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jimmy_kwtx
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09/08/2006 6:23 pm
Originally Posted by: schmange

It's the pick gnomes.


Gotta Spread Around.....

I remember that episode. TOOOO FUNNNY!!!
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09/08/2006 6:24 pm
Hurray! I'm not the only one!...

Currently I've not been able to find *ANY* the billions of picks I have scattered around me room for months, so been working on fingerstyle. What really gets me though is the fact I've got two of those pick holders you stick to your guitar...they still disappear...(though admittedly that might be down to me not always using the damn things, :rolleyes: )

I'm sorely tempted to attach a pick to a chain and wear it around my neck...
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09/08/2006 6:27 pm
[QUOTE=Willdridge] What really gets me though is the fact I've got two of those pick holders you stick to your guitar...they still disappear...(though admittedly that might be down to me not always using the damn things, :rolleyes: )
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LOL. My son has one of those, and he never uses it either. Looks like a big black pimple on his guitar. I don't use em cuase .. Asthetically (IMHO) I hate the way they look. For gigging I use the old 2 sided carpet tape.
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09/08/2006 8:59 pm
= no more lost picks
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09/08/2006 9:04 pm
Originally Posted by: Mark Pav=no more lost picks


...or a trip to A&E when you drop your pick, glue your hands to the carpet and on your return find your pick has once again vanished...

(Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.... :o )
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09/09/2006 12:12 am
Ha, picks. The one thing, and i mean the ONE thing, I never misplace.
I've had the same 6 for almost a year, mainly cause i always forget to buy new ones.

I just shove em in my pockets and wash my jeans with pockets full of picks. That way there's always picks in my pants. :)
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09/09/2006 2:00 am
I used to lose picks all the time, especially when I only played acoustic. Then I bought my electric and discovered that the pickguard makes a wonderful safety deposit box for picks. I've had the same one for like....a couple years at least. It's getting so thin I should probably paint it a different colour, so I know what the thickness really is.
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09/09/2006 2:29 am
maybe i should make an empty corner in my room and just toss my picks there. if a pile of picks disapears, lets all gather around jim dunlop company with pitch forks and torches.
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09/09/2006 2:40 am
Originally Posted by: puremaybe i should make an empty corner in my room and just toss my picks there. if a pile of picks disapears, lets all gather around jim dunlop company with pitch forks and torches.

I agree. Jimmy's already on thin ice with me on account of putting a shotty switch in my $100+ wylde od.
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09/10/2006 2:33 am
My son reminded me that my Dad really did the gorilla glue on the fingers thing one time. Dad is 80 years old this year and plays a Taylor 714 just about every day. He was having problems with the pick moving around in his fingers, so just before a jam session at his house one night he glued his pick to his finger. I guess it worked. One time when I talked to Doc Watson, He showed me that he uses a pick with "tread" on it to keep it from slipping. You know those ones with the rough part on the fat end.
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09/10/2006 3:26 am
Originally Posted by: 40ftsmurfOne time when I talked to Doc Watson, He showed me that he uses a pick with "tread" on it to keep it from slipping. You know those ones with the rough part on the fat end.

Have you talked to Doc Watson more than once?
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09/10/2006 4:29 am
HAH!!! you n00bs!!

I have a pickholder on my amp...
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09/10/2006 5:34 am
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.



buy in bulk.

...what's everyone's prefered picks? i like ebe and dunlop tortexed. hard and for the tortexed, it's normally .88 or 1.00mm sizes.
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09/10/2006 1:52 pm
I play Dunlop Tortex as well...1,5mm for me!
I lose them all the time, but I bought a pack of twelve last year October, and I'm still going strong.

Dunno where the packet is, but there is always a pick nearby should I need one...usually a few on the floor, always one in each guitar case, and others randomly scattered.

I find the best place to look for lost plectrums is in the pockets of trousers or shorts that you werent wearing at the time...thats where mine turn up.
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09/10/2006 1:59 pm
Brain 1mm.

Got the tread on the grip.
They're not perfect for everything, but they're the most versatile pick i've used, and i use them exclusively.
For life is quite absurd and death's the final word, You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.
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09/10/2006 4:06 pm
Have you talked to Doc Watson more than once?



I go to quite a lot of bluegrass festivals and I've met Doc and Jack Lawrece a couple times. They're are real nice people. Doc told me how he got his first guitar one time. Each of them have autographed my guitar case. So have Doyle Lawson, Sonny and Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, and a few others.
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09/10/2006 5:38 pm
ive met Doc Watson, hes a cool guy.

as for picks, I always love anything at 1.5 mm. thats my fav. and on acoustics, when I use a pick, its usually a Fender heavy.

...when I went to work at that camp this summer, I brought a good 10 picks... came home with 3. and one of them wernt even mine, I found it on the ground.

picks suck, bring on communism.
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09/10/2006 9:12 pm
Originally Posted by: Andrew SaI find the best place to look for lost plectrums is in the pockets of trousers or shorts that you werent wearing at the time...thats where mine turn up.



i normally beat this one by keeping the pick in my change spot in my wallet. keep two picks in there and i'm good. always have a pick on me.
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09/11/2006 4:01 am
Originally Posted by: magicninjaI think Jim Dunlop made a synthetic fiber that randomly disappears. If he didn't, people would only ever need to buy one pick.



No kidding...
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09/11/2006 4:52 am
Originally Posted by: magicninjaI think Jim Dunlop made a synthetic fiber that randomly disappears. If he didn't, people would only ever need to buy one pick.

I find that Tortex picks need to be fresh to work properly. They soon lose that grippy texture, and then they're just like any ol' pick.

I keep mine in the mojo bag that came with the silver picks I use sometimes. 3 of them, plus red, orange, and blue Tortex, plus 3 different stone picks sent to me by a buddy in California who makes them.

I find the hard picks tend to 'clack' on the strings, but there's some major tone to be found if I can get the hang of approaching the strings just so. Ya never stop learning....
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