Wednesday, July 9, 2014

nah. the big stubbies are a nice size, but they're too thick (3.0 mm). even the 208s, which is what i wanted, are only 2.5 (i think). i normally get 2.0 mm stubbies that are intermediate in size between the jazz IIIs and the 208s. that extra thickness is fine when i'm moving string to string, but i hit the same notes in succession here repeatedly and it's flubbing the string. no good...

i'm also looking for more of a plucky, twangy, tele sound with this and the thickness of the pick is kind of dulling it. the jazz III just sounds better...

i'm not one to throw away a tool, so i'll hang on to these, but they're so thick that i can't see myself using them for much besides bass.

i can handle this with the jazz IIIs, i'm just going to have to do a few extra takes to get it.

but i'll take another walk down tomorrow, because it is also means i need some normal stubbies.