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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 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?
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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.
90
For trem-picking, the idea is to attack the guitar with enthusiasm. If a
heavy pick is too heavy and a light pick is too flimsy, go for a medium. Put
down the micrometer.
Marty
>
> 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 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?
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I always use a pick that won't bend under my tremelo picking. This usually
means .96mm - 1mm dunlop, but even these sometimes (rarely) feel a little
flimsy. If the pick is flimsy I feel like I'm loosing a lot of my tremelo
energy and movement to the pick bending instead of actually crossing the
string. I also like to tremelo pick very fast and play songs fast.
-Thor
--- Jay Barnes <> 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 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?
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The guitarist in my band, Commander Plectrum, uses Dunlop 2.0mm
picks...Kinda creepy. He also uses 12 gauge strings. I'm currently
using 13 gauge. I'm just waiting for my neck to come flying off.
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