Pearly Gates V-Pick

[MarkRhodes]

The V in V - Picks stands for Vinni. Vinni Smith. He makes picks in Nashville. These are acrylic and quite thick. (2.75 mm). Highly beveled. The Large one is 1 3/16" from tip to tip. The smaller one is 1 1/16 from tip to tip. There is also a "Freakishly Long Pearly Gates" pick (which I have not used) It's 3.0 mm thick. From shoulder to shoulder it is 1 3/16" and 1 1/4" long. Asymmetrical. Looks more like a 351 pick.
"Pointed" versions of these picks are available. I haven't tried them.
I found the "small" one the other day and gave it a whirl. It has a great feel. It is smooth yet not slippery. It is also not sticky, yet it seems to adhere to the thumb and index after you've warmed up. No flex at all. Again, highly beveled. I was using this on the recording of "I'm In A Rut" (played on an Eastman acoustic.)

They cost $5 each. They seem durable, so I don't expect to go through them like Fender Mediums or even Jazz IIIs.

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[charleyrich99]

The V in V - Picks stands for Vinni. Vinni Smith. He makes picks in Nashville. These are acrylic and quite thick. (2.75 mm). Highly beveled. The Large one is 1 3/16" from tip to tip. The smaller one is 1 1/16 from tip to tip. There is also a "Freakishly Long Pearly Gates" pick (which I have not used) It's 3.0 mm thick. From shoulder to shoulder it is 1 3/16" and 1 1/4" long. Asymmetrical. Looks more like a 351 pick.
"Pointed" versions of these picks are available. I haven't tried them.
I found the "small" one the other day and gave it a whirl. It has a great feel. It is smooth yet not slippery. It is also not sticky, yet it seems to adhere to the thumb and index after you've warmed up. No flex at all. Again, highly beveled. I was using this on the recording of "I'm In A Rut" (played on an Eastman acoustic.)

They cost $5 each. They seem durable, so I don't expect to go through them like Fender Mediums or even Jazz IIIs.

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I use them and really like the grip and sound.

[MarkRhodes]

I use them and really like the grip and sound.

Have you tried the pointed ones?
Or the "freakishly long" one?
I don't think I would like the pointed ones but as my dad used to say, "I've been wrong before."

[charleyrich99]

Have you tried the pointed ones?
Or the "freakishly long" one?
I don't think I would like the pointed ones but as my dad used to say, "I've been wrong before."

I use small pointed in ruby red. What he calls small is big compared to what I used to use.

[Cunamara]

His notion of a "small" pick is very different from my notion of a small pick. I found most of his too large to use comfortably. A Dunlop Jazz III or a 651 is about as big a pick as I usually like, to give a point of reference. The ProPlec 358 size teardrop pick is the one I keep returning to after fiddling around with bigger picks.

An exception is the V-Picks blue Fusion pick which has a nice feel in the hand and a good release off the string; there is also the blue round Gypsy button style pick that is quite nice and gives a rather acoustic sound to the amplified archtop, sometimes just the ticket tone-wise. Both are a little bigger than the picks I usually use, but not as much as most of his other designs.

[ruger9]

I really like their Fusion model, after hearing Jim Campilongo talk about how he switched to them when a student introduced him to them. Sort of like V's version of the Jazz III, rounded tip.