Planet Waves Black Ice Guitar Picks Pack of 10 - Light

Been using the Dunlop 1.5 for ever and just tried this on a whim because I saw Jeff MacErlain using them and he said there great for dynamic playing! Well he’s not wrong, now my go to pick! Can play super soft then dig in and has great dynamic range! Doesn’t move in my hand at all and great for chords, lead and fast (ish) picking! Very impressed ! Looks similar to a jazz 3 but much more comfortable

I love these plectrums (picks). They are smaller than regular picks which might feel weird at first but you get used to them m. They are probably not ideal if you are just an acoustic strummer due to small size, but if you play expressive leads and/or heavy riffs the fact you can get close to strings and really dig in makes them ideal. They come in any colour as long as it's black! I prefer the .55 as they are not too thick and not too thin. Enough flex but not too much. I actually find these plectrums have ruined normal sized - if I used a regular size it feels like I'm playing with a fork!

Quality picks at a decent price.

I have moved from Jazz III XL to these and prefer the texture and attack. They are less grippy though which took a little while to get used to. Good value for 25, should last a while.

These are thin jazz shaped picks made from a matt tortex-like material. Sized between jazz III and Jazz III xl. Having come from acoustic Fingerstyle guitar to learn electric, I became quickly frustrated with using a pick and the how much harder it was to get the variety of tone I was used to with my fingers. I soon built up a tin of picks of every size, thickness and material in the search for what I wanted. I settled on Dunlop jazz IIIs for single note work , but was still unhappy with the standard Dunlop nylon picks I was using for rhythm work. Whatever gauge I used, they weren’t quite right. The tortex equivalent were slightly bigger and even worse. I wanted something a similar size and shape to the jazz IIIs but much thinner, slightly bigger and with slight flex for rhythm. Instantly much easier to play with, easier to handle to achieve more variety of tone. Very happy. Having come from nylon picks, I miss the raised grip, but these are thin enough to hole punch cleanly and easily which helps. I also sometimes cheat and use red dax wave and groom wax (very stiff hair wax with a high melting point - way cheaper than gorilla snot) to add that extra bit of tack!

I'll admit, I first heard of these picks through Tosin Abasi, and being a fan-boy, I started using them myself. Tosin has moved on to some other brand now but once I started using these bad boys, I couldn't care less for any other gauge or brand of plectrum. The matte finish gives a solid grip, despite being soft to the touch, and the durability of one pick, no matter how much I abuse it, has been equal to none. I am a very happy customer and don't see myself ever changing brands.

I was hoping that these picks would be slightly larger than a Dunlop Ultex Jazz III. But they are slightly smaller.

I've tried many picks and these are my favourite. They are somewhere in between a jazz III and standard pick for size. They are grippy and resistant to wear but when they do, they don't become too slippery. So its probably worth paying the extra for them. I find they accommodate all styles quite well.

Small but not TOO small (slightly larger than Jazz III's). Long-lasting; pick-scrapes don't chew up the edges like on celluloid! Grippy, matte, smoothe surface works for me -- no texture, but I rarely drop them. No flex at all, extra-heavy duralin does NOT move. Very direct, controllable tone. And the price is right!

Best picks on earth. A tad bigger than Jazz3 but they don't slip like J3 does.

I really like this pick. It has a real musical quality to the pick attack that is smoother to my ears. Not as bright as the Nylpro and Dunlop Jazz III stiffo picks. The one thing that is REALLY noticeable with this pick is how easily they glide across the strings. I can pick faster, cleaner, and with more dynamic range with this pick than I can any other pick. I have used the black Dunlop Jazz IIIs for at least the last 12 years until I tried this one out. I like the the way this pick just as much. The pick attack sounds better for Jazz and progressive rock (to my ears) as I prefer a smoother, warmer, attack. The Jazz IIIs I prefer for Hard Rock and Metal as they have a sharper attack.

Ces médiators (Black Ice 1,5mm - Extra Heavy) sont parfaits pour un jeu lead très rond. Ne cherchez pas de son claquant pour de la rythmique folk, ici, on tape dans le grave et le bas-médium : il faudra chercher dans le Celluloid ou le nylon pour ça - les CelluGlo sont classes dans cette catégorie. Pour des attaques plus franches en Lead, les Ultex BlackFang feront des compagnons idéaux. Dans un registre très différent, les signatures John Petrucci méritent d'être essayés : la forme est équivalent, mais le plastique brillant donne un son totalement différent, intermédiaire avec le claquant du Celluloid et la netteté des médiators durs (perso, j'aime moins, mais chacun ses goûts) Le Duralin est un matériau très solide comparé à d'autres (par exemple l'Ultex de Dunlop) et la fabrication avec triple polissage est exemplaire : on a tout de suite l'impression d'avoir un médiator "rodé". La sensation de jeu est équivalente à des médiators en os ou coco, plat et polis (donc, pas Dugain, je n'avais trouvé mon bonheur qu'en fabrication custom voir 2ème ligne de la photo) : en gros, ça glisse tout seul, avec très peu de "bruit" de médiator dans le son des cordes. La prise en main est vraiment sympa, il ne glisse pas, même avec un peu de transpiration (équivalent Ultex). Timber tones fait aussi de beaux médiators en os, corne, bois et je les utilise aussi régulièrement, mais moins que le Black Ice (dernière ligne - merci Amazon !)

I've been playing guitar for 20 years and didn't know these existed until I got a new guitar teacher and he told me to go out and buy some. The slightly smaller but still flexible feel has given me a new grip which has elevated my playing.