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Original message:15 days 12 hours 17 minutes ago

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Member: The Rocker

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Hey dudes,

Ive just started using dun-lop .88 picks I was using the .60 but I keep damaging my right hand index fingernail. what I have noticed is the the slightly heavier pick gives me better control and definition. its amazing how much of an improvement it has made to my articulation. when I play triplets like from the Burn solo or the second solo from MR Crowley its more accurate. funny how the little things can make a massive difference, my sweeps are more defined as well. anyone else noticed things like this.

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Reply:15 days 11 hours 58 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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.60mm is quite flimsy and flexy... Anyway, I damage my index fingernail even with 1mm picks. It's how you hold the pick. And no pick can make me play better whether it's .8mm or 3mm . I now keep several different types of picks on my guitar and use whatever feels right at any given moment.

But yes,there's a big difference between flexible and rigid picks.

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Reply:15 days 8 hours 26 minutes ago
Member: The Rocker

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I think its when i played rhythm with the .60 that caused it. I think I'm at a stage in my playing where the idiosyncrasy's matter,

I'm not being a micro nerd, but I think that you can start to unite with the gear you use.

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Reply:15 days 5 hours 55 minutes ago
Member: Cabsy

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i use jim dunlop tortex jazz picks... 0.88

you can get the washy sound of a flexi pick by loosening your grip, but the volume and bite of a thick pick when you grip...

you're gear has to become part of your skill... it's what you know, and to play with feel, you need to 'feel' the shit man

nice move

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