I have Elixir steel rounds on my Precisions & Jazz, currently have Ernie Ball Coated rounds on my Stingray (but they died really quickly so will be getting Elixirs too).
Flats-wise I’ve Dunlops on a Precision.
In my last band I used a Tech21 Para Driver into my Ashdown amps but with the eq on those in the off position. Not exactly the same as a power amp but doing pretty much the same. Worked well.
Jumped ship to Fender F-Grip 346. 1.5mm thick so get a better attack sound with a softer touch, plus the sound they generate is quite “scoopy” so suits me well. And they’re triangular so still 3 picks for the price of one. Plus the indentation of the F makes for a good grip. And the red/tort makes them easier to see if dropped on stage.
I like the “split scratchplate” idea@thodrik, not seen that before but does make accessing the electrics a fair bit easier I would think. Kudos to the previous owner for coming up with that.
1 Doesn’t speed up
2 Doesn’t slow down
3 Doesn’t do rolls/hit cymbals during the parts of the songs that are the “singalong” parts, as these get in the way of the vocal melodies
Did one in a past band, last Monday of the month for 3 months. In other words a night when no-one had any money and even if they did were unlikely to be spending it on a Monday. 3rd Fri in the month isn’t that bad, I’d say yes to that.
Am getting some great sounds from mine at present, tho tried the SVT style setting and it was light years away from any SVT I’ve ever used. Quite like the Bassman style setting tho.