Best Electric Guitar Picks (2024 Update)

A nice mix of picks for different needs at decent value. I'd recommend them for anyone looking to experiment with different plectrum sizes and materials.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Nothing much to say not overly picky 😉 would have been nice to get some soft picks as it's mainly medium and hard picks in this mix bagReviewed by Andertons Music Co.

I would never use these on guitar. Guitar strings are too close together to make it work. But if you play bass, especially a P Bass. You will love these. I recommend trying out all of the different gauges to see what you like best. It gives that classic meaty picked bass tone featured in many classic recordings.Undisclosed

The heavy tortex is a great deal and durable, if you don't lose picks constantly, like I do! It plays well, and the surface feels good. It's easy to grip, and easy on your wallet when you lose 3 in one show. I've been playing jamband music with Blue and Green tortex for 2 decades, and there's just no reason to change. You get the sounds you make, and learning to play with a heavier pick helps develop speed and competent aim. Flimsier picks break on me, but the tortex never has. Not once, not even the lighter guages.Freak Flag '81

Jazz iii picks are by far my favourite picks. This pick, along with the jazz iii nylon (black) make the perfect combo for all my needs. This pick in particular provides a great attack on strings with great precision. Does not flex at all, meaning every note is articulate and allows you a quick access to your next note (perfect for alternate picking). Since this pick is thicker and tougher than the nylon jazz iii, it adds some treble to your sound – perfect for strats and achieving some cool country tones. Plus, with this flashy colour you'll never lose your picks again 😉 Highly recommended.Ram

I have been a fingers bass player for years, but recently thought I would try a pick, especially for fast songs. I use a jazz 3 for guitar, but found it too small and stiff for bass. All of the other picks I tried were too big. These were not only a happy medium size-wise, but the material gives an excellent gripping surface as well.CJ

It's surprising how much a pick affects the sound and feel of a guitar or other fretted instrument. I like this one a lot. The textured surface helps keep the pick from slipping from my fingers. The texture also improves control and tone, acting a bit like a violin bow, holding onto the string, instead of sliding off the way a shinier pick does. I like the thickness, too; not too stiff, not too floppy. It's all a matter of personal preference, but these work well for me.Gordon K.

"Live" shows this is the pick I use. I 've never broken one of these, not sure that you can. I've got some that are so old the "gator grip" is worn off smooth and they still work great. Don't get me wrong, it'll take six months to a year of constant use to wear the surface away on this pick, these are the one's I have laying around the studio, most people will lose a pick before it gets this old. I've tried other picks with "grip" but found they were too "overbearing", not sure if that's the appropriate word or not, but I didn't like being able to feel the "grip" part if that makes any sense. Sometimes I will experiment with different picks in the studio depending on what I'm trying to accomplish that day, but when I hit the road this is the pick I make sure I have. You can't beat the price for this kind of quality.nickname? lol ask the ex-wife

This is pricey but as long as you have a way to avoid losing them I find it worth every penny. They play like butter given the momentum they get from their weight. However this doesn't make them bulky and awkward. They have tons of different shapes and thicknesses from standard picks to jazz picks for all types of playing styles and preferences. My favorite part about these picks are the sound! The hand crafted plastic material does not create any unwanted sounds. It's just you and the guitar strings!DANNY

Plettro fantastico, sia per la ritmica che per i soli. E' un po' pi grande di un jazz III ma pi piccolo di uno standard, rigido ma non troppo. Le superfici sono smussate meravigliosamente… davvero il mix ideale.riccardro0

Okay, first let say that these are very good picks. Great feel and action and they have great grip. The only problem I have is I wish that they were a little thinner. These are a thick .45mm to me. For me a .40mm or .38mm and they would be asolutely perfect and they would be all I used. I still use them a little now but they're just a little to thick for me.Alanbama

I have used Clayton picks 1.52mm for nearly 20 years.I gave these a shot about 5 years ago and I won't use anything else! Had to drop down to 1.20mm as thats the thickest they make. I play Metal with a little darker tone than average 2 modded Marshall jmp's with the presence and trebble set around 9-10 o'clock,Gibson, D'Addarrio, nothing to wooly but dark and these picks are like sonic windex. My tone is clearer and more defined without that hi-mid spike but grabs your ears. I have an old thumb injury and these stick to my fingers on stage .Puts everything else to shame. However they are a fortune, you can not get them off the shelf anywhere I've stopped at around the U.S. and about 6 dozen have come bent right out of the package like they were rolled on a machine while warn and cooled like the end of a snow ski. Ive had some do that after a couple of hours.I only get 3-5 hours out of them before they wear and when they do my accuracy is gone and then in to the trash can. ULTEM RULES! \m/Dirty-D

Picks had a slight bend that will not unbend. Almost the same feeling as using a dried out matte credit card. Maybe I received old picks or something. Anyway not the feeling I was expecting. Like delrin material except smoother.ndrw9139

