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I like the yellow Dunlop tortex picks filed to a point. I used to use heavier picks but I'm playing an Epiphone SG these days and the scale length is shorter so the strings are looser and the pick needs more flex. Filing them to a point gives amazing articulation compared to a regular pick. Regular round end picks make me feel like I'm trying to change a watch battery with a snow shovel. |
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Why don't you use a MIDI pick? It calculates the flex for you. |
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wow, i use the same exact picks. you file the sides of them? |
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could you record two instances of you playing, one with a normal pick and one with one of those sexy hot throbbing picks filed to a point, to back up your INSANE claims! |
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sex must be such fun with you. "..oooh Jason.. I want you.." "..hold on.. let me switch on my computer and it's robo-hands." |
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I got yavo these for valentines day |
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cichli suite! |
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I used to use those fat purple ones for bass guitars. The were ultra heavy and and a thumbprint to rest your thumb in. That was the original selling point for me. I really liked them and continued on for 8 years. I also like to use dimes. |
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There is no such thing as sex with me. |
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Yeah, tortex standard tapered to a point. They make a kind called Tortex Sharp but too much of the sides are missing. I like a gentle curve to a little sharp bit on the end. They end up looking like the tortex jazz picks but larger. |
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I also melt various guitar picks and form various thinkness and sizes and mold them to fit my needs and liking. |
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I'm sure mr. Shope just sighed a breath of relief. |
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The main difference is with the point I get a more consistent sound and I don't flub notes so much. Haven't quite figured out how to work the guitar into my sound... I end up recording short progressions and running them through Reaktor and it ends up too Tim Heckerish for my liking - like I'm imitating him. |
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Wow, did you buy that Ernie Ball Pick Foundry™ ? |
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anyway, when I did play guitar I used to use the thinnest picks possible. did you know Albini made the Pixies use metal picks while recording "surfer rosa" which is part of the unique sound of that record? lovely. |
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he used to make his own picks that he cut out of sheet metal for big black (not sure about his other bands). |
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What guitars dy'all got? I have a Fender Telecaster and I love it. |
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guitar is hard to use in a non-referential way - I always am afraid it'll sound to The Books-esque. Fabien has made some stuff using guitar in a nice way. |
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he didn't even use his teeth? sissy. |
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hahaha! No i started out by setting them on light bulbs on my lamp. I used various materials to make the pick soften. Othertimes i would melt them hardcore into various shapes. I had some pretty wicked ones. I wish i still had them around. I lost all of my picks. They have a tendancy to get lost. :/ I feel as though i should start again. I feel better playing with custom picks. They suit me exactly. Cant beat that with a stick! |
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a Fender Stairmaster. |
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I used to have an Epi. Not to be confused with epiphone. I have an acoustic. I really want a gibson. Washburn has always been in my mind, but easily a jackson or gibson. |
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I seriously think there must be some creature that lives on guitar picks, I bought a shitload of them. |
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my guitar is a squier super-sonic that i've customized a lot over the years. it has a one-of-a-kind sound now. i like it a lot. i also have a green guitar that i built out of parts. it's got a lot of low end - it's great. |
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The worst was i had some clear picks. That was just asking for it. The glow in the dark ones were easier to find but always had some lame ass snake or skull design. Fucking lack of creativity! pfft |
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i would love to get ahold of some of your creations if you ever make any more. |
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Good man! ----------- Also speaking of guitars.... My friend entered a megadeth contest where you had to guess their 29 track set list. If you got it right then you won a Jackson (??) axe autographed by them. You choose from every song ever. This bastard puts in his dream line up and wins. arrgh!! Its a great looking and sounding guitar. It really shines! Fuck! |
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I played a bunch of Gibson SGs and a couple of Epiphone SGs (the Korean ones with the set-in, not bolt-on necks) and decided the Epiphone was actually nicer, while the american Gibsons were not a nice and far more expensive. I got one with a very light resonant body - knock them with your knuckles until you find one that has a fast loud *tak* response and that's a good guitar. My only complaint is that the bridge is not so hot - it's made out of cheap metal and doesn't sustain as well as it could. But that's a quick fix. |
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awesome! Remind me of that from time to time. i would like to start up again. My acoustic needs help first though. Strings are too damn far away from the fret. I hate that raised shit. I mean who likes it that way? sheesh! ha :D |
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Yeah its a quick fix but anyone creating that stuff for public consumption should have realized that. bastards! What kind of amps does everyone have. I am sure most american kids have the standard Marshall. And most likely a fender strat to go along with that. fuck! |
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Urrgh, Jackson guitars look cheesy. They are only used by chaps in spandex and stage makeup! r40f- your axe sounds nice. I've been planning on customising mine for years now but haven't had the cash, I had some crazy plans with humbuckers and odd wiring. |
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Yeah, anyone who uses string instuments in a laptronica style is gonna get compared to them Books. |
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They have some good ones i have seen in magazines. They are few and far between. There was a custom Zakk Wyldd that i couldnt help but fawn over. It looked damn sexy! |
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Yep I have a Marshall. I was far too greedy when I bought it and went for volume over quality. Its far too loud and far to big for my room, I wish I'd bought a small valve amp instead. On the plus side when I was in my last band I used it for gigging no trouble. |
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I feel like we should all be grunged out and sitting in r40f's garage drinking beer and jamming out tunes! :D |
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one of the first things i did was to add a single-coil to the center (the super-sonic has two lovely humbuckers) and a special switch so that i can get any combination of the pickups. so it can have three really distinct sounds right off the bat. customizing these things is fantastic. |
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I have an Ampeg V-7 - it's like a Fender wtin, has that huge billowing glossy clean tone. Unfortunately it uses 6550 power tubes which are expensive and fragile. I'm gonna dig it out of the closet someday and get it modded to use EL-34s or 6L6es. |
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*twin |
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:D! They arent bad or anything and it is great for gigging. But my friend has this little fuck that i have never heard of and produces some of the best distortion and feed back ever. I was in awe. Then zoned out for 45 minutes jamming out what sounded like a "eyehategod" song. A shit load of feedback and that typical sludgy new orl'ns sound. It was fecking great! I cant wait to go back |
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Haha I worked in a huge guitar store years back for my work experience at school... the jacksons were all stupid pointy shapes! But I'm sure there are some good uns. href="http://www.boston-beats.com/Articles/ProductRelease/i These are the spandex onesa> |
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jim dunlop picks or Gibson lights all the way, |
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This is the guitar pick thread. |
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I'll be coming over for you to suggest what to use when i finally get a guitar! |
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fuck. |
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haha - that would be cool! :D my amp is gigantic and extremely loud. it's a super-old solid state peavy head with a 4x12 ampeg cab. i keep it on about 2-3 on one channel and you can hear it down the street. |
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Can you make this a sticky? |
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now playing - cherry red Epiphone SG |
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That sounds awesome. I remember considering a super sonic before this one. Your p/u set up is like the inverse of how I want mine... I love the 2 single coils but want to drop a humbucker in the middle to get a little heavy. |
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eyehategod fucking rules! |
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That link was killed. 403. I will browse that site later in hopes of finding that. |
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