Dunlop NOFX Fat Mike Pick Review!
“You have to ask yourself, do you feel lucky… PUNK!” “Hey Pig, heck with you, but I have to ask!”
The Dunlop NOFX Fat Mike pick is piggy pink, that’s what made me make the association with piggy pink and the punk line in Dirty Harry. Fink’s Eastwood Character is a cannon-bearing hard-ass cop who keeps driving his bosses nuts. Punk Rock also makes ‘the bosses’ nuts, right?
Where can you get it? The Manufacturer is one place.
And, about that movie, you old timers know it, but you kids, read this: Some things you might not know about the Eastwood classic.
Some history of Punk and what its about:
So here is your question: is the Dunlop NOFX Fat Mike Pick something that drives us nuts or is it “the nut”?
Well, I’ll address the question as well as any former hippie who’s not a Punker, for what I can manage…
If you aren’t a follower of Punk music, a music that has made it through the ages of Rock, you might not know about NOFX, the band, or the bassist/singer/guitarist “Fat” Mike.
Here is a link to some you-tubes!
Primarily, NOFX’s Mike is a bassist, but he plays guitar and sings lead as well.
On bass, he will use a pick on occasion, so hence, his signature guitar pick.
So about the pick -move on dude, give us the scoop!
The Dunlop NOFX Fat Mike pick is pink (the band seems to like colors like pink and aqua blue) in a very piggy-bank hue and is squishy like Miss Piggy too.
A .60mm thickness nylon pick, it has a pretty extreme amount of flex to it, great for hard strumming but not so great for fine control.
And there’s the rub, the pick has its uses, however…
This is a pick meant for hard-driving rhythm and string beating.
I can’t say it won’t shred apart with enough beating, but these are cheap enough that it won’t matter unless you are a collector. It’s a typical nylon-type pick.
Now I don’t play punk, but I admire the artists and their high intention and fierce energy.
If you are such a player, this pick may carry you pretty far, so it’s aces for that. Even strumming a classical guitar could be great (if that is your bag, it was my bag when I began playing as a kid). It’s very suited to rhythm, including staccato and hard-driving jams.
But I wouldn’t see a shredder using this pick. Some of you will probably prove me wrong, because, in Rock, there are no rules, man!
As for me, this won’t be in my top ten go-to picks, however, I will be using it at times and if I was performing, I’d have a couple in my gig bag, it’s a gig bag pick. Yeah, it’s thin, very flexible, and doesn’t take up space, but it can let you wallop out bangs.
So without further ado, here are some specs on the Dunlop NOFX Fat Mike Pick. You can get it here. And here are Dunlop’s pick pages!
| Material | Attack Tone | Decay Tone |
| Special? Nylon | Light or Heavy depending on use. | Slappy |
| Durability/ Wear | Comments/ Dimensions | Shape |
Fair to good | 42.5 H Hardness Durometer: Shore D | Modern 335 |
| Grip and Feel | Flexibility | Likely Use |
| Textured Good | Extreme Flex | Punk Fast Rhythm |
| Thickness | Width and Height | Resonance |
.56mm @ Tip Body up to .80mm | 25.5 x 30.2mm | Bassy when dropped |
| Tip Style | Bevel? | Approx. Cost |
V to Round | N/A | US $10 per6 |
- Holds/Grips ……………….****
- Plays (action) ……………..***
- Sounds/Tones …………….***
- Looks/Appearance ……. ***
- Collect-ability …………….*****
- Appropriate Use …………****
- Durability …………………..***
- Cost ……………………………****
- Availability …………………****
- Like-ability …………………***
- Over-All Rating: 72%
- Novices: Fair Suggest
- Performers: Good Recommend
- Intermediates: Fair Suggest