"Not Worth its own thread" Thread

[KnightBrolaire]

Shit, I'll print out some PLA-CF picks your you dudes for $19. that's carbon fibre, baby! So stronk!

Make me some Torlon jazz iiis and I'll give you all the money lol

 

[nightsprinter]

I've owned a single Big Stubby pick for probably 25 years of more. I never use it, lose it for years at a time, and that sucker just keeps showing up at random.

 

[wiretap]

Ah that makes sense. I used the thinnest picks I could find for most of my life and then about 5 years ago I finally gave in and tried one of the goofy looking baby picks my old bandmates were obsessed with (thick jazz III) and I haven't gone back since.

Yeah, those are the ones I use for tracking ideas sometimes. They definitely force me to play a bit lighter and have more control, but they’re also ssssooo dark sounding that I will often switch back to the thinner XL’s because they just have more attack.

 

[Crungy]

I've owned a single Big Stubby pick for probably 25 years of more. I never use it, lose it for years at a time, and that sucker just keeps showing up at random.

I bought a 2 mm big stubby when I was in middle or high school that I had for decades. I may even have it to this day lmao

 

[nightsprinter]

I bought a 2 mm big stubby when I was in middle or high school that I had for decades. I may even have it to this day lmao

Hell yeah vintage stubby bros

 

[Seabeast2000]

I have a bunch of big stubbys. Going to add to my estate.

 

[nightsprinter]

I have a bunch of big stubbys. Going to add to my estate.

They're like trash cans. Almost impossible to throw away.

 

[BlackMastodon]

Make me some Torlon jazz iiis and I'll give you all the money lol

BRB, searching "Torlon filament spools bulk"

 

[youngthrasher9]

Similarly to the big stubby phenomenon above, I bought two packs of hetfield sig picks when I was like 15 and I still find them around. I’ve moved 13 times since I bought them.

 

[Shask]

I've never worn out a pick other than a thin gauge in my entire life. Shit, I only change strings once a year. I think new strings have too much zing for my poor taste in tone.

Usually I just keep playing it, and I dont even notice how bad they are until I hold it up to another one and notice like half of it is gone.

I bought some Tortex Jazz III XLs in a few sizes last week. I have been using the Jazz III and Petrucci Jazz IIIs the last few years, so changing it up. I am liking the 1.14 thickness, so will probably order some normal Tortex Jazz IIIs in 1.14 soon. They have a little more snap than the 1.4 I have been used to. Cant decide if I like the regular or XL better.

 

[soul_lip_mike]

What's the best way to get a guitar signed? Misha is doing a clinic near me and I want to try to get my bulb prototype signed. Was thinking on the black control cavity cover but not sure what type of marker would work best on it.

 

[nightsprinter]

What's the best way to get a guitar signed? Misha is doing a clinic near me and I want to try to get my bulb prototype signed. Was thinking on the black control cavity cover but not sure what type of marker would work best on it.

White paint pen or silver sharpie. Then preserve the sig on the cavity cover with the factory film they put on them so your belt/shirt/whatever won't rub it off with regular friction? Just a guess.

 

[KentBrockman]

Except for one, I still have all of the picks that I acquired the year I started playing guitar (2007). And yes, one of them is a red Big Stubby!

I rarely lose picks. I think I still have all 12 of the Gators from the pack that ny uncle bought me in 2009.

I bought two packs of red Jazz IIIs in 2015 that I still have. Same with the tortex Jazz IIIs I bought in 2016. I think I’ve bought two more bags since then (white tortex Jazz III since I wanted a new color and gator Jazz III).

My secret is that I don’t put them down anywhere when I am playing out of the house. I put them in my pocket.

 

[AwakenTheSkies]

I go through picks really fast. I don’t know how you guys do it that they last so long.
If I’m on a recording streak, maybe a couple songs with bass included and the pick will have lost it’s sharpness. I guess I keep them around until they start to sound scrapey.
And if I’m on a practice streak it will also lose its sharpness pretty fast.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

The pick material/geometry really changes how long a pick lasts for me.
Flatter/Sharper points get obliterated almost instantly, while beveled shapes tend to last a lot longer.

Celluloid gets destroyed in like 30 mins or less with me.
Nylon and Delrin (Tortex) tend to hold up better over time ime.
Delrin is probably my favorite nonboutique material choice as it's cheap, quiet and durable for the most part.
Stuff like CF is noisier and messier. I hate having shredded carbon dust all over my guitar after playing.
Acrylic makes lots of weird extraneous noise and wears down way too quickly for my taste. Borosilicate glass is similarly noisy but way more durable.
Brass/Steel is very noisy and very durable..

UHMPWE is dead quiet and super durable, but very uncommon outside of boutique brands. Some people hate how quiet it is and call it "dead sounding".

Torlon is smoother than UHMPWE but not glassy or noisy. It's super durable but extremely uncommon.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

IDK what dunlop flows are made from, I really like how they play but I burn through them so fast. I can make one last a week or two of practice but the excitement of a gig burns one from fresh to trash in an hour every time.

 

[STRHelvete]

I use the Big Stubbys for bass and they work well.

So after commenting that I ordered Jazz picks and they were super small and I hated them, I ended up using them exclusively now. I fuggin love those things.

 

[wiretap]

IDK what dunlop flows are made from, I really like how they play but I burn through them so fast. I can make one last a week or two of practice but the excitement of a gig burns one from fresh to trash in an hour every time.

I just got some of the .73mm flows I’ve been trying out, gonna give them a whirl at a show this week. They’re a little more fat overall than the Jazz XL but the shape seems to be helpful with fast palm muting when I’m standing up verses the XL

 

[KnightBrolaire]

IDK what dunlop flows are made from, I really like how they play but I burn through them so fast. I can make one last a week or two of practice but the excitement of a gig burns one from fresh to trash in an hour every time.

Sounds like Nylon, but Dunlop does have Delrin, Ultex and some other materials lumped under Flow picks now. It used to just be Delrin and Ultex iirc. Try some Ultex picks (like the Primetone series), they're pretty great tbh.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Sounds like Nylon, but Dunlop does have Delrin, Ultex and some other materials lumped under Flow picks now. It used to just be Delrin and Ultex iirc. Try some Ultex picks (like the Primetone series), they're pretty great tbh.

I think it's ultex, I had a few of the regular shaped ultex picks and it's a similar material. See-thru, stiff, acrylic-y.

I still prefer a plain old black 1.0mm dunlop nylon for strumming and ambient stuff, but really like the sharp, stiff pick for heavier riffing and melody lines that need to stand out in a dense/loud band setting.

I was using Star picks for a long time but I grew to prefer a beveled edge.

I ordered a bag of the black max grip "stiffo" jazz picks and I wanted to like them but they're so tiny.