How Thick Is Your Pick.??

[Long Road Home]

I'm a strummer and generally use picks between .88 and 1.0, with different materials depending on which guitar and what song I'm playing.

[jrb715]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

I seem to be in the minority here. I find anything over .75mm tends to "dull" the sound of my guitars to me. I like the bright sound I guess over what people call the woody tone. I play .5mm and .75mm for that reason.

Feel precisely the same way. Above 75mm dulls the sound for me, particularly in working single notes (geographically) down the neck. Will use .60mm picks; but am currently using D'Addario Classic .70 mm and PickBoy T-shell Classic .75mm. Will for a thicker sound go to D'addario Cortex .70 (prefer this to the Ultex .73.) Occasionally go to a nylon for a more rounded attack.

[packmule]

1.00mm is my preference so I'm using a Blue Chip Kenny Smith 40 or TPR 40, and before that a 1.00mm Wegen Dipper.

[Static]

Tortex .88 all day.

[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by airborne1

Which suits me just fine! Some of us elderly folk are quite accustomed to, and comfortable with standard measurements, thank you!

Airborne, boy, you ARE old. hehe

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[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

I seem to be in the minority here. I find anything over .75mm tends to "dull" the sound of my guitars to me. I like the bright sound I guess over what people call the woody tone. I play .5mm and .75mm for that reason.

Tom, I know this may sound self-promotional, but you might be surprised (shocked?) how a world-class pick material who make that "dullness" disappear.

Just an FYI: Blue Chip has a 30-day return policy that they stand by 100%. It might changed the way you look at picks for the rest of your life. It sure did to me.

scott

[jaybones]

TUSQ A2 dark grey 1 mm.

[3notes]

Originally Posted by jaybones

TUSQ A2 dark grey 1 mm.

Hey, hey , hey.... Now that's different. Where do you purchase a Tusq pick.?? Didn't know they existed. More info needed....

[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by 3notes

Hey, hey , hey.... Now that's different. Where do you purchase a Tusq pick.?? Didn't know they existed. More info needed....

I didn't think they ever went off the market.

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[byudzai]

Originally Posted by RussL30

I used to be like this. I found that for me it depends on the material. I always found heavier picks dull and thuddy until I discovered the Dunlop Ultex, Primetone and Ultex sharp (all three made from same material). This material adds a nice brightness while giving the benefits of a thicker gauge. I’m becoming really comfortable with the 1.14 gauge in this material. I do still play my .73 picks a lot too.

the dunlop ultex 1.14 is a magic pick. feels like fingernail under the fingertips; i always carry one around in my pocket as a fidget toy. great balance for strumning and picking lines.

i have a bowl of like 40 of them.

[Logdy]

Fender medium

[Kerbie]

Now that I'm a spoiled-rotten CLP owner, my two favorite picks are .75 and 1.0. I frequently borrow a CLP that is 1.15 and that's OK too, but I prefer the .75--1.0 range. Works fine for me.

[gfspencer]

I strum. I make my own picks. I prefer thin picks.

[Von Beerhofen]

I'm with Brucebubs on this, I love the nylon picks. Bought some Dunlops Nylon USA about 30 years ago and they're still good, although the tip is somewhat rounder now. My preferred thickness around .88mm

I also made a collection myself in various thicknesses from expired pincards and such, but they all have the Dunlop shape. Those are for emergency occasions which don't really happen too often.

Ludwig

[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by Von Beerhofen

I'm with Brucebubs on this, I love the nylon picks. Bought some Dunlops Nylon USA about 30 years ago and they're still good, although the tip is somewhat rounder now. My preferred thickness around .88mm

I also made a collection myself in various thicknesses from expired pincards and such, but they all have the Dunlop shape. Those are for emergency occasions which don't really happen too often.

Ludwig

Ludwig, that's great. Another thing people do is cut up old credit cards. I believe the may be made of celluloid. I assume you're familiar with this product called the Pick Punch?

thanks,
scott