big City 2.2mm (4 Pack). It gives you more "bite" but you loose
some of the warmth of the bigger picks.



For the most part the old school players used big thick picks...they
have a
big warm sound. But in the contemporary style people are playing
faster, harder stuff and the smaller picks are better for that. They
don't sound as good but give you more control. The Big City is a pretty
good compromise between sound and control.



Ultimately you just have to try a lot of stuff to see what you like.



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