Picky,picky,picky.

Last night i was recording a very fast passage of notes carefully
and painfully chosen.

I `ve tried a couple of times with questionable results before realizing
that i had to use a much harder pick than the one i was currently using,
one that won`t bend when picking hard and fast.

I opened my "Pick Box" as i call it, where at least fifty different picks
are safely reside,and took out my trustworthy
Jim Dunlop Delrin 500 standard, no.410, lavender 1.5 mm one.

The smooth surface of this pick and it`s unresistable attack gave wings
to my right hand and i finally nailed the passage of fury notes down.

Since the pick is a guitarist`s right hand extention and a natural equalizer
i have been using different ones,with a variery of shapes and material, over
the years to achieve the tones i hear in my head.

For a long time i`ve been a huge fan of these small and cute Jim Dunlop
nylon Jazz i,ii and iii no.47R
with three tips that provide a variery of tones.
These picks suits your picking hand perfectly especially if you use an angular
picking motion with your hand in a shape of a fist.

I remember when i first started playing guitar in the 70`s Athens,
the only picks available then were the thin, medium and hard ones
by Fender.

Later on i switched to the Ernie Balls which were quite similar to the Fenders
but with a little more meat to the grip and they came in different colors
which was cool.

My long time good Athenian friend and very good guitar and bass player
Leo Georgoulis,who now lives in Toronto,makes these very fine picks
from coconut shell, in different shapes that he sent to me to try out and
which i find very good sounding.
Maybe some day he will mass produce them too.

For the last year however i am relying on Jim Dunlop`s
Ultex standard no.421 which are very good sounding,
extremely light weight and with a wide dynamic range.