The picks I use (plectrum experiment)
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Do different picks make a difference in sound?
Well here's more info on that then anyone asked for.
Time codes for different tests:
7:54 Acoustic test #1 - strummin'
8:25 Acoustic test #2 - strummin' n' pickin'
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9:20 Clean test #1 - strummin'
9:48 Clean test #2 - pickin' n' grinnin'
10:24 Clean test #3 - pick noise
10:48 Clean test #4 - strummin' n' pickin'
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12:18 Distorted test #1 - Do you even Djent?
12:47 Distorted test #2 - strummin'
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13:00 Bass test #1 - 00000
13:24 Bass test #2 - Let's take a walk
13:52 Bass test #3 - low riffage
14:15 Bass test #4 - wankery
Here's a link to the "Purple Plectrums"
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They have many more options now, not just the hand crafted.
If you want to try a Dragon's Heart pick.
use the code "ROBPICK10" for 10% off at purchase
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The "picks" I use
You misspelled rocks, rob.
Bryck you misspelled sandstone wrong
@@carlos_adventures9018 you misspelled mountain xd
Sebastian Tant you misspelled door wedge
@@carlos_adventures9018 If he misspelled it wrong, he must've spelled it right.
It's not rocks, it's minerals!
imagine going to warped tour or something and a band throws a big ass plectrum out in the crowd and you get knocked out by a $100 pick.
I hope u see how many likes u got nobody's commented yet
I would be mad I didn't get the pick
Thought the same thing
Imagine warped tour still existing
@@nehemiahzo_ it does doe
Imagine being at a show and the guitarist throw a 24mm pick at your face
Some people deserve it.
25!
nice profile pic
24mm cannon
Big 200
Anyone else have the urge to eat the purple plectrum?
Weirdly yes... It looks like a fruit.
Yes but I have the urge to steam it first.
It looks like purple chewing gum.
+Bigbuddyandblue lmfao xD I'm dying xD
I just wanna teethe on it like how dogs do with balls.
I use a solid rubber tractor tire as a pick
Ghost I sometimes use an 18 inch alloy wheel
I use a stale piece of the finest u cut Italian breads
Ghost I use a drum cymbal
Rob Scallion uses the whole tractor
I just use the ground
The earth is my pick
2:07 personally, i just place my fingers on the desired frets and beat the strings with a shovel
AgentMinor ReligionBrigade i wheezed 😂😂😂
@@evelynroserathgeber8070 glad I could make you laugh! Have a great day!
I just spit my drink all over the place. Lol
Haha im sick laying in my bed laughing nice one
i laughed so hard bro u made my day hahahahahaha
*drops jumbo plectrum into soundhole*
*guitar explodes*
@Angus1152 how do you get it through the strings?
@Jonathan Cook He means literally. It`s definately bigger than the space between strings and the sound hole
@@___meph___4547 learn to know if a statement is a joke or not i guess? no one is stupid enough to think that the pick is bigger than the sound hole
@@___meph___4547 id imagine he just breaks the strings at that point
basically impossible to fall in though
that 25mm looks like a fruit
I wanna eat it
Got any grapes
@@spartandrew8672 No, we just sell lemonade, but it's cold, and it's fresh, and it's all home made! Can I get you a glass?
@@sneeuwluipaard2344 The best he can do is half a glass. Nothing more than that.
Purple litchies
Drops jumbo pick in guitar
"Oh shit"
Breaks through other side of guitar
😆
its big
Break on through to the other side
Its 504 likes you know what i mean..
@@mateuszduda8818 Since when do bassists care bout picks?
That purple one gave me an interesting idea. Play with a brick!
ahahah. That's not a pick, it is a rock! haah
or a potato
thicc picc
Alvulnax or a new yersey pizza!!!
Help
Brian may: *plays with a quarter
Rob: that's cool and all, but can you play with a f*cking rock?
Sixpence. Sorry, I know. Being a dick. :)
LOL
The actual reason he uses it is that he can’t lose it when he drops it.
Idk man. Picks will always find a way to disappear into thin air lol
@@youloveme163 and then appear again in the most obvious place 2 months later
I use 3 mm pick and i lost like 3 of them, i've buyed 4.
@@youloveme163 just look for the dent in your floor and you'll find the impact site
When you drop a normal pick it goes in an alternate universe. When you drop the purple pick it opens a black hole in your floor
the different names you gave the big ass plectrum are giving me life
thats what took me down to the comments lol
Anna Biedenweg lmfao
Anna Biedenweg 400th like. I'm happy now.
maybe should consider getting a gym membership
Super THICCCCC
And then the last plectrum I will show you...is this nice red brick. This one if about 500 mm thick and has a lot of attack, especially with distorted guitars.
