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Re: OT: Re: jazz on tele's etc. Tone control - pick your pick carefully
you guys are lucky that your index nail doesnt break,i have a really weak one and though i love playing finger style stuff like flamenco,bossa,cuban etc. it has always been a struggle.If i just played nylon string it wouldnt be that bad but i also play steel string and electric which destroy my index.Ive tried everything from nail hardeners, lackers,super glue,vitamins etc. but puttng any coating makes it even worst after a few weeks.
So i keep it really short and try to get the most out of it ,though i was just talking to a gypsy flamenco player and he cuts a piece of ping pong ball and glues it to his index,it looks freighting but man that guy can play!
2010/4/2 Per Boysen
<perboysen@gmail.com>
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 6:33 PM, david kirkdorffer <
unstrungone@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A very important part of the "tone" conversation that is often overlooked is
> to consider the kind of plectrum you are using.
carrying many picks for different kinds of sound. But as Kris says,
playing with fingers gives you a better rhythmic control (although it
sound like... playing with fingers). For my own taste I mostly use one
of those fat and hard Dunlop plastics. I've also owned a bone pick for
about two decades that sounds good if playing a guitar with more jazzy
natural tone. Using the bone pick on a Fender would produce a way to
bright attack. For thick flat wound strings, like I use on fretless
these days, I sometimes play with a flint stone pick. The stone gives
a wonderfully distinct mid frequency attack, not too far from low
piano keys. "On demand" (when hired for someone else's studio session)
I have also used these saw tooth edged picks to produce a gritty,
gnarly note attack typically heard on old Jim Page and Leslie west
tracks. So there's a wide palette of sounds just in the choice of
pick.
Greetings from Sweden
Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com