I've been through the alternative pick madness before... V Picks, glass, steel, copper, wire, coins, brass, lots of different plastics, etc.... The tone is different with all of them, and in most cases the difference isn't very subtle. The V was my favorite until it started to wear out just like all my old Dunlops, which is what sent me to looking for other materials due to the price of the Vs.
Came back to the boring old Dunlops with the powder grippy stuff after a long time. The blue, green, and purple ones are my favorites (can use any of them but prefer some for certain things). I also really like the Ultex picks and need to pick up some more of them.
Never tried the Red Bears, they're just too expensive for me. I finally figured out that I could get the tones I wanted without using any of those particular picks if I tried a little harder. Besides most of my guitar heroes get jaw-dropping tones with really normal stuff, so I figured out that picks made of unobtanium weren't likely to give me the tones I was looking for as well or as easily as spending more time practicing and using what I already had.
At the time I was using them though, I thought they were the greatest thing ever. Glad I snapped out of it, because that was turning into an expensive AD.
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Came back to the boring old Dunlops with the powder grippy stuff after a long time. The blue, green, and purple ones are my favorites (can use any of them but prefer some for certain things). I also really like the Ultex picks and need to pick up some more of them.
Never tried the Red Bears, they're just too expensive for me. I finally figured out that I could get the tones I wanted without using any of those particular picks if I tried a little harder. Besides most of my guitar heroes get jaw-dropping tones with really normal stuff, so I figured out that picks made of unobtanium weren't likely to give me the tones I was looking for as well or as easily as spending more time practicing and using what I already had.
At the time I was using them though, I thought they were the greatest thing ever. Glad I snapped out of it, because that was turning into an expensive AD.
D