Any pickers out there?

[bassguy]

I know we have some musicians around, any pickers out there?
I'm curious what kinds of picks you use, size, shape, thickness, material, etc.
I've started making picks for a friend of mine.

[pcdad]

Living in Socali... only pickers I seen are the ones on tv..."American Pickers"...I'm sure there are some gents who do "pick" through local shops n vintage places


PcDad

[thewatermark]

If were talking about guitar picks. I use these Dunlop - Tortex Guitar Picks (12-Pack) - Orange - 418P60_53667 and i love the thickness of it, not to hard and not flimsy, i also always keep them at my studio for other musicians to borrow, considering its in the middle of the spectrum as far as playing

[LX_Emergency]

For a second I thought this thread was going to be about nose picking.

However I've made 2 plectrums so far. Both out of Dragonsbreath custom micarta. I had some small pieces left over. They're pretty nice. I'll see if I can find a picture somewhere.

[bassguy]

I've been making mine out of tágua. I find the material to be extremely close to tortoise shell. too bad the pieces are too small to make into scales!
here's the website: www.pickersdelight.com

[Alembic]

Being a bass player, from the start I only used my fingers. I only fall back to a pick when the original player used a pick and I am trying to emulate the sound.

A good example is Wipping Post. Just doesn't sound the same finger picked.

When I do use a pick I use a heavy Fender 346 rounded triangle picks. I get a good grip and because the point is stubby, they stroke smoothly on bass strings.