Dunlop 412P.88 Tortex® Sharp, Green.88mm, 12/Player's Pack

great value improved my picking accuracy

I've enjoyed Toretex picks for most of my life, but was never dead set on any thickness. I used to like the red, and orange, and yellow; sometimes even purple, black, or white. But one day my guitar teacher introduced me to the sharp picks, and using the thumb for expression on the right hand changing how much of the point was exposed to the strings. Wow, what a difference. The sharp tip allows for strumming, as well as muted or articulate picking work seamlessly. I keep a few stacks laying around my work area at home, and never have to reach very far for one when I'm in the mood. I use them to play acoustic or electric guitars; and I don't even feel the need to change picks depending on string gauge between instruments. They seem to last nearly forever. I can get months, even years out of a single pick. I end up giving them away long before I've ever come close to wearing a single one out. They actually seem to get sharper (and dare I say better) with age. The only reason I ever need to buy more is that I give them away freely to anyone that asks. Always happy to share that joy with other players. I will never forget my first time using these picks...

I play shows 2-3 times a week. I mostly play with my fingers, but I use a pick on maybe 5 songs a night. I play a Warwick 5 string thumb with 45-130 strings for some reference to string tension. Long ago I used the regular green Dunlops. Eventually I felt they were too thick. A couple of bands I was in had a Jägermeister sponsorship, which basically meant I got some free tee shirts and a whole bunch of picks. I don't know the thickness, but the Jaeger picks seem like they are absolutely made by Dunlop, and they seemed just slightly thinner than the greens. Damned near perfect pick if you ask anyone who has used them. I have used these for years now. One night whilst playing a show, a song came up where I wanted to use a pick and realized that I had forgotten to put some in my pockets so I asked my guitar player for one. He pulled out his picks and gave me one of these. He warned me that they were pointy, but I didn't care. Changed my world. He gave me the rest of them at the end of the night because I liked them so much, and because he hated them. To each his own I guess. Even though I have hundreds of picks, and am quite cheap at times, I had to buy some more of these because these are perfect.

Great texture for grip. Sharp/thick/cheap picks.

If you can get used to these, they pick, at a POINT. How can you possibly get a pick that is faster?? Even Jazz III's are SLIGHTLY "rounder", to force you to have a "wider" picking sweep. It's simple logic. IF you NEED speed, may want to try getting used to these. DOWNSIDE, strumming is just not as .. "enjoyable". I don't know how else to say that, lol! Picking on the wound strings does feel particularly different, to where some may just not "like" that. Price is decent. I CANNOT decide which thickness works best, but it's somewhere between .73, and the 1.14 MM ones.

This is a good solo/shredding pick for the electric guitar. The tip does wear out quickly, and I go through these faster than I do my traditional nitro-celluloid picks, but the tip cuts through the strings effortlessly until it rounds.

Good does it's job well

Excellent product. Dunlop always makes a great product but I've always used their tortex sharps 1.14mm picks and I recently saw a video and read a separate article about how I may be using too thick of a pick or the wrong pick and I must say that going down the 1.0mm pick has been an amazing choice and I will never go back while being sturdy but also flexible it makes playing my guitar so much better and feels even greater than ever before!!!!!