I was definitely in the thick pick camp until recently I started playing a lot of traditional Irish and Scottish etc. back up for fiddles and the like which for me seems to involve a lot of strumming, not much single note stuff, and for that I find a medium pick works real well. So, I think it has a lot to do with the kind of music you are playing.

All this talk about picks prompted me to buy a couple of new Red Bear tortis...black and jade (here). Now I have one for each guitar. I opted to get grip holes in the jade, but haven't really used it enough to determine if they help. At least they're not a hindrance.

Eric...PM for you...B

D'Andrea Pro PRO-PLEC, 1.5mm, super slick pick, gives a more warm tone, and works great spanking the string on my D2HG!

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I use a Pro-Plec 1.5 on my D2HG too. Great combo!

Boy, I go up and down on this one. One of my favorite picks for straight up lead playing is the Adamas Graphite 2.0 picks (dicontinued but usually available on the bay). It really wears nice and produces great tone. I also find that I can control my attack a lot better with the thicker picks.

I am usually the lone player though so I have moved back down the ladder of thickness so as to have a better strumming tone. I like the Ultra Cool picks (some kind of weird composite material but somewhat graphite in tone) and The Dunlop Gels have a great strumming tone. I try to stay in the .6 to .8 territory for picking and strumming ease