Pick Question for the Guitar Players Amongst Us

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Originally Posted by RickRobert

Tortex are the best picks ever ever ever

Though if he likes the gauge and size then maybe he'd appreciate the er - tonal variety a different pick would give to different styles/songs? I know I do... and David Gilmour I think

Yeah, he mainly uses the green Tortex, but he does have a couple purple tri-tips that he also keeps in his pocket - I don't remember the brand, but they are more flexible than the green Tortex. And I've seen him noodle on one of his acoustics with a marble-patterned celluloid pick of some sort.

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

I think it was a nice idea, just so you know.

Thank you. I really appreciate in the input - I don't want to give a useless gift, even if it's a nice idea. I kind of pride myself on finding perfect-but-out-of-the-ordinary gifts for people. It's one of my favorite things to do. And since he might as well have a guitar sewn to his hands at all times, I figured something related would be good.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Nice idea, no doubt. The question was whether most guitar players would want to play with a different kind of pick. I don't think anyone wanted to switch....

I don't smoke, but I suppose it would be like, if you smoked Marboro Reds, and someone bought you a carton of Virginia Slims. Probably wouldn't go over too well.....even if you got a thank you and a smile.

Okay, the smoking analogy, that I definitely get. Thank you for your input, too. You guys are awesome.

I totally don't want to force him to change his preferred pick by giving him a present that he'll feel like he has to use 'cos it was a present or anything.

I might go ahead and see about getting ahold of one of the GrippX picks, though, like I mentioned earlier, and fork it over casually to see what happens. If he makes negative noises, then I will definitely scrap the idea. If he makes positive noises, then I might go ahead and do it, unless I think of something better in the meantime - and at the very least, he can use them to chuck at the audience during shows so he doesn't have to chuck the ones he actually uses, haha.