Hard to say for me, but I always feel safe with a Jazz III lol.
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0.38 mm dunlop; I also recommend you play the lightest strings that you can find. Not joking. >30 years experience speaking.
Judging from the comments, this is terrifying some less experienced players, they are truly scared. Given how scared they are, this could be fire. My advice is gold.
I used to fully wear out JazzIII picks, tried about 5 or 6 different kind and I used to love them. They are trash to me at the moment.
I used to play the heaviest Thomastik- Infeld strings available. Now I play the lightest strings that I can find.
I did not make this comment for up-votes, nor do I wish to win any popularity contest.
If I reach a single soul with the message of light strings and thin picks, then I am fully justified.
That's a matter of preference, surely? I greatly prefer the sound and feel of thicker ones. I'm not doing a Stevie Ray Vaughan and playing a set of guy wires, but I definitely want to feel more physical feedback from the pick and have the option to dig in hard when I choose to
Why did you reply to my comment? Do you want to make sure that others are dissuaded from trying light strings and thin picks? Pathetic. Its obviously a matter of preference you dolt. The post is asking us to share OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE YOU DOLT. You need not project yourself onto me,why are you panicking?
Anyways, thin picks always give more response and dig because they are more flexible.
...are you okay?
I am doing great, thanks for asking.
Okay, good. Why such a needlessly aggressive response to me making normal conversation with you when you posted on a discussion topic?
I did not see it as a normal conversation, hence the response. If you want to have a normal conversation, I am open to that kindly.
I will pass, given how it went initially, but thank you. Maybe give people a touch more benefit of the doubt if they're just politely disagreeing with you. Have a nice day
You added zero value here and I wish that I could erase you from the record. I was not interested in anyone's disagreement with my choice which is based upon a lifetime of experience. If anyone would care to ask me why I chose that way, well, that would be fine with me and I would be happy to share. Why did you reply to my comment if it was only to disagree with my choice? I was asked to share my choice and I did.
Damn, who pissed in your coffee this morning
Nobody pisses in my espresso.
“Everyone who doesn’t agree with me is scared.”
Just like what you like and move on, dude.
Since you have figured this all out, please tell me why you replied to my comment. Please tell me why the other two replied to my comment. What is compelling you to shout down someone with a different opinion? There are more of you than the single me. Why are you afraid that my voice would be heard?
Why is it so important to a number of people here to make sure that someone recommending light strings and thin picks be discredited? Sounds ridiculous to me. No one is defending the behavior yet, but it persists.
No one has to like what I like. No one has to try light strings and thin picks.
That said, if you say something stupid to me, I might give you a response for it.
I also am aware that humans often times act out of fear, and here I believe it is fear of light strings and thin picks. What a silly thing to be afraid of, they can't hurt you...
31 years experience, playing 1 mm dunlop. I like to have full control, lighter picks always felt sloppy. But this is highly subjective, play whatever suits you best.
Why did you reply to my comment? Do you want to make sure that others are dissuaded from trying light strings and thin picks? Pathetic. 33 years experience here. Keep trying maybe you get there someday...
Anyways, thicker picks always behave more sloppily than thin, especially with heavier gauge strings. This is because they are less flexible.
Your overconfidence and condescension as well overestimation of the value of "time doing x" makes you sound like a prick.
I've seen dudes with the same amount of experience on forklifts cause the most damage out of everyone in a warehouse of hundreds of employees. I've seen dudes in their 60s that have played guitar for nearly 50 years not know jack shit about the instrument and have circles played around them by children.
Experience means next to nothing. It's a useless metric. All that "my opinion is x, and my 31 years of experience makes me right" tells me is that you're more likely than most to have bad habits, bad technique, and pigeonholed preferences.
You know what does mean something? Supporting others on their journey with the instrument instead of talking down at them and acting like you're a part of an elite club that they'll never get into.
With your mindset, you're definitely part of an *exclusive *club. The problem is that you're not gonna find many people out there that care to join you.
I didn't do any of that shit that you imagined. All I did was to share the joy of light strings and thin picks with anyone who would listen.
If you can't hear my song, it's not for you.
Why try to shout me down? Why are you scared of light strings and thin picks?
Go ahead, throw out my experience. What does that change now?
Overall, your reply here is aimed at discrediting someone who had the audacity to recommend light strings and thin picks and who also made the grave error of citing their history in support of that opinion. :::
Your opinion isn't the problem. Your reaction to the thoughts and opinions of others is.
Okay, so I keep asking:
Why did anyone bother to reply to my comment by telling me that my personal choice is wrong?
What did they expect to get as a reply?
I looked at the rest of the comments and all the usual suspects were well represented. Why can't I have a single comment about 0.38 without it getting shitted up by imbeciles?
I don't have any problem here coming from my end as far as I can tell.
Not a single person has done that. You came into the thread claiming to hold objective truth. People responded leaning towards it being a subjective topic and you've responded aggressively to literally everyone.
This is not telling you you're wrong, just that they're of the opinion that the topic is subjective and boils down to individual preference.
Literally, the first sentence of this comment refers to subjectivity.
People are not telling you that you're wrong, they're simply telling you that your opinion is not objective fact and that all of this boils down to personal preference.
Take. The. Hint.
Instead you respond with:
This is all we needed to know. Enjoy your lonely bubble.
Okay, so where did I do what you accuse me of and what you are using as justification for this treatment: where did I claim to hold objective truth?
I never did. Everything you built off of that false premise is invalid.