.38mm plectrums..good enough for napalm death...

[TheDriller]

For anyone saying thin picks are better,
Imagine hitting a church bell with a wooden plank, listen to it.
Now imagine hitting it with a sheet of cardboard, listen again.

sounds like shit huh?

 

[JeffTD]

For anyone saying thin picks are better,
Imagine hitting a church bell with a wooden plank, listen to it.
Now imagine hitting it with a sheet of cardboard, listen again.

sounds like shit huh?

Imagine painting the thin edge of a wooden plank a paint brush, feel it.
Now imagine painting it with a brick, feel it.

Feels like shit, doesn't it?

 

[TheDriller]

Yeah jeff, bricks are shit at painting,
Points for effort though.

 

[JeffTD]

You've gotta admit, hitting a bell is a terrible comparison to hitting a guitar string. If we were comparing it to hitting a snare with a drumstick vs a rod, maybe, but a guitar string?

 

[Mattayus]

I use Jim Dunlop carbon fibre Max Grip Jazz III. You hear nothing but the strings.
With thin picks, you hear the pick almost, because it's so scratchy and flappy.

 

[reneisgod]

Its all about the ULTEX for me!

0.73

http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/standard-ultex

 

[Scissors61]

 

[-Noodles-]

All about these.

 

[locus_coeruleus]

Yeah, I know I'm a masochist

I use those for bass guitar, and the 2mm ones for guitar. Those are the best picks ever

 

[Harry Hughes]

My picks of choice for quite a while now. I imagine I'm not alone in using these

 

[zirkonflex]

Tortex 1.35 SHARP, the absolute boss.
The sharpness is really the shit, certainly my main pick right now.

 

[SimonTaddio_Qc]

I have quite a collection of picks and when recording DIs, I'd say I can spend at least 1 hour finding the best sounding one. Sometimes I'll even use different ones for different riffs.
The thickness of the pick alone is not that relevant, as the strings gauge has a lot to do with which pick works/sounds best.

I remember jamming with a gypsy kind of guy a couple months ago, and the guy was just using HUUUUUUUGE picks, like 3+ mm, but he had one of the best sounding pick attack I've ever heard on an acoustic guitar, but obviously these wouldn't work as good in another context.

 

[Maybelater]

I think new picks with a few seconds of shredding are the best. I do believe the thicker picks have a better tone to them and also believe if you can pick well on a thicker pick you will be able to pick well on a thinner pick as well. BTW, Thinner picks tend to Bow and I hate that, When a pick starts to bow or get worn I toss it for a new one right away. That's just me.

 

[Maybelater]

This is how I roll and have been rolling for years. .38mm seem just too thin to me

I also like these but nothing less than 1 mm.

 

[drope934]

3.0mm triangle live , otherwise 1mm triangle regular dunlop at home

 

[robfromthedeep]

 

[FIXXXER]

 

[Erratic]

LMFAO this is awesome for burning your guitar without gaz and matches lawl

 

[zirkonflex]

Napalm Death is not the authority on great sounding andclean guitar tracks btw.
I bet those guys just say fuck it and cut their picks from an old credit card if they feel like it.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Dunlop Pitch Black Jazz and the Jazz Max-Grip. Thin picks have a thin sound.

this!

usually I prefer Pickboy ST4 Stone though, but they're too expensive.

best alternative for a good sound is the JazzIII Ultex, live I'm playing the max grips as well