Dunlop Tortex® Pitch Black Jazz III, 1.0mm, 12/Player's Pack

Perfect size, shape, texture and rigidity I needed for speed picking. I normally bought larger mediums like 0.80-0.9 with very little flexibility till someone suggested I should try 1 or more thickness and with smaller picks for speed alternate picking, and sure enough, it made a difference in my playing in that style. There's more economy of motion and allows your fingers to be even closer to the strings so you can fell them more and easily accessible for sweeps as well that the larger picks made it more work to execute. The smaller picks like this one makes the most sense to me now. I'm surprised I've never used them till now. It's also better for hybrid picking too. Just so much easier because the grip allows you to be closer to the strings like a classical player would be for more economy of motion.The texture material of this pick I also like. I'm a sweathog, and shiny smooth untextured picks normally slip in my fingers causing to constantly readjust. Thats why I still to these graphite types that have a bit of texture to it, and because the pick is smaller now, it's less prone to rotating or shifting between my grip.

Yes these are the best picks in the world. Okay, maybe "best" is subjective, but when you've played metal for 16 years and gone through lots of picks and narrowed down the field to just one, that has to mean something. These combine the great speed, articulation, and efficiency of the Jazz III with the durability and pick attack of Tortex.Now, if you've never tried Tortex, know that they provide greater scratchiness to your attack than the dull plastic sound you get with the red Jazz III. But not so much scratchiness that it becomes difficult to pick or that your notes are buried in noise. They are also slightly thinner than the Jazz III, and like wearing a thinner.... glove ... you get more feeling. However, the red Jazz III do feel buttery compared to these, so if you care only about super slick quiet picking then maybe the red Jazz III would be better.But for recording purposes the better attack definition of these black Tortex picks are a real asset. How so? Because consider this -- with a dull sounding pick you might increase the presence/treble of your amp to compensate, and while that does up the attack, now you've also got ear-piercing grating highs during the rest of your chord. There's no way to eq just the onset of an attack and have it still ring out smoothly. That is, unless you do it at the source with a sharper sounding pick. Hence Tortex.Long story short, they add brightness back to old strings and increase the clarity, articulation, and harmonics of new strings. Pinch harmonics are a little easier, but then they weren't difficult on my other picks either. Anyway, I consider these Tortex "Pitch Black" the ideal picks for recording distorted rock and metal guitars. They're only a few bucks, can't lose.EDIT 2014: After trying the .60mm, I much prefer the .60mm. Reason is that they are even brighter/middier with better attack than the 1.0mm. For distorted rhythms they are significantly more articulate sounding in the riffing. Though I think for double tracking or quad tracking guitars, using a .60mm on the left and 1mm on the right would be an easy way to increase stereo separation. You know, the pick is the left side of the equation, the string and pickups and amp, etc. are the right side. It's interesting what a difference a pick makes, but it's the very thing initiating the sound.

I've always used Dunlop orange Tortex but after one of these little jazz picks found his way into my guitar case I've been really loving the feel of it. I feel like strumming is easier with the smaller profile of these picks

I’ve played for about 22 years, I’ve tried every variety and brand, ultra cheap to super expensive stone picks. Value for money can’t be beat. They’re durable, easy to hold, and have a pretty good feel especially when playing fast. Coming from someone who got caught up briefly in the “gear” chase, I’ve found the old standard equipment to truly be the best. No frills or gimmicks, good reliable picks.

i have massive sausage fingers and this is super small which i didn’t expect but i can but single strings better!

My only issue was they have some white residue on them, you need to clean them first to make them actually black. Otherwise very happy with them

After only using the John Petrucci Jazz 3 pick for well over a year now, I had to try these picks. The JP Jazz 3 pick is the only pick I had and wanted to use, until this pick came to my door. The JP pick is a great BUT, I find it to be heavy (Not thickness, but actual weight) and a touch long for me. kept hitting the pickup with the pick when playing so I would choke up on the pick and it would throw the balance of the pick off in my hand, but overall it was my favorite pick, UNTILL I used the Dunlop 482P1.14 Tortex Pitch Black Jazz III, Its a little smaller, shorter, lighter and thinner then the JP pick and within a couple notes I knew I would keep using it. It is a little slippery when holding (But I tend to have a lite grip on it so it may be me) but the feel and playability of the pick is just great, and with a lot less "Chirp" when picking a string. I highly recommend this pick.....

I rarely write reviews but needed to do one for these. I've played guitar for over 14 years, and have used a lot of picks in that time. For the longest period of that time I settled on the Dunlop Jazz IIIs because they have the best control and precision of any pick I've used. However, for some songs and purposes I like to use the tortex material picks for their sharper and brighter attack.So I finally stumble upon Jazz IIIs made of the tortex material and it's a match made in heaven. You really won't find any pick (that I know of) with better precision and accuracy while retaining the clarity and crisp/snappy attack of the tortex material. They also grip very nicely in your fingers and don't slide around as much as the regular Jazz IIIs.All in all, these are the best picks I've ever used and I feel like I've finally found the perfect pick. The combination of size, shape and material allow me to get the control I need for complex songs over a range of genres, but I can also get up and strum the hell out of a punk rock song. Highly, highly recommend.

Não me atentei ao modelo da palheta quando pedi, no meu caso era pra ser a XL que são maiores, mas descobri depois que chegou. Mas essas aqui são muito interessantes e bem acabadas, vou tentar me acostumar pra desenvolver uma pegada diferente.

No tienen gran agarre. El material podría tener más agarre. Pero son buenas plumillas

Ok first off its smaller than your common pick size. At first I thought ok this is weird its not going to work well. I was wrong, this pick made my playing much more intense the way it fits my fingers and the way it bends or attacks being smaller was a real eye opener. I've use light and med and heavy picks and tried many things over my 52 years of playing guitar this is far better than anything I've ever used and im just sorry it took so long to find a real great and i mean great pick LOL Thanks Jim Dunlop and crew!!! I have played three gigs and it has barely even wore the sharp tip off lasts and holds up better than my regular red 50mm Torlex picks I had to sharpen them constantly I love a very sharp pointed tip Thanks hope this helps some other old farts or fellows like me if your after that missing mystery link LOL

Ich habe schon 3 Packungen gekauft, die sind soooo gut. Ich habe auch 2 Kollegen von mir schon 1-2 Picks geschenkt, die eindeutige Rückmeldung: denen gefällt diese Form und Stärke auch sehr gut. Mit einem Pick kann ich ungf 2-4 Wochen lang spielen. Ich werde immer wieder die Dunkop Jazz III kaufen!

Buon grip, discreta durata perfetto per il rock metal. Misura leggermente più piccola dello standard a goccia. Estremamente comodo