the pick thread '11

[kwame k]

You must be one of those new drummers I've been hearing about that actually have opposable thumbs.

WTF are you talking about, dude? My thumbs aren't opposable.....they're in perfect harmony with the rest of my fingers

[Diamondjimi]

Phew......glad I'm forgiven! So now I'm part of the cool guy guitarist club, right

You sir, are a multi-instrumentalist!

[Jagermeister]

My fav is the Dunlop Tortex .88mm, the green ones. Just the right amount of thickness for me. Too thin and the tone is bad.

That's what I use also. They last a long time. I actually prefer them to be worn just a bit.

[Coyote]

Here's a question: Does everyone pick with the pointed edge of most of what's pictured in this thread, or do you rotate it for different effects? I'm told I have an "odd" picking style due to that and the fact that I alternately hold the pick sideways, or like I hold a pencil. The sideways thing I got from checking out George Lynch back in the day, the pencil-thing just feels natural, just kind of evolved that way. But the rotation thing allows greater ease of artificial harmonics on the plain strings, and also the ability to get that effect on partial chords too, which is fun...

Personally, I pick with the tip, albeit at a lesser angle than the "pencil grip".
As far as the EVH thumb+middle finger grip, it's reserved for tapping, IMO...


When you're picking, you have the thumb & index/middle finger holding the pick. What about the other fingers?
Do you curl them up like making a relaxed fist, or do you leave them extended, like making a OK handsign?

[jhale667]

Personally, I pick with the tip, albeit at a lesser angle than the "pencil grip".
As far as the EVH thumb+middle finger grip, it's reserved for tapping, IMO...


When you're picking, you have the thumb & index/middle finger holding the pick. What about the other fingers?
Do you curl them up like making a relaxed fist, or do you leave them extended, like making a OK handsign?

That depends, too...IMO the Lynch-type positioning seems to favor the "OK" splayed hand deal, doesn't work so well with the more tradition pencil-like grip...

[ashstralia]

When you're picking, you have the thumb & index/middle finger holding the pick. What about the other fingers?
Do you curl them up like making a relaxed fist, or do you leave them extended, like making a OK handsign?

yeah i like the relaxed fist... and i have a callus on the bottom side of my palm from palm muting and alternate picking

[Nitro Express]

I found if I used a medium pick and choked up of it, it would act like a heavier pick and if I held it towards the back it was like a lighter pick. I vary how much pick I hold all the time and sometimes I use the pointed end and sometimes I use the round edge. An .80 to .90 is what I like.

[Matt White]

Jim Dunlop Sharp Jazz III