Legend has it if you play fast enough it will burst into flames using just friction. Bear Grylls also carries Fender picks around as a survival tool as a reliable way of making a fire in far-flung places.
TBH these fender picks look really cool. I got some for free once and I don't use them. They are put in a safe place. When I want to look at them I look. When I want to play I use my fingers cause i'm a bassist.
Nice thicc burnt marshmallow picc. On another note, try out the Andy James or John Petrucci signature Dunlop Flow picks. They don't feel as thick at 2mm because of the logo being stamped instead of raised. The Ultex material is incredibly grippy, even when sweating, and the Petrucci version is much closer to a jazz 3 if you don't like the regular flow size. I swap a lot between Dava's and Flow's for different tonal purpose when recording or just to make a run a bit easier.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that put flame to a fender celluloid pick after seeing this. I did it outside though. My neighbours had some questions. Then they lit one on fire too.
I've found the Dunlop Big Stubby 3mm to be THE pick for me. Massive enough to minimise pick loss, great grip, smooth playing, but still pretty decent attack for Metal rhythm playing
My dad loved his expensive cymbals lol. When we went to guitar center, he would spend all of his time with cymbals, and always kept his cymbals polished and nice.
And? That's part of the drum kit. That's like saying I bought a $500 pickup for my guitar. So what. Now if you paid $500 for drumsticks, then we could talk.
When I had first started playing guitar I lit one of those fender picks on fire cause I was trying to melt it to make my own pickshape and I accidentally made a ball of fire in my room
I feel like the Purple had a ton of midrange. I would love to hear it demo'd on an acoustic. I use either a Jazz III Tortex or a brass TeckPick on my acoustic when I'm not fingerpicking and it would be fun experimenting with a behemoth like that.
I'm like a super nerd when it comes to picks... I collect them. There aren't very many videos online about people's passion for the plectrum. Love your stuff Keep it up man! ✌
I also use jazz 3 but they are the black max grip. I've used the jazz 3 picks since year 2 or 3 of guitar playing and I've never looked back. For me it gave me more precision and speed.
I prefer a 1mm pick, same shape as the fender one, but I cut it so it's very sharp. I do this because I like the height of the fender pick, but the sharpness of a jazz pick, so it's a good in-between
As a person who uses Dunlop big stubby and other thicker picks, I find it much easier, plus the picks life last longer as it doesn’t bend and slowly wears down. Plus tremolo picking is a million times easier as the pick doesn’t dig into the strings and get caught.
I’d like to suggest the Jazz iii Max grip carbon fibers. I feel it has the best of all traits. Normal jazz thickness, improved grip surface and the carbon fiber has the best longevity in a pick I’ve ever used.
@@Manik530 I love the regular Petrucci Jazz III, I also tried his flow model which also for me is really "flowy" and easy to use but it makes me lose a lot of sound brightness and attack especially on cleans
what the hell are you doing to your picks where they deteriorate? i've been using the same red nylon jazz iiis for years and they looks exactly the same.
I have played the same fender heavy that came in my guitar case for more than three years playing bass and guitar daily and it still works just fine (?
I had a Dunlop nylon thin pick (orange) that never took wear. It lasted years until I lost it. Most pick material does abrade faster though. I use Dunlop tortex Jazz III XL picks these days. They wear down on the points, but I buy bulk bags of 100 at a time and like the sound and feel of them, so I'm fine with it.
I guess you never do pick slides. I have a bowl full of different jazz 3s and almost all of them are quite banged up. Petrucci signatures also tend to get rounder the more I play with one.
I just would like to add that I can't keep up with a pick for more than one use after I put it down I think they self destruct or something. That or either little pick goblins crawl out and steal them.
@@musicmason You sir might have just solved two of the biggest mysteries on Earth. Where do picks go and why do I have all these extra plastic lids. Whats the quote, "Its a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." But I do think that you sir have just solved both these questions.
@@trailryder5813 now we just have to figure out how to turn them back into picks. I wonder what a Tupperware pick would sound like. Couldn't be that bad, it makes sweet tea taste better.
@@musicmason Are you suggesting a business model for a Pick Recovery Company? Maybe even a reality TV show? But the real question is what came first the pick or the lid?
@@juanpgomez1299 If she threw a pebble at you when you dumped her, then you turned said pebble into a pick... this does not count as a pick MADE from a pebble GIVEN to you by said ex. Lol😂😂😂
How can your Jazz IIIs/nylon picks last so little? I've had mine for a few months now and they seem to take it well, except for pick scraping (they sound weak/dull for that)
Dunlop Flows are usually made of Ultex, or Ultem/PEI. I recently got into thicker picks up to 2 mm with those, and I noticed that nylon above like 1.5 mm thickness is actually quite sturdy. So I started making my own picks made of 2 mm nylon (or rather, PA6/Perlon), shaped with three equal tips modelled after the Flow. It's pretty nice, and since it's basically three tips (like a triangle pick) it'll last a very long time. What I didn't like about the Flow, especially the 2 mm on, was that they're quite noisy on the high strings. Lots of PING noise on attack.
