Four Year Strong's Dan O'Connor talks about the guitar picks that he uses!

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What picks do you use?

Eyehategod's Jimmy Bower reveals the ones he prefers!

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My cousin found these at Nashville airport. Wonder if Brad wants his picks back? いとこはナッシュヴィルの空港で拾ってもらった。ブラッド・ペイズリーは返してほしたがっていらっしゃるかな？

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Hey everyone, raise your hand if you were able to sneak some guitar playing in before work this morning.

Robert timidly raises his hand.

Yup, I recorded lead parts for two songs. I now officially have no songs in progress that are currently ready for any guitar tracks. I have to do some MIDI work tonight, and maybe some car vocals in the morning, and then I’ll have some stuff ready to work on.

The Great Guitar Pick Journey of 2024 continues as well. I tried another new one today. Much of my internet research pointed to Dunlop as the brand to go with. I tried Max Grip first (1.14mm) and those were okay, but no as good as the Fender picks I’d been using for ages. They have little grippy things on them that are supposed to keep them from spinning around between your fingers as you play, and that worked but it felt awkward. I am sure I could get used to it but I moved on to option two this morning (for now at least). 

Option two is Dunlop Tortex Jazz III. This one was much better than the Max Grip in all ways but one. The little guy is just tiny. I kept going into muscle memory mode and literally missed the strings. It’s just small. It feels really good in my hand, and the overwhelming majority of suggestions I’ve received in my online questioning said to try them. I’ll stick with it for a while, but I am wondering if they make the same pick only bigger. 

I have two other options that I want to try before I start looking outside of Dunlop, but I haven’t bought either of them yet. One of them is pretty expensive for a pic. We’ll see.

Anyway, here are the obligatory pictures from this morning’s lead guitar playing extravaganza.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/01/25/anyone-else-play-guitar-today/

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A few years ago I went on a journey down the guitar strings rabbit hole, looking for a new brand of strings to play. I eventually settled on one (Stringjoy) and have never looked back.

I think it’s time for a similar voyage, this time searching for new picks. Silly, right? Picks… those little tiny things. How can they make that much of a difference? Well, trust me… they make an epically huge difference.

I put a post on the /guitar subreddit today asking for suggestions. I’ve had over 20 responses in the last hour or so. So many ideas. So many things to try. So epically epic of a journey to undertake.

Bring it on, brothers and sisters!

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/01/18/the-guitar-pick-journey/

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These are my favorite guitar picks. Herco Flex 75 picks have been my go to for like a decade now. To this day I'm not entirely sure how I obtained my first Herco pick. It was likely given to me with a bunch of other random picks from my late best friend, but it honestly seemed to just be there in my collection of picks out of nowhere one day in 2013 or 2014. I certainly didn't remember ever seeing it before that. I was curious and gave it a shot and I immediately vibed with it. They're in the sweet spot of just flexible, yet just firm enough for me.
I later found out that they're David Gilmour's main pick. Gilmour is my favorite guitarist!

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https://storyangles.substack.com/p/mastering-advanced-guitar-picking

"Mastering Advanced Guitar Picking Techniques"
Boosting Speed, Accuracy, and Control

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