Trying out the Mccray picks..
has anyone tried the mccray picks since their launch this week?
thought i'd mention my recent experience..
my envelope of mccrays arrived about a week ago to australia after about 10 days in the post...
the fellows there worked with me very closely to decide which ones to get.
i ordered a variety of sizes and shapes, plus was sent a 'Fraley" model..
all bevelled nicely.
easier / practical to get a selection posted all the way down here rather that just a couple.
as i told the mccray fellows, i hadn't tried anything in the "boutique" line of picks before..
my favourites being the commonly found dunlop 'ultex' till now..
he said they "were like 'ultex' on steroids", which i guess pretty well describes them.
it's still going to take me some time to learn how to drive these better, and which shapes and thickness i use for which instrument, and or job at hand,
but the first thing i must say is that
they bring out more overall sound than what i'm used to (which is awesome),
and with that comes much more complexity/nuance from the quality instruments i have tried them on.
and they are really fast....faster than i've 'driven' before..
hence the 'driving leassons' i still need to make!
the tone improvement is there over my previous picks, i can feel it because i hit it sometimes,
but as i play more with these i should be able to dial it in.
they are differently a different hi octane beast to what i'm used to..
i've tried them mostly on a gibson jumbo type 6 string so far and i was getting about 50% more growl and grunt out of the guitar,
and the last couple days have been using them on a gibson type F4 mandolin....
after a bit of getting used to, i can hear so much more 'sting' coming from the mando, and the "tremolo" strums are real clean sounding.
the picks really do slide over the strings like butter..or maybe like glass is the better description.
and they seem to stick to my fingers without feeling sticky..
let me say i'm only a mildly intermediate player, but the 4-5 sessions i've had so far with these has seemed to bring out more feel in my playing, and definitely the beginnings of better tone..(see above)
it's not taking long to know which one to reach for to get which sound/tone i'm after
for a particular thing.
currently the 'Frayley'...which at first looked too small, but is currently my favourite for how it feels in my hand.
one thing i do notice is more audible "string click" which i'm learning to control.
Tony Hannock
..long live the small fish..
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