Great Idea! Count me in!
Great Idea! Count me in!
Got Sampler 2 today. Stunned at the number of picks in there!
I'll be working my way through them over the next week or so. Thanks!
Caleb, count me in
Count me in!
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Pick Sampler recipient list updates!
Sampler I
Chris Daniels - Current holder of Sampler #1. Shipping this week.
Em Tee
KBack
Sampler II
spud3 - Current holder of Sampler #2
Eric C.
Jim1hays
These are great community resources that allow pickers to try picks they might never have the opportunity to otherwise. Here's a reminder of the house rules to keep them moving along and allow us to track a sampler in case it goes missing:
Please try to keep your sampler no longer than 2 to 3 weeks.
Please do not remove a pick from the sampler. If you like it, buy one.
Adding new picks in encouraged.
Current holder will contact next in line for address and phone number when they receive the sampler.
Holder will send notification via PM or text when the sampler is on the way.
New recipient should post in this thread when they receive the sampler.
C.
Northfield F5S Amber #347 - 'Squeeze'
Mann EM-5 Hollow Body - Gimme Moore
Kentucky KM-270 - Not just for whisky
Flatiron 1N Pancake - Not just for breakfast
Epiphone Mandobird IV - Djangly
Cozart 8-string e-mando - El Ch(e)apo
Lanikai LB6-S Banjolele (tuned GDAE) - Plinky and the Brane
And just exactly how many picks are in these samplers?
Last edited by MontanaMatt; Nov-21-2017 at 12:39pm.
2007 Weber Custom Elite "old wood"
2017 Ratliff R5 Custom #1148
Several nice old Fiddles
2007 Martin 000-15S 12 fret Auditorium-slot head
Deering Classic Open Back
Too many microphones
BridgerCreekBoys.com
Sampler 2 has dozens. Lots are just regular guitar picks, so it has been a quick process to narrow it down to the 8 or 10 that are really getting my attention. Liking the Wegen and JT's a lot, plus found a couple that I didn't think would work well. I'll probably buy one or two of each of my favorites and then I can give them a long-term drive test.
I should be ready to ship to the next member by Monday or so. Chris, do I send the package back to you or contact the next person directly?
2007 Weber Custom Elite "old wood"
2017 Ratliff R5 Custom #1148
Several nice old Fiddles
2007 Martin 000-15S 12 fret Auditorium-slot head
Deering Classic Open Back
Too many microphones
BridgerCreekBoys.com
Alan! Haven't talked to you in what...days?
Sampler #1 has well over a hundred, with at least 90 unique picks in the lot. I haven't completed an updated inventory yet but here's the full list from my last review a few months ago plus two known additions. Duplicates are listed with an x and a number (e.g. x2):
1. PLEC USA Andrea 1.5 (triangle)
2. Jim Dunlop 204 (small, thick, black, very round tips)
3. Jim Dunlop 207 (black, thick)
4. Jim Dunlop 208 (Black thick)
5. BlueChip TPR-50
6. BlueChip CT-55
7. John Pearse Fast Turtles Medium 2.5mm - New addition
8. Gravity Gold Tripp Standard 1.5 -New addition
9. Dawg
10. Golden Gate
11. Acoustic Music Works
12. Jim Dunlop (manually sanded?) – big, triangular, dark brown
13. V-Pick Medium R - missing
14. V-Pick Red-colored (Triangle, very thick)
15. V-Pick Large ULP - missing
16. V-Pick (Thick, white pearl colored)
17. Gravity Striker XL 3
18. Chicken picks 2.1 Triangle (White)
19. Chicken Picks 2.2 (White)
20. Dunlop Tortex 1.5
21. Wegen Black Triangle - missing
22. Wegen White triangle with round edges
23. Wegen Regular shape white
24. Ultra Cool Heavy 1.0 mm, black rectangle