I find my biggest issue with picks is them slipping and re-orienting when playing. when i discovered brain picks snarling dogs with the super sharp grip it was a game changer but i never like the bevel on the tip so i would sand them on emmery boards. eventually i found dava picks, prime tones, and other jazz 3 style beveled tips that allowed for pinch harmonics and speed picking but also offered a rubberized or textured grip. I haven't tried the super chunk picks but I have put a concerted effort into refining my pick preference as it absolutely makes a difference on your technical ability with the instrument as well as pick attack tone, because as you say the basic fender mediums that come with your first guitar just don't cut it. I also use thump picks from time to time there's one called a "bumble bee" that uses a jazz 3 and is very comfortable compared to the jim dunlops that will turn your finger purple in 30 minutes. good video dude nice to see a pick video that isn't an artist pimping their own tin of signature picks.
I'm a big fan of the Dunlop Tortex Sharp picks, I love the texture and how smoothly the pick the strings. I've been using 0.88mm for years although I just got a sampler pack and I must say I'm really liking the 1.5mm thick picks, they may be my new go to. It makes tremolo picking effortless, it feels like cheating.
I used to use those paper thin picks and I stood by them for a long while, than I tried an ultex 2mm. I’ve used them since then. They wear out fast but it matches my intense playing, and is actually really good for clean calm stuff. I have no idea how I ever stood those thin ones. Great video, you should win some sort of award for the fuego.
I have a handful of these Purple Plectrum picks in various sizes and overall I think they are pretty cool. I've taken them on a few tours and haven't lost them and they are really good for warming up pre show but also I've switched to them mid show a few times when my hand cramps up (I do a LOT of tremolo picking) and it would help ease my hand for sure.
Fun fact: if you do what I do and grind a bulk load of cheap celluloid blanks so they're pointy, the dust/powder that is leftover is borderline explosive
Angus Hampton Carr I’ve been using flows as well, they’re cool but I seem to have more control over hits if I use the light Black Ice. I might try mediums
Jazz III's are my favorite picks as well however... I played a pick recently made of ACTUAL tortoise shell and it was shaped almost exactly like a Jazz III and had the same thickness. It was the best pick I've ever used. Period. Tried it on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin and even Bass (I play with my fingers on bass UNLESS I'm playing super heavy metal style stuff) and the tortoise shell pick is my favorite of all time.
I too had a tortoise shell pick once thing was super warm the guy told me it was intended for nylon string guitars it was nice till I dropped it and it went into the pick void.. rip
More of this content please. The back-to-back comparisons of different aspects of playing really help in judging. The smaller accessories get ignored as channels focus on pedals etc. But everything adds up to your tone and style. Cheers.
The Dunlop Flow 2mm is the absolute smallest pick im willing to use, it is my main pick if im not using my Donlop Flow 3mm pick. But the biggest pick I have is made by the same people where you got your Purple Plectrum, but only 8mm
Well, imo holding your fingers on your picking hand a bit more together will benefit you. Thy hand will be more focused, and you don't need that wind of fingers anyways. Besides, more focused and out together pisition of the fingers benefits hybrid picking So. Yeah. Aaanyways, the into run was a bit lacking in clarity, like, everything was a bit kuddy. Maybe more accurate muting with mire practice will help? Aaanyways. Nice video, thanks for making it.
You can't buy the Jazz III in bulk?? I bought a box of them from the UK on ebay, some months ago. They where Jazz III XL though, i don't know if you dislike the sightly bigger size. But i think you can get the regular Jazz III as well
having used dunlop jazz 3's and 205 jazztones for years, I bought a few primetone jazz 3's and fell in love. After using those for a few years, I bought some petrucci flow picks earlier this year because they were the smallest flow pick and I wanted to try the hype. Literally all I use now because I can manipulate them to be almost as subtle as the primetone, as useful in lead as the jazz and they flow, so you get the same type of string release as the jazztones. The bigger size actually helps me in hybrid picking as well.
0:42 I don't have any. I use my thumb to play (in more ways than this lame joke). Anyways, that's what I use to play guitars. It just feels natural for me- and I tried every brand available and even nickles, pennies and my own fingernails. I don't know why that is. I can't depend on a pick to get a pinch harmonic but I know how to do it on the side of my thumb. We are all wired differently, I suppose.
