There's an assumption baked into the precision pick market. It goes something like this: serious players use small picks. Small picks mean speed. Speed means skill. It's not entirely wrong. But it's not entirely right either. And it was causing a real problem at guitar shows. Dan's Guitar Store attends a lot of UK guitar shows. Bristol, Leeds, London, Coventry, Cardiff — plus Guitar Summit in Mannheim and more . That's a lot of hours behind a booth, talking to a lot of differ

There's no such thing as the best guitar pick. There's only the best guitar pick for you — for your style, your technique, your hands, and the music you play. Metal & Shred: Maximum Speed and Precision The pick: Precision Pick Mini (1.5mm nylon, Jazz-III footprint, UV-glow). The fastest pick in the range. Immediately adopted by Paul Templing of Gloryhammer at launch. UV glow means you won't lose it on a dark stage. Also consider: Premium Precision Pick (2mm or 3mm polycarbona

Most guitarists spend hours choosing their guitar, their amp, their pedals. Then they grab whatever pick is nearest and wonder why something feels slightly off. The pick is the first point of contact between you and the instrument. Everything that happens after — the tone, the attack, the speed, the control — starts at that edge. So what actually happens in the fraction of a second when a pick hits a string? The Contact Point When a pick strikes a string, three things happen

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