25. Unknown, pointed, Blue, 1.5 mm, with grip dots
26. Jim Dunlop Big Stubby 1.0
27. Jim Dunlop Stubby Triangle 1.5
28. Dunlop max-grip 1.14
29. Dunlop max-Grip 1.0
30. Dunlop Primetone 1.5 Triangle (grip)
31. Dunlop Primetone 1.0 (grip)
32. Dunlop Primetone 1.3 round edges
33. Dunlop Primetone 1.4 triangle
34. White and Hard - unnamed
35. Nylpro 1.4 green (D’addario)
36. Planet Waves x-heavy triangle 1.25
37. Fender Med metallic
38. Cool Heavy 1.0
39. Jim Dunlop Nylon .73
40. Cool heavy 1.0
41. Dunlop Tortex .50
42. Dunlop Gator .71
43. Prodigy Klassikh M (Greek Bouzouki Plectrum)
44. Prodigy Laikh M (Greek Bouzouki Plectrum)
45. Timber Tones Resin ‘Moondance’
46. Timber Tones Macassar Ebony
47. Timber Tones Horn ‘Starfish’
48. Gravity Striker Standard 1.5mm (‘Master Finish’ edge)
49. Gravity Axis Standard 1.5mm (polished edge)
50. Gravity Axis Standard 3mm (polished edge)
51. V-Pick Lite Medium Round
52. V-Pick Large Round
53. Clayton Acetal Standard 1.52mm
54. Jim Dunlop Americana Tri Pick Round 1.5mm x3
55. Clifford Essex ‘Mandolin 100’ rounded horn 1mm
56. Clifford Essex ‘Buffy’ horn 2mm
57. Snark Neo Tortoise heavy 1.07mm x3
58. Dogal Flexible
59. Dogal Medium
60. Dogal Heavy
61. Hawk SB
62. Pickboy Classic Pearl .75
63. Fender 346 Triangle Heavy - x 4
64. Dunlop Tortex .73 (yellow) - x 4
65. Clayton Duraplex Delrin Rounded Triangle 1.14 mm- x 4
66. D'Andrea 358 Teardrop Celluloid Jazz Shell Heavy - x4
67. Dunlop Stubby Triangle 3.0
68. Orbit Zero Gravity .6
69. Brain 1.0 - x 2
70. Dunlop Primetone Rounded with grip 1.5
71. Dunlop Primetone Rounded with grip 1.3
72. Dunlop Primetone triangle 1.5
73. Striped wooden
74. Authentic Hendrix heavy - x 5
75. Dunlop Max-grip 1.5
76. Buffalo ? triangle
77. Gibson triangle medium
78. Unknown small very pointed and thick black - x 3
79. Dunlop Ultex 1.0
80. Dunlop Ultex 1.3
81. Dunlop Tortex 1.0
82. Clayton triangle 1.0
83. D'Andrea standard heavy
84. Earnie Ball Brad Paisley
85. darrylicshon.com pink
86. Fidis Tamboti (wood)
87. Fidis Stratford Hall Plantation Cherry (wood)
88. Fidis striped (unknown wood)
89. Fidis Persimmon (wood)
90. Fidis Timborana (wood) - arrived broken
Sampler #2 is approaching the same volume. Here's my inventory from October 2016 when it was only a month old, but as of July 2017 it was reported as containing 102 picks:
1. Bluechip CT55
2. Wegen M200
3. Wegen TF140
4. Wegen Bluegrass (black)
5. Wegen Bluegrass (white)
6. 1.5mm D'Andrea ProPlec
7. .50mm D'Andrea Deltrex triangle
8. Dawg
9. Golden Gate
10. V-Pick Lite Large Pointed
11. V-Pick Jazz Mando
12. V-Pick Lite Medium rounded triangle
13. Hand shaped/buffed Apatius x6
14. 1.4mm Dunlop Primetone 512P triangle with grip
15. 1.5mm Dunlop Primetone 514P semi-round with grip
16. 1.3mm Dunlop Primetone 515P semi-round
17. Dunlop Jazz III Eric Johnson signature
18. 2.0mm Dunlop Yngvie Malmstein signature
19. 3.0mm Big Stubby (one with a worn tip for a nice rounded profile) x2
20. 1.5mm Dunlop Tortex standard x2
21. 1.5mm Dunlop Gator Grip
22. 2.0mm Dunlop Tortex standard
23. 1.0mm Dunlop Max-Grip
24. .60mm Dunlop Nylon
25. Thick Dunlop 207
26. 1.52mm Clayton triangle
27. Medium Ibanez Steve Vai signature
28. Heavy unmarked (buffalo?) horn triangles x4
29. Heavy Fender standard in various colors x7
30. Medium Fender triangle
31. Medium 'Big Dog' standard
32. Medium pink standard
33. Thin white triangle (worn)
34. Thin red nylon pointed triangle
35. Thin 'Nick Cowan' standard
C.
Last edited by Chris Daniels; Nov-21-2017 at 9:53pm.
