Please correct me if I am wrong fellers but isn't thickness really
dependent on hardness of material.  Say for instance you are playing
with a 1.6 piece of felt, your not going to get any tone unless they
have stiffened the felt with epoxy.  I say try em out and see which
you like!

Adam, I'll go back to cooking now!

On Oct 17, 4:12 pm, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote:
> ok, I would really like to read some articulate opinions about thickness (of
> picks of course). What style do you play and why do you choose the pick you
> choose? I have absolutely no idea about this, and just ordered a Wegen when
> I started playing until people told me it was worn out. Then starting with a
> new one did sound better. I am pretty much committed to either beating hard
> with tremolo and downstrokes or getting fiddle tunes to be funky. Or not.
> What's the difference between a thick pick and a massively thick pick? Why?
> Who? What the?
>
> All this is in the details. let's hear some of them, guys. If thicker is
> better, why can't I just play with a bevelled bit of roof slate? Oh, and
> while you're at it, let's hear about pick angle too. I'm fed up with
> instinct, I want opinion and knowledge. Or not.
> Best
> Robin
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM, mistertaterbug 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Howdy all.
> > I just had a talk with Dave Skowron on the phone and we've put another
> > thickness in the works for the future. Here is Dave's email to me
> > regarding thicknesses....
>
> > "...The #1 will be about a millimeter or so, the #2 will be between
> > 1.25 and 1.30mm and the #3 will be about 1.5 or 1.6 or so..."
>
> > So from now on, we will be using numbers to designate thickness. It
> > will be engraved on the pick face so there's no confusion. Also, I am
> > thinking of getting some TBS's made in the "Tuff-Tone" material. I'll
> > be getting a couple in soon and will try them out. Also, I'm looking
> > at ramping up my website to include a lot more things to do(if I can
> > just get a certain fellow off his haunches...), so be looking for
> > that.
>
> > Okay, that's all for this Saturday. Cheers.
> > Taterbug
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