I Bought The Weirdest 1-Star Guitar Picks

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[Mullewarp]

The Red Triangular Pick from Herdim is three picks in one. You can use all three tips from it and they have different gauges. I used it a lot when playing acoustics.

[TwistedIdentity]

The cutout on Kirk Hammett's Jazz 3 pick was put there for pick scrapes.

[mrscary]

Ultex is fun. I've always said it feels like the string bounces back, which his great for bouncy "core" riffs, but that "bounce" also feels like it goes back into your hand, causing extra fatigue.

[charley_]

The "Dava Control" pick is actually one of my favourites, haha

[LucasMastropasqua]

Great idea for a video!!! I don’t see enough pick videos out here. Personally I started using the DAVA delrin control pick about 20 years ago when my wife gave them to me as a Christmas gift and that’s my go to / all time favorite pick! They have a bunch of different types also.

[rolypolyyy]

Dunlop Ultex Sharp 1.0 is my all-time favorite. Never feels slippery and has great edge retention. Great for all styles, acoustic and electric.

Been playing 23 years and I've tried every pick up and down the Jim Dunlop line, in different pick sizes.
Tried the picks that Tim Henson, Kirk Hammett, John Petrucci, Rusty Cooley, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Paul Gilbert (Ibanez pick) use, but I always go back to the Ultex Sharp 1.0

Another pick that is oddly satisfying and fast is the Dunlop Flow Jumbo 4.0.. but only for electric guitar

[retrorock]

Chris Broderick of Megadeth invented that pick. He talks about it in an interview between him and George Lynch. Go check it out 😎

[gitrekt-gudson]

My go-to picks are the 2mm Ultex Jazz III's, they're the transparent yellowish ones. I've tried many but nothing has topped these for me. That said, I never really considered how much effect the pick has on the sound, so I may look into finding something thinner and/or bigger when I'm doing chord or softer/smoother parts in recording.

[simgear]

The sharkfin is 3 picks in one... the ridges give a fuller sound to strummed chords. the rounded and sharp parts of the pics are for different types of soloing... I have them in 1.5MM and use them exclusively with my acoustic guitars.

[picksalot]

I've tried dozens of different pick shapes and materials. They each sound and feel different. The standard Fender Cellulose Nitrate Picks have a excellent combination of nice tone, chirp, and feel. But, they don't wear well and are prone to getting annoying nicks in the edges. Still my favorite picks, and the nicks can be sanded out pretty easily.

[AeranoZ]

When i met him Josh Elmore of Cattle Decapitation was playing those Dava Control picks and gave one to me. He said its like having two picks in one :D

[joebro]

The Dava is very versatile, I love the yellow ones for Western guitar and Rock on electric, but the plastic and rubber can detach slightly and this is a recipe for upstroke string breaking. The Kirk Jazz is one my daughter (11yrs) loves and the dent actually helps that it sticks a bit better to her small index finger.

[Dracovius_]

I actually said “bless you” when he sneezed

[ugie]

I use kirk hammets pick! Actually the weird cut on the other side of the pick is for scratch/slide on the string

[vicarious]

I tried the Dava picks at a mates and now they are my go to pick. The grip is just perfect and very rarely slips!

[cheezyridr]

i've been using dava picks for years and years. i use the ones you show for acoustic stuff, and the regular red ones for most electric stuff. i use a jazz 3 alot too, but i really think they should come with a warning. i started out using the regular fender picks. i tried the jazz3 because everyone said how great they are. after about 3 hours of playing one, i discovered that most other picks feel like i'm picking with a dinner plate now, and i hate using them. for me, the jazz picks work best after i wear the point off of them

[brianschiller]

I like the dava picks, the grip works for me, doesn’t slip.

[prjndigo]

you can also lace the picks that have holes to add more grip into them, most picks if you drill them to put a couple loops of heavy thread in they just break at the holes

[marcelpilz]

Mach weiter so dein Content ist so verdammt gut geworden

[SecretMetalFromAbyss]

Years ago when I first played with dunlop jazz 3 I've never gone back to some random picks. Never thought that a pick could hold me back until I got a taste of jazz 3. :D For metal bass I prefer bigger and thinner pick as it gives more definition to the attack. Another great discovery was Elixir strings, they might cost a double of some basic strings but they hold the clarity about three times longer and they feel so smooth to play.