Northfield F5S Amber #347 - 'Squeeze'
Mann EM-5 Hollow Body - Gimme Moore
Kentucky KM-270 - Not just for whisky
Flatiron 1N Pancake - Not just for breakfast
Epiphone Mandobird IV - Djangly
Cozart 8-string e-mando - El Ch(e)apo
Lanikai LB6-S Banjolele (tuned GDAE) - Plinky and the Brane
Sampler 2 sold me on the JT's. When I had it, there were no large triangle Jt's in it though, has that been resolved? Anyway, they make the large triangles and I really dig them for times I want a thinner but stiff pick for brightness.
Wegens (1.2 & 1.4) and the JT Pix have been my recent all around favorites.
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Sampler 2 is on its way to Eric. Thanks for keeping this going - it was great to try out all the different picks.
I ended up buying some Wegens, some Dunlop Primetones and will be ordering some JT's soon.
I received the package today.
Eric, you should have received the Sampler 2 by now. Has it made it there?
I would like to be added to the sampler list.
Thanks!
I'd like to join the list. W. James Johnson 17 st charles place asheville nc 28801. thanks, James
Just a PSA. Please don't post your address directly on the forum. This is especially true if your name can be gathered from your account name. Identity fraud is becoming quite common place. Please take appropriate precautions.
I’d like to add myself to the list
How exactly do I do that. Do I pm somebody?
Posting in this thread is enough. I'll update the recipient lists and post soon.
For the newcomers, here are the expanded house rules:
- Requests to be added to a recipient list can be made in this thread (preferred) or via PM to me. No need to post address.
- Brand new user accounts are requested to continue posting to the Cafe to establish credibility in being a recipient when their time comes. MIA accounts are subject to being skipped.
- I will try to honor requests for a specific sampler list but otherwise one will be assigned. They are both great so you won't be missing out either way!
- You will be contacted by current holder sometime before sampler is shipped to you to confirm address and phone number. These are needed for contact info to hunt down a sampler in case it goes missing.
- Please try to keep your sampler no longer than 2 to 3 weeks.
- Please do not remove a pick from the sampler. If you like it, buy one.
- Adding new picks in encouraged.
- Current holder will contact next in line for address and phone number sometime after they receive the sampler.
- Holder will confirm recipient address via phone call/text (preferred) or PM before shipping sampler.
- Holder will notify recipient when sampler had been shipped. Please provide tracking if available.
- New recipient should post in this thread when they receive the sampler.
It may seem like a lot of nit picky rules but these samplers are tremendous and unprecedented resources built by the Mandolin Cafe forum community. For the cost of postage (usually $4 to $8) you can experience hundreds of dollars worth of picks, many you would never have the chance to try, and we want to make sure they continue to be passed around.
C.
Northfield F5S Amber #347 - 'Squeeze'
Mann EM-5 Hollow Body - Gimme Moore
Kentucky KM-270 - Not just for whisky
Flatiron 1N Pancake - Not just for breakfast
Epiphone Mandobird IV - Djangly
Cozart 8-string e-mando - El Ch(e)apo
Lanikai LB6-S Banjolele (tuned GDAE) - Plinky and the Brane
As a recent recipient of Sampler 2, I'd like to echo what Chris said - this was a great way to try out a huge array of picks for very little cost. Being fairly new to mandolin, I had no idea the difference that one pick would make vs. another in terms of playability and tone. I was able to narrow down what worked best for me quickly, and ended up with three different picks that I'll be giving a longer term road test.
And a big thanks to Chris for keeping this going, and all the players before me who contributed samples and kept the train moving. What a great community!
Pack 1 was sent to kback this morning. This was an awesome experience and helped me finally find the right pick for me. Thank y'all!
Pick Samplers recipient list update for December 2017
Sampler I
KBack - Current holder of Sampler #1
dadsaster
W. James Johnson
Sampler II
Eric C. - Current holder of Sampler #2
Jim1hays
mrneil2
C.
Northfield F5S Amber #347 - 'Squeeze'
Mann EM-5 Hollow Body - Gimme Moore
Kentucky KM-270 - Not just for whisky
Flatiron 1N Pancake - Not just for breakfast
Epiphone Mandobird IV - Djangly
Cozart 8-string e-mando - El Ch(e)apo
Lanikai LB6-S Banjolele (tuned GDAE) - Plinky and the Brane
Hey everyone,
Just an update, Sample 1 still has not made it. The USPS has slow to a snails pace round here, I don’t have a delivery date, their just saying its delayed in transit. I will send another update when it arrives.
I’ll be on the look out for a postman pickin’ a mandolin
Keith
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