WarPig Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 [quote name='escholl' post='532764' date='Jul 5 2009, 09:17 AM']dunlop tortex standard 1.14 (the purple ones)[/quote] +1 Quote
wizbat Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 I use carbon fibre picks made back in the eighties by a company called Hi modulus, sadly they are no longer made tho I did buy them in huge quantitys and still have a couple of dozen of them left today that are used for recording and gigging and I use the jim dunlop cheapy copies that they now call the reefer pick for everything else. 1mm thick, can,t stand floppy picks. Quote
Cat Burrito Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 I used to just use a 1mm cheap whatever was available but I'm almost exclusively fingers now. I have one bass intro to one song where I need to cut through a little more so I use a pick there & I tend to revert to plan A again for that. If I play guitar I'm much more fussy. Perhaps because it's a 30 second intro I'm not so worried about slippage etc - it's just job done and discard! Quote
Bassassin Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 Another vote for JD black nylon 1mm. Nice textured gripping area, plus a little bit of flex in the pick makes it slightly more expressive & subtle than rigid picks imo. .73mm grey Dunlops for g*it*r. Jon. Quote
clauster Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Just bought some Sharkfin shaped Dunlop Tortex .73mm - looking forward to trying them tonight Quote
xilddx Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 [quote name='CyberBass' post='532746' date='Jul 5 2009, 07:56 AM']Jim Dunlop Stubby 3mm for me [/quote] Me too, but only for guitar. Best sounding and feeling pick for bass, for me, is a yellow Dunlop Tortex. Quote
xilddx Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 [quote name='dannybuoy' post='532767' date='Jul 5 2009, 09:22 AM']I use the big triangle blue Dunlop Tortex. A small guitar pick feels wrong to me on bass, if you haven't tried a big triangle then do it now![/quote] I have a bunch of yellow tortex triangles, I can't stand them, I like the normal guitar players ones. Quote
mcgraham Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I just switched back (at least for one gig) to Jim Dunlop Stubby 3mm on guitar. I used to use the Big Stubby, then switched to the red Jazz IIIs (music college guitarists informed me this was the standard pick used at their college, figured I'd take a free bit of advice). Really enjoyed using the Stubby on Sunday, slides so nicely off the strings, can achieve a softer sound, pleasing pick transient. Beautiful. I wish I liked the sound of picks on basses more than I do. Then I could focus on pick technique exclusively rather than splitting my time between fingers and pick practice. Mark Quote
alant Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I used to use fingers all the time when playing with an acoustic guitarist only. Now joined a covers band that plays rock, blues, pop etc and find that I have to use a pick for most songs otherwise my fingers end up covered in blisters! Quote
Low End Bee Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Dunlop gator grip purple jobbies. Don't drop them as much as others. Thinking about going back to big triangles though. Quote
BarnacleBob Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I use a Herco Flex 50 among others even down to .16 flapper it can give a nice tone, not v loud mind you. The stiffer it is, the harder it is to hold onto oo-er missus! BB Quote
dangerboy Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 1mm Clayton Acetal triangles. Thinnest thing I've found that doesn't bend or scratch paintwork off. For guitar - it has to be brass. Nothing else sounds as good to me. So I have to have metal scratchplates! Quote
Bernmeister Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 When i do use one mainly for recording or the fast songs live with repetitive lines i prefer the peavey black mediums, otherwise its the dunlop tortex orange .60mm's. Quote
ahpook Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 dunlop .73mm's for me. even girlfren knows what gauge i use Quote
paul h Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 1mm Steve Clayton Rounded Triangle Acetal Polymer. Similar but superior to the old Gibson Heavy picks I used to use back in the day. [url="http://www.shopatron.com/product/part_number=ART_12PK/726.0.31151.31152.0.0.0"]http://www.shopatron.com/product/part_numb...151.31152.0.0.0[/url] Quote
BigRedX Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Interesting the difference that availability makes. 42 posts and only two votes for Herco picks. There was a similar thread on TalkBass a while back and from what I recall it seemed as though about a quarter of the posters said they were using Hercos - normally Flex 75s. I'm sure if they were easily available in the UK once again a lot of the people here saying that they use Dunlop Nylon heavies would be using the Hercos instead. They used to be easily available because that's how I came to start using them. I wonder why they aren't anymore? Quote
Delberthot Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='535061' date='Jul 7 2009, 07:53 PM']Interesting the difference that availability makes. 42 posts and only two votes for Herco picks. There was a similar thread on TalkBass a while back and from what I recall it seemed as though about a quarter of the posters said they were using Hercos - normally Flex 75s. I'm sure if they were easily available in the UK once again a lot of the people here saying that they use Dunlop Nylon heavies would be using the Hercos instead. They used to be easily available because that's how I came to start using them. I wonder why they aren't anymore?[/quote] When I was going through my Chris Squire phase playing Rick 4003s I decided to give the picks that the great man himself uses a try. Herco Heavies - after years of trying every pick I could get my hands on, it takes a bit of hero worship to find my perfect pick. Perfect thickness and they never slip out of my fingers. Quote
Chris2112 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='535061' date='Jul 7 2009, 07:53 PM']I'm sure if they were easily available in the UK once again a lot of the people here saying that they use Dunlop Nylon heavies would be using the Hercos instead. They used to be easily available because that's how I came to start using them. I wonder why they aren't anymore?[/quote] They are really nice picks. I'd probably switch to them if I could get a good supply. A friend of mine picked up a couple while he was in the states so I've been lucky enough to try one. He guards his with his life, so it looks like I'll have to wait until they're easier to get hold of! Quote
thisnameistaken Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I've got a pack of blue ones. They're in my box of stuff that I shouldn't forget when I take my bass out of the house, along with all the other stuff I never need. I think they're 1mm, they're blue anyway, it's a nice blue. Powder blue -ish. Quote
BarnacleBob Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='535120' date='Jul 7 2009, 09:02 PM']..... along with all the other stuff I never need.[/quote] BB Quote
silentbob Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Either Jim Dunlop nylons in .88mm or 1mm, or Tortex in 1mm, depending on what i'm playing. Quote
Delberthot Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='535080' date='Jul 7 2009, 08:16 PM']So where are you getting yours from then?[/quote] I got mine from Stringbusters a year or 2 ago. I play about 3 songs a gig with one so they should last me until I retire! Quote
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