Hooked on Chickenpicks!
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024
- www.chickenpicks.com
Checking out the picks that I've become totally addicted to! Chickenpicks are a super-hard plastic pick with a belvelled edge that creates an excellent attack! Pinch harmonics are a breeze with these!
#chickenpicks
SInce this video and now it has been 3 years and some months. I got mine today and it is awesome! Thanks Glenn!
I still use The Simpons and South Park picks I got when I was 9, I have one metal pick which is alright, but, it grabs at the strings.
Drend try polishing it a bit smoother. I use a metal pick I made out of one of those mud scraper spatula things and it works great
Glad you dig the picks Glenn! I'll be there again next year so we'll load you up with some more!
-Jacob
As much as I love my Jazz IIIs, I'll have to try these some day.
WizardOfToasters Fuckin' Jazz III's man,
I bought some of Chris Letchford's custom jazz 3's and they are pretty good.
Jazz III Master Race
WizardOfToasters I switched from Dunlop Gator to Jass III, at first they felt too small for me, but got used to them, now it is my number 1 pick.
Guitars Gods & Guns They are pretty expensive. I don't usually buy stuff online, so when they reach brick-and-mortar shelves, I'll definitely get one, though.
+WizardOfToasters They have a version of Jazz IIIs called Badazz IIIs. I was always a Jazz III fan, but I've been using only Badazzes since I've gotten them.
I prefer pics of chicks.
GBRN u would if u could actually receive them
To be honest, for a mass produced pick, it's god damned expensive. I'll stick to my Brain picks. 50 cents each, also lasts forever, and grippy as fuck.
CrazyBadCuber Well they have to make up for the fact that people wont be buying another one for 1-2 years or untill they lose the one they had.
Ryan Winklevoss That's exactly it. Lose the one they have. It's a mass produced guitar pick. It really shouldn't be that much. I dunno, that's just me.
CrazyBadCuber Ayyy I use Brain picks as well!
Hey CrazyBadCuber lol I didn't know you watched Spectre! I'm also a cuber!
tbh my chicken pick i got when this video came out is still going strong af. Some wear on the down stroking side but the tip is still there and if anything its just smoother to pick. 3.5mm shredder Still going after 10 years
Wanted to try these picks for a while but forgot about them... after I saw this video I ordered them right away. Thanks for the reminder, Glenn!
These took me a little while to get used to when Glenn turned me onto them a few months ago. Since then, I rarely play anything else. Very unique pick, especially when it gets broken in after a few weeks. You can squeal like crazy with them too!
Jazz 3 red picks are my choice they work great for metal
Jazz III master race
Jazz 3 xl fuck yeah
Hey Glen, just wanted to leave a quick bit of love for your channel. My singer and I (i being the bass player) have been using your videos to help us while we track our bands ep, So far the tracks sound better than we could have ever imagined and we are very happy with the product. Ill be recommending your channel to fellow bands and musicians looking for recording advice for as long as there is air in my lungs. Much love from Buffalo N.Y.
BASS player here, was shopping for new picks, stumbled unto chicken picks.
Then your video came in for chicken picks review.
CS guitars before you has up to 9mm thick!!!! 50CAD each ;(
WOOOW they get thick, from my 2.0 Dunlop, to 2.7mm tri edge.
I'm getting the string winder package.
Nice video, always full of info, i'm hooked!!!
Sorry i'm 5 years late.
So I did get around to ordering a Chickenpick. First impression, this thing (the 2.0mm Badazz to be exact) is fucking awesome for playing fast passages, thanks a bunch for the recommendation, Glenn!
Just stopping by to let you know that I picked up some Chicken Picks based off of this video, and I cannot thank you enough. I love it. I ended up giving the original one away, it was huge. I love the BADAZZ one though.
I agree, recently got few different models and Badazz III is pretty awesome. I made it even better by sanding away some of the sharp edge on the back to make them more comfortable to the hand. They are super precise and sound like you have turned on a treble booster :)
Thanks for turning me on to the Chicken Picks Glenn. I procrastinated on buying some for a long time, because I've been using, and was happy with using Jazz III's for over a decade. I decided what the hell, and bought a 3 pack of the Badazz III's from Chicken Picks, and there is no going back now. I am now also hooked.
