Pick Thickness
- Thread starter Mr.Scary
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I'll use just about anything between 1.0 and 2.0mm. My preference is Dunlop Gatorgrips 1.14mm.
jackderby52
Prehistoric blues knob (not newbie)
Over the years I locked in on 1.5mm... Primetone's (large) is my favorite cheapish pick...
jackderby52
Prehistoric blues knob (not newbie)
I'll have to try these... I just happened to see these on amazon...
Al Holloway
Devizes UK
I use Gibson XH (I bet they are the same as the Fender ones). The web site says approx. 1.17 mm.
cheers
Al.
cheers
Al.
CaptainMoto
Blues Voyager
My go to is a 2.75 mm Vpick.
I used to use a Dunlap Jazz III but, these days I only go there for more precision licks.
I switch to lighter gauges occasionally, mostly for a change in tone.
I use my fingers a lot on my acoustic but if I'm strumming I'll use a Tortex 1mm.
I used to use a Dunlap Jazz III but, these days I only go there for more precision licks.
I switch to lighter gauges occasionally, mostly for a change in tone.
I use my fingers a lot on my acoustic but if I'm strumming I'll use a Tortex 1mm.
snarf
making guitars wish they were still trees
I used 1.5 for several years, but got tired of having to have a different pick for my acoustic (0.7s there), so I finally think I've compromised and use a 1.0 for everything now. I also switched to jazz sized Pick Boy picks about a year ago. So I'm currently playing all my guitars with a J Pick Boy 100.
Elwood
Blues
@Many Moons got me going on those Little bitty Dunlops (jazz 2s?) and they are real nice. After a while I fell back to the Dunlop Max-grip 1.5s for flat pick.
More and more I try to use a Fred Kelley Slick Pick D2-M8 thumbpick for everything (yup, electrics too).98mm. When I sort out clean alternate picking with that thing, tons of picking possibilities will be right there waiting.... just in case some fingers want to join in. (that thumbpick is the only one I have found that fits my thumb with no boiling or other ritual fitting. I let the strings shape the tip.)
More and more I try to use a Fred Kelley Slick Pick D2-M8 thumbpick for everything (yup, electrics too).98mm. When I sort out clean alternate picking with that thing, tons of picking possibilities will be right there waiting.... just in case some fingers want to join in. (that thumbpick is the only one I have found that fits my thumb with no boiling or other ritual fitting. I let the strings shape the tip.)
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JohnHurley
Rock and Roll
I use 1.0 now for everything i finally moved up from thinner. Takes more pick control the thicker you go but i dunno if it changes a lot past 1 ...
Mickey Duane
Used To Be A Rock Star
dunlop with a grip -- .88 mm
sometimes fingers and teeth
Peace
sometimes fingers and teeth
Peace
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blackcoffeeblues
Student Of The Blues
Guys; I must be way out of the ball park here--my 2 favorite picks; (now that I have figured out how to stop them from slipping in my fingers)
one is .41 and the other .68---what can I say? I have been working with a thumb pick---but my fingers and thumb are still my favorite.
one is .41 and the other .68---what can I say? I have been working with a thumb pick---but my fingers and thumb are still my favorite.
Stinger22
Blues Junior
Standard ole Fender mediums (0.7mm) for almost fifty years. Have tried the others. Use the Dunlop Jazz III for a while. Always back to the plain Jane Fender mediums, I can get more different pick attacks from them depending on which point or side and how close to the tip. And their cheap!!