Lev wrote:

Metal Iain wrote:Just to clarify, are Jazz III picks actualle 3mm?

Nah, don't think so. 2mm or something.

Still pointless.

I used 1.5mm and 2mm picks for a while when I was 15 or so after I heard Malmsteen plays them but quickly realised your choice of pick and strings doesn't do that much to your ability to play guitar.

You used them to be Yngiwe, I use them because they're comfortable, so...

Don't lie.

You're so unbelievable rubbish.

-ly.

Nah, you're unbelievable rubbish.

'You're such unbelievable rubbish' would have been better, then.

Not really, I'm talking unbelievably rubbish.

Metal Iain wrote:

Final_Thoughts wrote:

Metal Iain wrote:Is there a difference? I played Dunlop 500s for a while but I'm just used to Tortex and have stuck with them.

Just look at the superior point the Jazz III has, much better for playing with!

How so? I prefer quite a lot of the pick to make contact with the string when I play. If Tortex are good enough for John Sykes, they're good enough for me.

I'm different, i like just the tip of the pick to touch the string to make quicker playing easier, and because they are quite thick pick's you still get a really strong sound out of it. Everyone is different i suppose!

What about for rhythm stuff? I'd crunk my index finger if the pick was too worn down. How long do the Jazz IIIs last anyway? I tend to go through a pick a week or so.

Metal Iain wrote:What about for rhythm stuff? I'd crunk my index finger if the pick was too worn down. How long do the Jazz IIIs last anyway? I tend to go through a pick a week or so.

I suppose they are a bit of a bitch for rhythm playing but im used to it now so its weird using anything else. They seem to last a pretty long time though, its pretty good stuff whatever the fuck they're made out of!

I remember seeing jazz picks which were basically glass. I used a metal pick once too but that was just crazy.

Jazz IIIs last a lot longer than a bloody week.

I just change my picks once a week because I don't like them worn down. I tend to buy bags of them off eBay so I have tons anyway. I do the same for strings really. I change them about once every two weeks or so. A week if I've been playing a lot. I use lashings of Fast Fret after I play so I could probably spin out the life expectancy of a set of strings to a month+ but I prefer decent strings and I tend to get them for about £3 a set anyway.

Fast Fret smells lovely.