It may sound funny, but your choice of plectrum (Pick) has a huge impact on the sound of your guitar! A heavy pick will produce a more mellow sound with less attack, whilst a thinner one will sound brighter with greater attack and have the flexibility that allows for faster picking techniques. Harder materials also impart brightness to your sound and increase attack. I choose Fender Thin picks because they are both hard and flexible and produce a very natural sound, at least to my ears. Fender have been making these forever, and for good reason – Just like the Stratocaster guitar, somethings just work better than others and can't really be improved upon that much. If you're a really heavy hitter, you might find yourself going through a few of these Fender THIN Picks during the course of a gig, but they are cheap enough, and it is a small price to pay for the benefits they bring, in my opinion.mark1964-6979

Highly recommended! My favorite pick and of course made by Fender! I prefer thin to the medium and heavy-thin gives me the sound a flexibility to play on all of my guitars! Buy them in quantity in case they break occasionally from jamming too hard!Bill

I bought this pack of Tortugas because I was attracted by the material, I thought it was a new celluloid color. In reality I was wrong, this material is definitely not celluloid, and I also made a mistake ordering the 551 size, which is much smaller than the traditional Fender shape 351 and with a sharp point. However I am getting used to them, even if they are more suitable for an electric guitar than the acoustic I am playing. Grip is good, there is no flexibility in the XH version I bought so it's quite good for fast passages, I would say it sounds slightly brighter than a traditional celluloid plectrum with less attack noise. The material looks beautiful and I already ordered a pack of 351 to compare.cuthbert_1978

Overall: Lets face it, they're just guitar picks, but I prefer the Gibson brand. I feel he Fender heavy are too thick and the Fender medium are too thin. The Gibson brand seems denser and the heavy are just right. The beveled edge also gives the string a good attack. I like the tin the picks come in and in my opinion I can't crack the case on my $2k Les Paul and not have a quality pick in the case.Greg

I really like these picks. The thumb and finger make skin contact through the star-shaped hole. For some reason this works for me to almost eliminate pick dropping. It also gives a tactile point of reference when holding the pick. You know exactly where the pick is between the thumb and finger. The hole also acts as a pivot point if your are changing between the blunt side and the point of the pick. Not everyone likes these picks, but come to think of it, I don't like everyone. Give 'em a try and remember to choose your friends wisely.Joe Picker

I used to hole-punch the centers of my picks to help with grip. The star shaped hole on Star Picks does it one better by adding little teeth that grip even better. I have liked these for years and usually bought them singly or in packs of a dozen because that's the way they came. A bag of 50 for this price is terrific. After trying many gauges, I settled on the 0.60 thickness with 0.73 now and then, so I bought a bag of each. Like I said, if you already like these picks, buying them 50 at a time is great. I haven't seen it offered that way anywhere else.Fretts

I have pretty dry hands and dropping picks became an unwelcome pastime. I found my first Star Grip picks in a small music shop in Vancouver when i bought my 12-string. At the time i bought 12 of them – about 8 years ago. Over time my supply dwindled to 3 that i kept in my pocket. When one of the three broke, i vowed to find replacements – although none of the stores i frequented carried them. Until i found Musician's Friend and the rest is history.Jeep

This true Master of Plastic has a superior grip and a smooth bevelled edge unlike most guitar picks out there. 6 picks come inside a great little slide tin box… you can even Load your additional picks into… and when needed, Reload them right into your hand! Kudos to the folks in Benicia, CA …And Dunlop For Allhowemademusic

If you've never tried "Brain Picks" guitar picks, you owe it to yourself to give them a try! The picks themselves are good quality. The material they are made of is reasonably flexible & not brittle so they hold up and last a long time, and not only do they feel good to play with, but they sound good as well. Their quality control also seems to be really good–you don't get a lot of picks with sharp shards of extra plastic hanging off the edges (that's not a huge problem, you can always smooth that off with an emery board/nail file, but I still like that they care enough about their product to make sure they're smooth and ready to play well right out of the tin). Oh, and that's another value-added cool thing about these pics: they're packed in a cool sturdy re-usable metal tin! It fits easily in your pocket and keeps your picks from scattering all over the place and getting lost in the pockets of your guitar cases. But as much as I like the tin, the best part about these picks is the texture. The upper 2/3 of each pick has a raised bumpy pattern to help you grip the pick. This is a big deal for me as I am all about feel when I play and I actually struggled as a beginner to play with a pick. I always felt really awkward, like I wasn't holding the pick right, and I always felt like it was slipping out of my fingers. The Brain Picks have a nice slightly raised bumpy texture that is enough to help improve your grip, but it's not textured enough to feel rough or annoying when you hold them. I've used these in picks in several sizes so far (the purple 0.60mm, the red 0.73mm, and the black 0.88mm), and they're one of my all time favorite "go-to" picks. I prefer them over both Dunlop's USA Nylons and Dunlop's "MaxGrip" Nylons. For the record, my preferred non-textured guitar picks are the Dunlop "Tortex" Series, but when it comes to a textured guitar pick (which is what I use at least 80% of the time), the Snarling Dogs "Brain Picks" are my favs. Give them a try! 🙂mozart-wv