+James Morrison yep, they're great
2.2mm is way to thick; I have yet to find better picks then the 0.88mm Dunlop Tortex. I would try the Chickenpicks if they had thinner ones.
Behemothokun They have 2mm ones, but I'm guessing due to the material they use and how their bevels are carved, any less would might not be feasible. To me, anything under 1mm is basically stiff paper. I don't see what benefit it'd have, thin tone, weaker, less accurate as they give more, resulting in not being able to play as fast, can't dig in etc. I have a few tortex picks lying around and I am yet to find a situation where they are any good. The lowest I'll go is 1.10mm.
Behemothokun Have you tried Tortex sharps 1.35
Infighter I'm not a fan of the sharp variants of the Tortex picks, regardless of thickness. Of the rounded ones, I have thicker ones laying around, but I tend to use the 0.88mm the most. I would try a chickenpick if they at least had something in the order of 1.5mm but >2mm is just too thick for my taste.
Behemothokun I've used a lot of different picks and the 0.88mm Dunlop Tortex is something that I tend to end up with as a default. I do switch it up for some songs and I have even recorded with a .2€ coin. and a 4mm felt pick. To some degree that's just a matter of getting used to a particular pick and it just feels right, because that's what you use the most. Then again, I know a lot of guitarists who end up with the 0.88mms and that seems like a place that is comfortable to many. My second most played picks are the 0.73mms.
Dunlop jazz III is my fav. at the moment. Just ordered gravitys version of the Jazz 3 and hoping I will prefer that
Bought one. Still getting used to it, but I like how the bevel let's you attack the strings hard, without biting or sticking on them.
Will have to order some. Right now I am really hooked on the Dunlop Nylon .88 for bass playing and the Dunlop Jazz III for guitar witch are really small but have a really nice grip. But I always like to try new things when playing and what ever feels more comfortable I will stick with it.
I know it's $10 a pick but honestly they're worth it. Used to play 0.8's but now I'm stuck on the Shredder 3.5mm one. Their grooves make it feel lighter but it has such strength and tone and it KICKS ASS!
Just ordered my Chicken Picks can't wait to try them out.
Just ordered a trypack. Looking forward to it Glenn!
For the past 5 years or so I've been using 1.14mm Jazz Tortex picks almost exclusively, but based on your ringing endorsement I'm gonna take a shot and I ordered two of of the Badazz 2mm picks. We'll see how they do when they arrive!
Just ordered one of their try out sets as a birthday gift to myself. Yay for free worldwide shipping!
Planet Waves Black Ice 0.8 mm are my favorite so far. They do wear down pretty fast, but great all around otherwise. Slightly oversized Jazz shape is just most comfortable for me.
Ordered one of the try out packs the day this video came out and finally got them in today. Been ordering Dunlop Tortex .60mm picks in bulk for years so I was skeptical at not only the size of the picks but the price. I cut my teeth playing guitar on crust punk and d-beat, and have since moved into doom metal, so I never developed much skill in technical right hand patterns, but I find with these picks i'm able to pull it off with ease. Never thought of a pick as something that could improve my playing. Guess i'll keep the Dunlops around the home studio for the guitarists I work with that inevitably never bring a pick.
have you tried dragon's heart picks?
+Seth Alfaro that's what I'm wondering. I have some of the dragonhearts and I love em
I personally use Ernie Ball picks... Those pink coloured ones but I use them because they are cheap.
I still like using PickBoy 1.00 ceramic white picks... They're still my favourite
Willing to try chickenpicks if I have the change though!
Cool picks, I really like the bevelled edge. It allows me to hold the pick at whatever angle is comfortable and still hit the strings clean, without any pick scrape.
Unfortunately, i find thick picks 2mm + bounce around a lot more than thinner ones, and chicken picks are too smooth to stay stable in my grip.
I should probably man up and grip harder, i know.
