Pick thickness...

[Jasper]

I started playing with light picks and have worked my way up to a 1.07mm Clayton, which I rounded off a bit and like very much. Better tone than a thinner pick, but a bit harder to play with. Any suggestions or opinions? I just don't care for the lighter sound of a .88 nylon or similar type pick though it is easier to flip off the strings.

[mandodebbie]

I prefer a thin pick for strumming and a thicker one for note playing. Nothing too thick as it sounds too "clickitty-clackitty". I am, however, not fussy as to the material a pick is made of; nylon, plastic, whatever works is fine with me. Then again, I'm not the Queen of the Mandolin, either.(Is there one?)

[glauber]

There are lots of pick discussions in the "equipment" forum. I like "Dawgs", myself. They're very thick, but rounded.

[John Craton]

Then again, I'm not the Queen of the Mandolin, either.(Is there one?)

I have heard Gertrude Troester referred to as "Queen of the Mandolin" before, by no less that Norman Levine. I guess that could be considered the equivalent of an official coronation -- at least by some.

[mmukav]

Thick, thick, and more thick. Better tone, better control.

[bluegrassjack2]

U need to try the Dawg or the 207 picks. Friend told me about the 207s and I bought one and really didnt like it at first, but after a while it has now become my favorite.

[Eugene]

Thinnish (I like 0.8 mm) and pointy. Better tone and better control...in the context of my favored light-string set up on my favored bowlback mandolins in my favored genre of classical. There was a good deal of chat on a similar topic here and here.

[mmukav]

I should have qualified my earlier post.

Thick picks for me, because they seem to work better for me.
Different styles of music may require different pick thickness. I play a lot of bluegrass, and the thicker pick seems to work better for me, in that style of music.

[telepbrman]

Jazz tone 205's....Jim Dunlop makes them, and thick is it.

[Marshall]

Golden Gates are very similar to Dawgs but slightly brighter (probably because they're slightly thinner and less rounded). #I like GGs with some strings and Dawgs with others. #You might also experiment with the fat end of a regular pointy pick. #That's kind of what Dawgs and GGs are like, but thicker and with a very rounded edge. # The stiff picks were a little harder for me to control at first, but now I'm mostly used to it.