I normally use the little jazz iii picks, and quite like them. The sound they give is nicer than the equivalent tortex bigguns, and it's easy to use.
Problem is, I wear them out really fast and once the edge is worn, there is no purchase on the unwound strings.
Is there a similar pick made from diamond something harder than the red stuff that won't require me to buy dozens at a time every month?
I'm happy with my picking technique, it's relatively clean (and getting cleaner and faster) and it works for both fast riffing and lead lines by changing the angle of the pick. But it just seems to destroy them...
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Just kidding, there is hardly anything left by then...
Titanium picks? That sounds cool. I had a metal one that I liked but for the textured finish, which extended to the point and made picking fast impossible without horrendous scraping sounds before each note...
I'll look into the carbon ones for sure!
I bought a few bags so I'll never run out.
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I've never found a single pick that won't wear for me, so I stopped looking for 'wear' characteristics and started looking for tone and feel instead. I have a pretty hefty pick attack when playing rock/metal electric guitar and seem to wear through anything.
As an example, I've been learning this recently, and those fast riffs really hammer the hell out of the pick and the strings. Obviously, it takes many many hours to learn something like this, but I enjoy it anyway.
I play funk a lot, too, which also chews them up something rotten. Making a good attack sound on the note is important for me.
I'll check out the petrucci ones, too. Keep 'em coming, guys! I treat tone more important than longevity, but it's a bit of a joke, they just get mullered within a few hours.