What pick do you use

[D.I. Joe]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1337543631' post='1661764']
3mm Big Stubby - mostly play with fingers though.
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+1

Or sometimes if the stubbies have hidden themselves away (as picks often do in my house...) then I still have loads of 2mm Tortex lying around

[LiamPodmore]

Dunlop Tortex .88 and 1.00's, but mostly the .88's. Been using them for about 3 years now, just perfect for me.

Liam

[Gust0o]

Dunlops - either the .88s or the .75s.

I like a fair bit of flex. I appreciate the harder attack of the more substantial picks, but playing at the speed we do and with my f***ed hand, it's a trade off.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1337609668' post='1662679']
I appreciate the harder attack of the more substantial picks, but playing at the speed we do and with my f***ed hand, it's a trade off.
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I find that the harder attack disappears once you add the guitars, especially if any of them are cleanish single coils.

[bertbass]

Jim Dunlop 1mm nylon.

[Valhalalf]

I use Dunlop Jazz III's on the guitar and Jazz III XL's on the bass.

[iiipopes]

Fender 346 heavy. Large enough I don't lose my grasp. Heavy enough to give a good articulation, but not too heavy. Some years ago a friend of mine who used to own a music store had a gross in stock when he went out of business. He gave me a great deal. I sincerely doubt (I'm 50 years old) I'll ever have to purchase picks again in my lifetime.

[franzbassist]

[size=4]As a finger style player all my 30-odd playing years, after joining a Jam/Weller tribute band last year I tried out loads of different sizes, shapes and gauges. [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I finally settled on Rotosound [color=black]Celluloid Abalone heavy gauge rounded triangle[/color]s, which are the same as Bruce Foxton uses, although I also like the V Picks Tremolo.[/font][/size]

[Cat Burrito]

I wrote to Carol Kaye a while back and she sent me some which was kind of cool so those ones

[spongebob]

Dunlop 1.00 Tortex for me - the blue ones! Been using these for years, great picks.

[Jack]

Dunlop Gator Grip .96


The best sound/feel I've found, and they don't fall out of my sweaty hands. does anybody else have a box full of random picks?

[KingBollock]

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1337717574' post='1664554']


Dunlop Gator Grip .96


The best sound/feel I've found, and they don't fall out of my sweaty hands. does anybody else have a box full of random picks?
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Not a box full but I do have a Jack Daniel's cigarette case full. From the ridiculously thin and flimsy, upto 3mm Big Stubbies, and alsorts in between, including reshaped coins and washers, and metal finger and thumb picks.

[WalMan]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1337543631' post='1661764']
3mm Big Stubby - mostly play with fingers though.
[/quote]Ditto .... well the pick bit anyway

Edited May 22, 2012 by WalMan

[jim_bass]

Dunlop tortex blue (1mm)

(Dunlop tortex orange for guitar)

[stoker]

Dunlop Big Stubby 3mm.

[SPHDS]

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1337718286' post='1664564']
Not a box full but I do have a Jack Daniel's cigarette case full. From the ridiculously thin and flimsy, upto 3mm Big Stubbies, and alsorts in between, including reshaped coins and washers, and metal finger and thumb picks.
[/quote]

Yep me too, which was what disappeared off stage during the break at a gig.......! (perils of being set up near the facilities!)

[clarkpegasus4001]

Usually a thick (2mm) Dunlop pick for bass and a (1mm) Dunlop nylon for 6 string guitars.

[Wayne Firefly]

Dunlop Tortex .88 since 1991.... never found anything else I like......

[Ed_S]

I use Steve Clayton - Acetal Polymer 1.26mm. Our lead guitarist uses the same (as do I when I'm on guitar) so we get them by the 100, custom printed with the band logo. I used Tortex for years, but I like a pick to feel 'newish' and was always disappointed with just how fast they wore out, especially on guitar. No such problem with the Claytons - I might kill one a month if I'm really going at it and playing a fair bit of guitar as well as bass.

[Donnyboy]

The purple triangle Dunlop tortex 1.14(?) is my fav just now.
I think someone mentioned it earlier, but I don't find using a pick on a Jazz very satisfying for some reason ?

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1337717574' post='1664554']
does anybody else have a box full of random picks?
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No put I have a box (half full) of Herco Flex 75s. I buy them 100 at a time, that way it doesn't matter if I loose one, and I have them distributed around all my cases, so no matter what I will always have a pick to hand.

[ikay]

Anyone here use a thumb pick? I can't grip a regular pick due to cramping (focal dystonia sort of thing). I've read about Andy Billups from the Hamsters but can't find any pics of his modified thumb pick.

[daz]

Tortex 1.14 mm or thereabouts. The slightly larger ones, but not too big.

The Dunlop[url="http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/big-stubby-nylon"] Big Stubby nylons [/url]are good too, they have an inlaid thumb shaped bit, to stop it flying off into the corner.

Edited May 23, 2012 by daz

[KingBollock]

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1337791830' post='1665560']
The Dunlop[url="http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/big-stubby-nylon"] Big Stubby nylons [/url]are good too, they have an inlaid thumb shaped bit, to stop it flying off into the corner.
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Ooh! That looks very interesting, I shall have to find me one of those to try.

EDIT: Found some at Strings Direct, yay!

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/8922-jim_dunlop_nylon_big_stubby_3mm

Edited May 23, 2012 by KingBollock

[Baxter]

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1337779265' post='1665310']
Anyone here use a thumb pick? I can't grip a regular pick due to cramping (focal dystonia sort of thing). I've read about Andy Billups from the Hamsters but can't find any pics of his modified thumb pick.
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I've used thumbpicks all my playing life. Dunlop M is my preference. Dead easy to play with!!