Need pick suggestion, please.

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I'm trying to find a particular type of pick, and I don't care who makes it, so long as it fits what I want in a pick. I really like the control I have with Fender's thin jazz picks, but I'd prefer something thinner than that, like the .36 and .38 Dunlop picks that I'm currently using. Who makes a pick that's the size of Fender's jazz picks, but in the thicknesses of the Dunlop picks? The only time I really don't mind using a pick the size of my Dunlops is when I'm playing bass, but then I'll usually use a medium to heavy pick, for that.

Matt
 
I like the Dunlop Ultex picks, I use a couple different gauges so I can use them for everything.
 
A 1.52 isn't thinner than a thin Fender!

I have some Dunlop Tortex, I think about 1.4. They are the pink/fuschia colored ones. They are very "live" feeling (they are supposed to emulated no-longer available tortoiseshell picks).
 
Thanks for the suggestions, especially on the Clayton picks. Ordered 3 dozen Clayton Black Jazz Small Teardrop picks (.38mm), and 6 dozen (the amount they're sold in, it seems) Fender Accessories 358 Jazz picks (thin) from Musician's Friend. At least I won't want for picks, for a while, especially since I've got .38mm & .46mm Dunlop Nylon Standar picks hiding in various places. :)
 
Gig in a dark bar for a month and they'll all be gone.
 
At least I get to have my cake, and eat it too, with the Clayton picks. I get the handling that I want, with the small teardrop jazz pick size, and the playing control I want, with the .38mm thickness. I got the Fender ones, as well 'cause I've been known to break a tip off, on the first playing, if I really get into a groove, while jamming. Amazingly, my .38mm Dunlop Nylon Standard picks don't seem to suffer from any abuse I might subject them too.

Matt
 
Unsprung said:
At least I get to have my cake, and eat it too, with the Clayton picks. I get the handling that I want, with the small teardrop jazz pick size, and the playing control I want, with the .38mm thickness. I got the Fender ones, as well 'cause I've been known to break a tip off, on the first playing, if I really get into a groove, while jamming. Amazingly, my .38mm Dunlop Nylon Standard picks don't seem to suffer from any abuse I might subject them too.

Matt
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Like I said I have been using the clayton picks for years. people that pick up my picks do not understand how I play with such a thick pick... even for rock playing. I joke with them that it looks like I am playing with a bar of soap... LOL

After a few weeks of playing the clayton picks they wear in very nicely. I hate when i loose one after that time... then I have to start all over again.

sLY
 
i dig the claytons. they're what i usually use, at least on acoustic. i don't burn em up as quickly as the fender picks or break them often (also like fenders). dunlops ain't half bad either.
 
I stopped using Dunlop Tortex because the ink from the printing keeps coming off and I don't want that stuff on my strings (or me).

Believe it or not, my favorite pick is a plain old Gibson medium!
 
I use the thickest heaviest picks I can find....or a nickle, whichever is handy.
 
I don't really know if it's more preference, the way I play or both, but with anything thicker than one of Fender's thin picks, I can't seem to get on and off the strings fast enough for my liking. Now, as for hard picks and playing bass, anything'll do. It's just my guitar playing that I'm that quirky about. I know that small teardrop jazz picks are definately a personal preference 'cause I don't need too many options on how much pick is exposed, when I play.

I figure the Claytons & Fenders I'm getting will suit me, just fine. If it wasn't for the size of the Dunlops that I currently use (only got 'em 'cause they were the thinnest I could get, at the time, at a local store), I'd get a whole bunch more of those. Like I said previously, despite only being .38mm thick, I've yet to break off a tip, no matter how hard I'm jammin.
 
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