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Topic: Finger Picks: steel or chrome? |
Gary Dunn
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near Camel City, NC
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Posted 5 Aug 2004 7:48 am |
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| BJS’s web page has National and Dunlop finger picks that been modified to have a chrome exterior. I am just wondering how many forumites are using chrome picks and how much sweeter is your tone response is as oppose to regular picks. In addition, how durable is the chrome plating to chipping or flaking off over an extended period of playing time? [This message was edited by Gary Dunn on 05 August 2004 at 08:58 AM.] |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2004 2:00 pm
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I just ordered a pair of picks from Elderly's that are plated with some some kind of stuff that is sposed to be slicker than snot on a door knob. Time will tell!
Erv |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 5 Aug 2004 2:23 pm
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| I loved the BJ chrome plated nickel picks that used to be available from Jeffran. They don't have them anymore, but the standard nickel JF's are equal to the task. They are pre-bent at just the right angle and wear really well. I think a lot of picks are too thin to give you good tone. These are nice and thick plus Jeff told me I need them and that's good enough for me. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Aug 2004 2:54 pm
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Gary, the plain truth is that neither chrome nor nickel plating would make the picks sound "sweeter", since they're both harder than steel! These platings will make them last longer, but both chrome and nickel may have a tendency to crack, chip, or flake off. Some of the "sweetness" you refer to may be due to the hardness of the pick material, and some of it is due to the shape and thickness of the pick, but personally I feel the majority of it is due to the technique of the player.
I have heard a lot of good things about the "Showcase 41's", since they use nearly the same metal as the revered old Nationals. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 6 Aug 2004 3:08 am
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| I have been using the Dunlop brass fingerpicks in the .025 gauge, and they seem to soften the pick attack and produce a slightly warmer tone. The only drawback being, as with anything made of brass they have to be polished occasionally to remove the tarnish. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 6 Aug 2004 7:15 am
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I used to use chrome picks, but now I use the red powder coated ones that are maid be the same guy who makes the Red Rajah bars. The reason is that they don't slip off my fingers.
I've not noticed any difference in tone they produce, |
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Posted 6 Aug 2004 11:39 am
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Showcase '41's
Sweet!
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2004 1:42 pm
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I just looked it up. The finger picks from Elderly's are Dunlops that have been Cobalt plated. Should last until the second coming!
Erv |
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Bob Wood
From:
Madera, California, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2004 8:11 pm
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Some years back, I recall a "rumor" going around that said, "Nashville studio players are getting rid of their Dunlop finger picks, and were going back to Nationals because they were getting strange sounds coming through on the tracks." Rumor also said that Dunlop was doing something either in the steel they were using, or in the plating that was causing the abnormal sounds. Does anyone else recall that rumor, and was it true?
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kbdrost
From:
Prospect Heights, IL
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Posted 8 Aug 2004 5:40 pm
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I'm using brass, too--the Pro-Pick variety. I love the warm tone. I don't worry about polishing them; I usually break them before that 
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Ken Drost
steelcrazy after all these years
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