alyctes Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 Do nylon-coated strings survive picks well? I'm thinking about trying this, but I'm not keen to write off a set of strings in the process. Anyone else tried? Thoughts on pick stiffness and material? All Most thoughts gratefully received Quote
Paul S Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 The ones I have tried have been fine in terms of wear but that 'plunky pick on flats' sound is greater than with metal flats. Not that it is bad thing, just a bit different. Quote
Pea Turgh Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 What about one of those compressed felt picks I heard about once twenty years ago? Quote
Sonic_Groove Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 They work fine with a pick. Roto Blacks n pick sound like this: B Quote
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 Graham Maby sounds amazing on "Look Sharp" and "I'm the Man" (the albums) Quote
Lozz196 Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 43 minutes ago, tredders said: ^^^ Great bass tone! 31 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: Graham Maby sounds amazing on "Look Sharp" and "I'm the Man" (the albums) Yep, love that tone, Graham Maby was great, good tone and nice inventive playing. 1 Quote
alyctes Posted January 20, 2019 Author Posted January 20, 2019 Lovely. Thanks folks, I will give it a go. I have a couple of leather picks (and maybe a fibre one somewhere?) so will try that. Quote
mcnach Posted January 20, 2019 Posted January 20, 2019 On 03/01/2019 at 13:15, alyctes said: Do nylon-coated strings survive picks well? I'm thinking about trying this, but I'm not keen to write off a set of strings in the process. Anyone else tried? Thoughts on pick stiffness and material? All Most thoughts gratefully received DR strings (black beauties and the like) definitely suffered from wear more quickly than I'd have liked, both at frets (leaving marks underneath, which become very visible if you ever remove and reinstall the strings) and where you pick. I also had Elites nylon coated guitar strings and they also pealed quickly, but at least I was replacing guitar strings regularly so it wasn't bothersome. The damage was only cosmetic, 'though... they still sounded good. If you don't need to keep the strings on for more than 6 months then you'll probably be ok. Nylon tapewounds seemed to not really be affected. 1 Quote
danny-79 Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 I use Elixirs, the coating does eventually start to peel after a while of using a pick but it does with fingers as well (if that’s the kind of coating you meant) ive got flats on my Jazz and acoustic and tend to use a pick a lot more than I normally would with the acoustic (Tortex Blue) 1 Quote
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