And you also hit your annoying neighbour with it
And you can also hit your annoying neighbor with it
T h i c c p i c c
T h i c c. p i c c.
H O L Y T H I C C
T. H. I. C. P. I. C. K
Thiss Piss
Dick pic.
R.I.P. washboard guy.
All he wanted was to play along with his washboard.
Yeah, I've done that before
press f to pay respects
Here's way more info on the picks I use then anyone asked for...
It's an upright bass pick!!
Rob Scallon Loved all the names for the mega pick. Also the bass solo in the style of billy sheehan at the end ;)
How would the 25mm pick do on a string tuned to 21hz?
Shining Armor Thump
+Rob Scallon I really like that dragon heart. Thanks for turning me on to it. The sound really tickled my metal bone. That Ultra-mega-super pick/bludgeoning tool is pretty killer on the bass. I honestly think it shines the darkness on the almost slappy sound, if that makes sense to you.
And people say my .88mm pick is thick..
Everything under 1mm is pretty thin, my dude. .88 is relatively thick for beginners, I guess
...on acoustic. Thin picks sound the best strumming on acoustic.
Michael exactly, 1.5 is the ideal pick in my book
Stephen Rondilone I use a 1.5, so...
Steele Sandler I use a .96 for guitar and a 2.00 for bass
That super large one looks ridiculous, like playing with a big ass rock.
QueeferSutherland you should try that. Just find a huge flat rock and use it as a pick
It’s a chode of a pick
rock music
also sounds disgusting
That might actually work
The "should consider a gym membership purple plectrum"
Dragon's Heart pick sounds the best to me
reduces the noise
but also sounds good when strumming
felt the same, seems to have a cleaner and more pure sound to it compared to the other two but id not pass on the smaller thanos
Agreed, it was for me the all rounder :)
Definitely my favorite. Probably gonna pick a couple up (no pun intended).
Exactly it was the best of both worlds. It was darker and fuller, but it still had a bit of attack to it and just the right amount of brightness.
yeah something about it felt right and i'm gonna try to order one soon
who needs picks when you have erasers?
El Supersonico right?
Or a quarter
Why
big sunflower seed
Oh no to all of these...
14:35 sounds like jelly fish from spongebob
kek
That intro was just so wholesome, it added you like a 100 units of sympathy
i want to eat the purple plectrums.
Vulcan Princess purple plumtrums
Idk why but I do too lmao
I bet you eat tidepods to
looks like a giant sour candy :)
yhhh innit bruv
The thick pick made me feel so uncomfortable
Same
people feel uncomfortable when being presented to something unusual or out of our common sense
its a natural reaction through evolution to protect us
It makes me feel comfortable. I use a 12mm lol
I use jazz 3 picks so i am having a stroke (imagine trying to solo with that 🤤🤤)
@@benjamin-vx1uv it's actually a lot easier with a thick pick that has nice contours or bevels. They just glide over the strings with ease. Purpleplectrums also makes a jazz 3 size pick (besides the thickness which is 6mm and up).
I love how there's a different name for the pick every time he shows the onion.
"'Maybe should consider getting a gym membership' purple plectrum"
If you want to go straight to how they sound skip to 7:54
RobScallon2 Would you recommend any of these for a 6 string bass?
John-A-Dreams and if so whitch one?
John-A-Dreams I use dunlop max grip 1.0
RobScallon2 hey rob where did u buy the 25mm pick i want one thanks if you read this
lolcoolguy12 oh dam i didnt watch the full vid shit 80$buck dam im dead broke ;-;
1st place: dragon heart
2nd place: purple plectrum
3rd place: normal pick
Last place: 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓲𝔃𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓴
I can't see what the last place says cuz I am on android
It says oversized brick
@@sebbensteb *pick
ejej shej 𝔉𝔲𝔠𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲
ejej shej hah
Student : what pick do you use Rob?
Rob: my preference is moon rock
My preference is m-1 liquid fueled rocket
The purple pick is too warm for me. The dragon heart one seems perfect
also noticed that warmness from the purple one. The dragon one sounds more balanced to me.
The Dragon Heart also has a nice attack, while still delivering a good amount of bottom end. I was really surprised by how great it sounded in the vid!
sx9
It sounded exactly the same as the plastic pick
UrbanDanger ! Nope it doesnt...
Shut up
I think the dragon heart won every category. It sounded awesome to my ears
Completely!!!