... now in the 2024 we use picks made from solid rock from Bikini Atoll, by the way those hated Fender 351 Classic Celluloid picks are my new favorite after 36 years playing electric guitar, must be red color and heavy... :)
I just received the exact same 16mm Purple Plectrum (MidTech Spade) today, and although it is very comfortable and plays surprisingly well, I'm getting ridiculous amount of chirp, with both clean jazz tones and high-gain metal tones. It's so excessive that it's comical, if not for the almost $30 I spent on it. Maybe it takes some adjusting of my technique to get rid of all that very loud chirping (and I don't have the same problem with other relatively thick picks from V-pick). Any tips on how to deal with this?
I went through all this ... longevity vs tone vs feel vs price I’ve ended up using something very similar to the tortex jazz III , DELRIN (tortex) 1.5mm But for quite a while I really like the gravity picks, acrylic, both 2mm and 3mm and the triangular ones were the best most long lasting , obviously down to having 3 picking surfaces.
My experience with huge picks (granted 2mm was the thickest I ever went) is that they worked better when I had bad technique, my wrist movements were unstable, tense and just all over the place so I needed something to stabilize my right hand, and when I went and got better technique by practicing my ass off, I started looking more for precision and landed comfortably with a medium 1.35mm jazz 3 I think a lot of these players who play these absurdly huge picks (not that many of them aren't great) have some issues with tension and instability of motion with their right hand, which is still visible in their playing (I would know, I went through the exact same thing, the pick just could never be big enough to be comfortable) I think that the issue is people looking for shortcuts (which actually does work to an extent but never fully) and a way for a larger pick to stabilize an unpracticed movement at the expense of accuracy, while the really great guys who have complete and perfect control of the pick slant and range of motion for stuff like inside and outside picking and string skipping, usually use the standard 1.38mm/1.35mm jazz 3 just to get as much out of their already stellar technique as possible
The material of the Flow Picks is the same as the Ultex, but dyed. It's basically Polyetherimide, which is a high performance polymer. It's even harder and much more durable than Delrin (Tortex Picks). Drop a Tortex and an Ultex pick on a hard surface, the Ultex sounds much glassier. So is its tone, much more snap. You can't hear a difference on overdriven electric guitars, but I love the clarity on acoustics. The normal Ultex picks are not dyed. Polyetherimide has a transparent yellow color. I play 1 or 1.5 mm Ultex Sharp picks (normal size with Jazz III tip...yummy ..plus they have a beveled edge, nice and flowy...but not as much as the flow) and sometimes thicker flow picks, but the high price of the Flows scares me away. ...long story short it's a pretty advanced polymer, but nothing proprietary. Nerd talk off!
I use a Snarling Dog Brain Picks in 0.53 so I'm a fan of thinner, more grippy picks. I play a lot of black metal/music that features more tremolo picking so that's my go-to pick. That said I might have to give that chungus a go. Looks wild.
Fun video man. I was knocked off of being a drummer a couple years back due to a wrist injury. Decided to pick up the guitar, and, well, I am sold on Purple Plectrum's stuff. I have 2 arrows and 1 scallon all three at 9mm. Love the tone and feel. Complete rubbish for pick scraping though. Thanks for featuring it. Enjoy!
1:30 Idk if you'll see this but I bought a bag of Jazz 3s. About 20 for a less than 20 quid on Thomann. I've been cycling through the picks the past 2 years. Lost a few under the couch probably but they last ages for me.
Wow,I clicked on Purple Plectrum and those are some expensive picks.One was $59.95.I play bass and was dropping picks so I found the V Picks Psycho use by Billy Sheehan and it's about 10 mm the thickest I have seen I bought one for about 12 bucks thinking "how expensive".But I like it.Im gonna look into that 16 mm job you've shown us.Nice work. P.S I went back on and saw one for $89.95!!!! Sold out!!!
Your 2 videos on guitar picks, this one and the expensive guitar pick video, are the only guitar pick video that I could actually tell a difference in tone on an electric guitar. Maybe you should do a video on how you recorded the sound?
Dunlop Flows or what I have been using. I cant use super thick picks because I dont pick hard enough if I do, so I use .78 for now. Thick picks can be good solos but I need thinner ones when I play riffs.
I have a small dipping bowl I bought for a dollar and somehow became the place I store all of the picks I don't use. It's almost full of picks of all shapes, sizes, and thicknesses; from 0.73 to 4.2mm. On my desk and in the pick pouch on my keychain are 0.73mm Jazz IIIs for most electric stuff (in white, because they're easier to find in the dark) and 0.73mm Everly Star Picks for acoustic and strummier electric stuff. The thin Jazz III feels almost like fingerpicking without extra pick mass to push through. I like a standard pick shape for strumming, and the star cutout in the Star Picks really is the best pick grip, in my opinion.
