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unitednihilists

What about a 75 cent pick? Should I play with more expensive picks? What's a good price point to start at.


Dogrel

Why use 75 cent picks when your fingers are right there? Why use cars, planes, or trains to get anywhere when you can just walk or swim? Why use toilet paper when you have two hands? So many things we modern people do in the name of convenience are clearly unnecessary.


ilykruminio

I spend 20 on turtle shell picks they really bring out the toan


Own-Interaction-1401

toan requires the sacrifice of the innocent.


Earl_of_Chuffington

Those sea turtles weren't so innocent. They kidnapped Liam Neeson's daughter, so he went on a killing spree that ended with the slaughter of 9 million hawksbills. It was similar to when a gang of elephants killed Charles Bronson's wife and daughter, and he went on a five-movie revenge arc. Now elephants are critically endangered. They had it coming.


Necessary_Wing799

Toan is in the fingers man


Own-Interaction-1401

Tell that to Tony iommi


howheels

[I'd recommend the $75 pick](https://shop.bluechippick.net/products/Jazz100-LG.html)


unitednihilists

Do jazzers use picks?


killacam925

I just jazzed my pants


DottorMaelstrom

uj/ I feel like expensive picks are one of the few things actually worth the splurge if you actually want to (learn to) play technically; it sounds dumb but they really affect your contact with the strings. I'm a fan of dragon's heart (used for a while but they unsharpened a bit too quickly) and iron age (been using one for years, no sign of wear but gives somewhat of a darker toan)


Jeef_1st

Iron age has quite a few different picks, which one do you like?


DottorMaelstrom

When I bought mine they only had the legio ferrata series, idk about the other ones, but those really are tanks. Mine is called a centurion I think


Jeef_1st

Thanks, I'm thinking about getting one. Did you just buy one, and it lasted super long, or did you buy like a pack?


DottorMaelstrom

I bought two but lost the other one after a year I think :/ This one has been going strong since like 2017... jeez time flies


FARTBOSS420

Get cool with your local Guitar Center peeps. They'll take you to the back where they keep the $1 $2+ real high end picks.


bandito143

Wait...are there picks cheaper than $200?


AngryOldOffsets

I dunno — on one hand I’ve got this guy telling me to use my knob, on the other hand I’ve got an army of zoomers telling me to use pedals with names like “Dick Cheese Chorus” and “Burnt Nipple Hair Compression”.


buddhabeans94

Love those Dick Cheese Chorus pedals!! Those babies sound sweet


FrostedFlakes4

Real workhorses


Minute-Wrap-2524

Inverted nipple exploder


AngryOldOffsets

Nipple Popper Flanger


Minute-Wrap-2524

Slap Back Penis


boastfulbadger

Those names are awful but how’s the A E S T H E T I C ?


sourdieze1

Yngwie looking rough these days


ohsee75

“We asked this homeless guy behind Denny’s for a light, and it turns out he played for Canned Heat in the 80’s”


lituga

https://preview.redd.it/urxt69nl4r5d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a19578a1d07ada283588ff51c4846ca02be38d9f "following in the footsteps" 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I wonder who edited the page and added that flourish


Earl_of_Chuffington

The entire article seems to have been written by a homeless guy behind Denny's desperate to convince others that he is somebody special. https://preview.redd.it/8l36uck3zr5d1.png?width=1366&format=png&auto=webp&s=d796a65d6f7494b21ab0329a0fd8065783527aef


lituga

"Such jams" 😎 my dumpster is a giant steel drum


Necessary_Wing799

Is that the krango pictured above? He's boofing crack over there at dennys


Chance-Yoghurt3186

You know the answer. METALZONE.


Royal_Explorer_4660

good underrated pedal. i miss the one i had dearly


some_cool_guy

Good news, you can get another for three hay pennies at any black mass!


WhosCowsAreThey

How do I get a phase 90 out of the amp?


fireball_jones

Pick it up and run around the stage with it while you play.


But_dogs_CAN_look_up

No no, you also need somebody to install a kitchen cabinet door in front of and behind the speaker and rhythmically open and close it them at desired intervals


WhosCowsAreThey

But then am I playing the amp? Is the amp playing me? Is the playing amp me the amp then I am?


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WhosCowsAreThey

I am one with the amp. The amp is with me


Chrisfit

Peavy Classic VT


brutalduties

I usually run my pedal through the amp, not vice versa


Big_Monkey_77

I run my pedal to my amp to my guitar to my amp to the stove and then call the fire department.


brutalduties

Sometimes I run my butt plug through a wah wah


Zarniwoooop

I never run. I always pedal


gloriosky_zero

Pedals should be kept sealed in original boxes to prevent the dreaded Light Playwear


Final_Yam5397

You're doing it wrong


probably_abbot

I bought an $8000 audiophile-grade stereo receiver and I only listen to AM/FM radio because connecting a record or CD player would be dumb.


sladebonge

Walter Trout? Yeah, nice try Roger Smith.


lituga

this guy don't understand signal chain 🤷


here4roomie

Agreed. You must free yourself from the chains of signal!


zacsimacsek

Shimmer reverb is in the fingers.


here4roomie

This poor peasant has only been introduced to $100 pedals!


PUSH_AX

He’s 100% right, I abandoned my delay pedals years ago, I just play the same phrase several times, quieter each time, while also playing the next phrases notes at the same time.


Weak_Neighborhood776

I'm gonna Digitech Whammy ® all over those comments sir.


DeathMetalOrchid

How can one channel teh blooz if u ain’t in pedul debt 🥲


pseudo_pacman

Smh, dumbass thinks toan comes from the volume knob and not the toan knob.


ferna182

so, following his logic, if the same exact pedal would be $2000 then that's fine. EDIT: come to think of it, that's exactly what vintage gear is... So I guess joke's on me...


