[Fishy]

That's some impressive manning up for the sake of tone! Hats off snaps.

[SnappleMan]

like a baws B)

[SonicThHedgog]

Jazz picks or 1.5-2.4 picks on my electric.(hell I want the 5mm that David Wallimann has. That V pick looks awsome!)

and thin picks like .88-1.1 on acoustic.


my strings are usually .9 120 elixers or sometimes .10s

I like a little hight on my action: I can feel my strings better and the tone is more full to me.

[Fishy]

Funny you should mention a 5mm v-pick... Plus my new red bears arrived. Here's the whole family :3.



And just to show how thick that mofo is:



For clean tones that thing is fat as hell, really useful studio pick for when the sound isn't quite right and you want to try something different.

[SonicThHedgog]

Originally Posted by Fishy

Funny you should mention a 5mm v-pick... Plus my new red bears arrived. Here's the whole family :3.



And just to show how thick that mofo is:



For clean tones that thing is fat as hell, really useful studio pick for when the sound isn't quite right and you want to try something different.

How much did that V pick codt you?

[Fishy]

$10 I think. It's a lot but I mean look at that thing. It's gonna take years to wear out.

[BONKERS]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i01_details
Been using these for the last month or two.
.012-.060 (Before you go "LOLWUT" I've had my guitar tuned to C for pretty much the last year or two)

They generally sound great, but I need to have my nut modified to fit them better among other things.

I need to replace the G-string though, because it's not wound and it sounds terrible.
You'd think @.020 it'd be wound.
Or at least there's probably something wrong with my guitar that always makes my G-String sound terrible. Even with good intonation.

Before this, I was using either
http://www.amazon.com/DR-Strings-DDT...bxgy_MI_text_c
or
http://www.amazon.com/DR-Strings-DDT...1408975&sr=1-5
I can't recall.

[Kuolema]

So why do you guys use the strings/picks you do?
Do they make any specific differences?
I'm a guitar noob, so I've kind of been wondering what the deal is with all the different string types.

[SnappleMan]

Originally Posted by Kuolema

So why do you guys use the strings/picks you do?
Do they make any specific differences?
I'm a guitar noob, so I've kind of been wondering what the deal is with all the different string types.

What it comes down to most is the feel of your guitar. The string gauge determines how easy the guitar is to play (lighter strings bend easier and aren't as damaging to your fingers) and also the tone of the strings (heavier strings tend to have a little bit more bottom end definition to the sound). And the pick gauge determines the string attack sound, a little of the string tone, and most importantly the playing feel in your hands. Heavier picks give you a more controlled and rigid feel, and smaller picks give you more control.

There are also other factors like lower tuning stability with heavier strings and different types of attack dynamics with light/heavy picks etc etc, but mainly what it comes down to is playing comfort.

[Kuolema]

Originally Posted by SnappleMan

What it comes down to most is the feel of your guitar. The string gauge determines how easy the guitar is to play (lighter strings bend easier and aren't as damaging to your fingers) and also the tone of the strings (heavier strings tend to have a little bit more bottom end definition to the sound). And the pick gauge determines the string attack sound, a little of the string tone, and most importantly the playing feel in your hands. Heavier picks give you a more controlled and rigid feel, and smaller picks give you more control.

There are also other factors like lower tuning stability with heavier strings and different types of attack dynamics with light/heavy picks etc etc, but mainly what it comes down to is playing comfort.

Lol, I'm just using the strings that came with my guitar...I should probably get those replaced sometime though.