Fender Extra Heavies.
Tried the Jim Dunlop's...1.5mm...2.0m.
I like the JD's but for the edge/taper that he puts on there.
I suppose this is to make, (or make people think) speed picking is
easier with the little taper...but in reality...it's just scratchy,
harsh...noisy. Gives a glass sound unles you conciously
pick exactly straight up and down...no angle...etc.
Went back to the Fenders...
BMG...learning player and composer of "Skulk Music"
Skulk means:
To lurk, creep, or glide about unseen. Usually with hostile intentions.
Dunlop 0.60/0.73 nylon picks. The 0.60 gives a nice edge to the sound on the heavy gauge strings I use, especially on my clean tones. I sometimes use the 0.73 (thicker on some rare occasions) for fast riffs. It's easier to make pinch harmonics on those.
Thing about thin picks, and this is a kind of paradox, is that
you would think that the thinner the pick you use, the cleaner
and quieter/smoother your notes and pick noise would be.
Works just the opposite though.
A heavier pick will sound/strike the notes harder, all but eliminating
totally, the unwanted "tick-tick" sound.
You don't hear a bow on a violin...or a pianist's fingers when
they play...correct? (unless you have your ear pressed against
the instrument, which is un-desirable.)
A guitar should be no different...imho.
You want to hear the notes..not how they are made.
Another metaphor could be...
You know the house you live in has nails and plaster etc. holding
everything together, but you don't want to see them.
Plus thinner picks, since they tend to bend alot on the strings,
don't snap back quick enough to facilitate speed picking.
Be fearless..grab the thickest and biggest sledgehammer you can,
and whack away.
BMG...learning player and composer of "Skulk Music"
Skulk means:
To lurk, creep, or glide about unseen. Usually with hostile intentions.
Dunlop 0.96 for the acoustic and red Jazz III for the electric.