I have tried just about every kind of pick on the planet. And I have modded so many that there are no two alike. That being said, I have found the ultimate pick (for me) It is a little device called a Pykmax. Basically, it is a small curved piece of hard black plastic that attaches to one of three different thickness of picks. It fits comfortably in your hand and keeps the pick at the perfect angle. It takes a bit of getting used to, but in the end it has make my playing so much better, so much more consistent, and now I am hooked. I try to use a regular pick and I am struggling. I suppose it ruined my being able to pick up any pick and play, but it is well worth it. Check them out. Well worth the $10 bucks or so.
Hi Glen, unrelated but how on earth do you route all that outboard gear.. (signal chains and all that.) I've been looking at getting some new pre's and an outboard compressor but I find it so confusing, Gear Slutz just complicate the situation more, and the gear manuals are too vauge! Thanks :D
I wonder what's his take on Bass drops..
I think it's bullshit, but when Lamb of god did it on 512 it sounded pretty cool.
I should try these. I currently use the Dunlop Black Fang Ultex 1.14mm. I can easily go through 3-5 a night if I wanted to. So I have to try these if they can last a few months lol.
have you tried dragon heart picks? I personally use them and there definitely unique enough to warrant a try ^^
My favourite Pick is the jazz III grip carbon. Its smaller than a standart pick, very stiff and thick. If you don't know it, check it out!
I just started using the john petrucci picks. Good shit!!
I play my 2.6mm Chickenpick for 7 months now and i love it!
Yes ofcourse its not very cheap, but usally i destroy (or loose^^) 5 Dunlop 1mm tortex in this time, so i would say its worth the price ;-)
How are they when your hands get sweaty? I've stuck with these no name 1 mm picks, but what's cool is that they have a grip tape on the thumb area on both sides...stays right in the hand.
my 3.5 mm shredder from them is still going strong after 10 years of only playing with that pick.
what makes them any better than jazz 3's or tortex greens, the two picks I came to loving myself and then found out every guitar player I look up to uses either of those or a custom pick that is to spec the same as one of those.
Hi Glenn! I just received my 3-Pack Try Out Set (Original Series) and I get a weird kind of "ghost" note while playing in clean tones, like a "clic" when the pick hits the string. Have you noticed the same thing? What do you recommend to get rid of it? Thanks for the advice!
Amazing. Thanks for sharing !
For people complaining about the price, it's not that bad, considering what Red Bears go for. And you have to wait months to get one, unless you want to get bent over on eBay. I absolutely love my Red Bears even though they range between $25-$30. But they sound incredible and have a fantastic attack.
Same with Iron Age's picks.
How are these compared to Dunlop's Tortex picks? I picked up the 1.14 mm ones back in February of 2014 and despite losing one or two, I only really burned through one of them. Damn thing snapped in half, but it lasted me over eight months, which I thought was pretty damn good.
***** Who pissed in YOUR Cheerios?
Hey Glen. I am from Kansas and have a little set up in my basement (which is by no means professional). But I was wondering if you have ever recorded punk music? If you have, then do you have any tips for recording the guitars. I love the drum series and it has really helped my band out. Thank you for your videos!
Did you ever notice how easy your guitar pick goes into the hole of your acoustic guitar with out touching a single string, but when you try to shake it out the damned thing can't get past the strings?
I have three picks in my guitar right now.
I gave up trying to get them out and use a new pick when ever one goes inside..
x
*****
I have gone into business making giant picks that are too big to fit into the sound hole.
They are 6" long x 5" wide and 1/4" thick. They are constructed of durable and unbreakable acrylic plastic and available in an assortment of colors.
They are not sold in states that have a ban on carrying concealed weapons.
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Now that was funny!
I have a theory that there is an inter dimensional portal in the ground that only picks can pass through, because every time I drop a pick, I can never find it
As a long term Jazz III and Jazz II Maxi grips, I'd like to see how these compare. Might have to do some research and report back :)
I've just ordered a set of 6, in 3 different thicknesses. Excited to try something new .... I wonder what they're like on bass ?
Chelfyn Baxter If they are anything like the dunlop big stubby acrylics(which I have used for years) expect lots of power , punch, and articulation.
Hey Glen, I love your opinions on gear and I was wondering if you could do a video on some of the best sounding and best quality tube amps for a guitarist on a budget? Thanks!
