This is the greatest guitar pick ever created, tell me why or why not.
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Nope, Jazz III is. 😋
Agree, although there may be a misprint on yours. should say .73. and also should be yellow
Make it blue and 1.0mm and I will agree
The orange one is better.
Until you try the sharp version
Cuz it ain’t a Carbon Fiber Max Grip Jazz III
My faves as well. Perfect thickness, nice grip and last forever. Always carry a few in my jeans pocket.
I bought a bag of 72 of these many years ago. They never break and wear very slowly. I’ve probably only gone through maybe 20 of them, and some of those were just lost. I think there will still be plenty in the bag when I’m dead and buried. Lol
I like Dunlop Flows and Gator Grips personally
Jazz III XL Ultex
The red Jazz III with the dotted grip 5eva
Purple tortex are my favorites. Zzounds.com had 72 for 24 bucks.
It is, except when you’re playing outside and drop it in the grass. That’s why I go with the yellow or orange.
Because the .60 is
Tortex yellow and blue are my favorites personally
These are actually my favorite. My only slight annoyance as they like to twist in my grip. I kind of wish they had bumps on them.
Tortex Jazz III’s for me
It’s the Jim Dunlop USA nylon .88
Dunlop Big Stubby or nuthin’
I like the Ultex 1.4, but my fave is the MaxGrip 1.5
Best brand but I prefer the 1.0mm
Fender medium
Waayyy too thin. I need at least 1mm
I really like these and the purple ones. Depends on what I’m playing though. If I’m flat picking I like something with a little more backbone.
.73 and 1.0 ultex for me, bloody amazing picks
Tortex Flex 1mm begs to differ
Big fan of orange, yellow & green myself. None of this Jazz III nonsense
I’ve used a lot of different picks, different materials, different weights, and I always come back to the Tortex picks, specifically the 1.14 mm purple ones.
So for me, yes, the Tortex picks are the best, although I prefer a little heavier.
Tortex<Ultex
I like the yellow tortex. I got 500 of them like a decade ago and never ran out.
I used to use them all the time, but switched to Brain Picks in the same thickness for the grip, and the Big Stubby for metal. The lack of grip on these is a huge drawback.
Way too thin lol (at least for me anyway).
I play completely rigid thick hard plastic pics, Jazz III stubby, either 2mm or 3mm
The Jazz III version of these green picks is perfect
I never liked them. Too big a profile and it has a dry, slipperiness. That one pictured would be too thin for me as well. I’ve used Delrin 500 1.14mm for decades and can’t use anything else. They are also slippery, but when you lick your fingers it creates an almost glue to the pick. Every once in a while I will wash my used pick with soap and water to get rid of the oiliness.
I prefer Ultex
Nope, it’s the Adamas 2mm graphite
Too thin and not made of graphite. I prefer the adamas Dunlop
Tooooooo slipppppeeerrryyy!
it’s my preferred
1.0 mm
I eventually switched to Snarlin’ Dogs Brain .88’s but only out of necessity. The grip was better for the type of music I was playing at the time. Largely I’d rather find the good ol Green Tortex laying around any day of the week.
has anyone tried the extra sharp version of these?
they’re like a larger jazz pick.
that said, there are materials that make a better sound on the strings…
The blue ones yes
I Prefer the yellows and purples
It isn’t.
Why? I prefer Jazz III.
Ultex Jazz III is far better
Pointier. More control. Easier to dig in and they play faster imo.
The ultex feel like they last forever. I’m far more likely to lose em than wear em out. The tortex wear real quick especially when I’m stringing with Ernie ball mammoths. 🦣
That’s the one right there. Been using them pretty much exclusively since like 1992 or something since I saw Metallica using them.