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Topic: Plastic vs Metal Thumb/Finger Picks |
Chris Johnson
From:
USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 4:24 pm |
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Hey Forumites. I learned to play with and still only use metal picks on my thumb and fingers (Dunlop metal thumb and Kyser finger picks). I would like to know the differences tone wise between plastic and metal picks if there are any? Whats your favorite and why?
Also, why do most players i see use plastic thumbpicks and metal fingerpicks? |
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Barry Gaskell
From:
Cheshire, UK
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 4:34 pm
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Hi Chris
I've always used a metal thumb pick, though it's been very slightly spoon shaped at the business end.
I've always thought it brighter and I can get it to sit on my thumb better than I ever could the plastic ones.
Each to his own.
Cheers
Barry |
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Andy Jones
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 9:11 pm
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From my experience,a metal thumb pick causes much more string noise on the wound strings.I don't know if Zookie makes a metal thumb pick,but I bet it would cure a lot of that noise.
Andy |
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Louis Vallee
From:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Larry Scott
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 8:02 am
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Nothing has the tone of Real Shell
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 8:28 am
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I have to disagree (lest another "myth" get started  ). Thick, rounded, blunt picks made of plastic or celluloid sound pretty much identical to those old tortoise-shell picks. |
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Larry Scott
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 9:16 am
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Your opinion.  |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 9:33 am Both
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I have recently tried both. for some reason I went back to plastic. Do they make em in mother of pearl engraced in gold (real) where I can get my initials
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 9:19 pm
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| Before playing steel I used all metal finger picks, including thumb, for guitar and Dobro. When I started playing lap and pedal steel, I was still switching over to Dobro a lot. So I just kept on using all metal picks. Now I play mostly pedal steel, but see no reason to start using a plastic thumb pick. If a metal thumb pick causes too much pick noise, it is just poor technique with the pick angle, and/or not having the pick properly rounded on the edges. For me it matches the other picks better, and stays on my thumb better. But I can't say I've ever listened to someone using a plastic thumb pick and heard anything wrong. I think it's what you get use to. |
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James Collett
From:
San Dimas, CA
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 9:37 pm
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I agree w/ David.
I started out using a plastic thumb pick, but I could never get them to fit just right- warm water didn't work, etc. My steel teacher suggested a metal one, and problem solved. The Dunlop metal picks I use have fully rounded, folded back sides to prevent noise.
(pic stolen from Bobbe Seymour)
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