Another Pick Thang/Marilynn Mair?

[Rick Schmidlin]

I have learning a lot from Marilynns The Complete Mandolinist which I highly praise.I have used the same heavey mando pick I got from Gregg Boyd back in the summer of 05' I have been happy with it and hold many different ways to get sounds I like. In Marilynns book she recommends certin picks for more color in sound. A Fender small heavy guitar pick is on her best list. I have one and have been trying it. It is as different as from day to night and will take time to get used to it, so is it worth it?

[Chris Biorkman]

Um, yes? Just buy the Blue Chip already and be done with it.

[CES]

I use a Fender Heavy almost exclusively on my acoustics, but I prefer the larger triangular shape, particularly after one of the points gets a little rounded (my brother, a guitar player, was fussing about the condition of my current pick recently, and after pointing out that he could just turn it to another point :) I commented that it was just gettin' broken in good). BUT, I'm a cheapskate (though not a bad pick-loser yet) and won't break down and get a Wegen or Blue Chip. The regular triangle Fender H is pretty good for clean pickin'/strumming but takes a little more finesse with tremolo...

[MandoSquirrel]

I find the "standard" Fender 351 shape(one point, two rounded shoulders) ideal for more "technical" playing on mandolin, such as tremolo, duo style, crosspicking, etc.
Triangles & rounded picks don't have the necessary finesse, & the 351 shape can be moved around for different picking surfaces as needed. I demand 1.21 mm to 1.5 or a tad thicker.