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Post by chrissh on Jul 19, 2012 11:29:47 GMT -5
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Post by Infinite Ego on Jul 19, 2012 13:51:08 GMT -5
Oh, I was hoping for an econo-assortment pack of 5 or 7 picks at a reduced introductory price of, say, $15,000 ;D |
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Post by chrissh on Jul 20, 2012 12:47:54 GMT -5
Oh, I was hoping for an econo-assortment pack of 5 or 7 picks at a reduced introductory price of, say, $15,000 ;D Yes, buy in bulk. How can you throw a handful of rockstar platinum picks into your blingy audience at those prices-per-piece? |
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Post by aliensporebomb on Jul 22, 2012 0:52:58 GMT -5
Or a bunch of creeps who can't play like a TRUE ROCKER (whatever that is).
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Post by dasein on Aug 15, 2012 17:49:18 GMT -5
So I gave in and ordered myself a V-Pick Chester.
Part of me wanted to hate it, because I certainly don't need my favorite pick to cost $25 + shipping.
But no... it's great.
Ridiculously comfortable, no more cutting off the circulation to my thumb.
Sounds great, none of the cheap plastic sound of Dunlop thumbpicks or Fred Kelly's.
Cuts through the strings like a steak knife and the edge doesn't wear away easily.
It doesn't have the height adjustment like Fred Kelly Bumblebee picks do, but honestly it's not necessary. Flatpicking is a breeze, so I don't have to get anal about adjusting it.
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Post by Infinite Ego on Aug 15, 2012 19:56:45 GMT -5
Cool. I thought you might really like them
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Post by mirth on Aug 16, 2012 5:54:12 GMT -5
hmm, I really like the idea of thumb picks, but I've never found one that I liked at all. There is no way I'll 25 dollars for one though, and I imagine the "upstroke" limitation on the V picks would be a deal breaker. If I could just find the right size, angle, girth, material, etc... I'd be a very happy person. I have the Bumble Bee, but it just feels wrong, and the moving angle is annoying, plus the material on the pick itself is pretty horrid. I still like the idea of it. If it could use the EJ Jazz III pick, and was set at the right angle for me (a lefty), I'd probably use it indefinitely.
Speaking of picks, I've grown to really like the EJ Jazz III picks lately. I kind of got away from Jazz IIIs for a little bit, but my picking angle has been slowly shifting the last 6 months, and now they feel really good.
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Post by chromedinette on Aug 26, 2012 7:10:20 GMT -5
I have decided I am not wild about any of the V Picks that I tried. The really thick ones are too alien to me and the thinner ones wear strangely and i get the pick caught on the strings. I have been having the most luck with these,  I had been using the super pointy purple tortex picks, but I think the point was getting in the way of things I have been trying to do that require my alternate picking to improve. I also have some Pick Boy picks that I am going to try. |
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Post by Infinite Ego on Aug 26, 2012 9:53:19 GMT -5
my new pick of choice is the Clayton acetal teardrop 1.26mm
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Post by mirth on Aug 26, 2012 15:54:34 GMT -5
Yeah I've played with the few vpicks I have and honesty they are by far my least favorite picks I've tried. The material is weird for me. I got the variety pack, and didn't like any of them. Still I kept trying.
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Post by brucestevens on Aug 28, 2012 6:19:47 GMT -5
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Post by chrissh on Aug 30, 2012 13:58:44 GMT -5
I found the Tortex TIII picks are soft enough that the large wide holding end can be easily sanded down to a smaller shape. I also scratch hash marks in the surface for grip and they otherwise make pretty nice picks.
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Post by aliensporebomb on Aug 31, 2012 22:29:51 GMT -5
I'm still trying picks out.
I'm waiting for the Trebor Jazzology copy of the Jazz III made from titanium.
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Post by chromedinette on Sept 4, 2012 5:35:33 GMT -5
Just about everything I try with the exception of the regular old Tortex picks wears strangely and gets caught in the strings. I have only really tried V Picks and some Pickboy picks, though.
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Post by bear on Nov 2, 2012 6:32:38 GMT -5
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