and im just playing and playing and playing... and son of a bitch... my fucking pick snaps in half... Lmao has that ever happened to anyone here?.. im sure TA has snapped a few

you shouldn't use the balsawood kind!

Anx said:

yeah i know so i ripped out one of the claws on the dog..and that works fine

yeah, man. I ususally just use the rounded end when that happens. Keep it movin, son keep it movin

start using your fingers...all funkmasters..(like myself and P..freddie stone curtis..Sly jimi..ECT..) know that there's a whole lot more music that u can make with six strings when u get in there with your fingers and strum..pop..and snap dem strings !!!

prettymansson said:

man.....my fingers ALWAYS get raw after playing around with the lead or the bass. I'm sticking to the piano.

I've broken the tip of a pick off, but never in half. Ya can't overplay your stroke, patna.

Quit using those sissy thin ones ...

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...and get you some black 1mm nylon Jim Dunlop picks.


You break one of those and you've got some serious problems.


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theAudience said:

I can't seem to play with a pick.....

Graycap23 said:

Depending on the style, i'll go both ways (NO JOKES!).
Palming the pick till I need it.

Definitely a different sound/tone pick vs fingers.


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theAudience said:

I've turn my piece's into art man.....but I do want to pick up a Parker Fly.

Graycap23 said:

I hear you. Just a traditionalist I guess.
Once you get past the Strat/Tele/Les Paul/335/L5 shapes, they start to look too weird for me.


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theAudience said:

I hear you. I had an expensive ass Les Paul and traded it away by accident.

theAudience said:

Man, I swear by my Ernie Ball picks AND strings. I use a medium as far as picks go. Yeah, of course, over time, the edges of the pick becomes rough. So it's just time to trash that one and grab a fresh one. The weight of your strings has a lot to do with how your attack on the pick is going to last. If u play with heavy lumberjack strings AND you're using a thin ass pick...forget about it, player.

theAudience said:

I knew the Audience had good taste.

Even the thinner ones don't break. I use the .88's for electric & .77's (if I remember the guage correctly) for acoustic and they never break. Plus they've got a grip so they're harder to drop.
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I hate those bendy-ass Jim Dunlop strings. Okay, the super heavy ones are good for bass.

but for guitar it's gotta be the Fender kind.

never broke one in half! exactly how hard are you hitting these poor strings??

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NDRU said:

That's the ticket.


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CinisterCee said:

Even with a warning.


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Rudy said:

...for the Strat (TR to be exact)




...for the Jazz Box



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I wish I could get a picture up of my Prince engraved pearly picks... Ahhh...memories of March 18th...

This is the only pick I care about!!

During my working-in-a-guitar-store days, I used to sell fifty Fender Heavy picks to this young blues cat who played out a lot. He would basically clean me out and be back before the end of the month to clean me out again. He actually said that he went through picks that fast...

Dude was a big SRV fan - he played 12's and he played HARD. He could probably break bricks with those fingertips of his...

damn what the hell are you doing?
ive never ever broken a pick,
maybe the tip if im soloing with a light pick
but never
i like dunlap 3 mm
its big
but if you want a bright full tone it does the trick

If all else fails, try this:

http://www.instructables..../?ALLSTEPS


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