Also helped that it wasn’t 80+ quid for it lmao
Kept thinking there's a man in a coat spying on Rob in the back...
LegitimateFight LMAO
Now that I see it I can’t unsee it
It’s Davie504
Bryson Gainey he’s mad because Rob is using a pick on bass
Mysterious stranger looking
L
"Do I pick with it or go bowling" lol
You call those picks.
Hold my beer,
[Pulls out tree]
[Pulls out a literal mountain]
[Pulls out M-1 engine]
I was gonna make a joke about me preferring thinner picks saying that I use a pick made out of atoms. Then I realized every pick is made out of atoms.
@@adwitatherealadwita i use quarks as picks
You mean the thickest thing in the world that can be used as a guitar pick
I broke a corner off my grandmothers wooden cutting board, makes a good pick
Purple Plectrums now has a lot of different options that are far less expensive.
Not just the hand crafted. And even ones made from a mold to replicate the one in this video. Rad!
www.purpleplectrums.com/
12:49 I thought you were gonna play Blitzkrieg Bop lol
RobScallon2 do you have a tab for the acoustic strumming and picking part because I would really like to learn it?
Thanks for the update ! I think they sell a pack of 6 "faux dragonhearts" for $11
I currently use the purple plectrum scallon 8mm
RobScallon2 wtf is \m/
*at a live show*
Rob: *throws a 24mm pick at you*
You: *Instant coma*
I kinda got your joke
Fun fact: the plural of plectrum is plectra.
I'll find my own way out.
Thanks for giving me some new knowledge man, please, stay a while and listen :P
I see you've got some Latin knowledge. Nice!
in finland we call them by the name plektra
not before you get a big fat purple LIKE :)
Zayac_the_Engineer -ae is usually the plural for words ended in -a when singular, like alga -> algae or alumna -> alumnae. I am by no means an expert, though. Have a look at the link below to have a peek at the mess Latin is. www.dailywritingtips.com/latin-plural-endings/
Also, since we are speaking English, I know that some people just use -s, as in “plectrums”. As long as we are getting our ideas across, right? You do you! :)
So I know this is an older video, but I discovered Dragon's Heart picks through this and decided to buy one to give it a try. I was used to playing 1.14 mm jazz picks for the last 12+ years so I was concerned it would take me awhile to get used to it, but I took to it immediately and now I want to buy 30 of them just so I don't ever have to play with anything else again! Also, was happy to find your discount code still worked, so huge thanks, man!
Is it just me or did the Fattest Pick make you Uncomfortable
The Interesting Carrot it made me feel ill haha
You mean the rock
The Interesting Carrot it looks like an Interesting Carrot
Looked like a weird onion or something
I generally prefer a thin pick (.65mm or .73mm at the most) but I have to admit that Dragon's Heart pick sounded really nice.
This jumbo pick is like strumming with potato instead of pick O.o
I definitely prefer the Dragons Heart on pretty much all of these. That tone is amazing.
puppyy780 that bevel just sounds a bit scratchy and metallic to me..
Dragons heart djent sounded awesome... The thinner picks seemed to have more brightness or edge distorted
Also the captions for that E N O R M O U S purple pickups were on point
I can't tell you how much I love that you didn't change the variable of what you were playing with each test so you can actually tell a difference. So many people miss this mark.
Why's Rob using a beauty blender
Purple Plectrum would be perfect for Smoke on the Water
Or maybe a tyre?
Purple Plectrum for Smoke On The Water? Because it is from Deep _Purple_ !
That's deep bro...
😂
@@eryx7307 and purple
Not thick enough. You aren't a man until you're picking your strings with a brick.
The song's not over 'til the guitarist plays the solo with a brick.
i wanna eat it
that's what she said
The 25mm one actually looks like something I would want to chew on.
The purple pick looks like a Cuberdon candy
Same
Yeah it looks like a big ol' wad of gummy
I thought he was bullshiting us till I visited the plectrum website 😐
the clean test #4 riff was beautiful.
Spooky Scrub that chord is beautiful 🔥
What chord is??
Emaj7(9) thank me later :)
I must be old-school cause the normal pick sounded the best on everything
Yeah but the dragon heart looks cool so
Looks versus tone and playability. I'll stick with the latter,even if my picks are uglier then hell,I'd rather they produce better tone and feel comfortable
I wouldn't call it gummy but muddy while a traditional pick provides needed sharpness to the note played
Clutch28 ustaz
Want to say that again in English. I have no idea what ustaz means
The purple plectrum is no doubt my favourite all across the board. Brings a warmth to the sound I can’t quite explain.
is it weird that i watch this and lots of your other videos and i haven't played guitar once in my life?
