Guitar picks, whaddya use???
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muttley600
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Sky Blue Lou
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No that's about the heaviest I use. I actually most often use my band's custom picks, I have about 10,000 of them, and I have no idea how thick they are. They're a little thinner than the Green Tortex, and a little harder, but they don't break or crack. They sound real crisp and I can blaze my stupid powerchords really good with them. They're about like the yellow tortex you use. I don't like heavy picks.
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I've tried all kinds...and these new Tortex III picks are my favorite.
Same material and thickness as what you use, only they have a slightly different shape in the sides, and the sharper point, both which really work great for lead playing.
Try it out...I bet you like them more than the standard Tortex.
When I loose about five thousandths off the point, it's gone.
Similar to why I could never hang with 'nylons- on top of the tips feather edge', they get looser soon as the warm up.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
Yeah, I can use a nickel if necessary.
I had a machinest friend who made me a slide out of titanium (which I still use ) .... and a pick exactly the size, thickness and shape of my wondercow picks.
The titanium pick was the most awesomest pick in the history of picks!!!
I lost it in a week.
minerman
Tonetard
Mutley: Sorry I didn't see your thread about this man, feel like an idiot....
I use the rounded side of my pick, with the point toward my palm, just seems more natural for me, been doing it that way for years now...For some reason it's easier for me to get the pinch harmonics this way too, I had to throw that in there, 'cause I know the Gerg loves pinch harmonics & 80's buttrock guitar licks/tricks....
DM60: I have a hard time holding onto my picks at times too man, I might have to try some of those, as my hands/fingers are really dry too....not only that, I'm pretty sure carpal tunnel & arthritis both are setting in on me from all the years of using the remote control box on a continuous miner...
I use the rounded side of my pick, with the point toward my palm, just seems more natural for me, been doing it that way for years now...For some reason it's easier for me to get the pinch harmonics this way too, I had to throw that in there, 'cause I know the Gerg loves pinch harmonics & 80's buttrock guitar licks/tricks....
DM60: I have a hard time holding onto my picks at times too man, I might have to try some of those, as my hands/fingers are really dry too....not only that, I'm pretty sure carpal tunnel & arthritis both are setting in on me from all the years of using the remote control box on a continuous miner...
Armistice
Son of Yoda
Where does it hurt?
I'm currently going to a "hand therapist" to treat tendonosis - which is a more common overuse injury that manifests anywhere from wrist to elbow and sometimes in all places at once... but carpal tunnel syndrome it ain't and arthritis it ain't, and in theory I should recover... if I just keep doing these damn stretches and isometric exercises..
Worth checking out - don't assume it's the beginning of the end and it's all downhill from here...
