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Fun Question Of The Month--June

MikeKMikeK Asheville, NCNew Altamira M-30 D-Cedar
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If you were marooned on a desert island with a gypsy jazz guitar (think of yourself as Tom Hanks in a jazz manouche version of the movie Castaway) and were only allowed 2 picks, what would they be? Let's try to keep it to 2 (or only 1, if that suits you better). I'll get it started:

For rhythm only--Wegen 5.0 Fatone

For rhythm & soloing--Dunlop Primetone 3.0 (the solid brown ones, not the ones that you can kind of see through--thank you, Buco).

Buco
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  • Posts: 5,451

    Well, these days I've been using Killy pick so I suppose that would be it. Next month might be something different. Do we have any tools on this Island? Then I can make a few out of coconut or bone.

    MikeKbillyshakes
    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • marcelodamonmarcelodamon Asheville, NC✭✭✭ Selmer #561/Dell Arte Blues Clair/Dell Arte Macias/Philippe Cattiaux Chorus/AJL Gypsy Fire/AJL 2004 Model 503
    Posts: 65

    I use a Blue Chip TD80. In the past I used the thicker TD100, as well as Wegen, Nonis, and real tortoise shell. I would take the Blue Chips over all other picks; desert island included.

    MikeK
  • Posts: 212

    Give me a 2.0 gator and the "safari" material, "manouche" shape 3.5 pick I got from Jokko before he retired (no thumb groove at my request) - best thick plastic pick I've owned, including multiple others from him, many Wegans, etc.

    MikeK
  • Posts: 5,451

    I got from Jokko before he retired

    Wait...what??

    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Posts: 212

    Yeah, he stopped making picks in December 2024...didn't you even tell me that first, Buco?? That's why I rushed to get one more order in last November haha

    But yeah, he's only making his contact mic pickups going forward and there's someone else doing the picks now - it's all on the website.

  • Posts: 5,451

    No, I had no idea...oh man... it's the end of an era. The website doesn't even come up anymore.

    voutoreenie
    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Posts: 212

    Seriously?? Let me look through my emails, could have sworn it was still going...will text you later

    Buco
  • flacoflaco 2023 Holo Traditional, Shelley Park #151, AJL Quiet and Portable
    Posts: 203

    Apollo picks took over for Jokko: https://www.apollopicks.com/store2/p/the-django-pick

    MikeKvoutoreenieBuco
  • edited June 9 Posts: 5,451

    Yes, that's what came up as one of the search hits. PS I edited my initial post so as to not derail the thread...

    MikeK
    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Posts: 212

    @flaco Yup, exactly, thx for posting...unfortunately, Apollo doesn't work with all the same materials or shapes (and as Buco points out, less cost effective than Jokko's). I really wish I had been able to order another pick with the safari material but Jokko was already out of it last fall when I placed my last order, instead got some made with shellrin which is (err, was) my second favorite material from him.

    MikeKBuco
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