-Guitarists/Bassists- Plectrums?[views:5465][posts:28][poll! to vote:click here] to view:click here] __________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:04pm - nnnNubz ""] How often do you break or totally wear down your picks? [img] |
| __________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:07pm - powerkok ""] Yellow Dunlops. Every practice. We go thru bags of em. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:08pm - RichHorror ""] When I played bass I wouldn't wear them down, but I would snap them in half. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:10pm - DreamingInExile ""] Green Dunlop Tortex .88's it takes a while for me to wear them out. I usually lose them before I wear it out anyways. [img] |
| ______________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:12pm - blue ""] [img] takes me a couple days of straight practicing to really go through one. i love em. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:34pm - Joshtruction ""] blue said:[img] takes me a couple days of straight practicing to really go through one. i love em. out of years of using these I have never broke one. They last quite a while too!!! I use them or the fender version of the sam thing. fender 1.14xh |
| ______________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:35pm - blue ""] i dont break picks, i just wear them down. if your breaking picks when playing guitar, youre technique is screwed up. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:35pm - RichHorror ""] Weird, that was the kind of pick I always used. And like I said, I'd snap 2-3 a show. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:39pm - blue ""] rich, youre talking bass here and were talking guitar i think. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:39pm - RichHorror ""] I just want to be loved. :( |
| ______________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:40pm - blue ""] your love is the wrong kind. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:41pm - RichHorror ""] One day one of us will take office, and then we will finally be able to live among the surface-dwellers. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 3:44pm - Joshtruction ""] I use them on bass too. in fact I broke 5 bass strings in one show using that pic and it didn't break. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 4:02pm - Anthony nli ""] Joshtruction said:I use them on bass too. in fact I broke 5 bass strings in one show using that pic and it didn't break. you broke 5 bass strings in one show? did you have a backup bass handy or did your bandmates just strangle you for breaking so many damn strings? |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 4:06pm - Joshtruction ""] it all went down during the last riff of the last song so I just threw my bass at someone (I think it hit one of the kids in the automata) and just jumped into the pile up. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 4:13pm - Anthony nli ""] Joshtruction said:it all went down during the last riff of the last song so I just threw my bass at someone (I think it hit one of the kids in the automata) and just jumped into the pile up. ok, well that's awesome. i was envisioning string changes after every song and many awkward silences. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 5:54pm - SACAPAPADOO ""] fuck picks and their mother |
| __________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 9:13pm - niccolai ""] Dunlop jazz ii nylon. take months for me to wear them out. I have a handfull of a dozen or so I've used at practice 2-3 times a week for over a year and they till work fine. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 9:17pm - brian_dc nli ""] people who play light picks don't care about precision |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 9:26pm - Cadaveryne ""] Where can I get these? 1.14 sharps? I use the non sharp ones and I wanna try these out. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 9:57pm - Joshtruction ""] brian_dc nli said:people who play light picks don't care about precision people who use light picks have no finger control. With a thick pick you get more response from the string it's self (to the hand) and a better feel. If you know how to use that to your advantage IMO it can't be beat. |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 23,2006 11:41pm - nnnNubz ""] ***anyone ever try out those stone picks or bronze (or random metal) picks? |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 12:18am - Joshtruction ""] nnnNubz said:***anyone ever try out those stone picks or bronze (or random metal) picks? I tried the bronze picks that looked like cymbals. They made the strings sound really bright to me for some reason. |
| ________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 12:21am - sever ""] .88 mm Nylon Dunlops. They take forever to wear down. I've been using them for a few years now and I've only had to replace them because I lose them like crazy. And I've only had a few wear out on me. |
| __________________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 12:30am - GoatOfCatalyst ""] i'm with blue on this matter. purple tortex jazz stubby's. and the green ones in times of desperation. i haven't played anything else in i-can't-tell-you-how-long |
| ______________________________ [Aug 24,2006 12:44am - cav ""] brian_dc nli said:people who play light picks don't care about precision what do you consider light? |
| __________________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 12:54am - GoatOfCatalyst ""] and i'll use them until they dull - but i do a good job of losing them first |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 12:57am - Joshtruction ""] cav said:brian_dc nli said:people who play light picks don't care about precision what do you consider light? white nylon dunlops. Anything that sounds like a baseball card in the spoke of bike rim. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 6:09am - brian_dc nli ""] cav said:brian_dc nli said:people who play light picks don't care about precision what do you consider light? just anything with flexibility. I think picks should be rigid so you have control. If you think about it, if the pick is flexing everytime you pick the attack is actually being delayed a millisecond, if you are playing fast then you're going to fall behind. Your picks aren't really that bad, but I can't use them after jumping up to 1.14. |