Let’s share about our favorite guitar picks.
Jazz III’s are a popular favorite in my area, although I’ve almost always bought the cheapo Fender mediums and heavys. My dad played these powdergripped Dunlap tortexes for years, but they always felt so weird and out of place to me. I have a professional musician friend who swears by BlueChip flat picks. I’ll defer to the community towards fingerpicks, felt picks, and sixpence coins.
I love the yellow dunlops, but have had a great time oddly with stainless steel picks… They make me play differently, which is kind of neat :)
Stainless steel is definitely a new one for me. I’ll need to try one out if I ever get the opportunity. How do they make you play different?
I can half recommend them! I was in a rut and saw a guitar player I like called Steve Albini used them, and as all good decisions go figured why not? 😅
I think they make me play more intentionally, as there’s a mental note that this probably is likely to snap strings (not happened yet in the year I’ve used them), but also I found the lack of flex means the attack can be clangy or scratch, so there’s that too.
I realise these sound like drawbacks… I may have made guitar harder accidentally
It’s been a year though, I guess I keep coming back to them! Likely worth trying a coin before getting a bunch (I think my set of 20ish were cheap Amazon ones, £5 max)… The picks are way thinner than coins, but it’s a non-commital trial!
