I've been digging the HERCO Flex 75 lately for bass: the bumpy grip surface is tops!

Ah. Finally found a photo of the flag pick, exactly like the one my sister gave me. I thought it was just a souvenir thing, and I thanked her politely, but by golly, it's one of my top 5 favourite picks. It's about 2.0 mm thick, made of a polycarbonate, I believe. It has an edge beveled like a Dunlop "Big Stubby", but with no depression in the middle, and it's more pointy than the Big Stubby.
The image is buried inside the pick, so it doesn't wear off.

I found a store nearby that has them with the P.E.I. and Newfoundland & Labrador flags too. Sadly, they were out of the Nova Scotia flag version.
I like it for bass too.

I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing.

Last edited: Jul 15, 2015 22:00:23

Wow! One year has passed since I bought my gravity pick, it is barely showing any wear and still performing very well.

For anyone who is having difficulty holding a pick please read on.

Coming into playing surf music I had two problems, 1. I had been mainly finger picking and 2. I had injured my first finger tip in a railway sleeper accident and since found holding a pick awkward. At first I thought is was just a case of practice but as the years rolled by and picks were either involuntary repositioning themselves between my fingers or dropping to the ground I started losing faith in my abilities.

Along with all numerous free picks given to me by string traders I started looking for a special pick that might suit my inadequacies. I had gathered around 100 picks before finding The Gravity. They seem to work on the same principle as a glass suction cup, the more your fingers sweat the more suction and grip it produces. For me and my disability the Gravity Pick is the best on Earth, I'm a deadly accurate surf guitar player now! (grin).

I'm writing this because a seller mislaid my string order for a week and compensated me by sending a bunch of picks. After only a few seconds of using his picks I was back to playing like a 5 year old again..

Hope this helps someone out there.

Last edited: Nov 13, 2015 12:21:50

V-Picks

Large Pointed Ultra Lite Ruby Red

.8mm –
1 1/4″ tip to tip –
Symmetrical –
$4

Da Vinci Flinglestein,
The quest for the Tone, the tone of the Quest

The Syndicate of Surf on YouTube

http://www.syndicateofsurf.com/

http://sharawaji.com/

http://surfrockradio.com/

Syndicateofsurf wrote:

V-Picks

Large Pointed Ultra Lite Ruby Red

.8mm –
1 1/4″ tip to tip –
Symmetrical –
$4

V-Picks are the original acrylic plectrum which Gravity Picks copied and perfected. I have one similar that grips well and performs very smoothly although it only gets used when I can't find my Gravity Razor these days. The Razor if ordered as "Master Class" has a coarsely hand filed edge which gives a kind of gritty slicing action feel.

Last edited: Nov 25, 2015 14:05:22

Just got these made. I've had a lot of picks made this past year... I am probably going to have another batch made with "The 'Verbpire Strikes Back" and "Return of the 'Verbi" mocked up just like the original logos.

I go back and forth with these too. At times I find a standard fender medium pick to work due to using the picks flexibility for rhythm stuff yet I like the accuracy these Jazz pickups give me.

JCStilley wrote:

My choice for picks.

I tried a lot of picks... thick, thin etc... A month ago, I recover an orange Dunlop Nylon one, very old and dirty. I was my one and only pick for almost 10 years when I was student and playing on an acoustic.
I felt at home immediatly.

http://noskons.bandcamp.com/

My absolute new favorite pick...

That notch at the top really does make a difference in being able to adjust positioning on the fly!

Not to mention, it helps me feel connected with my teenage roots in music.

Insect Surfers
The Tikiyaki Orchestra
The Scimitars
Lords Of Atlantis
Fiberglass Jungle - Surf Radio

mitchvreed wrote:

I've been using these CoolPick "CoolCell" 1mm celluloid picks.

My hands sweat a lot and either this coating works great or I am having a placebo response to their claims. They really seem to stay in place better.

Picked up a few of these from the shop the other day for exactly the oppostite reason - my hands get so dry & tips so smooth the pick wants to shift. They make 2 kinds, one has a gritty finish like if you roughed up a pick with a nail file, don't care for it. But these have a different effect and seem to help; especially healing from a splinter in the thumb. Have a couple of the bigger triangle things for wild rhythm & a couple regular size in .8mm, pretty nice. Missing something sound-wise though; they should do a Tortex with this compressible cell stuff on it.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.