Plectrum/Pick.....what's your flavour ? Opinions please

Fez

Tortex green.

John_P

Jazz iii xl and the red ones aren't too hard to spot when dropped.

guitarmangler

Red jazz iii since my first guitar lesson. I've tried lots of other picks, but I've got so used to them I can't change.
I got close to switching about 2 years ago with V picks, my favourite was a venom, the problem is when you lose them. The one I liked was £7 for one! Stuff that! I bought a massive bag of jazz iii's from someone on here, that'll last me a couple of years.

Gizmo

Another vote for the petrucci jazz III,i made a slight mod to them by hole punching some small 180 grit sand paper disk's to superglue to the body as grip points i find them far to slippy without it

I'll also use the Dave gel's if i want something with a little less attack

Veganic

This seems a bit meaningless unless you say what you are doing with it.

I use black tortex ones.

Normal shape and various medium thicknesses for arpeggios and clean noodling.

Pointy thick jazz III when the gain is up and I pretend I can shred.

BowynMadley

Dunlop nylon 1mm. Used to use 0.88 but found them to flexible. I use 0.73mm for acoustic 

ennspek

Jazz III grippy for me.

zepp76

Herco .75 and Pickboy carbon nylon .75. I've been tempted to go heavier though so might try 1mm picks in the near future.

nick_s

I'm a Tortex Yellow kinda guy, and on occasion I'll rock a Dunlop Stubby

vale

richardhomer said:

Dunlop Nylon 0.88mm - used them for over 30 years.

the plectrum breakfast of champions. 20 years for me.
firm, neither solid or flimsy. doesn't smash or tickle the strings but gives a nice firm push & stroke forward & back. & you get nice feedback through the way it flexes in your fingers. & nice grip, so even if you are sweaty or tired you never drop it. have tried lots of others but can't beat an '88 for guitar.
only thing i don't like is they are mid-grey which is a bit boring. some nicer colour '88s please.

Rave

Jazz stubbies 2mm or 3mm.

Skipped

Tortex green small teardrop. Sometimes I use Tortex blue. I am very fickle.

Switched to tortex when the Faux Tortoise became extinct.

welshboyo

Black Jazz ii's - Stiffo's or whatever they are called...used to use the red's but I'm finding the blacks give a bit brighter attack which makes a huge difference with gainy stuff.

TTBZ

Normal green .88 tortex for me, been using them for years and everything else feels weird. I use thicker gator grips on bass.

EricTheWeary

vale said:

richardhomer said:

Dunlop Nylon 0.88mm - used them for over 30 years.

the plectrum breakfast of champions. 20 years for me.
firm, neither solid or flimsy. doesn't smash or tickle the strings but gives a nice firm push & stroke forward & back. & you get nice feedback through the way it flexes in your fingers. & nice grip, so even if you are sweaty or tired you never drop it. have tried lots of others but can't beat an '88 for guitar.
only thing i don't like is they are mid-grey which is a bit boring. some nicer colour '88s please.

I might get some to try as I've gone from 1.0mm to .88mm on my own plectrums, quick look at amazon says the grey .88 nylons are the plectrum of choice of Glenn Tilbrook!

richardhomer

vale said:

richardhomer said:

Dunlop Nylon 0.88mm - used them for over 30 years.

the plectrum breakfast of champions. 20 years for me.
firm, neither solid or flimsy. doesn't smash or tickle the strings but gives a nice firm push & stroke forward & back. & you get nice feedback through the way it flexes in your fingers. & nice grip, so even if you are sweaty or tired you never drop it. have tried lots of others but can't beat an '88 for guitar.
only thing i don't like is they are mid-grey which is a bit boring. some nicer colour '88s please.

Those are exactly the reasons I like them as well.

I agree about the colour - something a little less drab would be nice....

Trude

Tortex green for me. I use the "shoulders" rather than the point for some reason, so they last twice as long for me, and then I can pass them on to someone else!

HAL9000

Finger nails. I seem to have more control without a pick than with. Works ok for Mark Knopfler, Wilko, Jeff Beck, etc so I reckon I'm in fairly illustrious company.

damodai

I've been using Swisspicks sharp cheddar jazz mini for about a year , they look like a gimmick but they do seem to grip better. 

AndyR

I'm with the other stars that use Dunlop Nylon .88

Been using them for a good 25-30 years. Before that it was green and yellow tortex (I still have a tin with all the ones I was gigging with in the early 80s!).

I do have supplies of new yellow, orange, and green tortex, plus various others - a Red Bear, some metal things, some homemade ones, some sixpences, all sorts - they all sound different, and sometimes you want different when trying to get a specific sound on an overdub you're doing or something.

But when it comes down to it, Nylon .88 is my "go to" favourite for electric guitar with a pick. Feels nice and organic, digs in nicely without getting too scratchy on strats and teles, matches my fingers etc when I fingerpick.

I switched to these when I read about the picks Rory Gallagher was using. Herco, or something? Can't remember... Anyway, someone explained that Dunlop Nylon were the closest I could get. So I gave them a try and suddenly I started getting the Rory sounds I'd been lusting over, as an added bonus I stopped breaking so many strings too, so I stuck with them ever since.