Modern Saint
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As players we tend to concentrate on the type of guitar, the pickups, the strings, and other parts but sometimes the basics are over looked. I have seen discussions on picks and tuners so this thread that I am starting is my revelation and small changes.
Picks...
My pick of choice for the past 30 years have been the Dunlop Tortex 0.96mm or 1.14mm picks.
At the last pedal show (about a year ago) I went to, they gave out with your entry - 1 free - Tradition V-Pick. I tried the pick and liked it. No revelation to change but I liked it. Sadly I lost that little bugger - may have been swallowed up by the mean washing machine....
Anyway I was back home for a routine visit and picked up 6 more 1.14mm picks and noticed that they carried the V-Pick. Decided to get one again and give it a roll. This time I did a little research on the pic and tried a few things with it. Damn, I really like this!!! More so than my tried and trued for years.
I am sold!!! Now to try it on a gig. So this past Saturday I used on my monthly gig and dammit, this pick is the bomb. Easy to grip and very easy to control dynamics with it. I could do everything I do from funk to now steady tremolo picking with no slop. I could only do this with a metal pick before. At $4.00 a pop, it is expensive but for me, worth every penny.
So my other small change was to get another tuner. I have one broken Intellitouch PT10 and a couple of weeks ago last PT10 dropped off of the headstock when I was putting my guitar away. Took a step back and snap, gone was the clip. So I took the clip from the broken one with one that was working and it is good as gold now.
Sadly I share this tuner with all of the my instruments and always need a common place to hold it. With my increase in acoustic gigs and electric jams, I need to get another tuner to help the issue out. I have a Snark and it is okay but it is bulky. Love my Intellitouch but it doesn't fit the headstock of an Ovation well. Let me try the new TC Tuner as I have the floor ones for my pedals. I like it, little on the higher side but good for other items as well. A great replacement for my Intellitouch.
Hmm, the Ovations....I want to keep a tuner with them instead. Let me try the D'addario Planet Waves model. I read the thread on tuners and remember a Weiner saying that it eats batteries. Sadly my OD's eat batteries that I use for jams. Anyway, bought a two pack to try and I am in love. The fit decently well and work well. Gonna get a few more for my other two Ovations.
Funny how small types of things can help improve ones way of organizing things. As for floor tuners, please note that I do not always use a pedalboard.
Picks...
My pick of choice for the past 30 years have been the Dunlop Tortex 0.96mm or 1.14mm picks.
At the last pedal show (about a year ago) I went to, they gave out with your entry - 1 free - Tradition V-Pick. I tried the pick and liked it. No revelation to change but I liked it. Sadly I lost that little bugger - may have been swallowed up by the mean washing machine....
Anyway I was back home for a routine visit and picked up 6 more 1.14mm picks and noticed that they carried the V-Pick. Decided to get one again and give it a roll. This time I did a little research on the pic and tried a few things with it. Damn, I really like this!!! More so than my tried and trued for years.
I am sold!!! Now to try it on a gig. So this past Saturday I used on my monthly gig and dammit, this pick is the bomb. Easy to grip and very easy to control dynamics with it. I could do everything I do from funk to now steady tremolo picking with no slop. I could only do this with a metal pick before. At $4.00 a pop, it is expensive but for me, worth every penny.
So my other small change was to get another tuner. I have one broken Intellitouch PT10 and a couple of weeks ago last PT10 dropped off of the headstock when I was putting my guitar away. Took a step back and snap, gone was the clip. So I took the clip from the broken one with one that was working and it is good as gold now.
Sadly I share this tuner with all of the my instruments and always need a common place to hold it. With my increase in acoustic gigs and electric jams, I need to get another tuner to help the issue out. I have a Snark and it is okay but it is bulky. Love my Intellitouch but it doesn't fit the headstock of an Ovation well. Let me try the new TC Tuner as I have the floor ones for my pedals. I like it, little on the higher side but good for other items as well. A great replacement for my Intellitouch.
Hmm, the Ovations....I want to keep a tuner with them instead. Let me try the D'addario Planet Waves model. I read the thread on tuners and remember a Weiner saying that it eats batteries. Sadly my OD's eat batteries that I use for jams. Anyway, bought a two pack to try and I am in love. The fit decently well and work well. Gonna get a few more for my other two Ovations.
Funny how small types of things can help improve ones way of organizing things. As for floor tuners, please note that I do not always use a pedalboard.