There is a 0.73, 0.60 and a 0.50 Dunlop tortex Jazz III, I actually have a 0.73 and it is really good, dnt know about 0.60 and 0.50., also for me a 0.73 Jazz III is the most balanced for pick scraping and just playing, but a 1.14 is still my favourite!
"This is a Fender, Celluloid, Medium-gauge pic, because it's a common pic, we're going to test it against the others."
*Immediately lights in on fire*
Trial by fire? 🔥
Legend has it if you play fast enough it will burst into flames using just friction. Bear Grylls also carries Fender picks around as a survival tool as a reliable way of making a fire in far-flung places.
Lucky it wasn’t nitrate…
TBH these fender picks look really cool. I got some for free once and I don't use them. They are put in a safe place. When I want to look at them I look. When I want to play I use my fingers cause i'm a bassist.
@@noideaforthecanalsname1896 lmao this is actually funny as fuck
Wow a 12 minute video about guitar picks....
Mate I could talk for probably 8 hours about guitar picks it’s fine
This is porn to us. You dirty man.
@@PC85X LMAO great comment.
Nice thicc burnt marshmallow picc.
On another note, try out the Andy James or John Petrucci signature Dunlop Flow picks. They don't feel as thick at 2mm because of the logo being stamped instead of raised. The Ultex material is incredibly grippy, even when sweating, and the Petrucci version is much closer to a jazz 3 if you don't like the regular flow size. I swap a lot between Dava's and Flow's for different tonal purpose when recording or just to make a run a bit easier.
I've actually seen a lot longer vids on pics.
Throwing 16mm picks into the audience.. kabonk!
Head trauma
*Bonk*
Bönk
Throwing regular picks into the audience... Adios
It’s basically an arrowhead at this point
I like my guitar picks like I like my women, thick.
But not too thick
Black?
But do you lose your women like you lose guitar picks? Haha!
Just like women, I buy my guitar picks for 50p each from a store
I like my picks like I like my men. Mute and easily replaceable.
Imagine using a normal jazz 3, LOL.
This post was made by Kirk Hammet Signature purple sparkle jazz 3 gang
replied to by the jim root jazz 3 gang
Vores u in John petrucci signature jazz 3
Scofs in Eric Johnson jazz 3
I love the Kirk Hammett jazz 3
@@potatoheadhaoy john petrucci jazz 3 gang (edit: maybe i should mention i moved to swiss picks and i ordered some winspears recently lol)
16mm is thick? I should show this to my girlfriend
Yahli Gowans LMAO
LOL
Lmao
heh
low key brest comment
Me: *laughs in fingerstyle*
You will play metal and solos with fingers lol
@@almond42069 why not
@@almond42069 flamenco?
@@anuvette You'r God level
@@lancia-037 what flamenco?
KDH: Don't try this at home
Me: Tries this at home.
Don't worry though, I accept liability for my house burning down.
No you didn't, you told the wife the last thing you remember was plugging your guitar into the Marshall and it spontaneously combusted...
I’m glad I’m not the only one that put flame to a fender celluloid pick after seeing this. I did it outside though. My neighbours had some questions. Then they lit one on fire too.
I've found the Dunlop Big Stubby 3mm to be THE pick for me. Massive enough to minimise pick loss, great grip, smooth playing, but still pretty decent attack for Metal rhythm playing
"Im fiscally irresponsible."
Drummers: pfft you call that irresponsible, i just bought a new $500 cymbal
Haha I'm indeed.and sadly most crashes worth having ar at least $250-400
My dad loved his expensive cymbals lol. When we went to guitar center, he would spend all of his time with cymbals, and always kept his cymbals polished and nice.
I have an electric drum set. Td27kv gang where you at?
And? That's part of the drum kit. That's like saying I bought a $500 pickup for my guitar. So what.
Now if you paid $500 for drumsticks, then we could talk.
@@J.C... homie, it's a joke on a comment from a year ago. Chill out lmao
When I had first started playing guitar I lit one of those fender picks on fire cause I was trying to melt it to make my own pickshape and I accidentally made a ball of fire in my room
Need a 'Pick Scraping 10 hours' video for my neighbors.
On a never-ending feedbacking loop
Yikes.. gives me the chills even just thinking about it..
Hahaaaaa 🤘🏻
Alternate it with very loud peacock calls & you'll drive 'em nuts for sure.
I feel like the Purple had a ton of midrange. I would love to hear it demo'd on an acoustic. I use either a Jazz III Tortex or a brass TeckPick on my acoustic when I'm not fingerpicking and it would be fun experimenting with a behemoth like that.
Sidenote: I severely admire how precise your playing is, especially your shredding, I really appreciate it as a jazz rhythm section player
I'm like a super nerd when it comes to picks... I collect them. There aren't very many videos online about people's passion for the plectrum.
