Guitar picks review: Red Bear, Wegen, Pickboy...

Mini review of picks. Red Bear, Michael Wegen, Pickboy, Dunlop, Grisman "Dawg", PickBoy Horn, Bone...

Boucher Indian Goose D with D'Addario EXP17 (two weeks old).

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[DuskY1991]

Nice demo. Excellent playing, great sound. May I ask what mic/pre was used? Might as well be just the amazing guitar that I'm hearing.

[nachomaga]

@DuskY1991

Hi, thanks for your comment. The mic is a SE Electronics 2200A connected to a TC Electronics 24D interface. The guitar is Canadian handmade Boucher Indian Goose Dreadnought, Adirondack Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides.

[RedBearTrading]

Gotta love your sense of tone. You obviously are a man of discerning taste!

[nachomaga]

Thanks :) Well, you make amazing picks!

[CDawson81]

I like the Wegen bluegrass pick

[toodance]

@maneatingtoilets yeah, me too.

[SixStringHarmonies]

The Red Bear picks with the speed bevel are an amazing creation! I will never go back to garbage picks. Totally identical to Turtle shell in every way.

[scatered1]

i think we can all agree the red bear classic heavy is best!...

[BlueridgeStrummer]

Those Red Bear picks tear the bone out. Man they rock.

[maneatingtoilets]

I really liked the bone one.

[WoWintosh]

Having tried V-Picks, wegen picks, Red Bear picks, countless Dunlop picks, Wirethings, and whatever else I could find, I've settled on Star Picks .73mm

Like a yellow Tortex with a star-shaped hole in the middle

For acoustic, the best is a Dunlop Primetone 5mm large pointed

screw these $20+ picks, the Red Bear was nice but not $20 nice

[anitadavideduo]

interesting :-)

[justinge999]

I think Bluechip blows them all away.

[justinge999]

I think Bluechip blows them all away.

[DuskY1991]

@CDawson81 I like mine too.

[mikestrat56]

The Red Bear Classic appears to have the most balanced tone without the scratching high tones of the previous ones (kind of irritating, but that's just me). I just ordered one, so lets see.

[bluegrasssingingman]

Only the bone, and horn has really any different sound.

[DarkShroom]

lol these are a bit expensive, i like metal picks myself would be nice if someone would review those, i just got an aluminium dunlop one and it seems to be wearing down after 3-4 days

[TheHardyboy321]

awesome playing what guitar are you using ?

[DuskY1991]

@Mandotwang I picked up two of these Delrin picks as well as a Tortex I've always liked and Ultex I also often reach for. Besides that, I placed an order for two Gravity picks and three V-picks. Also considering getting the Wegen bluegrass picks (or the TF120 or 140, haven't decided)..

[ottokomae18]

Nice demo mate!!!

[WoWintosh]

@Pgitlitz

I've heard that it's some sort of protein derived from milk, mixed with formaldehyde. Also, be patient. When you first feel that smooth feeling in your fingers, the awesome sound, the perfect glide over the strings, it'll be worth the wait!

[Pgitlitz]

@WoWintosh I've been waiting for the same two for weeks noe! How blood hard is it to make a pick. I also wonder what the source of the animal protein they use is? I hope it's not a case of soylent green

[DuskY1991]

@Mandotwang I know I can get by Dunlops easily, but the same goes for Wegens, and I'm quite interested in those as well. Any particular type that'll work best?

[Mandotwang]

@DuskY1991 I really like the Red Bear C heavy with speed bevel for both mandolin and guitar. Another pick that is much much cheaper but good is the Dunlop Delrin 500 in 1.4mm (lavender color). They are teardrop shape and I round off the ends a bit and re-bevel them (even smoother) which is quite easy to do. I wish they came in that gauge in the larger elliptical shape but you have to special order a LOT of them in order to get them in a heavier gauge.

[DuskY1991]

@Mandotwang Thanks for your comment, I'm actually looking for a pick that'll work great on both guitar and mandolin - sine I can't shell out too much for a pick right now (but I do want something better than I've got now). ; )

[DuskY1991]

@nachomaga Thanks! Didn't expect an sE 2200A to sound like that. Maybe I should check one out - yours sounds pretty darn good.

[Mandotwang]

I like the Blue Chips, but my favorite picks are the Red Bears give me a richer tone with more articulation which I would describe as a wider frequency range. I especially love the C heavies with the holes and a speed bevel, slightly rounded points and see they are your favorite also. They are the bomb for mandolin too.