Re: Struggle to get dola sounding...mellow
PICKS are the fastest way to change the sound of most fretted instruments. In general:
- thicker and rounded = mellower sound;
- thinner and pointier = more treble, and maybe thinner, sound.
Personally, I find that triangular D'Andrea Pro-Plecs in 1.5mm work well on mandolin (whose range overlaps mandola by 75%, or so). The least pointy that I've seen are the almost-round Dawg picks that some love but that many find just too mellow. And classical players often use thin & pointy picks on their bowlbacks, but that sound is just a bit beyond me. (BTW, on guitar I tend to use thinner & somewhat pointier picks than on mandolin, but they would still be characterized as "medium", at .80 or .90mm.)
Fortunately, I've so far resisted the urge to get into the uber-expesive Blue Chips and the like.
- Ed
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