Love your stuff
Keep it up man!
✌
I'm always down for a pick shootout so thanks for the video!!
You should upload some videos about your pick collection?
I had the same pick for almost 15 years and still rocking. Not even paid for it, came for free with a pair of Converse shoes
What? I grind through like 10 picks per month
@@Ed-wt3jn I'm not a very talented player and I don't play very often. You must be punishing those strings man :D
@@MatiasBertuzziPH just playing normally. I play nylon and they get chewed up fast.
@@MatiasBertuzziPH nylon picks that is
I have a lot of picks but i dont grind them at all. All of them are almost like new. Beacouse I play bass and picks are illegal on bass.
3:55 KDH has achieved PEAK COMEDY
PICK COMEDY
🅱️ruh
"We can clearly hear the EQ differences"
Me: *hears absolutely no difference* I should probably listen on some better speakers, then...
i can hear a bit difference if i don't look at the screen
I also use jazz 3 but they are the black max grip. I've used the jazz 3 picks since year 2 or 3 of guitar playing and I've never looked back. For me it gave me more precision and speed.
I prefer 0,96mm... thin enough to play incredible fast downstrokes, thick enough to not get destroyed within playing one song
I prefer a 1mm pick, same shape as the fender one, but I cut it so it's very sharp. I do this because I like the height of the fender pick, but the sharpness of a jazz pick, so it's a good in-between
Question: is it possible to pick-squeal with the huge pick comfortably?
Pick squeal = pinch harmonics
Zephyr Skeome was about to ask, lol.
As a person who uses Dunlop big stubby and other thicker picks, I find it much easier, plus the picks life last longer as it doesn’t bend and slowly wears down. Plus tremolo picking is a million times easier as the pick doesn’t dig into the strings and get caught.
"I like em big, I like em chunky."
-moto moto has entered the chat
I’d like to suggest the Jazz iii Max grip carbon fibers. I feel it has the best of all traits. Normal jazz thickness, improved grip surface and the carbon fiber has the best longevity in a pick I’ve ever used.
Have you tried the patrucci pick?
Carbon fibre is just plastic it also does not last long.
@@Manik530 I love the regular Petrucci Jazz III, I also tried his flow model which also for me is really "flowy" and easy to use but it makes me lose a lot of sound brightness and attack especially on cleans
Dude this small pick made for kids.
That tv show intro is a nice touch
0:35 sums up guitar picks in 6 seconds
You know who makes really really over rated plectrums?.....
...Chapman 😂😂
He makes some other really overrated stuff too
"One pick to rule them all"
-Gandolf
I need my picks thicc af
I use a 50c USD coin rn, but I really want a 19mm Purple Plectrum pick
Try out Big Stubby's they make them at least up to 3mm which is what I use. Good spot for grip, lasts awhile, very good picks.
Have thought about getting one of those purple picks to test out, I tend to go for at least 1.14m and above
what the hell are you doing to your picks where they deteriorate? i've been using the same red nylon jazz iiis for years and they looks exactly the same.
How
Yeah, the same. The jazz 3 is like the longest lasting pick I used. It lasts for at least a year before you see any changes in shape.
I have played the same fender heavy that came in my guitar case for more than three years playing bass and guitar daily and it still works just fine (?
I had a Dunlop nylon thin pick (orange) that never took wear. It lasted years until I lost it. Most pick material does abrade faster though. I use Dunlop tortex Jazz III XL picks these days. They wear down on the points, but I buy bulk bags of 100 at a time and like the sound and feel of them, so I'm fine with it.
I guess you never do pick slides. I have a bowl full of different jazz 3s and almost all of them are quite banged up. Petrucci signatures also tend to get rounder the more I play with one.
So basically they all just sound the same. Cool.
Anon Anon yeah, is more of a preference and comfortable thing.
Fatter picks sounded brighter to me, but I guess the more relevant point is how much control you get
I love Nylon Jazz IIIs and I love not watching 12 minute videos about picks. But here I am. Oh well.
I just would like to add that I can't keep up with a pick for more than one use after I put it down I think they self destruct or something. That or either little pick goblins crawl out and steal them.
They take your picks and turn them into all those extra Tupperware lids in the cabinet.
@@musicmason You sir might have just solved two of the biggest mysteries on Earth. Where do picks go and why do I have all these extra plastic lids. Whats the quote, "Its a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." But I do think that you sir have just solved both these questions.
@@trailryder5813 now we just have to figure out how to turn them back into picks. I wonder what a Tupperware pick would sound like. Couldn't be that bad, it makes sweet tea taste better.
Put them in an altoids case
@@musicmason Are you suggesting a business model for a Pick Recovery Company? Maybe even a reality TV show? But the real question is what came first the pick or the lid?
