
13 - 08 - 2018
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How a 50 cents hack can drastically change your tone
One pick for all.We all crave to have a variety of sounds and tones at our feet because we mainly think our tone will be changed solely by stompboxes. So we spend hours listening, trying and comparing pedals that can cost as much as a night in a 5-star hotel.But we never think of this tiny piece of plastic that we keep losing in our pockets: the pick.For some of us, it has been a long and thoughtful process of finding the right one. The one that has the best comfort, the right flex for our wrist, and eventually the best sound. And once we have found it, we do not change from it. always buy the same one over and over again. Songs change, picks stay.Change is good.But how your tone can be affected by this piece of plastic is immense and I am not talking about more mids, etc… If you choose a very hard pick, your rhythm tracks will be very loud. Exquisite if your playing with tons of gain, your chops will be precise, your palm-mute will be a wall of oomph.But if you are playing chords with a lush clean tone, your hard pick can become your worst enemy. Too much attack, too much treble