417P096 Gator Grip Guitar Picks - .96mm Violet (12-pack) Review

Great picks! A+

These have always been a long time "go to" for me. They don't get slippery in your fingers. Great for gigs and practice.

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The best picks

iI have tried many picks I have tried many picks. The Gator Grips .96mm and 1.14mm seem too be the best, shape, feel and tone.I use them for everything Acoustic and Electric Guitar, like them far better than the Ultex and Tortex.

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Really Great Picks

Some time ago, I ordered a variety pack of Dunlop picks to see if I was missing anything by not paying much attention to the material or (to a lesser degree) the thickness of my picks. I went through all of them and realized that pick material makes a huge difference in the sound I'm putting out. I started out wanting to find my go-to pick, and these are it for my acoustic playing.… read more Playing my J-45 with these picks yields warm but defined (guitar words, amiright?) notes and chords. The .96mm in particular is for me because it has enough thickness to lend the material rigidity that, in thinner renderings, might somewhat lack. The picks also seem to be pretty durable, as I've been using the same one for months on end, and it is only slightly starting to show signs of wear on the tip. The only compromise I find myself making is giving my index finger/thumb a little lick like I'm turning pages in a book. The material is "dry" feeling. I'm not sure how else to describe it. Though, after getting some purchase on it with as described, the issue is no longer an issue. Long story short, these picks (along with some seriously played-in strings) help me achieve a mellow, "old" J-45 sound from my guitar that was built in 2014. Thanks to Doug Gusching for the fast shipping.

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Picks are important

One person may spend thousands of dollars on guitars (I have a Tony Rice Bourgeois and a Sweetwater Edition HD28 among others) to try and find the perfect tone but they may try only a few guitar picks. I had always played .70mm medium picks and had tried many different brands. However, I decided to try a pick showdown with probably about 3 dozen different brands of picks of all… read more shapes, thickness and sizes that I had collected over the years. I settled on five finalists, tow Heavy and Three medium weight, and came down to this Gator Grip .96 and a Cool 1.0 as the two finalists. It was very close between these two and I would suggest you try both because they have subtle differences in feel and tone. The Gator has a little more of a mellow tone but may be a little harder to hold on to for many guitarists compared to the Cool. I can lick my index finger and thumb and the Gator gets a lot more "grippy" so it wasn't an issue for me. However, it isn't any harder to hold on to than a standard Fender pick. Just a little slicker than the Cool which has a grip enhanced surface. The Cool Pick is a little stickier. Finally, I was surprised that I was able to play with the same speed with a thicker pick because I play a lot of fast rhythm. I was actually a little faster on both picking and strumming with the Dunlop Gator Grip .96mm. It seemed to slip off the strings a little better than my medium weight picks and had a more clear bell like tone. Picks are one of the accessories most affected by personal tastes and they are cheap enough you can try a lot of different ones. This is one to definitely try.

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Great Picks!

I love these picks! I had been using Gibson Heavy, ran out, then couldn't find them anymore. I tried a different brand first, and found the pick to be too long - the tip of the pick was too deep based on my grip, and was hitting the pickups. The problem is, as a result, the pick was "rotating" in my fingers, and I kept having to adjust the pick. But not with these picks!… read more They are the perfect size, don't hit the pickups, and the texture/feel is very nice. I bought more just to have plenty of extras in my gig bag. I would recommend this brand of picks to anyone - great feel, perfect size, and plenty of gauges to choose from.

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