I use Dunlop nylon .73's for metal and I get plenty of miles out of em.
Might aswell just go out in the forest and pick up a small pebble as a pick.
Personally 0.73-0.80 is my sweet spot.
NGL I would LOVE a pick made from a pebble
I actually have a pick that my ex made for me out of a pebble and it feels awesome
@@juanpgomez1299 I bet your ex did feel awesome..........on the inside 🤤
I agree... I use dunlop tortex .88, and that's a step UP from normal.
@@juanpgomez1299 If she threw a pebble at you when you dumped her, then you turned said pebble into a pick... this does not count as a pick MADE from a pebble GIVEN to you by said ex. Lol😂😂😂
How can your Jazz IIIs/nylon picks last so little? I've had mine for a few months now and they seem to take it well, except for pick scraping (they sound weak/dull for that)
Dunlop Flows are usually made of Ultex, or Ultem/PEI. I recently got into thicker picks up to 2 mm with those, and I noticed that nylon above like 1.5 mm thickness is actually quite sturdy. So I started making my own picks made of 2 mm nylon (or rather, PA6/Perlon), shaped with three equal tips modelled after the Flow. It's pretty nice, and since it's basically three tips (like a triangle pick) it'll last a very long time.
What I didn't like about the Flow, especially the 2 mm on, was that they're quite noisy on the high strings. Lots of PING noise on attack.
After 22 years of playing guitar i finally got the perfect one
Jim Dunlop big stubby 2mm
I find my biggest issue with picks is them slipping and re-orienting when playing. when i discovered brain picks snarling dogs with the super sharp grip it was a game changer but i never like the bevel on the tip so i would sand them on emmery boards. eventually i found dava picks, prime tones, and other jazz 3 style beveled tips that allowed for pinch harmonics and speed picking but also offered a rubberized or textured grip. I haven't tried the super chunk picks but I have put a concerted effort into refining my pick preference as it absolutely makes a difference on your technical ability with the instrument as well as pick attack tone, because as you say the basic fender mediums that come with your first guitar just don't cut it. I also use thump picks from time to time there's one called a "bumble bee" that uses a jazz 3 and is very comfortable compared to the jim dunlops that will turn your finger purple in 30 minutes. good video dude nice to see a pick video that isn't an artist pimping their own tin of signature picks.
I use brain picks snarling dogs, they have amazing grip for fast paced rock/metal but the sound and string feel Is not good at all
Buy the Dunlop 3.0 stubbys they're clear blue picks and amazing
And same size as the jazz 3s
They last forever and hard as nails
Esto es un poco de todo xd
xd
@@lapinakawaii5010 what? Ajaj
I'm a big fan of the Dunlop Tortex Sharp picks, I love the texture and how smoothly the pick the strings. I've been using 0.88mm for years although I just got a sampler pack and I must say I'm really liking the 1.5mm thick picks, they may be my new go to. It makes tremolo picking effortless, it feels like cheating.
I liked the sound of the Fender pick. I couldn't live with a thick pick that wouldn't scrape.
Esto es Un Poco de Todo
Xd
Tbh I couldn’t hear a difference in the normal playing
He went full Martin Scorsese on the intro... Subscribed.
I used to use those paper thin picks and I stood by them for a long while, than I tried an ultex 2mm. I’ve used them since then. They wear out fast but it matches my intense playing, and is actually really good for clean calm stuff. I have no idea how I ever stood those thin ones. Great video, you should win some sort of award for the fuego.
2mm ultex is all i use too
I have a handful of these Purple Plectrum picks in various sizes and overall I think they are pretty cool. I've taken them on a few tours and haven't lost them and they are really good for warming up pre show but also I've switched to them mid show a few times when my hand cramps up (I do a LOT of tremolo picking) and it would help ease my hand for sure.
Finally, a pick that I won't lose
I use jim dunlop u.s.a jazz3 ultex picks
Never heard of Purple Plectrums...but years ago I switched to 3mm - 4mm V-Picks and haven't looked back. Thick picks rule!
My psychiatrist: Thicc picc isnt real it can’t hurt you
Thicc picc :
It can... AND IT WILL!!!
Fun fact: if you do what I do and grind a bulk load of cheap celluloid blanks so they're pointy, the dust/powder that is leftover is borderline explosive
Borderline nothing. That shit is damn near napalm. Its sticky as hell and burns like the fires of hell.
Don’t know if anyone said it yet, but that thin black boi you’re using. Switch it to a Black Ice light. They’re a jazz III size and I swear by them.
Black Ice are really good, but I prefer Jazz III’s because of the sharper tip
Angus Hampton Carr I’ve been using flows as well, they’re cool but I seem to have more control over hits if I use the light Black Ice. I might try mediums
When you said guitar nerd...
Me: Yep, that's me!
