Dunlop Guitar Picks Review

well if you were going to buy picks
where would you start
we’re doing no
good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and
welcome back to heavy repping my name is
jontron davidson and i’m here once again
in our super best double door test
location in the south west
of england so today what i’m going to do
is go through the most basic choices
of stuff that you should be able to go
into any guitar shop anywhere and buy
with a view to giving you the best
possible start when you’re coming to the
guitar
at first the place to start would be
the tortex yellow this is a 0.73 ml pick
it is made from delrin it’s in the
classic 351 shape which is this teardrop
here
these are the most widely used picks on
earth you still find dozens and dozens
of players using them now i recommend
that people choose
whatever works for them there is no hard
and fast rule with this this is just to
give you a broad overview but the beauty
of these is you will find them in
any guitar shop anywhere because of the
ubiquity of dunlop
as a place to start a place you can buy
a lot of picks
for not very much these are the plums
and the best thing about them is
if you drop them there’s no yellow
stages out there so if you do drop it
it’s a lot easier to find on your carpet
or floor
the alternative to these is the new
dunlop flow now i’ve talked about this
in the channel before
i think this pick is super good
especially for starting out
the reason is because this is curved to
a little bit more of a point
so when you’re going through the strings
there’s less resistance and it’s a lot
easier
it’s also a little bit brighter than the
classic 351
and if you buy these in bags they’re a
little bit cheaper
let’s talk about the jazz three now
those of you who are getting into
playing heavier stuff especially if you
want to do techie stuff or whatever as
is the way these days
uh the jazz three is probably gonna be a
pick that you’re gonna gravitate towards
this little thing has been favored by i
don’t know how many people
the number of signature models of these
is
stupid you get the heaphy the hama the
petrucci there’s so many versions of
that
uh bona masa eric johnson all that sort
of thing the reason for that is
when you’re doing economy picking you
just have the tiniest bit sticking out
at the bottom and if you’re going
given at the old michelangelo ratio
treatment that is
exactly what you want uh within the
dunlop range i personally would
recommend
the matt heaphy which i think is superb
it’s a cross
between delrin and nylon so it’s got the
body of delrin but it’s got the
brightness of nylon
they’ve also used the maxi grip kick
plate on this
so the grip is insane also like the fact
that it’s kind of a gold sparkle and
your picks should be an event
if they are an event you will look
forward to playing the guitar more
there’s also lots of versions uh in
different materials and so once you get
them in all techs and delrin and nylon
and so forth so have a look online
the chances are the ones that you’re
going to find in your local shop will be
the stiffle which is the black one
which is hardened nylon the red which is
the normal nylon the black
tortex ones or they’ll have the altx
jazz three now the altx is probably the
one i would choose because it’s got way
more power
but you will find something that works
for you so experiment if you’re wanting
to get into rhythm stuff but
not necessarily sort of thing then i
would recommend the max grip
as a starting point now the reason for
that is these are really cheap
but the same money as you would get for
tortex
but these are made from nylon
they’ve got the diamond kick plate on
them they’re a little bit smaller and a
little bit more pointed
without getting into super sharp jeff
loomis territory
the grip is really really good so if
you’re struggling to hold on to things
then that’s a good place to start but
again within that there are variations
if you want to go a little bit more
aggressive
and get a little bit faster a sharper
tip will help with that
so you’ve got options like the hetfield
white fang which i think is
super super good though i would
definitely encourage you
to go at the bare minimum to one
millimeter because altx can sound a bit
blinky when it’s under a mill or
if you want to get the real crew magnum
caveman job on the go
go for the altx jazz xl which is my
personal favorite
because it’s like opening a ton of beans
with dynamite they’re not expensive
either
and that is a good place to start it’s
also worth noting that at this price
point
you’re you can if you want to creep into
stuff like the prime tone series if you
really want to get into this
and i imagine you do because you are
here altx is a very very hard
material so which means it’s got a very
hard sound with the prime tones they
kind of
shave little bits off the leading and
backward edge and by doing that it
softens the blow of the ltx
jazz so those of you who are wanting to
get into jazz for example
i would suggest that the cheapest
jumping off point because
jazz players especially gypsy jazz tend
to favor thicker plectrums say around
the
three four mil mark is to start with one
of these this is a dunlop
500 series two mill is made from polish
delrin
and these are good and tough they’re
pretty stiff
and there’s nothing to say that you have
to use this tip a lot of friends of mine
who play this sort of style
especially
you know what i’m talking about they
tend to favor the rounded edge that’s a
good starting point but there are
loads of alternatives for this even
within the dunlop cannon now we’re going
to go a little bit
deeper with this the first place to look
would be things like the 208 the 205
these are very very smooth through the
strings they’ve got a nice kind of matte
almost squeaky feel to them i’ve used
them a lot especially the 208 which i
quite like
but if you want to go thicker dunlop
doesn’t do piles of thick stuff
but the thickest one they do is this
which is the jazz
polycarbonate prime tone now i’ve
actually done
this in another video in a top five
video but if you want to get into the
real serious downstroke stuff this is
the place to start
these are not mega money either uh you
don’t start getting expensive dunlops
until you really get into
the prime tone stuff but again expense
is relative
the more money you spend on tougher on
picks made of tougher materials the
longer they will last
the more of a relationship you build
with them and so on now obviously there
are
loads of boutique alternatives to that
but i’m going to cover this
in another video this is just a nice
little synopsis of where you can begin
if you’re
starting to get into picks grouped by
style
and i hope that you found that helpful
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