Pickin' on Picks!

I've recently found that the shape of the point also greatly affects the tone. I was reading something on the AGF about it but decided to try it for myself and was quite surprised. Try this for yourself if you are so inclined.

I used a Jim Dunlop Tortex .60mm triangle pick to have the same thickness pick for each point shape for the test. I left one point standard as it comes on the pick, rounded one other point and made the third more pointy.

The standard point is.....well.....standard, the tone of my guitar was what it normally sounded like. When I used the more pointed end the tone brightened up quite a bit and when I used the rounded end the tone really mellowed out and almost deepened. It was, as CTGull said, quite ear opening. I can't say if that tone difference would come through if you were plugged in with a UST pick up, maybe if you were using something like the old Godin QII system with a condenser mike or other similar pick up you might hear some tonal differences.

I keep that modified pick in my desk at work for when I need to go for lunch time guitar therapy sessions and it really makes guitars sound different.