weird pick

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anyone ever try one of these?

http://www.f1pick.com/

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or these?
http://www.wedgie.com/cgi-bin/ccp5/cp-a ... il_rubbers

Josh Hegg

I have tried one of the rubber ones... Once... It ended up gabbing the strings after about a minute of "Gypsy Picking" and flew out of my hand. The tone was.... Strange and I think playing with your thumb would be more productive if you want that tone. I have seen some electric bass players using it.

Cheers,
Josh

Bob Holo

Agree on the rubber picks. I bought a pack of all three stiffnesses. the two sofer ones make good turntable vibration dampening feet - but are not anything I'd ever consider using as a guitar pick.

The stiffest of the rubber picks was sort of groovy for playing archtop jazz up near the neck on flatwounds.

The string feel takes some getting used to because they really do grip the strings. I found it easy to do those really long slow chops where you let each string ring a bit because the friction of the pick is so strong and fairly even. But for anything other than comping "Satin Doll" on an L7... I wasn't converted. I'm a pick nut. I've tried 'em all. Best cheap "non-traditional" pick out there is the Dunlop pink 1.15mm teardrop pink pick you see Bireli using on his live DVD "Gypsy Project"