Felt picks

Bridgehouse

Are they any good, or a total waste of time and effort?

brooom

Try these...

http://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-gear/tin-of-picks-12

Best picks I ever used, not joking!

Bridgehouse

brooom said:

Try these...

http://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-gear/tin-of-picks-12

Best picks I ever used, not joking!

They don’t look like they are felt tho?

GSPBASSES

I used them back in the late 50's when I  played a semiacoustic bass, but stopped when I got my first P bass, when I switch to tortoiseshell picks, eventually stop using picks all together switch the fingers.   

brooom

they aren't they're made of the same type of wood pulp/cellulose, the same kind used for strat pickup bobbins. I mention them as an alternative to hard felt picks. 

Bridgehouse

I meant those stupidly thick ones that some people use for that sort of dull thumpy almost fingers but not quite sound 

Bridgehouse

These:

proggy

^ That's a cracker ^

EricTheWeary

They're sold for ukeleles and I guess they are the same thing. Not sure I've ever seen anyone use them though. 

ICBM

I’ve got a couple I found in an old case at some point... I’ve never tried them. I imagine they’d last about ten seconds with the way I play.

UnclePsychosis

I tried one. Didn't like it.

For me it felt better to put foam under the strings and use a "normal" pick. The sound isn't quite the same but it was close enough and a lot more pleasant to play. 

Phil_aka_Pip

Dunlop Jazz-IIIs for me mate

Bridgehouse

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Dunlop Jazz-IIIs for me mate

Will have to have a look at those

stonevibe

Those Lollar ones are really good, not felt though. 

Funkfingers

Bridgehouse said:

Are they any good or a total waste of time and effort?

EricTheWeary said:

They're sold for ukuleles 

A-ha! That other thread about fretless bass guitar was a smokescreen. The OP is getting a bass ukulele.

Bridgehouse

Funkfingers said:

Bridgehouse said:

Are they any good or a total waste of time and effort?

EricTheWeary said:

They're sold for ukuleles 

A-ha! That other thread about fretless bass guitar was a smokescreen. The OP is getting a bass ukulele.

Nah I couldn’t cope with the rubber strings. There’s enough rubber in my life already

PolarityMan

Bridgehouse said:

These:

Wow that looks truly awful. I think its prob actually impossible to play our songs with one of those.

LuttiS

Bridgehouse said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Dunlop Jazz-IIIs for me mate

Will have to have a look at those

I use jazz-III's for guitar (mini red ones). They do not work for bass.. like not at all