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Now I am going to have to go on a quest for a Tortoise graveyard ;-)
Lot of turtles, terrapins, and tortoises where I live.
I read about this Ten dollar pick from this guy at www.surfpick.com.
Maybe you guys know about this already but I came late to the party.
His hand carved pick is make from Ironwood, otherwise known as Lignum
Vitae, which the navy used to use as housings for screw propellers due
to its unusual properties. It is so heavy it will not float, and is
full of natural oils. The inventor of the surfpick claims it is
perfect for what else--surf guitar, and is willing to let you try one
for free. I do suspect, however, that if I dropped one while playing,
instead of reaching for another, I would probably stop and shout out:
"Don't anybody freaking move! My pick is down there somewhere."
He says yeah, its expensive, but you only need one per lifetime. He
also claims it is the ultimate. Well, we've heard that before. But he
may be right. I'm thinkin about it. I kind of like the idea of pickin
with a "woodie".
--- In , dave wronski <stickmandw@y...>
wrote:
> I've experimented with a lot of picks and have found that for me
the best for tone without a doubt is REAL tortoise shell. I have a
stash of these that were sold to a local music store by an old guy who
closed his store about 1970. That's around the year that it became
illegal to sell these in the US. I only use them to record, mostly on
songs that aren't real heavy handed.
>
> The pick I have found to be very close to that sound / attack is the
Jim Dunlop "Gels". That's a cheapo pick usually sold in a fish bowel
on the counter. I use the green ones, a light medium which is a little
lighter than I would use of another brand. For quieter songs, I use
the blue light gauge. I have A / B tested these while in the studio
with huge rockstar studio monitors in my face, and they are darn close
to the real thing. I liked them so much I have them made with the
Slacktone oval logo, skater, and name on them. More junk than has ever
been printed on a pick.
>
> For heavy rock playing, and for playing bass with a pick, check out
the Modulus Graphite picks. They are very unique. You can't record a
ballad with them because will hear the sound of sparks generated by
contact with the steel strings!
> -dave
>
>
>
> ohsyrus <ohsyrus@y...> wrote:The other day I went into the dreaded
"Guitar Center" to get some
> strings after an online vendor dropped the ball on a recent order, and
> I figured, what the heh, I might as well try some D'addario Chromes,
> since, I haven't tried a set for years, and while I was checking out,
> the sales guy successfully upsells me on a bag o' picks.
>
> Now, for a while there I was using this strange little pick with weird
> torus like grooves that helped to center the grip while picking
> furiously. But I didn't like the type of plastic it was made from, and
> went back to what I have typically used since I was a kid, which is a
> medium tortoise shell pick. I am always losing them, so i bought a bag.
>
> But when I got home and was adding them to my cache o' picks, I saw
> this beautiful blue mother of toilet seat Fender pick there in the
> box--hard, that someone gave me once, and that I had never tried. So I
> did. What a revelation. My tone instantly took on a stronger edge, to
> my shocked disbelief. Not only that, but after a few minutes of
> playing, when I went back to my medium tortoise shell, it seemed,
> well, flacid and weak. It no longer even seemed right--and I've been
> using that kind of pick for years and years. So I went into the cache
> again and found what I was looking for, a translucent red Extra hard
> pick, and gave it a shot. There was definitely more snuss than with
> the Hard--but, I did not like it as much. It seemed over the top.
> Especially when double picking. It seemed TOO aggressive. I was
> starting to feel like Goldilocks. So I went back to the Fender Hard,
> and today I intend to go on a quest for a bag of these picks. But this
> whole tiny moment of discovery made me wonder--We've talked alot about
> favorite strings. But what kind of pick do you prefer? What's your
> favorite?
>
> I now see that certain picks go with certain strings go with certain
> playing styles go with certain guitars go with certain tubes go with
> certain amps go with certain effects. And some combinations work
> better than others. I never realized that a pick could cause such a
> tweak...but then again so do tubes so do strings...
>
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