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Post by Phil Taylor on Apr 6, 2023 13:54:52 GMT
I keep my plectra in a tin in a box. The box also contains my capos and tuner plus the odd thumb pick that I've never got on with. The main box The plectra Phil
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Post by borborygmus on Apr 6, 2023 15:17:36 GMT
I too can join the tin full of picks club. Many are decades old. I have used for decades, pretty much exclusively, Jim Dunlop USA Nylon .73mm plectrums, for acoustic, electric and very rarely, bass. Boring I know, but they just do it for me. Me too! Although I do have that tin full of plectrums, I haven't done any serious auditioning of most of them. The Jim Dunlop USA Nylon .73mm works and is always out on my desk or piano, so it gets used. Peter
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Post by curmudgeon on Apr 6, 2023 20:28:31 GMT
I made this little vid this afternoon just for you folks. My first comment told me I was OCD !! (Maybe).
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Post by Phil Taylor on Apr 7, 2023 6:58:24 GMT
I do fancy a Bluechip pick but can't convince myself to spend £40 and take a chance on something when I don't know how it will sound unlike the Dunlop picks that are £5.99 for 12. There's so many of the Bluechip picks as well Bluechip UKPhil
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Post by Derick on Apr 7, 2023 19:30:40 GMT
Here's my admission photo for the Picks In A Tin Club. Repeats and totally knackered ones left out. That's exactly the same little box that I use.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Apr 7, 2023 22:06:15 GMT
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Post by martinrowe on Apr 7, 2023 23:59:47 GMT
I saw Simon Mayor in concert once. He makes a joke of frequently 'accidentally' losing his pick. He finds a different (pre planted) one from the floor of the stage, or requests one from a member of the audience, and plays with that with no discernible difference in sound. I thought it was a bit overdone when I saw it but I think he's making the point that the person using the pick is more important than the pick itself - or something like that. He plays with a very cheap thin pick, the opposite of the received wisdom of what gives the best sound, on a mandolin.
In one of his books he recommends experimentation, but also points out that you can 'fool' a stringed instrument into thinking the pick is thicker than it actually is by changing the angle at which it the pick strikes the strings i.e. depending on the angle, more of the pick will be activating the string. I haven't really tried that but it seems to make sense. Mind you, he is a top mandolin, violin, and guitar player so I suspect that might make a difference.
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 8, 2023 8:28:04 GMT
.... In one of his books he recommends experimentation, but also points out that you can 'fool' a stringed instrument into thinking the pick is thicker than it actually is by changing the angle at which it the pick strikes the strings i.e. depending on the angle, more of the pick will be activating the string. I haven't really tried that but it seems to make sense. Mind you, he is a top mandolin, violin, and guitar player so I suspect that might make a difference. It certainly does make a difference. I use relatively thin picks, but as I hold a pick between my thumb and two fingers, I can press harder with my thumb when I wish, which then curves the plectrum a bit, which also makes it stiffer and more like, though not the same as, a thicker pick. I do this mostly on madolin - gentle strummage with normal light grip, then bend the pick for fills and runes - extra control, extra volume. Keith
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Post by grayn on Apr 9, 2023 7:33:07 GMT
Here's my admission photo for the Picks In A Tin Club. Repeats and totally knackered ones left out. That's exactly the same little box that I use. Spooky!
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