JIM DUNLOP Flow Standard Grip 1.0mm Guitar Picks (549P1.0)

The Flow pick material (Ultex)is the first product that really changed my playing for the better in decades. The changes in string attack, sustain, and tone are remarkable. The instrument sounds more sonically dimensional and notes have greater dynamics with each note capable of an almost bell like quality. I have collected and tried hundreds of plectrum over the past 58 years of playing. The material, shape, and grip texture are without match. They really hold up to heavy riffs and high speed solo work when digging in without cracking or chipping. The Dunlop Flow made from Ultex strikes the string perfectly. I never would have believed it until I gave these picks a test run. If you have not tried this pick, just do it now. I wish I could say the manufacturer gave me something in exchange of this review, and they did not. I cannot overstate the improvement this pick has brought to the music I play.

these are stiff enough for heavy articulation, thin enough to pick quickly, the material provides a clearer tone than most picks. the back of the pick is smooth enough to pull off generic campfire strumming too. grip is excellent. ive tried many many picks over the decades and the only thing that competes with these for me is the jazz3 picks.

Even when this pick tries to rotate on you a little, the traction makes it easy to recover. Has a good sound also.

Any Dunlop pic you buy is going to be good do you have a nice feel and they grip pretty well. Not the best I've used but they get the job done. Decent for pinch harmonics...

First, I never write these kind of reviews, and I’m hesitant to write this one as I expect one day I will have a hard time finding these picks and I will be dismayed!Earlier in the Fall, I was turned on to Primetone picks and was blown away. From their grip and feel, to the unique sound they make when they are dropped, a musical tinkle, lively...not plastic and dead. I also found they enhanced my sound with with increased presence and acoustic timbre (even on electric guitar) with varied harmonic complexity based on the thickness of the pick used. Moving from a Dunlop Tortex pick or any faux Tortoise shell pic to Dunlop Primetone is almost like you just changed your strings!Then Primetones became scarce and expensive. Ultimately I had a hard time finding Primetone picks in 1.0mm thickness... having become disenchanted with the sound of other picks, I saw these Dunlop Flow picks, they looked to be a similar material as the Primetones and were affordable available in the 1.0mm thickness, so I figured I would give them a try. So glad I did!The Dunlop Flow 1.0 pick is now my preferred pick for acoustic flat picking (Primetone 1.4mm Jazz for electric, but ordering some Flow 1.4s to hear what they have to offer).One thing I wasn’t expecting was how the unique shape of the standard grip Flow pick (a somewhat larger version of a Jazz III) is forgiving and allows for a variety of expressive picking and strumming attacks that are seemingly enhanced with both clarity and accuracy. Not sure if it relates to my use of the smaller Jazz III shaped Primetone 1.4mm picks for electric, but I do believe the shape of the standard grip Flow 1.0 allows me greater, and more expressive, accuracy.Another bit of anecdotal regarding the Primetone picks. While waiting for these Flow 1.0 picks to arrive I was happy using a standard grip Primetone 1.5 with my acoustic and it has its own thing, the sparkle/shimmer is there but dialed back and tastefully replaced with some additional richness... a deeper/tighter harmonic grind when strumming in comparison to the Flow 1.0... While PT 1.5mm is compelling for certain passages, I find myself reaching for my Flow 1.0 time and again.

Everything about this pick is perfect for me! There is just enough grip to it without being too much, and feeling like sand paper. It's made of ultex which I had been using anyway. I prefer the sharper, brighter attack to tolex. And the beveled edges release the string perfectly. Really the ultimate pick. A bit pricey, and I am super bad at losing picks and so is my 2 yr old daughter. But I've been extra careful not to lose any yet... but you pay get what you pay for with Dunlop! Excellent picks!!

I was a green/yellow tortex guy for 30 years. guitar , bass, acoustic. I switched to the tortex flow for a year or so then i tried one pack of these ULTEX Flow, and now this is my pick of choice. I use the brown and purple. i play bass and play very hard, i can wear the tip off a standard tortex in one show, the ULTEX the tips don't wear out. the picks barely look played at all. super great !

The flow has become my go-to pick for playing pretty much anything. It works well for picking individual notes as well as strumming. It is similar in size to the jazz iii xl. I really like the ultex material that these are made from. It has good grip, it is quite durable, and produces a nice bright tone. Ultex is also stiffer than other common pick materials, so go thinner if you want a more flexible pick.Something to note is that thicker flow picks seem to produce a squeaky/chirpy sound when strumming. This is common with thicker picks, but it is something to consider. It is mainly only noticeable with the 2.0mm+ gauge picks, but there is some subtle chirping from the 1.5mm as well. For me, I think that the 1.0mm flow has the right balance of stiffness without the chirpy sound.