A Jazz III Guitar Pick Website (Yes, Really)
The internet's only shrine to the Jazz III pick.
Two engineers spent an unreasonable number of hours arguing about a $0.50 piece of nylon, and decided the only responsible thing to do was build a website about it. Welcome to Jazziii — the most rigorously over-researched guide to Jazz III guitar picks on the internet, written by two people whose wives have accepted they will not stop talking about this.
What we're building here
Three questions about one pick, taken way too seriously.
The history of the Jazz III
Dunlop didn't design this shape by accident. Or did they? We investigated.
Pillar 01 — HistoryEvery variant, ranked and argued about
Nylon, Ultex, Delrin, Stiffo — same shape, wildly different feel. Phil has a favorite. It's incorrect. We explain why anyway.
Pillar 02 — TypesHow it actually changes your tone
Bevel angle, tip radius, material density. Yes, we tested this like it was a controlled experiment, because we are, in fact, engineers.
Pillar 03 — Tone