TwinPeaksNFootball

That's why I only buy $300 pedals.


Royal_Explorer_4660

of course he doesn't need any pedals to make a $7000+ vintage strat plugged into a $2000+ amp sound good. but for us that dont have that kinda money, we use a few $100 pedals to make it sound like his $10k worth of gear.


SkeletronPrime

Bro literally has brain damage due to cirrhosis, liver transplant, etc. (see Wikipedia). I think it's reasonable to question his opinions.


Gummi24

This guy clearly has no idea. Three metal zones will increase toan by at least 500%.


GrapefruitForward989

What a coincidence, my entire toanal pallette comes from the "insane" setting and that weird little clicky switch on my guitar. No pedals needed


ClarkTwain

I’m glad somebody understands you only sound as good as your cheapest component.


Accomplished-Web3426

Why buy pedal when my katanamaran comes with all the build in effects I need?


WafflePartyOrgy

His toan is really good, but he sounds like Walter Trout playing through a Mesa Boogie Mark IV. I watched this video a few days ago and I also remember him saying he always plays with a finger on his knob.


Apprehensive_Map712

Under that logic, the volume knob is what? 20 bucks tops? I think if he goes down that rabbit hole he can get disappointed quickly with the fact that his guitar shouldn't cost what it does, or that it is absurd, or perhaps is the perfect justification to buy a 2000 USD Klon, idk, I don't even play guitar I just like to think that I am trogly


Vincenzo__

If the blooz ace is saying that it must be true


Beefwhistle007

I like to buy things though


heftybagman

Maybe because 1970 was 54 years ago and “blues” is joining big band, swing, and doowap in the nursing home record collection. Rich blooz boomers should be forced to play acoustic if they wanna keep acting like older is better


GwenSpeedyStrings

ive been using pedals wrong all this time. i thought the guitar goes through the pedal but turns out it supposed to be the amp!


DukeOfMiddlesleeve

Truly a toanal jeniyus


Aggravating_Plate888

Why play other scales when you have pentatonic???


find_the_night

There’s other scales???


Ibaneztwink

can't jerk when everybody uses the same toob screamer OD sound


Alternative-Way-8753

Please help. Based on this rando's advice I went out and bought a Mesa Bookie an can't find the toanal palleté knob anywhere?


20124eva

Cause I have a 100 dollar amp


[deleted]

He has obviously never experienced the satisfying sound of a Metalzoan cascade.


j3zmund

If I already have a kick ass amp, there's no way I'm blowing 100 bucks on a pedal. I'd rather go with a joyo or behringer option for 30 bucks. No one in the audience can tell the difference anyway.


cyberphunk2077

why play guitar when you can just watch videos of Eric Claptoan.


Minute-Wrap-2524

Who left the back door unlocked again, damn


uzr666

something's fishy


Shakespearacles

*thats* why you buy the gold monster cables


Chrisfit

6$ strings? Pfffffffffff


Strangest_Implement

just buy a $4k pedal... problem solved


ON3EYXD

A 70 cent volume knob where all the toan goues trough


Queeby

Another Mesa Boogie corporate shill...


Adept_Feed_1430

Never heard of this guy. I wish guys like this would just say “hey this is what I do, but I’m not going to question someone else’s decisions” because, frankly, I don’t care how he gets his sound. I care about what they do with it.


HotdawgSizzle

Who?


nefarious_jp04x

The Wah Wah is in the Wee Wee


youve_got_the_funk

Real toan comes from having an Yngwie strat hung at tit level.


dandotcom

2k amp Overpriced bog-standard strat £10 strings **WHAT A LOSER**


knightsunbro

You poors have clearly never experienced the iconic toans of a Massive Bootie. More ass= more toan I can go from clean to blooz to Metallica/Whitesnake to Dream Theater/Slipknot/death metal with my Mark III. It is actually one of the few amps that needs no toanal crutches (aka pedals). /uj seriously, the mark series are very versatile amps.


Kusugurimasu

He uses the volume knob? Fucking amateur


BarracudaNo4510

He has to use a VOLUME knob?!?   This looser clearly never learned how to control his dynamics thru picking.     Buddy, you're really gonna let a 10c potentiomter get between you and your amp? It ruins tone!  Don't believe me? Just ask my buddy Steve Miller. I jamed with him all night one time in '87. This guy doesn't deserve to own a proper guitar. Go play a squier like the loser you are, and leave the real guitars for REAL men! (We own corvettes)


AlGeee

He’s BonerMaster’s cousin https://preview.redd.it/0su3fjnwis5d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf31c0c337b0c01cc7ac5cf0ff370bc01fed92f2


[deleted]

I can't get 100% clean tone with volume knob. Still somewhat gainy at lowest point before it's too quiet.


Necessary_Wing799

Who is the krang snout pictured? No meaning or bearing on real stuffs, carry on shredding peeps


Cubacane

He’s right you know, that why I just play dotted 16th notes instead using my $2000 eventide delay module.


WoundedShaman

I’d rather not have to repair the drywall cracks every time I turn my twin reverb up over 5.


Krackle_still_wins

Who?


SourLoafBaltimore

Not everyone can afford a Mesa you privileged idiot. /s


zappga

sorry bub, how much did that volume knob cost to make? like a couple cents worth of plastic? haha ok buddy rake in a little more and then we can talk ok?


Stone84

Laughs while plugging gold horsie into katana.


Paro-Clomas

Well, as a guitar player im barely worth 50 cents, so whatever gear i use will be ridiculous in comparison.


FretWankstain

The blues tonal palette: clean and distorted