Rounded or Pointy Pick Tip? Flexy or Stiff Pick?

Stiff and rounded. I use stainless steel picks on my electric guitars. Here's one next to a standard Jim Dunlop for size and shape comparison.

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Never thought I'd say it as I was a "thick picks are snake oil" but.... 3.5mm, beveled edge, soft point, Chickenpicks Shredder. Absolutely the most comfortable pick I've used for electric guitar.
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After years of dicking around with all sorts of different picks (and spending lots of money on boutique options), I settled on Standard Fender Heavy's for Electric, and Mediums for Acoustic. Why fight it.

(The only quirk I have is that the logo MUST be pointed up towards my head...the beveling works better that way for me.)
 
As many different picks as I've tried over the years, I always come back to Fender Mediums or equivalent. I do like it even more when they start to wear down and get more rounded...
 
electronpirate said:
After years of dicking around with all sorts of different picks (and spending lots of money on boutique options), I settled on Standard Fender Heavy's for Electric, and Mediums for Acoustic. Why fight it.

(The only quirk I have is that the logo MUST be pointed up towards my head...the beveling works better that way for me.)
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Its like me... I could swear my RED JAZZ III sounds better than BLACK ones.... :D
 
electronpirate said:
After years of dicking around with all sorts of different picks (and spending lots of money on boutique options), I settled on Standard Fender Heavy's for Electric, and Mediums for Acoustic. Why fight it.

(The only quirk I have is that the logo MUST be pointed up towards my head...the beveling works better that way for me.)
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I go a little lighter, Dunlop round Fender style .60 &.73. But !! I have the same quirk logo must be face up.

JoKeR III said:
Never thought I'd say it as I was a "thick picks are snake oil" but.... 3.5mm, beveled edge, soft point, Chickenpicks Shredder. Absolutely the most comfortable pick I've used for electric guitar.
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I just ordered a starter set, although I do like lighter picks these days, use to play thick picks all the time and have heard so many good things about these picks.
 
I have tried so many picks in 45 years, I refuse to pay some of the prices for boutique picks ,I lose em all the time ,a while back I changed to light picks which were fun for a while, string scrapes awesome ,but I found that my pointer finger nail was hitting against the strings ,and I started to get a curl on my finger nail and it hurt when I play . I always go back to hero flex 75's ,kind of in between xl jazz and Dunlap green tortex. I still scrape my finger nail across the strings ,have to be aware of my picking strokes ?
 
Stiff and pointy... Picks, I mean ;)

Also, jazz size.

Used Dunlop Tortex Jazz 1mm picks for many years. A couple years ago or so I was given a JP Jazz III and bounced back and forth between the two for a while before settling on the JP.

However, now I'm favoring the Tortex again.

I also used the Dunlop Stubbies 3mm many years ago and tried the black and red Jazz III...

I like Fender medium picks for acoustic stuff although I will also use a jazz style pick, and recently tried a bit heavier Tortex pick that is basically a Fender style.
 
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Tried al kinds of stuff.
Even the stone picks, then stainless steel.
I even made my own out of 2mm SS.
But these were quite heavy and destroyed my strings at an alarming rate.
Tried Ultex, Tortex, Delrin 500, JP Jazz III,....
But I found the Gator Grips to give me the best grip.
I had some made in the same material and thickness (2mm) by InTune picks but the edges were a bit to square for me.
The Gators are a bit more rounded and that seems to work better for me.
 
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