I'm a bassist that plays about 30% of a nights worth of songs with a pick. I am primarily a finger player, but I've tried dozens of different picks in my quest for finding the right sound, feel and grip in a pick. My guitarist uses these, and I started using these during shows. As a semi novice pick user, these amazed me because they wouldn't slip around and love the angle of attack, regardless if I was sweaty or not (a huge issue for me with smooth picks). This has been the only pick so far I don't worry about shifting when I play, they just stay put. I'm not a big fan of nylon picks, but these are ok sounding, balancing attack with warmth well. With stainless steel roundwound strings, they bite without being too brittle. As I don't play a lot with a pick, these will last a very long time before they wear out. I most likely will lose them first. A nice perk is the metal tin they come in. It's a lot harder to lose this way for me. For my style they are a touch over my comfort level for flex (I'm used to Dunlop big Stubbys heavy gauge) so I'm going to try the 1.14 gauge SD picks to see if they are more to my liking. In conclusion, they aren't my favorite sounding pick for my bass style, but the grip is amazing. The fact the pick stays where I need it to due to its texture design, out shadows the best sounding picks in my belief. I'll will be buying another (heavier) gauge soon, but I wouldn't dream on changing the design.jamesbaghr

I wanted to like these picks, I really did. The grip is excellent and feels more like a gritty material than simple raised bumps. This is the reason why I bought them and it is there where they delivered. But that's it. The actual pick itself is quite floppy, a standard tortex feels rigid compared to these. The big problem is that my dozen picks all have extra plastic material around the sides. I have to trim off around the edges if I want to actually used these. Every pick has a sharp nub on the top while the actual point has material hanging off that catches on the string. I feel like I'm cleaning up poorly cut out Gundam model parts. The tin is the nice though.Moe

I've been playing guitar and bass for more than 7 years, and during that time I've tried lots of different picks. However, I always come back to these 1 millimeter nylon picks. I love the way they feel in my hand, especially the way the rough surface on the edge makes it easier to grip. They even add a bit of volume to my dreadnought acoustic guitar, which makes them great for intimate live shows where you don't have a mic. They're not quite as durable as some Dragon's Heart picks I've tried (which are also great), but they're cheap enough that it doesn't hurt too much if they wear out or get lost. They're simple, reliable, and a pleasure to use.Laakso

I like the shape, and the dunlop logo on the pick is embossed which gives it good grip. But the material used is garbage quality. They get burned out faster than anything else I've ever used. After a couple days I noticed the pick I was using was snagging the strings, inspected it closely and noticed there were indentations and the edge was textured. Needless to say at that point the pick is bust. I've already gone through 5 of them since I got the order. Never had this issue with any of the dozens of brands I've had.jd1337

These for me are ideal picks. They come in a range of thicknesses so affording different levels of flexibility for different styles of playing. But most importantly, they have a positive grip surface. My hands a quite dry, so the usual polished surface of picks means they easily slip in my fingers. These picks do not slip at all. Like most picks they are incredibly hard wearing and relatively cheap to buy.tonzi34

Excellent product that I would highly recommend. My challenge was I wanted a thicker pick so you don't get that flex while playing which makes playing articulate difficult. But other thick picks have that rounded edge which deadens/muddies up the sound. I also like the traditional larger pick size of Fender. The Gel solved my problems. I play the heavy to extra heavy versions but can still get that crisp ring and harmonics of a thinner pick when I need it – especially with distortion. But you also get the bass too. The other advantage of these picks for me is that they make playing effortless especially when playing fast. I play fairly light so I don't have the wear issues on these. Great product. If you use the sides of this pick – you won't believe how fast you can play – it will be your fretting hand that will have to keep up. These picks changed my playing for the better.Super 400

These picks are among my favorites. Easy to hold on to, great tone, easy to see if they fall on the floor. The light and medium/light (blue & green) in particular are not as durable as some other picks, but they do sound better than most. I like a pick that sounds clear & crisp and not muffled. I don't want a pick where the bass sounds muddy and these provide the tone I want. I like these much better than any other pick. The only other picks I really like as well are the Dunlop Ultex.Randy

I used the Dunlop Tortex red picks for 20+ years, but GC was out of them the day I was there, so I bought these. They're flexible enough for alternate picking, but thick enough to really dig in. Also, I haven't been able to break one yet…Derek

My wife and I have an Assortment of Guitars and music genres we love to play. So to have this assortment of picks to play every style, from rhythm to lead these picks fit the bill at a price point it would be foolish to pass up. Been playing since the 60's and love the feel of these classic picks. Think you would too.buzz-r

3-10 packs of medium, 1-10 pack of heavy, 1-10 pack of light, Never have to hunt down another pick, if it goes inside your guitar until you shake it out. 10 pack is a great gift for a friend who also plays. With the internet is so easy to get songs, chords to play those memories.Lionsfan3315