Not Flowing

The Dunlop Flow pick was hype a while back. As you can see above, it's streamlined for a slick picking performance. Being me, I just couldn't get along with it. It felt wrong to begin with. Despite being acclimatized to acrylic picks I do own picks made out of other materials. It seems that the Flow's proprietary Ultex material isn't one of that other material that appeals to me. Less than 5 minutes later, I'm playing my DAW Shredline pick instead. As you can see there, I prefer a more bevelled edge with an unpolished surface. This catches the strings readily & offer lots of grind when peddling bass notes - for angry people like me.

RIP: Jim Dunlop

RIP: Jim Dunlop. Playing only Dunlop picks this weekend. 😔

Thin picking

This happened over the weekend. When you recommend others your preferences, chances of them liking your selections is a 50/50 affair. I had some people asking why my acoustic picking sounded precise. My immediate answer- I use hard picks. I ended up giving some folks a few samples of what I use (namely DAW picks which I have plenty of) to get a feel of how non-flex (aka stiff) picks give that precise click during fast runs but the oversight here is that, the folks whom I talked to were ardent strummers. They don't do single notes on acoustics so having a hard pick would definitely be the wrong way to go. So to make amends, I recommended them the red/ green Jim Dunlops you see above (both were less than 1mm) to their delight because the raised etchings there improved their pick grip. Oh, well.

The good Friday give away

Good Friday morning all you hardworking guitar fanatics who are enjoying the holiday (hopefully the long weekend as well). I'm doing a little give away here & you stand a chance to receive the above set of Jim Dunlop JAZZ picks (alien face hugger excluded), the set includes:

1. Jazz I: Round tip (1.1mm)
2. Jazz III: Pointed tip (1.38mm)
3. Jazz III: XL (1.38mm)

 Ready? Please answer this question & e-mail me your answer ASAP:

Rules:

1. All answers via e-mail only, replies to this post will be disqualified.
2. Your e-mail should bear the following tittle: JD pick giveaway answer
3. All entries should include the sender's name.
   
4. All entries should be submitted by 2359hrs on 3rd April 2015.
5. 10 selected winners will be notified via e-mail with a request for their mailing address.
6. All winners' name will be published at theguitaraddict.blogspot.com along with their respective e-mail address (partial address only for security reasons)

Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. All give away picks are kindly sponsored by Davis GMC, I am thankful for their support especially when they exceeded my expectations (Thanks, Janet!!). More importantly, I am grateful for their belief of this humble blog & my dedication to sharing.

Alice & Clayton

If you take a closer look, the above picks are not your favourite Dunlop Stubby units, these are Alice picks. They are made exactly like the aforementioned (stiffness/ dimension/ thickness) but upon close scrutiny, are a little lighter; not too telling if you handle the 1mm/ 2mm ones but the 3mm version. You'd suspect if these are OEM items after all...

On the subject of picks, Claytons feature a cork ring on one side to promote grip. Great idea but the feel is acquired taste. Nothing too repulsive though...

Alice & Clayton picks are available @ Davis Guitar.