skankdelvar Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391343138' post='2355927'] No controversy intended! I just can't play faster with a thicker pick, is all. [/quote] Keep your wrist loose and your action 'in the fingers' for those intricate movements when building to a climax. Always remember that quality is more important than speed and allow a few minutes to relax afterwards. As for playing with a pick, I have no suggestions at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391343138' post='2355927'] No controversy intended! I just can't play faster with a thicker pick, is all. [/quote] Have you tried one with a tapered tip? I use 3mm picks but if they were 3mm all over I think that would slow me down considerably, or even anything above 1mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391343138' post='2355927'] No controversy intended! I just can't play faster with a thicker pick, is all. [/quote] I play faster with a thinner pic, because I just saw right through the string. Probably not the correct technique at all, but then El Borracho is using the wrong point of plectrums... what a weirdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391343138' post='2355927'] No controversy intended! I just can't play faster with a thicker pick, is all. [/quote] Yes, I realise that but I meant that I thought it was common knowledge to associate thin picks with rhythm/chordal strumming and thicker picks with soloing and fast jazz licks/shredding ... and having a bit of a Google round t'interweb, it does indeed appear so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 For guitar, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391372089' post='2356446'] For guitar, maybe? [/quote] For bass guitar too, maybe? I had thought it was a matter of the physics of the recovery times of flexible materials. But as I'm not a physicist, I'll keep out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I now play exclusively finger style, but that comes from gigging double bass for the past 3 years. However, when I used to play with a pick (eg, in punk and metal bands) I played MUCH faster with a thin flexible pick. I found stiffer picks occasionally 'jammed on the strings', completely throwing out my rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 The Dunlop Max Grip is pretty flexible; I do find I move it around quite a bit. I would rarely play a whole song with just the tip. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm not sure I'm allowed to do this but.... I've got 11 .73 Tortex pics if anyone wants them, well, I've actually got 12, but one is a bit scruffy having been used They're not flexible enough for me, I prefer the .60s. First to shout gets them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 ooooo yes please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 [quote name='el borracho' timestamp='1391364179' post='2356251'] No. I actually use this bit. Or is that what you meant? That's just how I picked it up over 30 years ago so I don't think I'm going to change now. [/quote] that's what i understood you to mean too, good diagram actually they are quite comfortable round that way aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm.mcintyre Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Dunlop 1.0mm nylon (black) Never use anything else (well my fingers sometimes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Definitely give the big triangle shape a go if you haven't already (I like Dunlop Tortex blue 1mm). Smaller picks are better when it comes to guitar, but when you have the wide string spacing of a bass you can get away with something bigger that offers better grip and feels nicer in the hand. Small picks just feel awkward now, like eating with toddler size cutlery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njr911 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I use Tortex .88 greens (like Phil X) and .73 yellow (like Duff) Whichever i scrabble out of my bass case first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Away back in the stone age , when I last used plectrums there used to be big triangular Fender Mother Of Toilet Seat chappies. They were good, I'm thinking of finding some and giving my fingers a rest. Shiny !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 [quote name='el borracho' timestamp='1391364179' post='2356251'] No. I actually use this bit. Or is that what you meant? That's just how I picked it up over 30 years ago so I don't think I'm going to change now. [/quote] Oh, I see. You're a bum man, not a tit man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1391548649' post='2358543'] Oh, I see. You're a bum man, not a tit man. [/quote] He should hold his plectrum how he wants to and ignore the knockers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1391549855' post='2358559'] He should hold his plectrum how he wants to and ignore the knockers. [/quote] Don't be a bummer, man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I play with a pick only maybe twice in a set. Being the clammy-handed type, I prefer a grippy plectrum, and have tried loads of different types. The one I've settled on is Cactus Picks - without doubt the grippiest pick of them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 This thread has had me raking through my stash of plectrums. I've been quite taken with my fatter picks, but i've only got to about 1.3mm. Has anyone tried a really FAT pick? Like 2 or 3mm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 [quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1391627950' post='2359465'] This thread has had me raking through my stash of plectrums. I've been quite taken with my fatter picks, but i've only got to about 1.3mm. Has anyone tried a really FAT pick? Like 2 or 3mm? [/quote] There's been several of us stating in this thread that we use 3mm Big Stubbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 you're right, i've lost track! i tried those stubbies when i played guitar, i can't get a hold of them, they are small aren't they. i was thinking of a regular sized pick i suppose, but chunky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1391628366' post='2359477'] There's been several of us stating in this thread that we use 3mm Big Stubbies. [/quote] ......and the colour's nearly as purdy as an old time Cadbury's foil wrapper, which is a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 [quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1391632839' post='2359606'] you're right, i've lost track! i tried those stubbies when i played guitar, i can't get a hold of them, they are small aren't they. i was thinking of a regular sized pick i suppose, but chunky! [/quote]You're thinking of the normal Stubbys, the Big Stubbys are much er... bigger. I recently changed from Big Stubbys to 3mm Primetones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dyer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I use a Roger Glover Tortoiseshell Signature model, I've had it for years and it has guided me in my musical journey since I first learnt Smoke on the Water at school. Some people who have seen it say it's just a regular Fender pick with Rogers name on it, but I know different. I don't actually use a pick to play but I like to keep a pick about my person just in case of an emergency. I've no idea what that emergency might be, but I did once use it to play Hash Pipe by Weezer, that seemed like the type of song that needed a pick. The spirit of Roger is always with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.