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We shall see. I never really cared for nylon picks, too smooth, and in my view they have a dampening effect on the attack--Seamoor Glas
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My feeling as well. and if you're playing a heavily muted rythm part, that can play to your advantage. I still play my JazzIII picks for rythm work but in order to bring out a great sound with them you have to hit the string so HARD! It's still not bright, not even in the same family of sound as the gels, but it's lively in a different way. But if you just hit it normally on single note stuff, very dull sounding.

I ACTUALLY PLAY MORE BASS THAN GUITAR, BUT I WIDELY RECOMMEND THE JIM DUNLOP NYLON ONES... THE PURPLE (1.14 mm) AND RED (.53mm)
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY COOL DESIGN, BUY NYLON HAS MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN PLASTIC ONES AND SOME KIND OF "GRIP" TEXTURE.

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Im using the dava celluloids now.. they sound and play great.

The silver nickel one they sell is underwhelming (though not bad for rythm).

The regular nylon davas have a great sound, but are just way to flexy for me, even held down towards the tip.

dava celluloid:
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Ive been uising wegen pics. they last forever. litteraly, you'd only have to buy a new one if you lost it.

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Those wegen picks must be expensive 'cos there are not so many old-style telephone handsets around to make them out of now...

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below's what I said about them earlier. the grip is good even without the holes of the stripes in the heavy ones. the material is pretty unique and stiff as concrete, its'definatly an aquiered taste. the buzz is they are used a lot by gipsy jazz players, having much of the character of original tortoise picks. or that's what Ive heard.
anyway, what makes them special is mostly the cutting of the edge and the fact they dont wear.

http://wegenpicks.com/images/trimus250_small.jpg

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I recently came across Wegen picks ... they are handmade from some kind of surgical material, and they are practically indestructable. the true beauty of that is that the sides are bevelled (? right word) very pricisely and stay that way. the local shredder celebrity who works at my local store recommended them after we'd been chatting a bit and I mentioned playing surf. he gave me his pick (which he said he had for over two years) - edges looked like new - and let me play with it. OMG, like butter. I bought two 1.5 mm and have a 2.5mm on order, and it's just amazing. let's me play quite a bit faster and way more accurate, and it's just easier, like less force is needed. admittedly, I still prefer a trad more flexible pick for strummin' though it's completly possible withthese, and for picking I love them.

It's a dutch company, but i saw on their site they have a decent amount of US retailers - if you happen to get close to one, try one out, you'll know in 20 secs if it's for you or not. they are damn pricey so they should let you test drive it, doesnt harm them either.

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I have recently tried something a little different: CoolPicks "CatTongue"

the cat-tongue grip surface has a pretty cool feel, and they seem to grip the finger tip pretty good.
The nylon tip sounds good with decent response and resistance.

I recently found and bought one of those to try out. It's not bad. All he had were black ones, 0.88, and I find it just a little bit too soft. I'll keep an eye out for some heavier ones, because I do like the rough surface.

Now I've got one in 1.00mm and one in 1.30mm. The 1.00 mm is much better than the 0.88 for me. The 1.30 mm is a bit thick for guitar, but I've been using it for bass. Maybe I'll have to look for a 1.14 mm one.

I'm still not quite so happy with the feel of nylon picks any more. They're too "plastic-y" somehow, like comparing polyester vs. 100% cotton fabric.

Now, if there was a 0.80 or 0.85 mm Tortex pick with a cat tongue grip, I think that would suit me just fine.

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

If I'm playing lead I like Dunlop Tortex .88 mm. The green ones. I use the triangular ones with the rounded edges. If a teardrop-shaped pick turns in my fingers while I'm playing I have to turn it back the right way to use the point. With the triangles I have three points to play with which are all the same. Also the larger surface of the triangles makes it easier for me to keep my el-klutzo fingers away from the strings. I like 88s for lead because they're stiff enough to gliss with and still be slightly flexible. If I'm playing rhythm it seems like a thinner pick gives the chords a fuller sound with less "pick-click" so I use the Dunlop Tortex .60 mm. The orange triangles.

Sorry. Leave it to a newbie to post the same message twice.