+SMTG you might have a nice start on guitars! :)
+Gabrielle Imperial maybe, if I had money and time ):
+SMTG guitars are cheap, and the joy you get out of playing an instrument will pay you back.
+SMTG Cmon man, you dont live forever! Pick one up and learn how to play it!
luis bonilla yeah, but guitar lessons arent cheap
That's a PICK? I though you were playing guitar with a rock.
Joe Nitrate rock music...
Joe Nitrate no. it's not a pick, it's a bullshit.
RobScallon2 It looks like a weirdly squished plum.... a plum pick.
Me I tough it was a soap
The picks I use.
I play Bass.
I'm your typical Metal Bassist.
Edit: I don't remember making this comment.. but it makes no sense.
Using a bass as a pick must be pretty difficult
@@kyleegeep Since I am part of my instrument, I am a Bass.
So no, it's pretty simple.
And I use me as fingers.
With metal, I usually slap it w/ distortion. (Like KORN)
Dragon's Heart is consistently the best
Televised Republican yeahh
I’m a bass player and I might even get one for some of the ridiculously fast stuff
Dimitri Tchaikovsky I play bass and playing bass with a dragons heart Is so nice. The sound is crispy as hell dude.
Team Rogue Marksman I bought one when I built a bass myself and it's the best purchase I've ever made
I feel if I played I would go straight to the dragon heart
I can only play with medium gauge Dunlop Nylon picks and I refuse to learn anything else because I'm stubborn, old and angry.
Right on man me too. I've tried all kinds of picks over the years and never found anything better than Dunlop Nylon medium picks. the newer ones with the sandpaper grip are especially awesome! I do sometimes wish they were a little bigger lately learning b.y.o.b they roll back in my grip sometimes and turn sideways or loose it all together.
I’m old too.... I use the Dunlop Tortex Jazz III shape. They used to be H3 but now I use 1.14 because I think they discontinued the H3
Gotta have that T H I C C P I C C
I'm a bass player, and I really feel like having one of those Everest's childs
Well, that sounds like something a bass player would say
14:26 reminds me of howtobasic
+Brandan Ladikos needs eggs. Also i'd have probably at that point just used a guitar slide.
lmfao xD so true 😂😂😂
Lol
I personally prefer the sound of the regular pick in the acoustic but on the electric, i was surprised how much I liked the thicker pick. Great vid!
the dragons heart really seems to brighten the tone to my ears anyway
only because it was played after the purple nonsense... much less bright than the regular pick.
I like the dragon heart the best
Definitely
Same
That is how i put heart and soul into music.
@@somerandomdragon558 broooooo 😂😂
@@Rayuga99 Sorry could not resist. xD
*uses pic on bass*
Davie504: "I'm calling the police"
Why can I hear this comment?
BALISTIK928 / your not wrong, and is ur name with / so people’s comments go nicely
davie does use a pick sometimes
Rudstarvids 226 however, thanks for pointing that out. It really does make comments look a lot nicer
@ٴ ree
Wow, the "normal" pick is amazing! :D
yeah I gotta say, there's just something about it that sounds really nice
+Le Bublerkin Yeah. I'm totally avoiding large picks, that's for sure.
+Le Bublerkin I really wanted the "normal" pick to sound like shit, but it just sounded the best overall to me. Weirdo picks usually have these weird overtones to them imo.
I like the sound of the cheap plastic one
More raw somehow
Yeah, those are nice. I bet they’re great for playing!
(actually used jazz 3’s for his entire life and never changed anything)
I've got a large thick purple pick.
😂😂😂
i don't like this sound
that's what she said
Dragons heart won my heart
I find that regular picks 70mm and above dont twack as much as thinner ones. Also the material makes a slight difference.
I make my own picks using a pick punch. From credit cards or ice cream containers.
At 13:26 I thought you were gonna play Pantera...
lmao same
+ScarryChili he could, but it would be a vulgar display of power.
+grazyed1 YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHH
+andrew welsh I would be one step from lashing out
all those comments.....now that's a new level
It looks like playing a guitar with a rock.
i try with a plain rock and i fuck Up my strings and the rock but it sounds REALLY great
That sounds either really cool or stupid. Maybe a bit of both. I bet it sounds nice while it lasts though.
Call it "Rock and Roll"
I was thinking that too but then I realized that if you used a rock it might scratch the guitar if you're not careful
+Bradford Stadsvold yes it really does. i have metal picks that i made from aluminum (which i know isnt rocks but a rock would likely become more abrasive as grains fall off and be even more destructive to the body) and i let my friend try out a new humbucker in my guitar with it and now i have scratches all over the body left of the neck. Absolutely terrible.
