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At 21:10 01/01/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I saw Dick Dale at the Wetlands in New York City last
>year and he appeared to have some white picks in his
>custom made pick-holder, but I couldn't see what they
>were (they might even be custom).
I got one of his picks after a gig in 95, and it's nothing extraordinary.
I'd say it's .80 mm thick, at best. Considering how thick his strings are,
he probably doesn't bother to use a pick thicker than 1 mm. Just melts and
throws 'em away.
>I have some .38mm dunlop nylon picks that seem a bit
>too soft for the job, although it might be the nylon.
>
>I also have some .60mm dunlop tortex picks that seems
>too rigid.
>
>What is everybody's favorite pick thickness for
>intense double-picking?
Dunlops, always. anything between .80 and 1 mm is fine. I used to like a
japanese brand called "pick boy", but unfortunately I've never found those
for sale here in Brazil.
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