Guitar Picks - What are you using? Why?

[Blackbird]

I use Dava... They last awhile , don't slip and great pick attack....

These. I've been using the Delrin version for almost a year now, awesome stuff. You can choke up on it and really get a stiff attack or grip it high and it will have lots of play. Also I sweat a lot, these are still easy to hold and move around while sweating.

Dava has a sampler pack that has all of their options for you to try, that's how I settled on that particular choice.

 

[slev]

Tortex .88mm. Love these, just enough texture and the perfect size and thickness for me.

 

[helmi]

I've been using the dunlop "hot licks" copper picks for 20 years. no longer made. blue herdim and dunlop black ice picks are also pretty nice.

 

[DISTORT6]

Tortex Green .88 for E, Eb and Bb(7 string) standard tuning
Tortex Purple 1.14 for D standard tuning

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

I've really become quite particular when it comes to guitar picks. The extra heavy Dunlop Gel's are great - once I rub off the seam.

I'd like to find a pick that is like these but without the seam. It's kind of a hassle to prep every pick.

 

[bluefade]

pickboy-carbon/nylon...THE THICKNESS IS YOUR CHOICE...THEY'RE ALL GOOD !!!!!!!!!!

 

[SausageofPower]

Ultex Jazz III's. Mostly the Petrucci sig version, but I've got all three sizes (standard yellow, 2mm blacks and Petrucci sigs which are also black). Great picks, last a long time and give you the most control in my opinion.

 

[Mike Duncan]

I don't resize pictures....because I don't know how. Sorry.

 

[rocguitar]

V- PICKS ......Tone and Feel!

 

[prsrocker1988]

I use the red nylon Dunlop Jazz III Max Grip. It's got some grip to it and for a guy like me who drops picks easy, it's great. And I love Jazz III's. I've literally tried every version and I love them all, but use Max Grip's for added grip. They are very popular with shredders and metal players but I'm a slower blues/classic rock guy. I just like the Jazz 3 because I fumble less with dropping the pick and now even a Tortex feels like a potato chip to me.

 

[Rider1260]

Pickboy Vintage Rainbow 78mm picks for me mainly, a bit thicker than most MED picks and very smooth sounding ( I usually play them backwards with one of the fatter ends )
I have been trying out the Dunlop Yellow Tortex 73mm lately like them at times, they get a harshness at times for me but they also can have a nice ( treble ) bite.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Dunlop tortex greens... I can get 'em at BestBuy, thus saving me from temptation when walking into a guitar store.

 

[yankeebulldog]

Dunlop tortex greens... I can get 'em at BestBuy, thus saving me from temptation when walking into a guitar store.

Doesn't the Downers Grove Best Buy on Butterfield have a music store in it? Granted its pretty much Fender, Gibson, Peavey and Schecter so not much of a temptation for me anyway.

 

[erizaverde]

I'm a jazz player who only uses picks around 25% of the time. But I am very picky (no pun intended) when I do use them. I used Jazz III's for a while but had a little trouble with dropping them. My fingers tend to sweat after extended play with a pick. I then found a pick online mentioned earlier in this thread, the Dava Grip Tip. Dava makes a version called the Jazz Grip, which is essentially a slightly (very slightly) larger Jazz III with a rubber grip. I also like the tips more - they don't wear out nearly as fast as Dunlop's picks, and the edge is a little flatter, and sound just a little warmer and fuller (very subtle difference, but it's there).

The only issue I have with them is if they change position in your grip, you end up accidentally playing with the rubber part. Not good. Happened a lot at first, but once you get used to them, it's very rare.

http://www.amazon.com/Dava-Jazz-Gri...qid=1372126358&sr=8-1&keywords=dava+jazz+grip

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Doesn't the Downers Grove Best Buy on Butterfield have a music store in it? Granted its pretty much Fender, Gibson, Peavey and Schecter so not much of a temptation for me anyway.

It does, but I hit up the one on 75th.

 

[Darren]

Steve Clayton .80

 

[Dancing Frog]

Steve Clayton custom designed. 1.0mm White Delrin. Had them made them for a cast gift, but found the design made them easy to grip and the stiffness was good for tendonitis.

 

[László]

I can't find the Ultex Jazz IIIs locally (which is weird?), so I ordered a bunch from Dunlop's website. I want to try them. Should be here later this week.

 

[Rango]

Dunlop Jazz iii

As I've been playing so much over the past couple of years I've progressed from thinner to thicker picks.

Now I have a picks I like for electric guitar (JazzIII EJ), Bass ( Tortex 1.0 ) and Acoustic Guitar ( Tortex .8).

Two years ago all I wanted was the .5 "orange" Tortex, now I don't know how i played with it!

The Jazz III's were a happy accident. I kept reading about all these players I liked using it....so i bought a pack on a whim.
If you start digging it's a surprising list, across many genres everybody from Eric Johnson and Joe Bonamassa to Kirk Hammlett.

 

[CoreyT]

My Dava 6 pack came today.
I like them very much, but the Dunlop green tortex .88 seem to be a little brighter sounding than these.
But still these are very nice, and I am going to give them a long try out.