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Here is the article I promised. I will say upfront that I do not agree with him on some of what he says about picks. I like a pick to be around .5mm to .6mm. But other than that the article is informative.

Picks:
Most people don't put enough thought into picks. I've found that the volume and tone of your guitar is more dependant on the pick than any other factor. People agonize over issues, ranging from guitar woods to strings and then lose all they've gained by playing with light gauge picks.

Try this at home: Lay out one typical thin and one extra-heavy pick. Now pull your guitar and the thick pick out and play a whole piece that has a combination of chord strumming, arpeggios and single note soling. Then play the same tune using the thin pick. The better your guitar is, the more you'll hear that the thin pick sounds, well, thin. With a thin pick, the pick is displaced by the string, With a thick pick, the string is displaced by the pick. Pick thickness makes an overwhelming difference in tone and volume.

My typical, thinnest pick is a 1mm Clayton gold, but when I really want tone, I go to a much thicker one yet. My favorite picks are Jean Charles DuGain picks from France. They are very thick picks that are hand carved to fit your thumb and finger for grip and are made of many different materials. I like coconut horn and agate the best. These picks are a little tough to find and are expensive, but nothing you can do to your guitar will effect the tone like these picks. You'll also find that, contrary to popular belief, you can play faster and more accurately with a thick pick. Give it a try. I also use thumb picks and prefer Fred Kelly extra-heavy delrin picks.

John Standefer