I'm a big fan of the Dunlop Flow picks. Absolutely love them! The .73mm ones
Jazz III's are my favorite picks as well however... I played a pick recently made of ACTUAL tortoise shell and it was shaped almost exactly like a Jazz III and had the same thickness. It was the best pick I've ever used. Period. Tried it on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin and even Bass (I play with my fingers on bass UNLESS I'm playing super heavy metal style stuff) and the tortoise shell pick is my favorite of all time.
I too had a tortoise shell pick once thing was super warm the guy told me it was intended for nylon string guitars it was nice till I dropped it and it went into the pick void.. rip
@@marcialarmijo4077 RIP sorry for your loss! It sounds amazing on everything!
Get roy marchbank’s phat bhoy pick
12 minute video about picks.
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Still not as thick as rob scallons 25 mm pick 😂
More of this content please. The back-to-back comparisons of different aspects of playing really help in judging. The smaller accessories get ignored as channels focus on pedals etc. But everything adds up to your tone and style. Cheers.
Dunlop Jazz III Carbon Fiber. Greatest pick ever made. They last ridiculously long
17.95???? For one pick?! That’s nothing compared to Blue Chips and Tone Slabs #bluegrassguitarplayer
Why do you look like a anime character?
Didn't Hufschmid start this?
The Dunlop Flow 2mm is the absolute smallest pick im willing to use, it is my main pick if im not using my Donlop Flow 3mm pick. But the biggest pick I have is made by the same people where you got your Purple Plectrum, but only 8mm
Well, imo holding your fingers on your picking hand a bit more together will benefit you. Thy hand will be more focused, and you don't need that wind of fingers anyways. Besides, more focused and out together pisition of the fingers benefits hybrid picking
So. Yeah. Aaanyways, the into run was a bit lacking in clarity, like, everything was a bit kuddy. Maybe more accurate muting with mire practice will help?
Aaanyways. Nice video, thanks for making it.
You can't buy the Jazz III in bulk?? I bought a box of them from the UK on ebay, some months ago. They where Jazz III XL though, i don't know if you dislike the sightly bigger size. But i think you can get the regular Jazz III as well
having used dunlop jazz 3's and 205 jazztones for years, I bought a few primetone jazz 3's and fell in love. After using those for a few years, I bought some petrucci flow picks earlier this year because they were the smallest flow pick and I wanted to try the hype. Literally all I use now because I can manipulate them to be almost as subtle as the primetone, as useful in lead as the jazz and they flow, so you get the same type of string release as the jazztones. The bigger size actually helps me in hybrid picking as well.
Dude..I highly recommend you using...Dunlop Flow Jumbo 4.2 mm my favourite
0:42 I don't have any.
I use my thumb to play (in more ways than this lame joke).
Anyways, that's what I use to play guitars. It just feels natural for me- and I tried every brand available and even nickles, pennies and my own fingernails.
I don't know why that is. I can't depend on a pick to get a pinch harmonic but I know how to do it on the side of my thumb.
We are all wired differently, I suppose.
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when puberty hits
... now in the 2024 we use picks made from solid rock from Bikini Atoll, by the way those hated Fender 351 Classic Celluloid picks are my new favorite after 36 years playing electric guitar, must be red color and heavy... :)
Dunlop Tortex .88, and 1.14 love ‘em. I got chubby Italian hands; I lose the jazz picks in my finger cleavage. And I’m clumsy.
4:37 IS THAT A FUCKIN SPIDER ON HIS HAIR?!
I just received the exact same 16mm Purple Plectrum (MidTech Spade) today, and although it is very comfortable and plays surprisingly well, I'm getting ridiculous amount of chirp, with both clean jazz tones and high-gain metal tones. It's so excessive that it's comical, if not for the almost $30 I spent on it. Maybe it takes some adjusting of my technique to get rid of all that very loud chirping (and I don't have the same problem with other relatively thick picks from V-pick). Any tips on how to deal with this?
I love the trademark guitarist excuse: “I’m fiscally irresponsible.” 🤣🤣🤣
I went through all this ... longevity vs tone vs feel vs price
I’ve ended up using something very similar to the tortex jazz III , DELRIN (tortex) 1.5mm
But for quite a while I really like the gravity picks, acrylic, both 2mm and 3mm and the triangular ones were the best most long lasting , obviously down to having 3 picking surfaces.
