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Primetone pick questions
I’ve been doing comparisons on my Primetone and Ultex picks, and while both are supposedly made from Ultex, the 73 in the primetone is a whole lot brighter than the Ultex on my Gibson acoustics.
I noticed also on the site that the look of the Primetone grip pick looks lighter and more translucent than the non-grip picks. I’ve only tried the grip picks? Is the non-grip Primetone more like the feel of a normal Ultex? I like the softer attack with the Ultex vs my grip primetone but i really like the idea of the bevel on prime tones. I’m wondering if I need to try the non-grip Primetones because my gut is telling me it might be a very different pick than the grip pick. Thanks! Mike
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I have played both and I prefer the non-grip type.
I don't like picks that have any texture on the pick. The 1.5 Primetone is my go to pick.
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Relatively inexpensive and a lot of fun to do your own testing and draw your own conclusions, but I think you've already answered your own question. Of two given picks, (same size, shape, dimension, material) the speed beveled pick will sound brighter than the rounded pick.
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The grip and non-grip Primetones are supposedly the same material. I would speculate that the heat used in molding the grip picks affects the material in a significant way. They definitely do not sound the same.
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I’ll probably pick some up when I find them, but do you know if the non-grip sounds like the comparable gauge normal Ultex pick? Right now I’m thinking that would be ideal.
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I really liked their rounded triangle models. I modified them into tri-points and extended the bevels. Very handy little tone controls. |
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Here are some of my primetone sand Ultex picks. The only smooth primetone I have is in the .73. I like it better than the Ultex in that gauge as it feels a little smoother and not as bright. I really like the Ultex in 1.0 and 1.14. The grip primetones are decent but I find that I like the smooth and the Ultex much better. Also with the Ultex they make them with a regular point and a sharp point and the sharp point gives a different sound and feels different when attacking. |
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I use primetone 1.5mm and have comapred to much more expensive picks blue chip, wegen, primetone are the best bang for buck
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I've got just about every gauge and shape of Primetone pick there is, and some of them are a good bang for the buck...
A few of them are pretty good, but I don't think much of the grippy translucent ones.. the tone just sounds thin to me... None of them stack up against my Blue Chips, but the .88 gauge is a really good pick that I can drop in my pocket when I'm going out without worrying about losing it….
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Best, Jayne |
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The browns are great, particularly in thicker gauges, very viable alternative to Blue Chips. The translucent sound quite a bit brighter and harsher to me.
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I think either version sounds great on all my guitars. Just depends on what i want to play.
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Sounds reasonable but the factory bevel on the Primetones is so conservative I doubt it matters. The edge on Primetones is more like a slight flat spot on the leading and trailing edge than a real bevel. They are vastly improved by extending that over the full edge thickness.
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