| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Of Picks And Such | | Date: | Thursday, November 24, 2005 18:44:09 (-0800) | | From: | Lynn Oliver <chief06 @.......net>
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| In reply to: | Message 1201 (written by Gary L. Stone) |
> Are brass fingerpicks the
> loudest?
I think loudness WRT fingerpicks has more to do with technique and how they
are shaped than the material they are made of. Some folks complain that
brass picks tend to sound scratchy. The traditional test for good
fingerpicks is to drop them onto a hard surface to hear whether they ring or
thud. Needless to say, thud = bad.
The standard in fingerpicks is nickel silver AKA German silver, which is an
alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. Popular examples are the National NP2's
and Showcase 41's. There are a lot of other choices, including stainless
steel (Sammy Shelor picks) and brass. To reduce scratchiness and wear you
can have any metal pick cobalt plated.
Lynn
> While I'm here, there's one more thing I'd like to ask, if I'm not
> taking up too much space here. If I am just delete this. I know I'm on a
> lot. For those very few of you with stainless steel body resos out
> there...
> How do you clean and protect them? I imagine it'd be best to clean it
> with
> Windex or something like that. Do you use any polish on them? I would
> figure that car wax would have a detrimental effect on the sound. It
> looks
> like a mirror right now. We'd like to keep it that was as long as
> possible.
> Thanks again for all of the help and advice.
> Rat Man
>
>
>
>
>
> riginal Message -----
> From: "Lynn Oliver" <chief06@verizon.net>
> To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Of Picks And Such
>
>
> > The plastic ones were all to tight...
>
> Gold Gate Pearloid thumbpicks come in extra large--have you tried those?
>
> http://www.thestringman.com/picks/thumb-picks.htm
>
> Lynn
>
>
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