Picks DO make a big difference in sound. I've never made them myself,
except for an attempt at one from Lignum Vitae. A very dense wood that is
also oily. It sounded good, but I whittled it down too small for it's
thickness. I have a thin one made from the same material that is 351
sized, but the tone wasn't as good as the thick one I made.
In general I like thick, rigid picks. I just ordered some Eric Johnson
Jazz IIIs. I used to really like JazzIIIs years ago, but they changed the
material they used. I still use them, for some of my playing but
hopefully the "new and improved" will be closer to the old ones.
In general, although I have a lot of nice gear, I'm not a gear snob. So
when you can change your tone for the better but buying a pick or some
heavier (or different) guitar strings my inner miser says "Yeah!".
Scott
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:43:54 -0000 "Elliot B" <optics22000@...>
writes:
Roger,
OK, how much (and why) does choice of pick matter? I'm not arguing
that it doesn't, I just want to know how many people think the pick
makes a significant difference in tone.
I made some picks for a friend who couldn't find what he wanted,
these ended up being about 2 mm thick, rather small, with taper sort
of like a knife edge, but not sharp. They were made from a plastic
intended for molding cell phones; very hard and stiff, way beyond
traditional plastics.
The string slipped off the edge a lot faster than picks with larger
radii (less sharp).
I didn't like them, but he is vastly more experienced than me, maybe
I'm just not ready for better picks.
Anyone else out there make picks?
Elliot
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