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Hi Robin, et al,
Every flat top guitar I own has in the case a Princess Mary box in which there is 1 x Blue Chip TAD , a Wegen TF and a Clifford Essex "Triad" buffalo horn pick along with a Shubb capo. I discovered 346 style large triangle picks with my first Blue Chip pick, and found them ideal for me. I use BC tad 40 (1 m/m) for guitars with light gauge strings (21-53)and TAD 50 (1.25 m/m) for guitars with medium gauge strings (13-56). Wegen "TF" pics are either 120 or 140 (1.2 and 1.4 m/m and are beautifully made, polished, and bevelled. The "Clifford Essex" buffalo picks seem modelled very closely on the Wegen designs but with a "natural" material. For archtop guitars, and my 12 strings, I use the Wegen TF140s. I recommend to all my clients that they try "346" triangles, which can be purchased from Dunlop in various qualities and thicknesses. As I have now developed CMC (basal joint) arthritis, the larger picks reduce the issue somewhat. I positively dislike celluloid picks like Fender, D'andrea etc., and also Casein which bend and both can break.
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Ah yes, I quite like those Clifford Essex buffalo picks. I've just ordered a few more as they turn out to be the thing that best suits the old Flyde mandolin I've just picked up.
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[QUOTE=Robin, Wales;7435396]. . . Has anyone else stockpiled their favourite Without question! But this boy just gets 'em when he needs 'em.
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I already have four or five premium picks more than I have guitars and mandolins. In the seven or eight years since I bought my first Blue Chip, I haven't lost one nor broken or lost or worn out the Charmed Life picks I now favor. I have a Wegen pick in every guitar case I have as backups. What I have now is probably all I'll ever need and I have not scratched the surface of what is available.
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I have tried every pick material, shape, most thicknesses and most brands in the 50+ years I've been playing. I have a whole bunch of guitar and mandolin picks.
My favorites for guitar for the last several years are Gravity Gold Standard (teardrop shape) in XL size, 1.5 mm thick. For mandolin-family instruments it's the Gravity Gold Axis shape (triangle) XL size, 1.5 mm thick. I still love my Charmed life resin and casein picks, and my Wegen Bluegrass picks for guitar, M200 for mandolin-family instruments. I also like the Dunlop Primetime teardrop and big triangle picks. The only picks I don't like are thin picks (under 1.0 mm), nylon picks, wood picks, felt, rubber, metal, stone or leather picks, and Blue chips.
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Or ditch the flatpick altogether and go to the darkside with a thumbpick.
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My pick sickness is worse! I have a big box of picks… fender, cool, Gibson, store branded, you name it. And I have “the good pick box” with 4 blue chips, assorted thick Taylor picks, and perhaps another dozen including John pearse turtles.
My favorite are the blue chips … for most of my guitars anyways.
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I have been using Wegen picks for about 20 years. I like the very thick ones for rythm playing. I have not found any pick to make my guitars sound better than the Wegen. I have a BlueChip 60 but prefer the Wegen Picks. I use his bluegrass picks for leads or solo melody playing. Lately I keep going back to the Button:
https://www.djangobooks.com/Item/wegen_button "The 5mm Button is especially designed for playing rythm on acoustic guitars." |
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I have a BC TAD 40 in every case and another on a shelf. I will never wear one out as it's nearly impossible and I usually play with fingers - although lately I've been using a couple of BC thumbpicks more.
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yes, indeed. For the past couple of years, I basically only use one Charmed Life Pick, a tortoise shell casein pick, at 0.95mm thickness, teardrop shape. I don't think that was a stock item, but Scott agreed to make one for me at that thickness. After I started using it, I ordered another 2 or 3 for a back-up. I've never had to use any of the back-ups yet, but I'm glad that I have them.
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I’ve tried all kinds of material for pick, including these “legacy” picks from many, many years ago. I agree the type of material makes a tone difference but none make me a better player, they just sound different. I usually just play whatever’s at hand, which, lately, is a Taylor. BTW, the legacy picks don’t sound all that special.
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Quote:
Just an FYI that we started testing all of our major competitors' materials about two years ago. This takes a lot of time and resources, but I'm insatiably curious. We have a company that runs these materials through a $50,000 spectrum analzyer. The machine spits out a precise written report about the material PLUS a sine wave that's distinct to that one molecular structure. Michael is a lovely guy and also a younger guy with a growing family, so I don't think you have to worry about him going anywhere. We have a hunk of that same material (which shall remain nameless) on the shelf and I could probably cut a few of those pick shapes for you. We've tested it and are probably going to go a different direction. I think you still have my email. Feel free to drop me a line via email (vs AGF). Best to you and yours, Scott |
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Yes.
I'm a spare freak, too. I stock up on everything I like "just in case" they are discontinued. Well, not vehicles.... |