The other guitar player in my band was banging on about his stupid little jazz picks, and since I have used normal tortext 73 for about a million years, I thought to myself 'maybe you should consider the options?'.
So I bought some 'Prodiigy' picks which look like Serious Plectrums for Serious Players!
And to be fair, I can see that they allow for much more controlled playing and stuff, I don't do much strumming, so I guess these things might be good? But! I have great big man-hands of a 6'2" person who has worked with his hands for decades, and it seems to me that the sheer size of my index and thumb holding a jazz pick doesn't really allow for enough of the tip to contact the strings without also some skin. Skin plus pick is not ideal, unless intentional.
Also the picks feel like I'm about to drop them all the time.
Are some people's hands just too big for Expert Pro-Mode jazz picks?
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You might see speed improvements with a pointed tip but what you gain in speed you lose in dynamic expression
https://youtu.be/fuCEe0yCfzM
I am def club Tortex though
Bob Balch uses Tortex blue and he picks like a demon. I love his playing
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In one of his recent videos Guthrie Trapp mentions using one of the back corners of a pick because it is more rounded.
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If you like the thickness and material then may be try the large shield pick or the standard or sharp picks. They all have the pointed tip on them.
Or if you don't want to deviate from your normal pick, try the Dunlop Jazz III tortex Large or Flow picks. Both are good for larger hands. The Jazz III XL was made at the request of Bucket Head I've read somewhere and he has massive hands.
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Jazz III Kirk Hammet . The stubby would be good for big hands .
As for Wegen, they are absolute beasts and I would only use one if competing with louder instruments on acoustic guitar. I have also tried the Dunlop version and they are very similar in sound to the real wegen IMO.