The titanium one is. It's a little on the small side for me if I'm being super critical but otherwise I like it a lot. I can't remember if they have options for thickness but mine is 1mm thick. I actually really like it with a Strat and cleaner tones too
I went really deep and started thinking about sharks tooth. Will it produce clean tones, or will it be sharp and bitey?
This post made me check my coin collection (an old cigarette box filled with various old coins).
I haven't got a pre1947 sixpence. The oldest is 1950.
But here is a set of pre-decimal coins. My favourites are always the farthings (1/4 of a penny) with the wren on it (I have one made into a tie pin). The oldest coin is included here too. A very worn 1909 penny.
No, never used any for picks. Though I do have 2 metal picks; a chrome one and a titanium one.
Great for playing some John Williams
No Sovereigns then?!
hmmm.... I've never used anything metal, that didn't "sound" metal. For me, (I know what you're thinking already...) that was not a good thing. It could work with some amps/guitars/tones but NEEDED to be EQ'd around, and I didn't like it. Plus, any time you play with something that is harder metal than your strings, won't you wear them out unusually fast? Plus, plus, playing with a rounded item... no point... not for me. No rounded item A) gives the attack I want on the note or B) allows me to control that attack by varying pick angle, or C) allows me to pick fast or accurately... I always angle the pick and while my strike angle varies depending on what I'm doing, the only time it ever gets flat is if I'm strumming chords. When playing individual notes, lines or leads, the pic is angled. Angle something round and it's impossible to pick one note without hitting the notes on other side of it UNLESS you have the thing completely parallel to the string. This forces you to play with a pic running parallel to the strings only. No freaking way I'm going to do that.
For these reasons, I'm out!
Just for the record, the sixpence picks the Dr. May uses are shaped to a point. And i suspect he uses silver because it is softer than the metals used in modern guitar strings.hmmm.... I've never used anything metal, that didn't "sound" metal. For me, (I know what you're thinking already...) that was not a good thing. It could work with some amps/guitars/tones but NEEDED to be EQ'd around, and I didn't like it. Plus, any time you play with something that is harder metal than your strings, won't you wear them out unusually fast? Plus, plus, playing with a rounded item... no point... not for me. No rounded item A) gives the attack I want on the note or B) allows me to control that attack by varying pick angle, or C) allows me to pick fast or accurately... I always angle the pick and while my strike angle varies depending on what I'm doing, the only time it ever gets flat is if I'm strumming chords. When playing individual notes, lines or leads, the pic is angled. Angle something round and it's impossible to pick one note without hitting the notes on other side of it UNLESS you have the thing completely parallel to the string. This forces you to play with a pic running parallel to the strings only. No freaking way I'm going to do that.
For these reasons, I'm out!
How much pick angle do you normally use? I found I couldn't even pick "normally" with a dime, for example. Turning it just a little means it's bumping one string next to the one you're playing, etc., for me.
I have a "decent" picking hand, and it was a VERY quick experiment for me when I tried it. Took about 5 seconds to know. Another 30 to try to adapt and see if it was acceptable. Then back in the piggy bank it went.
The ones for sale on Reverb are shaped, and i remember seeing an interview where he showed one that was as well. That shaping may have been from wear over time, too.Yeah he stated that he preferred the tone of the silver ones (but as rick stated, the ones shown in that PG interview were the late year non-silver coins). He mentioned them being nickel silver so they don’t hurt strings.
The interview might only be telling half the story. They didn’t show the pointy ends of the coins either...
Yeah, I've seen some that were shaped to a point but that didn't say anything about that. I can't play with anything round.
