How Long Do U Use Ur Picks For?
buttmonk
Nov 18 2007, 03:55 AM
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Hi all,

Just wondering how much use people get out of a pick. For example, I probably get about 5-10 hours out of a Dunlop tortex .88mm before I start to feelit is getting too flattended off. Any suggestions for longer lasting alternatives?

cheers,

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- buttmonk   How Long Do U Use Ur Picks For?   Nov 18 2007, 03:55 AM
- - Maximus   I have a pile of em on my amp and several of them ...   Nov 18 2007, 03:58 AM
- - Robin   5-10 hours... ? I use mine for months/years.   Nov 18 2007, 04:00 AM
- - swingline   I use mine until they are irritatingly rounded off...   Nov 18 2007, 04:01 AM
- - Zephyr   Until I lose them... which is actually pretty fast...   Nov 18 2007, 04:05 AM
- - botoxfox   If your picks get rounded off, use sand paper to s...   Nov 18 2007, 04:09 AM
- - Soul_Decision   I use them till I feel I can't play with them ...   Nov 18 2007, 04:10 AM
|- - kevin-riff-after-riff   QUOTE (Soul_Decision @ Nov 18 2007, 03:10...   Nov 18 2007, 04:18 AM
|- - Pavel   QUOTE (Soul_Decision @ Nov 18 2007, 04:10...   Nov 18 2007, 07:17 AM
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- - Smells   QUOTE (Maximus @ Nov 18 2007, 02:58 AM) I...   Nov 18 2007, 05:01 AM
- - mattacuk   I loose at least 1 a day, its gotten really expens...   Nov 18 2007, 05:09 AM
- - Smells   QUOTE (mattacuk @ Nov 18 2007, 04:09 AM) ...   Nov 18 2007, 05:11 AM
|- - mattacuk   QUOTE (Smells @ Nov 18 2007, 04:11 AM) tr...   Nov 18 2007, 05:56 AM
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- - The Uncreator   till they are gone, takes me about a week to lose....   Nov 18 2007, 05:33 AM
- - botoxfox   I always keep my picks in a box or something. And ...   Nov 18 2007, 05:36 AM
- - Smells   QUOTE (mattacuk @ Nov 18 2007, 04:56 AM) ...   Nov 18 2007, 05:57 AM
|- - mattacuk   QUOTE (Smells @ Nov 18 2007, 04:57 AM) ee...   Nov 18 2007, 05:59 AM
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- - Joey   you guys should get light picks like muris has, si...   Nov 18 2007, 05:57 AM
- - peterorg54   mine is disposable.   Nov 18 2007, 06:09 AM
- - MickeM   I use them till they break or I lose them   Nov 18 2007, 06:45 AM
- - ibanezkiller   till i loose them...   Nov 18 2007, 07:20 AM
|- - lavendell   QUOTE (ibanezkiller @ Nov 18 2007, 07:20 ...   Nov 18 2007, 05:46 PM
|- - Hemlok   QUOTE (lavendell @ Nov 18 2007, 04:46 PM)...   Nov 18 2007, 05:49 PM
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- - Batista   I have a pick I am really in love with, and it is ...   Nov 18 2007, 07:24 AM
- - buttmonk   yeh, 5-10hrs is when i start to feel that it ain...   Nov 18 2007, 05:48 PM
- - mattacuk   Ive never known a pick to just "wear" ou...   Nov 18 2007, 05:57 PM
|- - Pavel   QUOTE (mattacuk @ Nov 18 2007, 05:57 PM) ...   Nov 18 2007, 09:24 PM
|- - mattacuk   QUOTE (Pavel @ Nov 18 2007, 08:24 PM) Obv...   Nov 18 2007, 09:52 PM
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- - preownedguitar   Pretty much till I lose them or sometimes when I...   Nov 18 2007, 05:58 PM
- - shredmandan   Well it really all depends. One thing that...   Nov 18 2007, 07:05 PM
- - Smikey2006   I use these little beefy picks Stubby 1mm. Ive nev...   Nov 19 2007, 12:11 AM
- - Goliath   I use Jazz III's, the 1.31mm black ones. They...   Nov 19 2007, 07:40 PM
- - Tomy Jeon   I use my picks until I lose them   Dec 22 2007, 12:01 AM
- - kebsis   lol, i lose them so fast I've never actually t...   Dec 22 2007, 12:43 AM
- - stratman33   i just use them until they get lost..losing picks ...   Dec 24 2007, 04:08 PM
- - Milenkovic Ivan   I use a bunch of them at once, and when they all g...   Dec 25 2007, 09:39 PM
- - Freddie Fourfingers   All this talk of losing picks is why I have stayed...   Dec 31 2007, 02:13 AM
- - Spiderusalem   I wanna buy an expensive bone guitar pick because ...   Dec 31 2007, 02:17 AM
- - erik   I have three of theese in my pick-holder at my gui...   Jan 1 2008, 11:45 PM
- - Hisham   you can use it once for hard song   Jan 2 2008, 12:29 AM
- - Smells   once? I`d best throw all mine away and buy ...   Jan 2 2008, 12:35 AM
|- - Muris   I usually lost few of EB's per day,it's im...   Jan 2 2008, 12:59 AM
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- - Smells   yea in fairness, when I ran out of Jazz III`s ...   Jan 2 2008, 01:01 AM
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