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Recommended pick mm?
What is the recommended pick millimeter?
Just curious if there is preference based on the TAC challenges?
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I don’t think there is one. Just what you like personally. When I started TAC about 3yrs ago, I had never played with a pick. I had only strummed with my hand and finger picked the guitar, so I ended up buying a variety pack of picks to try them out. It was very frustrating using a pick at first. I kept dropping the picks and they would turn in my hand and I would hit the wrong strings a lot. I kept switching picks all the time. But I stuck with it and got better. Now I enjoy using a pick. I’ve pretty much narrowed it down to 3 different picks I like to use most of the time. The longer I have been using a pick the more I find I don’t need to use as soft a pick for strumming, and a thicker pick is easier if I’m picking a lot of individual strings. I also found that different brands of picks can have the same mm but don’t feel the same softness or stiffness as other brands. That is even true within the same brand but is a different style of pick within the brand. Hopefully others will chime in as well. I’m curious if they always use the same pick mm.
Hope that helps. Kim
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I use different picks depending on whether I’m strumming or picking out individual strings.
I would recommend getting a Dunlap Sample Pack and try them all and see what feels good to you.
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@C3Guitar Great question, and the answer is … It’s a personal preference. I personally used a .6-.7 for strumming, and I use a 1.0 for flat picking. I actually began strumming with an even thinner pick when I first started, and I’ve worked my way up. Some say you should try and work up to a 1.0 or so for strumming, but I’m unable to do that. So, I currently stick with the lighter gauge. For flat picking, it’s a different ballgame. I want a sturdy pick that I can do alternating picking with quickly, and the higher gauge allows that and sounds better when flat picking.
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@C3guitar – It comes down to personal preference and what works best for you. I migrated to stiffer picks in the 1.0mm to 1.5mm range and that is what works best for me. Best to just try several and see what clicks.
I have also found that the more expensive picks like Gravity, Martin and the gold standard Blue Chip do indeed make a difference in tone and sound. You can really hear it with the Blue Chip. The only real question that remains with Blue chip is the difference worth the cost?
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