Some advice on guitars picks please?

[guertzi]

I took John Petrucci's advice on picks, and
I find they work best on all guitars. They are the black Jim Dunlop
Jazz III's. They can be acquired in red as well, but the black ones
have somewhat of a textile grip surface, and the red ones are
smooth.

I used to play Jazz III's for quite some time.
On stage or in the rehearsal room, you may find out, the red ones
are easier to spot in case you drop them. Still happens to me from time
to time...

The Jazz III has a very sharp tip, so the tone has a lot treble-, but
less mid- and low frequencies. When you are in high gain territory, this
helps to keep your sound from being muddy and the note separation in
fast picked runs is very good.
On an acoustic guitar they make a great strumming and arpeggio sound,
but to me they sound to thin for lead lines.

If you're looking for a fatter tone, try out the Fender 451 Extra Heavy,
it's made from Classic Celluloid and is a smaller form of the usual teardrop.
the tip is more rounded, but it fits almost like the Jazz III, to me
even a bit more comfortable.

I found the best of both worlds (the precision of the Jazz III and the
fatness of the 351, plus a much better comfortability) in the Clayton Ultem Gold Small teardrop 1.20 mm
Steve Clayton USA - Ultem Gold Guitar Picks

Try out as much picks as you can, it's the cheapest way to make changes
in your tone, because this is where it starts !

 

[www.lamusic.ca]

The biggest problem with a thread like this is that every answer you're going to get will be entirely subjective.

The best advice I'd ever gotten on this topic was simply to go to guitar store, buy $10 worth of different picks, and find the one that treats you best.

 

[58super]

Dawg mandolin picks. Heavy and big.

But our forum's owner also makes fine picks as well.

 

[gerry d]

Jazz III for me as well...

 

[Warg Master]

I like the dunlop nylon picks.

 

[grumpyoldman]

Dunlop Stainless Steel picks....

 

[francric]

I like the black Jazz III, Ultex Jazz III, but my favorite is the Dava control (Green) picks. They have a certain sound that I really like and they are especially nice to strum with............

 

[lumberjack]

Got turned on to the Jazz II's and Jazz III's by a friend, and I really like them. I still use the Dunlop Tortex as well. The red and green ones

 

[DrKev]

The biggest problem with a thread like this is that every answer you're going to get will be entirely subjective.

Absolutely, which is why I tried to put some sort of quantitative content to my post. Picks do sound and feel different but I think most people will agree on how they are different, in terms of sound and feel, even if they'll disagree on why they prefer one over another.

But our forum's owner also makes fine picks as well.

True, just a shame I can't get small teardrop EB picks. That would be cool.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

As I cannot get personal ones that I like these days, I use Dunlop Delrin 500's 1.14mm. They seem to fly through the air well when I throw them to the audience!