Re: Primetone
I have a box full of picks I bought because someone, somewhere said they were the best ever. Most were discarded within five minutes. Of all the less than .50 picks, I never found a better one than the regular old Fender.
Now there is a proliferation of what I call boutique picks in various materials, and you should really try them all, which could well be a $200 proposition. Now when you think about it, that investment could realize a tonal difference, you might pay $2000 for in a mandolin upgrade. So buying six or eight space age picks might be a very worthwhile thing to do.
Your ability may not realize the potential too. Like anything else, as you get better you will find shortcomings in your equipment. That could be golf, surfing, or even frisbee. One of my daughters, in her first year of her masters viola performance program, had to upgrade her bow. What had served her well for years, was not capable of handling the level she had reached with her technique. That is what I keep in mind before deriding those in search of the uber good mandolin. How much better than a Collings could a Gilchrist be? I may not be good enough to tell, but I'm willing to bet someone is.
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