Shop Guitar Accessories Here: [ Ссылка ]
Follow Sam:
Instagram: @iamsamhorton
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
Spotify: [ Ссылка ]...
More from Sam
Time: [ Ссылка ]...
Move Along.: [ Ссылка ]...
Right Here: [ Ссылка ]...
Rooftops: [ Ссылка ]...
In todays blog I’m going to be talking about guitar picks. There are many different styles of guitar picks you can choose to use. My main go-to is anywhere between a 0.73 and a 1mm. These will have a little bit of flex but still firm enough to provide some attack and control as well.
When I used to play heavier music like metal or rock and down-tuned to drop D and C, I also used heavier strings. When using thicker strings, down-tuning and playing a lot of fast shred, you'll want to use a thicker pick. I’d recommend anywhere between 1.5mm and a 2.5mm. My go-to would be a Jim Dunlop stubby pick and that would be about 2mm which provides lots of attack, doesn’t bend at all, and they're just really good for lead playing and digging into the strings to get the attack you want for that djent tone.
Another great pick for that sort of music, and also great if you do a lot of lead playing are the Jazz iii by Dunlop. They are like the stubby picks but smaller, so you don’t have as much to hold on to but they're great for playing palm muted and you can get a lot of control with those picks as well. Generally they're great for any gauge strings from your light regular standard tuning and down to heavier gauge drop tuned sounds as well.
So when you're playing acoustic, rhythm style guitar and you want something which isn’t going to give you as much attack, you don’t want to hear the pick as much, you’ll want something which sounds a little looser. I’d go anywhere from 0.25mm up to a 1mm. Maybe even a little lighter if your playing loose rhythm guitar in a standard tuning with lightweight strings. A general rule of thumb is that the thicker strings you're using, you’ll want to increase the thickness of your plectrum because you want to balance and control the strings.
If you a rhythm player you're going to want to use a slightly lighter plectrum compared to if your playing lead stuff. If you're in standard tuning on an acoustic or electric guitar and playing a lot of rhythm your best bet is anywhere between a 0.5mm and a 1mm. If you're after a really light sound just to full out the rhythm section and mid range, I’d probably go with about a 0.5mm.
If you're playing finger style guitar you can use thumb picks. They're something I rarely use but can be great for country, classical and bluegrass guitar playing. You can also use metal plectrums which i’m not a huge fan of because they have that metallic sound which some people really like. It’s great for bluegrass and slide guitar. Sometimes when playing acoustic I don’t even use a pick which gives me more freedom to play percussively and combine techniques.
#guitarpicks #guitaraccessories #guitarplectrums
