What picks are you using.

[Professor1]

For decades, I've used Fender 351 mediums. Lately, I've been wanting to try some thicker, or even smaller jazz picks. The Dunlop Jazz II picks seem very popular, but the quality is poor; they all have a nasty ridge around the edges. I've also found some stainless steel picks.

What are you guys using, and for what style(s)?

[jazzalta]

I use Fender heavys (the smaller triangle type) when I play jazz. Otherwise I play mediums on every other guitar.

[kawe]

I still use Dunlop Jazz III or Dunlop Nylon .88 depending on the sound I want to get ( Jazz III provide a darker sound, the Nylons a more brilliant tone).

[adrian480]

Dunlop jazz III great pick, sounding very good with the Gibson Classic 58 pickup

My style, of cause Jazz

[Professor1]

I did an unscientific test yesterday after I put new flatwounds on my Epiphone. What was surprising was that a very large difference resulted from such a relatively trivial piece of hardware.

The Fender mediums gave a bright crisp tone. The Dunlop Jazz I and II picks gave a much more bassy tone, and some thick large picks like a Dunlop 1.5mm gave a tone in between, but much more room to grip them. Surprisingly, the stainless steel pick sounded almost identical to the Fender celluloid, but the feel was much stiffer.

So, do some experimenting to see what sorts of different sounds you can get just by changing picks.

[kawe]

Dunlop Nylon 1 mm are not bad too - for jazz sounds.