Joben Magooch
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Anyone here like acrylic picks?
I think Gravity Picks have to be my favorite I've ever used...in particular I find myself gravitating most to the 1.5mm standard "unpolished," it has a bit of a grit to the edges which I think sounds really nice. The acrylic material is extremely rigid without having to be too terribly thick. Maybe it is (in part) a psychological thing, but at the end of the day I simply like the way I sound - and I mean noticeably and appreciably better - with these picks than any others I've tried.
But they're like 5 bucks each. And all things considered that's not too bad, especially compared to other "high end" picks ($35+ for Blue Chips and I'm sure they're not the worst offender), but at the same time it's a bit too much for me to care to lose as frequently as I do and considerably more expensive than my longtime (and now second-) favorite, which are Dunlop Gator Grips that work out to about $0.50 each or thereabouts. And I still like them okay, they're perfectly acceptable to me but I don't think they sound nearly as good.
Anyways with that all being said I'm curious if anyone knows of anything similar to Gravity Picks, V-picks, or other acrylic-style ones that aren't quite so pricey.
These guys from Ibanez look to be somewhat similar. They're Tritan, which is close to acrylic...but 2.5mm thick I believe, which is generally more than I'm comfy with...
I tried out Dunlop "Prime Tones" and they have the right "feel" to me. They play nicely, have the right "grit" to the edges, and like my favorite Gravity's they're not too thick but very rigid...but the material also feels a lot less dense and generally sounds a lot thinner and brighter. I don't care for them a ton.
I've seen some suggest the simple Dunlop "Gels" which are quite affordable and readily available. Maybe worth a shot on that basis alone.
I think the big thing I'm missing though is that "gritty" edge that the unpolished Gravity picks have. It's fairly well-known at this point that one of the big components to the Edge's tone is using the "grippy" side of Herdim picks, a big factor in the "chimey" sound he gets. The grippy bits tend to want to grab the string a little more and it just attacks differently than the normal edge of a regular pick would. I'm not trying to emulate the Edge (and I don't care for Herdims a ton as I don't like nylon picks in general), but I feel like the gritty edge that unpolished Gravity picks have do have a similar sound-effect on the strings as the grippy side of the Herdims...except you don't have to flip your pick around and IMO it plays a little bit more smoothly/with less "grab" and I think that's the big thing that I'm missing with others.
So, anyways, if anyone has any recommendations I'm all ears. If not, I guess I can just pony up 5 bucks a month every time I lose one of my Gravity's...
I think Gravity Picks have to be my favorite I've ever used...in particular I find myself gravitating most to the 1.5mm standard "unpolished," it has a bit of a grit to the edges which I think sounds really nice. The acrylic material is extremely rigid without having to be too terribly thick. Maybe it is (in part) a psychological thing, but at the end of the day I simply like the way I sound - and I mean noticeably and appreciably better - with these picks than any others I've tried.
But they're like 5 bucks each. And all things considered that's not too bad, especially compared to other "high end" picks ($35+ for Blue Chips and I'm sure they're not the worst offender), but at the same time it's a bit too much for me to care to lose as frequently as I do and considerably more expensive than my longtime (and now second-) favorite, which are Dunlop Gator Grips that work out to about $0.50 each or thereabouts. And I still like them okay, they're perfectly acceptable to me but I don't think they sound nearly as good.
Anyways with that all being said I'm curious if anyone knows of anything similar to Gravity Picks, V-picks, or other acrylic-style ones that aren't quite so pricey.
These guys from Ibanez look to be somewhat similar. They're Tritan, which is close to acrylic...but 2.5mm thick I believe, which is generally more than I'm comfy with...
I tried out Dunlop "Prime Tones" and they have the right "feel" to me. They play nicely, have the right "grit" to the edges, and like my favorite Gravity's they're not too thick but very rigid...but the material also feels a lot less dense and generally sounds a lot thinner and brighter. I don't care for them a ton.
I've seen some suggest the simple Dunlop "Gels" which are quite affordable and readily available. Maybe worth a shot on that basis alone.
I think the big thing I'm missing though is that "gritty" edge that the unpolished Gravity picks have. It's fairly well-known at this point that one of the big components to the Edge's tone is using the "grippy" side of Herdim picks, a big factor in the "chimey" sound he gets. The grippy bits tend to want to grab the string a little more and it just attacks differently than the normal edge of a regular pick would. I'm not trying to emulate the Edge (and I don't care for Herdims a ton as I don't like nylon picks in general), but I feel like the gritty edge that unpolished Gravity picks have do have a similar sound-effect on the strings as the grippy side of the Herdims...except you don't have to flip your pick around and IMO it plays a little bit more smoothly/with less "grab" and I think that's the big thing that I'm missing with others.
So, anyways, if anyone has any recommendations I'm all ears. If not, I guess I can just pony up 5 bucks a month every time I lose one of my Gravity's...
