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Another Jazz III vote.though mine must be migrating to CMG's place..'cause
they tend to disappear..maybe there's an Nth dimension where picks and
sunglasses sort of phase into over time..
-----Original Message-----
From: CMG [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:05 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] What pick do you favor
I like Dunlop Jazz IIIs. They are thick and last a long time. I don't think
I've had to buy picks for about 7 years as they seem to go feral and breed.
Whenever I'm short on picks, I look under a piece of furniture or couch
cushion and sure enough there is a small family of Jazz IIIs.
CMG
----- Original Message -----
From: ohsyrus
To:
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:57 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] What pick do you favor
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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