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No other pithy words. My guess is that the Fender Medium (around .77 mm) is probably the single most popular pick in the world. Can you imagine how many millions they sell every year? scott memmer |
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Speaking from personal experience: I now have 5 expensive (over $20) picks. I will be the first to admit that the improvement is somewhat subtle, but the flip side of the coin is that I am now unable to use any of my considerable cheaper pick collection. After you use a nice pick for a while the downgrade in performance with the cheap pick seems considerably less subtle to the ear.
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Keith Martin 000-42 Marquis Taylor Classical Alvarez 12 String Gibson ES345s Fender P-Bass Gibson tenor banjo |
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what's do customers most often purchase if that's what they're used to?
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Social Exodus, your posts here have been interesting and informative. Thanks. My experiences with those specific makers has been the same as yours -- totally positive ad helpful. I also agree wholeheartedly with the idea of sending your business and paying money for good products made by deserving people. I don't think of these picks as "expensive" (and having reshaped some picks myself over the years, I can say that it's not easy to get those contours right!) -- I think you get what you pay for, and I think of these items as having great value. Since I don't lose picks, and since these last and last and last, the cost over time is nothing. I use Ultex all the time when I don't happen to have one of my best picks around, and those are really nice picks and I don't feel deprived or restricted. But CL and Gravity (both acrylic and Gold) are better, plain and simple. I appreciate both the content and the enthusiasm of your posts. It's really exciting to come across ways of liberating your playing and refreshing your ears.
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