Bass Guitar Pick Comparison: Get Your Best Tone
Whether you use a pick exclusively or occasionally, at some point you’ve probably asked yourself if changing pick gauge will affect your tone. In this video we’ll listen to 6 different Dunlop Tortex picks and find out which works best for you! I’m using a stock, Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod PJ bass for the demo. Enjoy!
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Originally posted by UCHwa0ixBPmyiZUsgRHh1dXg at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLGT3nu_zMU
Thank you so much for doing this video. I've been toying around with different picks on my bass recently and I would like to share my findings. These are my own personal views.
Red: Garbage.????
Orange: great with a looper or if you're recording in a studio. This pick is wonderful for strumming chords. It brings out the mids and highs out quite nicely. I would never use it in a live situation however. It's too flimsy .
Yellow: my new favorite pick. For the past couple of months I've been using this alot!!!
Pros: awesome for rythymic 16th note pattern. Check out bobby vega.
2. Better tone control. I can play a range from hard rock to soft melodies if I choose .
3. That tic tac sound you get from playing dead notes is awesome.
4. Very comfortable to play with.
Green: great for that punk sound. Ha ha green day???? this pick sounds great with a precision bass as well.
Blue: this is the heaviest I go. I use this for a lot of styles that require a heavier sound. It has just enough flex as not to restrict me.
Purple: I'm not fond of hitting a concrete sidewalk with a small hammer????????
Once again these are my findings and tastes. Thanks once again.❤
P.S…This nonsense of pick and no pick has got to end. A really good Bass Player should have the proficiency to play the bass using pick, fingers, thumb, and slap. You never know when you're going to need it. Cheers❤
I've been using the .88 ones eversince I started playing with a pick seriously. Bigger, they sound too boomy, and thinner, wouldn't you know it, they don't sound boomy enough.
Im loving .60 nylon on bass!
I've been using Dunlop Max Grip nylon .73 picks for the last couple of years and I really dig em.
The yellow is my favorite to use on guitar. When I use a pick on bass I like the green one.
Edit: why does that bass have more knobs than a mixing board? ????
Great video! I've had the same experience of preferring thinner picks. It's less work, which doesn't just mean less fatigue, but also makes it easier to play more complex lines.
I use the blue one.
Dunlop .73mm does it for me.
Dunlop Big Stubby 3mm. Love em.
For the longest time I played whatever my guitar player was using, Until one was using a purple Tortex. That was it for me from then on.
Dunlop Tortex Triangle Pick 0.60 mm for over 25 years.
Ernie Ball Everlast 2.0, very much like the toltex picks.
Before watching this video I had never considered using lower than 1mm picks on bass!
Normally I use a Dunlop Stubby Triangle 1mm or 2mm, or the Dunlop Gator .96mm, but I enjoyed the articulation you got with the thinner picks
Thanks, Dave