I use white Sharkfin picks. Don't know the thickness in mm (I'd guess medium gauge) or the make (I've forgotten) but I really like them now. You get used to the wierd shape after a while, but I like them a lot - more surface area to grip too.
Just because today i was in a musicshop looking around gear, i thought i'd bring this back up again.
I started using Jazz III's (black) a while back and find them really great pics. Also, while i was in the musicshop today, i looked at some of the newer picks they had in.
I bought 3 Dunlop Tortex 1.14 Jazz picks and a couple of 3mm stubbies and this is my conclusion:
The Tortex Jazz picks are too thin for shredding. They're too flexible i find and don't put up too much resistance. I also found them quite hard to grip. The upside to this is they're very good accoustic picks i found and can do pretty well for strumming and sweeping.
The 3mm stubbies i decided i would only ever use on my 7-string, just to give it the added beasty sound. I found them too fat to use for shredding and found the Jazz III's to be nicer.
And an added thing: as i was looking through this thread, i noticed people saying they find it hard to shred on anything lower then 2mm picks. Well, the Jazz III picks are 1.48 i think, and they're probably the best i think. I've seem shredders use really really light picks and use a technique where they apply pressure to the pick to tense it up and make it stronger. This means they can have flexable riffing but fast tight leads. Quite a funny technique. I haven't mastered it, and probably never will want to, but you guys should give it a go
Geez guys what are you using those paper thin picks for!? I use 3mm jim dunlop big stubbys, with 11-49 strings on my RG520. The stubbys are great cause they are 3mmm where you hold them but taper and round where you pick so you can use a very small amount of pick but get much more power than ANY other pick .great for utlra fast shredding and tremolo picking
I use Dunlop 2mm (extra heavy) delrin picks, I don't dig into the strings that much so i let the pick do alot of the work, this has enable me to develop a lighter touch so i can play much faster without tensing up. Same with my left hand using scalloped necks, i've got a very light touch
Also i'd like to add, I used to go through picks like there was no tommorow in the past due to excessive playing. Those fender extra heavy whites were absolutley crap, went through one within 2 hours of playing. My Dunlop delrins last ages at 2mm
no ... shouldn't you be practising on your guitar to try and actually match you claims of being such a guitar god, i'll email Zakk to see if he wants any lessons from you in the future ...
no ... shouldn't you be practising on your guitar to try and actually match you claims of being such a guitar god, i'll email Zakk to see if he wants any lessons from you in the future ...
' I'm taking a break from 10 Hours worth of practise. Mybe if Zakk practised that much, he'd be good too.Zakk is too thick to learn anything'
I suggest you do some research before making such statements .. You obviously don't know as much as you would like to think you do about players if you accuse a highly accomplished player like Zakk Wylde to slack on practising ...
' I'm taking a break from 10 Hours worth of practise. Mybe if Zakk practised that much, he'd be good too.Zakk is too thick to learn anything'
I suggest you do some research before making such statements .. You obviously don't know as much as you would like to think you do about players if you accuse a highly accomplished player like Zakk Wylde to slack on practising ...
Well he sucks so therefore he obviously doesn't practise.
Look at Matthew Mills. He has practised 5 hours per day & look how bad ass he is. He'll make Zakk Wylde cry his ass off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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