My experience with huge picks (granted 2mm was the thickest I ever went) is that they worked better when I had bad technique, my wrist movements were unstable, tense and just all over the place so I needed something to stabilize my right hand, and when I went and got better technique by practicing my ass off, I started looking more for precision and landed comfortably with a medium 1.35mm jazz 3
I think a lot of these players who play these absurdly huge picks (not that many of them aren't great) have some issues with tension and instability of motion with their right hand, which is still visible in their playing (I would know, I went through the exact same thing, the pick just could never be big enough to be comfortable)
I think that the issue is people looking for shortcuts (which actually does work to an extent but never fully) and a way for a larger pick to stabilize an unpracticed movement at the expense of accuracy, while the really great guys who have complete and perfect control of the pick slant and range of motion for stuff like inside and outside picking and string skipping, usually use the standard 1.38mm/1.35mm jazz 3 just to get as much out of their already stellar technique as possible
I'll just grab my pic with my hemos, that I happen to have handy, and light it on fire...
i use the dunlop gator grip jazzIII 2mm.... and the black dunlop max grip jazzIII.... try them...
The material of the Flow Picks is the same as the Ultex, but dyed. It's basically Polyetherimide, which is a high performance polymer. It's even harder and much more durable than Delrin (Tortex Picks). Drop a Tortex and an Ultex pick on a hard surface, the Ultex sounds much glassier. So is its tone, much more snap. You can't hear a difference on overdriven electric guitars, but I love the clarity on acoustics. The normal Ultex picks are not dyed. Polyetherimide has a transparent yellow color. I play 1 or 1.5 mm Ultex Sharp picks (normal size with Jazz III tip...yummy ..plus they have a beveled edge, nice and flowy...but not as much as the flow) and sometimes thicker flow picks, but the high price of the Flows scares me away. ...long story short it's a pretty advanced polymer, but nothing proprietary. Nerd talk off!
Wow, at the end that riff you're playing, the pickboy sounded amazing
Hi just discovering your channel.... I can get you bulk Jazz III's.......
0:47 🥺 "play guitar" they said, "you'll be cool" they said.....now I'm being (rightfully) called a nerd by THIS guy...fuck it.
Interesting. I used the exact same red jazz 3's for many, many years, and several months ago switched to the jazz 3 tortex.
I use a Snarling Dog Brain Picks in 0.53 so I'm a fan of thinner, more grippy picks. I play a lot of black metal/music that features more tremolo picking so that's my go-to pick. That said I might have to give that chungus a go. Looks wild.
The Dunlop Jazz 3 is legendary. Love it for blues.
Fun video man. I was knocked off of being a drummer a couple years back due to a wrist injury. Decided to pick up the guitar, and, well, I am sold on Purple Plectrum's stuff. I have 2 arrows and 1 scallon all three at 9mm. Love the tone and feel. Complete rubbish for pick scraping though. Thanks for featuring it. Enjoy!
My friends, try the 2.0 mm Dunlop Gator Grip Standard Guitar Picks. The Pick of Kings! Take this knowledge, and use it well!
That's one sexy pick
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Idk if you'll see this but I bought a bag of Jazz 3s. About 20 for a less than 20 quid on Thomann. I've been cycling through the picks the past 2 years. Lost a few under the couch probably but they last ages for me.
Wow,I clicked on Purple Plectrum and those are some expensive picks.One was $59.95.I play bass and was dropping picks so I found the V Picks Psycho use by Billy Sheehan and it's about 10 mm the thickest I have seen I bought one for about 12 bucks thinking "how expensive".But I like it.Im gonna look into that 16 mm job you've shown us.Nice work. P.S I went back on and saw one for $89.95!!!! Sold out!!!
Id reccomend the ernie ball prodigy line!
I mainly use the nylon jazz III. The fender medium sometimes sounds nice on acoustic guitar, but it's so slippery, like no grip at all...
Your 2 videos on guitar picks, this one and the expensive guitar pick video, are the only guitar pick video that I could actually tell a difference in tone on an electric guitar. Maybe you should do a video on how you recorded the sound?
God inlove this dudes hair
Dunlop Flows or what I have been using. I cant use super thick picks because I dont pick hard enough if I do, so I use .78 for now. Thick picks can be good solos but I need thinner ones when I play riffs.
I have a small dipping bowl I bought for a dollar and somehow became the place I store all of the picks I don't use. It's almost full of picks of all shapes, sizes, and thicknesses; from 0.73 to 4.2mm.
On my desk and in the pick pouch on my keychain are 0.73mm Jazz IIIs for most electric stuff (in white, because they're easier to find in the dark) and 0.73mm Everly Star Picks for acoustic and strummier electric stuff. The thin Jazz III feels almost like fingerpicking without extra pick mass to push through. I like a standard pick shape for strumming, and the star cutout in the Star Picks really is the best pick grip, in my opinion.
There is a 0.73, 0.60 and a 0.50 Dunlop tortex Jazz III, I actually have a 0.73 and it is really good, dnt know about 0.60 and 0.50., also for me a 0.73 Jazz III is the most balanced for pick scraping and just playing, but a 1.14 is still my favourite!