Jazz III awesome. I use Dunlop 1.5 mm, love the beveled edges. But I can get by if i have to with a standard medium or heavy for 90% of playing.

Originally Posted by: JeffS65
My only add is that when your strum or pick, you don't need to kill the strings. You just have to strike them. Many players don't use a pick and obviously, the aren't beating their fingers to death. Strums should be a natural extension of what you would otherwise do with your bare thumb if you were strumming or picking a string without a pick. Try it a little without the pick to see what you would do just with your thumb and then try picking a pick again with the same motions.

Good observations. At a certain point any string is only going to put out sso much sound no matter how hard you hit it.

And it's always a good idea to work on the softer side of dynamic control.