Your size pick?

Jam10
Jam10 Posts: 654
edited February 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
Just a curiousity question on what size picks most of you guys are using. I use the Dunlop Tortex 73mm (yellow) right now. I was using the 88mm (green), then I tried the 73mm and seemed to like it a bit better but I always seem to go back and forth.
What size picks are you guys using?
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Jam10 wrote:
    Just a curiousity question on what size picks most of you guys are using. I use the Dunlop Tortex 73mm (yellow) right now. I was using the 88mm (green), then I tried the 73mm and seemed to like it a bit better but I always seem to go back and forth.
    What size picks are you guys using?

    i like the 88s for acoustics and the slightly lighter ones (yellow and orange) for electric ... although i have a lot of REALLY heavy ones (the 2s ... dark purple) lying around ...

    stone and mike are both in that slightly lighter range as well ... yellows and oranges. ;)
    think mike is slightly lighter than stone, playing more lead, and stone strumming harder on rythm, needing a bit more firmness.
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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    I like to use the heaviest pick I can do picking exercises smoothly with. Right now it's a dunlop 1mm but you can get some cool stuff out of some of those more rounded-edge 2-3mm picks
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Thinner the better for me on guitars. Middle and index finger for bass!
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  • Jam10
    Jam10 Posts: 654
    I think Mike uses the 88's and Stone uses the 73's. I would think that a thicker pick would be better for playing lead and a lighter one for rhythm. I prefer to use a little of a lighter pick when playing acoustic.
  • Dustin51
    Dustin51 Posts: 222
    I usually buy the orange ones but i come up on all different kinds. I'll use whatever's around really.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Jam10 wrote:
    I think Mike uses the 88's and Stone uses the 73's. I would think that a thicker pick would be better for playing lead and a lighter one for rhythm. I prefer to use a little of a lighter pick when playing acoustic.

    actually you are right!
    i was going on color.

    But i just felt them,
    and stones is definately lighter.

    And it feels like the EV\23 is actualy some how in between Stones and Mikes. But maybe its just an illusion.

    Jeffs is still the thickest, though.
    ;)
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  • Snake
    Snake Posts: 2,605
    I used the yellow Dunlops for awhile. Now I use them for acoustic mostly. I also have found a new love for the Dunlop Jazz III picks. Not sure what size they are but theyre thicker and smaller and have rounded edge.
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  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    I've falling in love with the green Jim Dunlop M-L

    They are firm enough to shred on an electric, yet soft enough to delicately strum the acoustic. Great pick!!
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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Standard: Yellow tortex (.73)
    Acoustic: Orange tortex (.60)
    Heavy songs: Purple tortex (1.14)
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    Standard: Yellow tortex (.73)
    Acoustic: Orange tortex (.60)
    Heavy songs: Purple tortex (1.14)
    I use the tortex too. These are easily my favorite guitar picks, feel great in my hands don't slip, surface is great, hardly ever break. Depending on what i'm playing i'll either use the yellow (.73), green (.88), or blue (1.0).
  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 896
    i just always make sure to get the ones that have the little "bumps" on them for grip.....when i play gigs my hands get sweaty and picks slip and slide right outta my hand......those picks solve that problem!
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    no picks for me.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Dunlop JAzz III a lot, also Gator Grip Tortex 0.96 and 1.14 a lot.
    Sometimes I'll use a Mike pick the yellow tortoise Tortex, one that Mike flicked at me, and others I have bought.
    The Jazz III is the best for really fast alt picked lines.
    Strumming I use anything, hybrid picking I like the small size of the JAzz II, easy to move it out of the way.
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    I guess I'm a minority in here, I use the Dunlop nylon picks exclusively, and have for like 10 years. They have a textured grip that I really appreciate.

    I used to play the light ones, .46 and .60 mm. Then I started playing the mediums, .77 and .88 mm. When I started playing bass, I used the 1 mm, and lately I've taken to using the 1 mm with acoustic as well, and I use both the mediums on electric.
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  • Hebejebe
    Hebejebe Posts: 108
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I guess I'm a minority in here, I use the Dunlop nylon picks exclusively, and have for like 10 years. They have a textured grip that I really appreciate.

    I used to play the light ones, .46 and .60 mm. Then I started playing the mediums, .77 and .88 mm. When I started playing bass, I used the 1 mm, and lately I've taken to using the 1 mm with acoustic as well, and I use both the mediums on electric.
    I use them too, I use the Dunlop nylon 1 mm for electric and acoustic. I've tried a lot of other picks but that's definitely the one for me.

    The brother-in-law went to a James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) gig and brought me a pick back. To my surprise it was the exact same pick that I use. Nice to have a guitarist's pick, though it was a shame that it wasn't a designer one, who's to actually believe me that it's his pick
    when it's just an ordinary one :)
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I guess I'm a minority in here, I use the Dunlop nylon picks exclusively, and have for like 10 years. They have a textured grip that I really appreciate.

    I used to play the light ones, .46 and .60 mm. Then I started playing the mediums, .77 and .88 mm. When I started playing bass, I used the 1 mm, and lately I've taken to using the 1 mm with acoustic as well, and I use both the mediums on electric.


    I've steadily been switching over to the Dunlop Nylon deals. I hated the grip for a while, but got used to it. 0.60 mm's.
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    I played green dunlops because they were free from GC for a few years... a little thick. The yellow dunlops I also used then I got some of the Ultex ones with the rhino on it which were ok...

    Now I'm using Medium Clayton Hula Girls...
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  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    I pretty much only use Dunlop Jazz III's (1 mm) nowadays. I find they work great for anything!
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Jam10 wrote:
    Just a curiousity question on what size picks most of you guys are using. I use the Dunlop Tortex 73mm (yellow) right now. I was using the 88mm (green), then I tried the 73mm and seemed to like it a bit better but I always seem to go back and forth.
    What size picks are you guys using?


    I use the yellows too
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  • edpearson
    edpearson Posts: 331
    Like most, I vary on picks, but pretty much use Dunlop's and somewhere around the .71-.73mm range. I buy the following three picks in bulk all the time:

    Dunlop Ultex .73mm (clear yellow)
    http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/3/7/4/367374.jpg

    Dunlop Gator Grip .71mm (magenta)
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&base_pid=110310&index=2

    Dunlop Tortex Standard .73mm (yellow)
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&base_pid=110040&index=3
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