I really want some of those picks now. im used to using Dunlop big stubbys (the 3mm ones) and just wondering if chicken picks make a 3mm version.
Cool vid, Glenn. These picks look pretty cool! Have you ever experimented with different picks to get different tones & sounds?
can you please try a dragon heart pick they only about 10-12 dollars maybe do a tone difference. find a bad pick verses a good pick. awesome videos keep up the great work
Have you tried the Dragon Heart picks? I just got one myself, and so far its sound is far beyond anything I've used before
Awesome picks! Fast shipping from Sweeden or where ever they are from.
one of my friends got 6-7 different sized ones and i tried each of those and i found they are absolutely awesome... well, that's my opinion... i don't do solo much and suck at sweep (still practicing tho) but i found those picks quite comfortable and ordered some of those...
I finally found my pick, and it is the best thing for my playing and accuracy I have ever found. It is the John Petrucci pick from Dunlop. I am not going to try and describe it here, just Google it and you will see. It is so comfortable and so...well, just right for me.
Ahhh 2015, the year of gravity, chickenpicks, dragonheart and cleartone
Meh. maybe. I'll check those stone ones out for sure. I prefer metal picks but I can grind a string down in half a minute with them. I used mid and heavy jazz stubby before. Wish I could find small teardrop metal picks with the plastic grip. Would probably break too many strings in under a minute with a pure metal small teardrop.
Hi Glenn, what are your thoughts on picks for sound during recording? I've been told that really old, rounded picks give a bad sound and new picks give a brighter tone (or something). It would be something I'd like to see tested, along with thinner and ticker picks and the tone differences you could get just by changing a pick. Thanks
Robbie Williams The clear sound is due to the sharpness of the pick I think so a new pick should sound brighter.
Robbie Williams The material a pick is made out of greatly affects the tone too. Generally, harder materials make a brighter sound, and softer make darker/warmer sounds.
I already use custom picks, a single chicken pick is more expensive than a set of six. :o It is tempting though...
Try out the Dragon Heart picks, picked up their gt model and I'm already playing stuff on a whole new level. Would love to see your thoughts on it, I didn't think it would make me play any better but I was pleasantly surprised after I got used to the pick.
I got into making picks trying to find a material that held up under seriously brutal riffing and also something to color the tone in an agreeable way. I went through all kinds of stuff looking for what I was after and stumbled upon something that was so close to what I was after I decided to go with it.. It's the tinted lens material for these hip looking safety glasses. They have a rating number stamped on them which gives their chemical make-up. So I saw this lens laying on my workbench and I went over with a torch and warmed it up to soften it up. Then I placed a heavy flat piece of steel on it to flatten it out and let it cool. Shaped it to my liking and it's so fucking tough I still have and use that very pick and I made that one 6 years ago! Ive made quite a few more since of course and these fuckers are indestructible just about. I feel creating my own picks also made my relationship to playing a lot more intimate with the instrument and aware of certain flaws in my technique that needed some woodshedding.. I want to try these Chicken Picks too.
Have you tried dragon't heart pics? They seem cool
Try out the dragons heart picks, i dont have any but im going to get a few.
I use a Jim Dunlop U.S.A XL Series
Jazz 3 (around 2.0mm) i do agree
That chicken picks are TOO thich
But for metal guitar i think it's Perfect
Wedge is my pick of choice
2.2mm? holy crap. I use 1.14mm dunlops and that feels good. But I might seriously check em out.
I can't believe people are complaining about the price of these haha. Check out Hufschmid guitars sometime. How does 30 Euros a pick sound? You get what you pay for people. I myself buy $.25 picks at a local shop and they suck but I also lose them a lot. Buy yourself a nice pick and take care of it and don't lose it and the whole $8 it cost for one of these should go pretty far as he said after six month it's still perfect.
Glenn, what is your opinion on Bias Fx?
I just bought a Chicken Pick Glenn, hopefully I get hooked as well. \m/
+Alex Binford any feedback?
You play very well, much better than me...
Hey, Glenn... whats the name of the intro and outro song?
Jequisha It's called The Eagle Has Landed, it's on Glenns channel :)
Noah Vieira Cool! thanks man
yesterday I bought the badazz 3 damn they are awesome.