The clean test #4 is so RELAXING!
I thought so.
I want to figure out what it is so I can learn it
I keep going back to it, it's so pretty
Small hard picks are the best.
yep
As are small hard dicks.
MKRocker94 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dunlop's jazz III are so fckng incredible
Gonzalo Diaz Sola agreed
I can just imagine someone playing the 25mm Purple Plectrum life, and just tossing into the crowd, and killing a guy or something.
The material choice of purple gives a really appealing strumming sound to me. Its got so little of that "playing card being slapped by your bike tire spokes" sound and overall rounds that out. Very pleasant to listen to.
Things I've learned from this video:
1. The bigger your pick is, the harder it djents.
2. ???
3. Profit!!!
well I guess there is no losing that one
Tidiest Flyer lol
it’ll find a way to warp into a different dimension
regular pick sounds the best
Mordoshake12 Nah it’s dragon hearts for me
Im starting to think that i can use mango seeds as picks
how can you even play with this enormous purple thing? (no pun intented)
It's a beginners pick.....like those big ass pencils in first grade. LOL
seems to work for him though :m
Love ur profile pic
Bogi Będzi haha yes it's a very cool deftones art!
I must get my hands on those healthy purple berries
Ok why did the bigass purple one sound genuinely good on bass
I don't know why am i watching this, i don't even own guitar.
This is what the internet is for
what the fuck
with the plectrum if you notice on the initial “plucks”(hits sounds better) its more mellow and calm compareded to the classic pick which sounds crisp [said by some aidio nerd that doesnt play guitar]
Totally. It almost sounds like the bigger picks are padded. Like a piano had a baby guitar.
Doesn't expect the soft pick making the bass sounds so good. Thank you for feeding our curiousity. 🙂
Has anybody here used a coin? Makes a much different sound than any pick.
I have
Luca Castellucci It sounds cool right, scratchy, but can also be slick
+Evan Leo the sound seems both scratched and muffled. But you can't hear it very well on the amp
It kinda ruins your strings tho
i read somewhere that the guys from zz top use pesos instead of picks, that explains their distinct sound
I can't afford picks as I don't have a guitar store near me and shipping is a nightmare so I learned to finger pick.
Curtis Lofgren good, you also don't have to go through loosing them how we all do.. those things get lost all the time..
+Victor Rene I have a "lucky" pick... I've named it this because no matter how many times I lose it, it always shows back up... eventually.
I had a Jimi Hendrix pick and lost it. I know that it must be here somewhere in my goddamn room, but I can't find it.
crisp bacon wow that's an anomaly.. Haha you named it right. I have lost every pick I didn't want to loose but for some reason the ugly picks and sizes I don't like are always there.. Smh lol
I didnt use my Hendrix pick, I always put it in my wallet because It was my lucky pick. But my wallet was ripped apart and put my pick on a shelf until I got a new one. And then It disappeared...
11:56 “Maybe I should consider getting a gym membership” 😂
Every time you switched from the DH to the 25mm, it looked like you were strumming with a plum.
That's a big pic
Do you have a link for the guy that makes the purple ones? Really dig it in every test. Thanks
CMQ Yes is do :)
Just added it to the description.
Just be aware it will probably be a bit of a wait to get one and they're on the expensive side.
www.purpleplectrums.com/
RobScallon2 Thanks Rob. Willing to try 'em out for sure.
CMQ 45 dollars plus shipping. Phew that's a lot
+seth newman Cheaper than a Hufschmid, Redbear or a Winspear pick for sure.
definitely not cheaper than Winspear
You should take the big one on a walk more often
The normal pick sounds the best, all the others are like "muffled" and "lifeless".
The purple plectrums don't have much attack. I bet the most pointed side of the DragonHeart is the best.
+Edwin Beta DragonHeart sounded great for me xD
+duguy182 the purple plectrum sounds muffled imo. The dragon heart produced a more clear cut sound
It's doom af and it's beautiful, watch it buddy
hippo pick sounds like it goes great with the bass.
TBH i prefered the normal pick way more than others
Wow. I really liked the Dragon's Heart pick, I really want one!
big poppa spectrum clearly out classes all other pick in every single way
Big papa really brings out a lot of nuance in the string tone. This is worth investigating imo.
Man I hear the washboard thing in all the picks lol. The bigger ones just produce more bass.
Chris Thieblot Same here XD
Chris Thieblot Same dude.
Chris Thieblot actually the bigger ones have less treble^^ that's why you hear more bass