Re: Light vs. Medium vs. Heavy Picks
I have originally started on thin picks with mandolin, TB and eventually OM.
Then I felt like being talked into thicker ones here on the Cafe, and even had a bulky Wegen.
But then reality dawned on me, telling me that
- flexibility of the pick should match that of the strings to achieve control, and my longer instruments were too soft-stringed for pebbles,
- I like a bright brassy sound from the wound strings (as opposed to the wooden thud favored by your average BG mandolinist), and thick picks swallow those brilliant overtones and digest them into you know what.
Therefore, I'm back to thin and spikey.
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