merlyn wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:06 pm
I used to have a cup full of Jazz IIIs. I preferred the red ones, which were made of nylon I think. A friend seeing the cup asked "Do you think you have enough picks?" The obvious answer was "Yes." I wasn't going to run out in the foreseeable future.
It was a friend recommended these. He had tried the wooden ones, but found they wear down quite quickly as he plays hard. He had graduated to agate. Really. It appears Dugain don't offer stone picks any more, but they do offer stainless steel :
I use the Minidug and I recently got one made out of 'Synthetic R' whatever that is. I tried the different types of plastic -- acrylic, acetate and delrin. Acetate was good, but it wore down quickly, so I used delrin for a while. That also wears down eventually, so I'm trying synthetic R which is "very, very resistant". If it still has a point after a year I would concur that it is indeed "very, very resistant".
There's also a new material -- galalith or milk stone. This is what used to be plastic before plastic. It's made of milk. Really. Tons of milk used to be used to make this before oil based plastic. It's probably what Django used, and I noticed it's what some of the picks on the Wegen picks site are made from.
Michael Wegen doesn't say exactly what his picks are made of but I'm pretty sure it's an advanced acrylic used to make dentures not caesin (he keeps the exact formula a bit if a secret). His pics are all hand made and machined from solid not cast (he's a model maker by trade).
I remember there was a certain formula of pick that was like a mini firework when you set it on fire. Flames in all directions. Almost exciting!!
ok - we all can’t afford to burn a guitar!
BJG145 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:05 am
Jazz III FTW. The Ultex version is my standard pick, though I still haven't settled on the perfect strumming pick. I can't play rhythm with it.
It seems like it's pick time. There's a discussion of this on another thread.
When you say you "can't play rhythm with it" do you mean it flies out of your hand, or you don't like the sound?
I don't strum a huge amount, but I used to do the Curtis Mayfield song Moving On Up in a band. Moving On Up has sixteenth note strumming and I managed that with a heavy pick. That's more of a funk thing.
There is a certain folk strumming sound where a heavy pick might not get the sound you want.
Sam Spoons wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:13 pm
Michael Wegen doesn't say exactly what his picks are made of but I'm pretty sure it's an advanced acrylic used to make dentures...
So that's how Jimi could play so well with his teeth?!!!
Sam Spoons wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:13 pm
Michael Wegen doesn't say exactly what his picks are made of but I'm pretty sure it's an advanced acrylic used to make dentures...
So that's how Jimi could play so well with his teeth?!!!
Working in the music press, you obviously have incisor knowledge.
Sam Spoons wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:13 pm
Michael Wegen doesn't say exactly what his picks are made of but I'm pretty sure it's an advanced acrylic used to make dentures...
So that's how Jimi could play so well with his teeth?!!!
Working in the music press, you obviously have incisor knowledge.
Sam Spoons wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:13 pm
Michael Wegen doesn't say exactly what his picks are made of but I'm pretty sure it's an advanced acrylic used to make dentures...
So that's how Jimi could play so well with his teeth?!!!
Working in the music press, you obviously have incisor knowledge.
