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I will start it off with this.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/192521607/ ... timber-351

show me some guitar picks.

check out the picks from Germany that The Edge uses. he strikes the strings with the textured handgrip end.

http://guitarpickzone.com/the-edge-guitar-picks/

What I use is a Jim Dunlop Nylon 0.73mm, cut to a point, bent into a curve and with holes made using an awl (actually an old screwdriver filed to a point) - nine from one side and four from the other - to help me grip it.





I did use a slightly lighter one until I tried the cutting to a point bit, it made it a bit too floppy.

herdim looks like a pretty common variation on herco or snarling dogs. I use %100 snarling dogs green. one pick to rule them all. if I was in the studio and I wanted to get some very specific sound that I would never do live then maybe I would start switching it up. but I don't. meteorite picks are actually pretty good but I hesitate suggesting that the average guitar player spend that kind of money. I don't want to reinforce some idea that people need to be rich to make good music.

Paul_C wrote:What I use is a Jim Dunlop Nylon 0.73mm, cut to a point, bent into a curve and with holes made using an awl (actually an old screwdriver filed to a point) - nine from one side and four from the other - to help me grip it.





I did use a slightly lighter one until I tried the cutting to a point bit, it made it a bit too floppy.

reminds me of an old trick. everyone should know this.

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Contra got me hooked on these

http://drguitarpicks.com/stainless.html

i can't do metal picks...i would chop the pickguard to pieces.

dubkitty wrote:i can't do metal picks...i would chop the pickguard to pieces.

I would be more concerned about changing strings once a week. they probably have a really clean attack with a very bright sound. probably right up there with the meteorite picks.

there's that, too. but the worst would be digging literal holes in the top of the Les Paul.

dubkitty wrote:there's that, too. but the worst would be digging literal holes in the top of the Les Paul.

yeah but that's cool to do

Speaking of attack and brightness. What do you guys suggest when you can only stand really thick picks (1.5mm), but also don't like a sharp attack/bright sound?

I think probably some kind of soft or light weight wood. you can get leather picks. those are probably on the extreme side of dark. I would assume there must be a synthetic that fits your description made out of softer material but I have no clue where to look. I know there are bass picks made out of felt. maybe try inventing it??

edit: I googled darkest guitar pick ever or something and I got this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/301486928099

I really like the brass Dunlop Teckpick:

But I don't play it with the point, but with one of the two 'serrated' edges because that yields a more pronounced attack.

VREEEEVROOOOOW wrote:Speaking of attack and brightness. What do you guys suggest when you can only stand really thick picks (1.5mm), but also don't like a sharp attack/bright sound?

i really like these for exactly that reason (thick, but none of that chirpy/clanky attack of a lot of thick picks): https://www.hellparts.com/super-blacks-picks.html
they're my favorite pick for bass & i like them for guitar, too.

Forgot about my homeboy guitar moose. He has some sticky foam that people with arthritis love. They’re actually pretty comfy to play

I need to change strings 3-4 weeks using the metal picks. The d string dies after it gets knocked flat