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Dunlop Guitar Pick “Notch”
markusmanouche
Baltimore, Maryland, USANew Eastman DM-1
Hey Everyone!
Reading lots of posts here got me to try out the round side of a Dunlop Derlin 500 2.0mm pick, and I love it!
This is probably a REALLY dumb question, but if anyone can appreciate obsessing over small details, it’s us 😃. Due to the manufacturing process (injection molding), there is a little notch artifact on the top of the picks. Does this ever clip the string when you are using the round side to play?
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I suspect a fingernail/manicure file could smooth that pretty quickly. Problem solved.
Actually, I should have said it’s more of a notch than a stub, so I can’t file it down. I updated my original posting. Thanks for the comment!
I use Dunlop picks, but I use the side of the pick, not the pointy end or the top. (That little stub is on what I would consider the top). When GJ players talk about using the round part of the pick, to me that means the side. So that stub wouldn't be an issue.
Do you play with the very top of the pick? I would have thought playing with the "shoulders" would give you slightly better control and attack?
^ Yup, the "round" part people talk about is the side not the top (see pic on https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/13633/sideways/p1)
Mind you, if Bireli suddenly decides to start playing with the top of the pick, in a few months time everyone in Paris will be playing that way, and then a few years later everyone in US will do the same 😋
Just to clarify, this is the portion that I’m playing with, but the notch is close-ish to the top left of that box.