I have an old closely guarded tortiose pick i pull out as a secret weapon once in a while i like it best. i should feel guilty endagered and all, but hell hes been dead a long time. Hope someone can find as good a use for my bones as making sweet music. For gigs i like a dunlop gator 1.5 they are grippy when your hands are sweaty and feel pretty good and at $.30, i don't cry when i lose one.