Golden Gate MP-12 Deluxe Tortoise Style Mandolin Pick – Rounded Triangle – Dozen

Great Pick for Mandolin! Right off the bat, let me say that these are very well-made picks and that they helped me significantly improve my mandolin technique.Now, if you want to read on, I’ll give you more details. First, I started playing mandolin over 40 years ago. Back then, there was no internet of course, and as a kid in suburban NJ, I knew of no one else who played mandolin so my only sources of information were Mel Bay chord books and Oak Publication collections of fiddle tunes. Since I played…

Took me some getting used to but I like the result For about three decades playing mandolin I’ve used large triangular picks (well, rounded triangles, but I’ll leave that to the geometers) of different thicknesses looking for a sound I like. As a result my right hand got used to having a larger pick in it, so playing with these smaller picks takes a bit of an adjustment for me.I have to say, though, that the thickness and shape give me a most satisfactory tone — there’s less “plinkiness” (if you know what I mean, and mandolinists…

Excellent pick for mandolin and guitar I’m 61 years old and have played guitar for 50+ years. First picked up mandolin 40+ years ago. On visits to Music Stores, most pickers can’t afford to buy a new instrument each time, but after playing on the new guitar(S) the owner would put in your hands, most customers would buy strings and picks at the minimum. Over the years I’ve tried most everything the local music stores stock. About 15 years ago I tried my first golden gate. I discovered a pick that came close to the tortise picks…