I'd rather play V-Pick medium pointeds. $4 apiece (half the price lol), takes years to wear down. They're also a tad bigger, more pointy. Just preference though.
I've got one of the trial sets on the way. :)
Why would someone get these over the Dunlop Big Stubby picks? Those appear to be very similar, but are much cheaper.
Jazz III for life
I realy have to take a look at those
Hey Glenn could you do a tube screamer/clone shootout?
I said "no way" to these and wrote them off when the video came out. Finally said "fuck it" and ordered a Badazz 2.0mm pick and LOVE it.
THE COST OF ONE VIDEO GAME IN THESE PICKS WOULD KEEP YOU GOOD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE!
It's gonna take me something really really good to make me drop my Jazz 3 :P
I use V-Picks (When I have the money, and haven't lost them all...).
I lose all my picks. Even if I don't take them out of my room, somehow they go missing.
And they have t-shirts!
So you're either close friends with the chickenpick guys or you have a deal with them. In that case this should be labelled a commercial!
2:17 When Glenn hits the g-spot..
I'll probably say some weird stuff about picks, but..
Have you eve compared a thin pick with a thick pick SOUNDWISE? If you will, you'll find out that there's a HUGE difference in sound, much more than new/old strings, more like LP/Strat. It really affects the sound. And the rest depends on the technique. I play 0.5-0.6 pick having it turned like 45 degrees to the string and it gives a really nice and juicy tone, it probably affects a speed picking a little, but i get used to it.
After all, you do a lot of things in the persue of good sound and everybody is missing such giant piece of guitar gear like good sounding picks. And after playing and comparing that picks, the thick and harder ones sounds dim and sloppy. Try it for youself. Get a good grip/pick lock with your hand so it would be fixed tight and play angled.
***** that's strange. It may depend on how sharp the pick is, but even for used and rounded picks i find much "clearer" tone, thinner pick gives much more highs in tone and the sound the pick itself produces as it goes off the string also gives more juicy tone. Or maybe i'm too slow, but 0.6 pick is seem to be enough for some technical difficulties.
***** It might be also the way you hold it. i hold it like my index finger is fully folded and the tip is touching my palm. The pick rests at the fold of my first and second phalanx and pushed tight by thumb. So the whole construction is really tight and not causing any wobble. Then it gets really easy to play soft picks, also it gets easier to play from cold, for example. You just lock all the fingers and use the whole hand, which is easier.
Snarling dog Brain picks. Y'all should try them.
$10 for a pick? I don't think so.
flips220 Do you spend $10 a year on picks?
Elias Simon No.
flips220 It's very paradoxical that people are willing to shell out serious cash on tools yet barely anything on shit to use them with.
Thirty bucks will go very far in this case, unless you're so clumsy with something as crucial to a guitar player as their goddamn pick that you lose several every week.
TheDoomerBlox That's a nonsense argument. Shell out serious cash on the tools but barely anything on the shit to use them with? That's because you can get regular picks for a fraction of the cost of this shit, and they do literally the exact same thing. Only an idiot would pay that much for a single pick.
Brandorf Largon This. It's a fucking plastic bit. Why would it cost 10 times as much as a dunlop jazz III?
Thoughts on hybrid drum kits?
Not a fan.
+SpectreSoundStudios
Thoughts on Rocketshells carbon fiber drums?
Two vids within 24 hours? The world must be ending....Or something, but whatever, good vids for me!
Take a look at Winspear Picks, I think they're way way better
3.5mm Shredder for me.
1:38 KICKS!!!
woah woah woah, wait a second, 2.2 MM?! i play with a .50 to .56 and those feel kinda big, but 2.2? Jesus
Picks that are this thick have a beveled edge to them, so they feel like regular picks but with a smoother attack.
free worldwide shipper
Not a big fan of these picks. I prefer something in the .80 to .90 range for solos and .50 to .70 for rhythm...but hey, to each his own.
Hahaha... Dutch!
Timing!!!!
I've seen so many geniuses sacrificing their sound with shitty cables coz the better ones are expensive and they insisted there is no way one can hear the difference.
Old pal lol again!