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« on: April 27, 2008, 06:18:10 PM » |
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I used to use Fender 351 Premium Celluloid in Heavy or something similar. A couple months ago I picked up some Snarling Dogs Brain Picks and now I mostly use those. The little raised bumps on the Brain picks make them easy to hold onto.
How about you?
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2008, 06:52:07 PM » |
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I used good ol fashioned Dunlop mediums. 4 for a buck  Never used Fender 351 Premium Celluloid or Brain picks. But they do look interesting!  |
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2008, 06:32:43 AM » |
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The purple Dunlop Tortex. But when I want some searing harmonics, I use a quarter.
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Always scoop the mids!!
If it ain't METAL...it AIN'T music.
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2008, 01:12:51 PM » |
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Hmm never tried using a quarter...sounds interesting
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2008, 05:19:12 PM » |
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I've never tried pocket change. I'll have to remember that the next time I'm without a pick.
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2008, 10:19:48 PM » |
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I usually just use Fender mediums. I've tried using change from when I can't find a pick, but I don't like coins too much (I think I was using a penny though, a quarter might play better). Also I folded up dollars to use as lighter picks, but they're not good. Just really big or thick and occasionally got stuck on a string. It was just an attempt to find something that acted similarly to a thinner pick.
Anyone use those mini looking picks? I've been trying to figure out what they're for, do they help you play faster or something?
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2008, 01:43:27 AM » |
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Dunlop Jazz III and Dunlop Tortex 1.14. Keep it Metal!!!  |
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2008, 02:57:25 PM » |
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i use to alway use those little dunlop jazz picks that are half the size and pointy, then i moved on to dunlop Heavy the transparent red ones. now i always use the dunlop tortex .78mm yellow, i don't think i'll stray from those again
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« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2008, 02:00:52 PM » |
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The most famous coin-user is Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Supposedly he uses a Mexican peso. But he has also been know to stretch the truth when it comes to biographical facts, so who knows.
I would think a coin would ruin a finish right quick if one wasn't real careful.
I usually use Dunlop Tortex, most often the yello mediums, iirc they're 73 mm. Heavier for bass, I think those are blue or purple and 106 mm.
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« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2008, 05:52:56 PM » |
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i use generic fender mediums, when i have them, but i have used pennies and dimes before, a quarter would be a bit too large for me to play with comfortably.......
THE most famous coin user the DOES for real use coins is Brian May, he uses a six-pence
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2008, 07:19:45 PM » |
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Damn... I thought I was on to something original. Oh well, I guess you you can learn something new from a guitar forum too! I have one quarter I use thats very special though, I put it on some train tracks and voila... nice new guitar pick.
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2008, 10:11:37 PM » |
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Yeah i've seen those too. But they look like something you could pick up at a hardware store.
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« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2008, 07:12:03 AM » |
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Btw, here's the pic that characterzero tried to post above:  Haven't tried them either. As with coins, those look to me like they could be awful hard on a guitar finish. Is the brush part metal or plastic, anyone know? |
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« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2008, 06:34:30 PM » |
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I take back what I said about looking like something out of a hardware store... it looks like a flea comb.
Edit: oh yeah, the wires are metal.
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