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Post by slasher on Mar 31, 2014 12:53:49 GMT
I have a small box with a variety of different makes and thicknesses. I tend to end up mainly using nylon chiefly because of the rough gripping area. I don't drop them as often as smooth finish ones.
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Post by curmudgeon on Mar 31, 2014 16:52:13 GMT
Just wondering what people are using for strumming...
A plastic plectrum like a Martin or the Nylon type the Dunlop produce..
Thickness
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I currently use a Martin 46mm for strumming, but im thinking would the nylon type with an even thinner material be better...
Thoughts....!! Not sure what you mean by strumming - I'm a flat-picker but use old fashioned plectrum style on my jazzer...occasionally. Most people start off with the very thin picks - and slowly migrate to thicker ones as they progress. My preferred picks for dreads are american made BLUE-CHIP (http://www.bluechippick.net) I use models TAD 40 (1 m/m) with right hand speed bevels, for general purpose solo and duo owrk and TAD50 (1.25 m/m) for bluegrass or harder playing. For 12 string and mandolin I use a TAD 60 (1.5m/m) with radiused ends. As these are large triangular picks you can have them as thin as this because there is more mass. Triangles give you three times as much picking point and offer a better grip than a teardrop. They won't say what the material is but I reckon it is delrin or similar - Polyoxymethylene (POM), Wegen make some good picks too. Try the TF120 or TF140s. Easy to do business with them both.
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Post by jonnymosco on Apr 2, 2014 14:24:19 GMT
I just use my nails - also, since they've been 'done' they're like 5 plectrums/plectra, a strange experience.
Jonny
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Post by sigmadel on Apr 2, 2014 18:32:21 GMT
I've gone up and down in thickness and different material . My favourites are still for acoustic red sharkfins which I think are celluloid and sometimes .46 .50 and .60 Dunlop nylons but I prefer the sound of Delrin or celluloid . For electric duty then its Dunlop lucky13 .60 celluloid although sometimes going up to a 1.14 delrin gator grip Dunlop and I quite like the large stubby 2 mm just for something different and for ease of grip .
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Post by walkingdecay on Apr 3, 2014 9:18:00 GMT
I've used Fender heavies for everything for many years now. They have a clean, bright tone I like, and I think knowing them so well helps me keep control of dynamics. When I tried Martin heavies recently they just felt too soft and didn't have the same slick snap and bounce off the strings.
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Post by sigmadel on Apr 5, 2014 19:45:33 GMT
I've used Fender heavies for everything for many years now. They have a clean, bright tone I like, and I think knowing them so well helps me keep control of dynamics. When I tried Martin heavies recently they just felt too soft and didn't have the same slick snap and bounce off the strings. What Fenders do you use ? Is it the gel ones or the fake tortoise shell ? I found that too that the fender ones were a bit stiffer than the Martin of the same type .
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Post by walkingdecay on Apr 7, 2014 11:09:07 GMT
I've used Fender heavies for everything for many years now. They have a clean, bright tone I like, and I think knowing them so well helps me keep control of dynamics. When I tried Martin heavies recently they just felt too soft and didn't have the same slick snap and bounce off the strings. What Fenders do you use ? Is it the gel ones or the fake tortoise shell ? I found that too that the fender ones were a bit stiffer than the Martin of the same type . I use the clear celluloid ones, now rebranded as "California Clears." I know where I am with them, where if I use a pick with any sort of yield I find I have less control. One of my primary influences was Clarence White, and I learned a lot about picks and dynamics from an after-concert conversation I cornered him into in 1973. It was all about fine control of the pick with musculature for Clarence, to the extent that he even experimented with playing with a chunk of stiff plastic.
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Post by frenchie on May 3, 2014 9:33:25 GMT
I am another for Dunlop grey 0.60. I just don`t get on with anything else.
Steve.
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Post by pnut on May 3, 2014 12:06:35 GMT
I was round Robbie's the other day after his gig and he had a selection bag of plecs he'd got from strings direct that contained a whole variety of shapes, thicknesses and materials, tried a lot,of them and was very surprised how much difference they made. Obviously you expect the softer nylon ones to sound different to the harder tortex type stuff but there was a real,difference between stuff like ultrex and tortex which as a material for me to all intents and purposes look and feel the same. Also in some materials it was surprising what a difference just 0.1mm thickness made. I've always tended to use the 0.6mm nylon dunlops but just recently have been using thicker tortex stuff a bit more, I find these give a better tone but are a lot less forgiving of relaxed and good right hand technique I.e. If yout get to a difficult bit of the song you are playing and get a bit tense or catch a string a bit wrong it really shows we're as with the thinner nylon ones it just sort of blends into the sound a bit better!! Which is probably why I used to mainly use nylons
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Post by 007 on May 3, 2014 17:06:54 GMT
I have yet to find a pick I am really comfortable with although I am like Johnny M just use my nails. There nice now I have them in purple cost me nearly £200 though
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