I can't find my pick

Why does that happen???? 1) Turn on the computer
2) Put pick, tuner, capo.......everything
within reach of the computer.
3) Get my guitar out of the case
4) sit in chair and adjust where needed
5) find something on site I want to learn
6) study a couple of times
7) reach for pick to give a try..................not
there!!!!!!!

How does it leave by itself?????

Check under the couch. :D

Nice to meet you dave. I'm kind of new here too. There is a lot of stuff to learn here. If i could only find that pick.

sometimes my pick drops and it disapears. i look all over, feel around the floor for it and don't find it. my floor is never messy and its easy to see, its got a wooden design on it so its not dark, yet i can't find the freaking pick. then a day later, its right where i was looking.

Originally Posted by: 40ftsmurfNice to meet you dave. I'm kind of new here too. There is a lot of stuff to learn here. If i could only find that pick.

Nice to meet you too, smurf. I noticed you are from the Missouri Ozarks. I was born and raised (first 20 years of my life) in Troy, MO (close to Wentzville, MO). Most of my family still lives in the St. Louis area, and my brother moved down to Camdenton a few years ago. We've visited him a couple times - it's a really pretty area...

I think Jim Dunlop made a synthetic fiber that randomly disappears. If he didn't, people would only ever need to buy one pick.

I was having the same problem... so I ventured to e-bay and bought a package of 72!! If I lose 72 picks anytime soon.. there has to be something really really wrong.. lol

my pick is black, and my amp is black, and i leave it on my amp.

and i cant see it. this has happened so many times, i start searchin all over the room only to finally give in sit down to play finger style and find the pick is about 30 centimeters away from me.

ahh well i've learnt my lesson.

i never seem to lose my picks..i have heaps scattered arnd my room..those unused ones i have heaps too...im a jim dunlop whore..always a good idea to have more than 4 picks..

I always put my pick behind strings on the lower frets depending on the flatness of the pick, (seen it in some pic on the web), so my pick dissapeared by itself only a few times a year.

Gremlins..........

i stck mne under the pickguard on my strat, only ever lost one

Originally Posted by: jimmy_kwtxGremlins..........

In my case it wasn't Gremlins but... Children.. lol

I wonder what fascinates children about a little triangular shape of plastic..

Originally Posted by: Tonja_ReneeIn my case it wasn't Gremlins but... Children.. lol

I wonder what fascinates children about a little triangular shape of plastic..

My 9 month old had one in his mouth the other day. Scared the ...... out of us at the time but can laugh about it now.

Ususally if I can't find one laying around I go to my 15 year olds room and look on the floor....Yep theres ONE :)

My 9 year old sems to like playing finger style so I don't have to worry about him that much.

Originally Posted by: Tonja_ReneeIn my case it wasn't Gremlins but... Children.. lol

There's a difference? :confused:

I've given up from staying in stock on guitar picks. When I have them its nice, when I don't its just typical. Besides it makes me practice more on my classical technique.

It's the pick gnomes.

When me and my friend built our studio... we bought a lot of 100 or so picks off ebay... just various brands and thicknesses... and we kept about 20 of them in a box close to the door... the rest of them... we threw all over the place. We both lose picks like it's our job. So we figured we can't lose a pick if there all over the place.

Jim Dunlop is really good at making clear picks... I use a lot of Dunlop Stubbys... and the specific thickness that I use is literally clear... no coloration.... just clear. To combat this I took a permanent marker and colored the label on a few of them... It just ended up turning my fingers blue... and I lost all of them eventually anyway.

Now that I'm away from the studio I have one pick... that's right... one. I figured that if I only had one pick I would be more cautious about it and be less likely to lose it. I've had it for about 2 months... It's getting pretty worn.

I end up having to buy multiples of everything. 5 pairs of sunglasses 3 sets of car keys. Picks in bulk. A box of pens.
I still lose everything cause I just automatically put things down without thinking about it. I can't count the amount of times I've sat down and gone 'where the hell is my pen?' or 'where the hell is my pick this time??'.
Then my conversation with myself usually goes like this.

"Oh great.. it's search time again. Yep.. lovely search time... sure enough, just when I'm all ready to record, I go to find the one thing that's always in the same place and yep... it's gone. NOW Where the hell is it??"
By about the 5th time around the room I'm going "what the hell!! it was right there!! Where could it have possibly gone to??. Now I don't even feel like recording anymore...
Then there's the usual swearing at aliens or God or some unseen force that keeps doing this to me..

Then I'll find what I'm looking for in the least likely place, where I'm sure I've already looked there a half dozen times
.. "what the friggin hell?? There's NO WAY I PUT THAT DOWN THERE!!"
I'll be totally convinced that somebody is screwing around with me, even though I'm the only person in the room.

yep... I've had so many picks vanish into the fourth dimension that I buy 'em in 100s...

The fact that I have to do this pretty regularly speaks volumes... :rolleyes:

I don't know if the dog or cat are eating them.... jeez....