Wedgie WRPP31M Rubber Guitar Picks 3.1mm Medium, 3 Pack

Like many guitar-turned-bass players, I started with picks. I know prefer finger style, but still use picks often for the effect. I use Wedgie mediums with my 3 piece open mic style band. The music is some originals, a lot of pop and soft style rock and blues. I use finger style when holding the bass line in a back up/support role. This allows me to play full without attack. The wedgie has a very soft but articulate attack. It sounds like you are working fingers hard, but the tone is more spread out and full, more musical in my opinion. As the rubber grinds down to dust on your pickguard, the tip becomes very thin. I like this worn out pick more than a new one. It get's a beautiful sound when playing in a low key setting. When I play in the big 7 piece classic rock band, it is either finger or hard heavy pick. The Wedgie sound is too delicate for a wall of Marshals and 110db guitar players.

Pros:* thickness and material make this pick easy to grip* grip aided by depression on one side where the thumb can rest comfortably* quiet, so good for strumming away without making too much noise when practicing* the point on the end still lets you pick strings when you need toCons:* material picks up dust very easily, and won't let it go, so the pick can feel dirty to the touch* less accurate and harder to move, making this less suited to picking than to strumming* quieter sound is dull and mutedOverall, I like these when I want to jam but don't want to bother anyone else. I play acoustic, so am not trying to rock out on an electric with this pick. Still, when I want to pick notes, it's harder. Also, the pick makes a very quiet sound, but it's not one that strikes me as good. It's not standard, but it's not alternative in a good way, to my ear. It's just... kind of dead-sounding. I don't regret trying these picks, but I doubt I'll buy more. Give them a shot if you're intrigued, but don't expect a great new sound or anything.

I'm approaching this review strictly from an Ukulele-perspective: I bought a pack of each of the Wedgie rubber picks - Hard, Medium and Soft - to try on the ukulele. I'll copy/paste this review to all three of the products. I have no finger nails (bad habit of mine), so I always have a hard time getting any volume out of my ukes. I mostly play with my thumbs/ on a more quiet approach. But I thought, to get more volume, let's try these out.I've also tried the felt ukulele picks and didn't really like those all that much after awhile. The texture was too weird for me. I've tried plastic guitar picks too, and those are OK, but a little too harsh on ukulele strings.I think these are great for the best tone on a ukulele. I think the Hards are too hard though for most ukulele's. The Hard's may work for baritones or electric's/solid bodies. The Hard's are about twice as thick as the Medium and Soft. The Medium and Soft are essentially the same thickness; the only difference is the tension in them. I find that the Medium is the best though because of that extra little resistance. The Soft sometimes can drag on the strings/snag on the strings a little bit.Thus I think Medium are the best for the ukulele (5-star), Soft next best (4-star), and Hard least-best (3.5 but rounding up since I like the product overall).

Works as described, good slip resistance. I just prefer my usual picks. I’d recommend trying them if you have the money and are looking for a solution as thy are high quality.

I'm a musician hobbyist, guitar player/songwriter, and home recordist. Using a pick is natural to me and I don't play enough bass to have developed the necessary callouses, but I'm pretty particular about how a bass should sound. For the last couple of years I've really struggled with finding a solution to bass tone. I traded up to a better instrument, have experimented with several compressors, even tried double recording by micing an amp while taking a line in. Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING has provided as dramatic a difference in sound as my discovery of the Wedgie 3.1 Hard Rubber pick. It is not too much to say that this one change has completely transformed recording bass tracks for me, providing the tone, bounce, and consistency of attack that I've been looking for. If I'd run across them a couple of years ago, they probably would have saved me a couple of thousand dollars and even more importantly endless hours of grinding away for the right sound.

**Update 9/7/12**Ok I've been using these for a few weeks now, and I have to say I keep going back to them. They make the notes sound like bells. It's holding up better than I expected (I am a relatively soft player) and I'm adjusting to the 'stickiness' mentioned below. I am liking these more and more as time goes by. Glad I tried these!**Original Review**Recently I got the itch to try different 'unique' picks... these, the dunlop primetones, felt picks, metal picks, etc. I get annoyed by the plastic clicking sound from regular thin picks.These are interesting. They perform quietly and give a more mellow tone. They do however stick to the strings and it becomes difficult to use them, will need some getting used to. I wish I had ordered the hard version rather than the medium, as these are a bit softer than I was hoping.Probably won't be a daily driver, but interesting none the less.

This review is good for any hardness/thickness combination they make.If you want a finger plucked sound with a pick then these are for you.If you want to take every precaution to save scratching/chipping paint if you tend to get aggressive or inebriated...these are for you.Better performance and comfort than the compressed felt type picks in my opinion...these will not be mini lint factories.They are soft so they will grind themselves away...not a defect...just the nature of these beastly bass picks.If you are coming from a rigid pick you might want to try their firmer version first. The difference in tone is negligible from the mediums and the handling will probably be more familiar.