What plectrum does everyone use?

[szukalski]

Now, that's some targeted marketing!!

I guess specialised products need a specialised sales campaign..

 

[fig]

$210 for a dozen? That seems just a tad high, but maybe it’s me.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Good now they've made their pitch hopefully they'll runaway.

Oh and I'm still rocking the cheap (certainly compared to the link above), plentiful and always awesome Jazz IIIs

 

[Barry]

$210 for a dozen? That seems just a tad high, but maybe it’s me.

And I thought V-Picks were pricey

 

[fig]

And I thought V-Picks were pricey

I‘ve been using one that you sent to me awhile back. That assortment came in real handy, thanks!

 

[swelchy]

Dunlop Maxi grip 1.14 since they came out…
Although I have yet to behold the infamous figlabs picks… Could be a game changer

 

[fig]

Dunlop Maxi grip 1.14 since they came out…
Although I have yet to behold the infamous figlabs picks… Could be a game changer

Free for the asking. The next batch may be printed double-sided….I was so excited ordering the first ones, that when I saw the mockup…I didn’t think about the other side
I thought about ”Place thumb here” or “Play something!”

 

[steviejr92]

Free for the asking. The next batch may be printed double-sided….I was so excited ordering the first ones, that when I saw the mockup…I didn’t think about the other side
I thought about ”Place thumb here” or “Play something!”

I vote "place thumb here"

 

[jimilee]

If you’re like me, and have been playing most your life, you have picks everywhere, so you grab what ever is in eyesight. Fig does have some nice ones, though.

 

[nkt$275]

Just a well worn second hand pick.

 

[MichaelW]

The picks I had made are Ultex. Did I send you any?

@fig's picks have the best tone.....this has been independently verified (They also happen to be my favorite pick for flatpicking acoustics.)

Otherwise, I'm a Dunlop Flow fan. I vacillate between a 1.0mm and 1.5mm. Depends on the part I'm trying to play.
For rhythm guitar parts or strumming parts I generally like a Herco or Dunlop Nylon pick 1.0mm.

For mandolin and acoustic flat picking I also love the Wegen Delrin picks but they are ungodly expensive so I try not to love them too much

Speaking of un-godly expensive, a buddy of mine started a pick company call Red Bear picks. He came up with an artificial tortoise shell material that sounds identical to the real thing. I still have a bunch of the prototypes that I was testing for him in a couple different shapes.

Unfortunately the early ones also warped just like real tortoiseshell.

 

[fig]

@fig's picks have the best tone.....this has been independently verified (They also happen to be my favorite pick for flatpicking acoustics.)

Otherwise, I'm a Dunlop Flow fan. I vacillate between a 1.0mm and 1.5mm. Depends on the part I'm trying to play.
For rhythm guitar parts or strumming parts I generally like a Herco or Dunlop Nylon pick 1.0mm.

For mandolin and acoustic flat picking I also love the Wegen Delrin picks but they are ungodly expensive so I try not to love them too much

Speaking of un-godly expensive, a buddy of mine started a pick company call Red Bear picks. He came up with an artificial tortoise shell material that sounds identical to the real thing. I still have a bunch of the prototypes that I was testing for him in a couple different shapes.

Unfortunately the early ones also warped just like real tortoiseshell.

You’re picky
I just pick a pick,
pick up that picked pick,
pick a song to pick with that picked pick,
pick the pickup to pick the song I picked with the picked pick.
All while riding in my pickup.
Get the picture?

( Just pickin….glad you like ’em )

 

[JTEX]

I use a piece of PCB. 1.6mm. Not the fiberglass type (works great, but I don't like the idea of glass dust), but crappy old phenolic. Often broken off a piece of cheap prototype board. Try it some day.

 

[nkt$275]

Red Bear Picks are wonderful.
They are made of Casein. A protein found in milk products. The substance some vintage pen barrels and buttons are made from. There are several companies producing casein picks - including D’Addario. Casein produces a warmer tone than plastic. Some what similar to tortoise shell.
They are expensive ! ! !

 

[MichaelW]

Red Bear Picks are wonderful.
They are made of Casein. A protein found in milk products. The substance some vintage pen barrels and buttons are made from. There are several companies producing casein picks - including D’Addario. Casein produces a warmer tone than plastic. Some what similar to tortoise shell.
They are expensive ! ! !

Now I gotta go find all those Red Bear prototypes I had lying around hahaha. I used one for Mandolin for quite a while before switching over to Wegen.

 

[MichaelW]

Red Bear Picks. I'd completely forgot about these until this thread. Might need to give them another whirl.
I was into flat picking fiddle tunes at the time.....

 

[allsmoke]

Dunlop delrin .71 .

Took me a long time to settle on one. I tried nature, small, thick, thin etc.

I love these picks. I play mostly blues, rock and acoustic. I'm intermediate at best so shredding is not in my forte. This allows me to do pretty much everything I need.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Red Bear Picks. I'd completely forgot about these until this thread. Might need to give them another whirl.
I was into flat picking fiddle tunes at the time.....

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Well they look cool I'll give you that

 

[MichaelW]

Holy cow, $35 for the Guthrie Govan model? For that money it better make me play "just like Guthrie...."

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Well after a few weeks of trying other things I'm definitely moving on from my Jazz IIIs. I've been testing a bunch of picks and so far my favourites are Dunlop Flow and Dunlop Primetone 1.5.

I can't seem to decide which ones I prefer but I definitely prefer both of them to my old favs the Jazz IIIs