Dunlop Big Stubby Picks, 3.0mm

I love these guitar picks!!! Lighting fast, easy to hold on to and unbreakable!!!Top notch guitar picks!!!!They last a LONGGGGG time too!

My daughter uses this pic for both her ukulele and her guitar. She loves the quality and the sturdiness of the materials used.

I've used these picks now for 20 years. Why, you may ask, would I want to use this behemoth of a pick ? Here's why:1. Speed - When your pick has a more rounded edge, it can glide over the strings easier hence less feedback from the string to keep your hand from moving. When needing to play a very fast run, I'll turn the pick at a 45 degree angle from the strings to get extremely fast motion.2. Accuracy - I know many players that love medium-thickness picks that have some play in them. I'm not one of those players. I prefer a pick to control the string exactly as it should and not need to bend the pick to get a pluck. These picks won't bend at all and you control the strings instead of waiting for the pick to bend and pluck. This also helps when picking in varying dynamics of songs.3. Tone - With a pick this thick, you can do crazy stuff with the tone of your sound. You may think that with a pick this thick, I must be into jazz or mello music, but this if far from true. I'm a rocker and love how I can get a hard core pluck or just barely touch the string and sound like a hammer-on/pull-off even though I'm picking. The range of sound and tone with this pick is awesome which seems to be left out of most equations in guitar tone. It's beyond me how some guitarists love using a medium or thin pick,but on soft sections of songs they have to use their fingers instead of a pick because of the difficulty in getting a soft pluck with thin picks. In the parts when I need a lot of pluck, these picks disappoint either. They can do it all.4. Grip - I rarely drop these picks because of their size and easy grip. Also, the grip is makes control fantastic.There is a downfall of these picks to me - price. They're so thick that they'll cost more than the standard picks, but they're still not out of range on prices so this is so minor I don't even think about it.Conclusion - If you're using a heavy pick now (1.0mm or thicker) you may want to try these. I gradually went up on pick size years ago going from 1.0mm to 1.5mm, then to the Big Stubby 2.0 before finally using the 3.0mm in the span of about 2 months. I've never looked back since then and hate using thinner picks now. I always have one of these picks in my pocket just in case of a spontaneous jam breaking out somewhere (which happens a lot in my circle of friends), plus since these picks boggle the mind of most guitarists, no one ever steals my picks.For me, these picks are a necessity, not a novelty. I dare you to try these for a while and see what you think.

The BEST pick for bass guitar. Ruined by the indentations, the concavity on each side. It is supposed to make them easier to handle, but it does the opposite.They pivot in your fingers while playing. So you grip harder, and your hand is doing that extra chore the whole time. It actually kind of hurts to hold them properly.Other than that, they are awesome.The shape and taper of the point is perfect; along with the plastic material, it produces a very clean and strong fundamental note. It also helps, along with the thickness and weight, to facilitate fast and clean playing.The Dunlop Prime Tone 3.0 are nice but gritty...probably best for heavy blues or grunge.The Dunlop Prime Grip 2.0 are very good but the tip isn't as great and they don't come in 3.0mm.The Dunlop Flow 420 are nice, but the shape and weight make them cumbersome. The tip is still not right for me either.The Jazz 3 XL are very nice on bass, yet they still lack the fullness and clean attack of a big stubby. Same with the 500 2.0mm.Sooooo frustrating.. the potential pick of destiny for bass has had its soul carved out. With a little spoon. On each side.Edit: these are the singular best sounding picks I have tried on bass, so I bumped it back up to 4 stars. I will devise a thing to tape into the cavities and make them fully usable and comfortable, attempting to make these my main squeeze.2nd Edit: grips on the side don't help, it is even harder to hold comfortably. I will have to try the jazz big stubby now, since apparently it does not have the indentations

Works as described

I got into these picks thanks to a movie called Metal Lords. I mainly play guitar, and I didn't use them as much in my teens because I thought they were for bass, but it turns out the tip is too short for that (unless you enjoy scratching your fingers against the strings). Turns out they are GREAT for guitar, specially for playing lead. And here's a little tip that probably hasn't been said before:I play right handed, and my picking hand has been giving me signs of RSI for years, which tends to flare up when I play. Maybe it is the thickness or something, but playing with these Big Stubbys is not as painful because I don't need to force my hand so much to pluck properly, and I can now play for much longer without any pain or discomfort. So this tip might be useful for someone else. Cheers!

Very durable and feel well on the fingersLightweight and very grippy

I've been using these for years to play my basses and I love them. I'm strictly a pick player (I've been playing bass on and off for about 25 years to date, so using a pick is not a crutch but a personal preference the suits my style and technique).