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Post by mnhermit on Feb 23, 2009 18:27:19 GMT -5
Do not attach capo to neck over $25 pick when said pick straddles a fret, unless you want two pieces of said pick.
(on second thought - don't buy $25 pick)
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Post by TDR on Feb 23, 2009 18:30:34 GMT -5
I've been faithfully following that advice for years (the one about don't buy a $25 pick).
It hasn't failed me yet.
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Post by billhammond on Feb 23, 2009 18:33:36 GMT -5
I once paid $1 for a pick. That was as high as I have ever been willing to go.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Feb 23, 2009 18:41:19 GMT -5
I have a jar full of picks. I don't think I paid for any of them.
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Post by millring on Feb 23, 2009 18:46:35 GMT -5
Oh man, bummer. Red Bear?
I've got a couple $25 picks and I treasure 'em. Actually, I love to use 'em, and I treasure them all the more because one is a gift from LJ and the other is a gift from Howard Stormntwang Lee.
I know that they're brittle (they come with that "Don't put these in your pocket!" warning).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 19:20:19 GMT -5
Paid $40 for a real tortoise shell pick, lost it, never again.  |
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Post by j on Feb 23, 2009 19:41:34 GMT -5
I'm actually still thinking of investing on one of those "blue chip" picks since I'll be flatpicking some on my Master's recital (duck and cover!)...if I do, I'll be sure not to put it in my pocket along with a capo.  |
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Post by Marshall on Feb 23, 2009 20:40:06 GMT -5
Looks like $25 won't get the job done for one of those Blue Chip Picks. Seems the on-line price is $35.
I have cornered the market on my fav celluloid rounded triangle #346 picks. (Got a couple hundred). Celluloid may not be around forever.
That being said, those Blue Chippers come in my fav shape (TP). I suppose I'd try one if you said, "Here, try this!" But spending $35 (plus shipping and handling) just to do that would not seem like a worthwhile experiment.
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Post by Don Clark on Feb 23, 2009 21:27:31 GMT -5
I've never bought high dollar flatpicks. Probably never will. I'm stretching my budget with these acrylics I have on i, m, and a. They're costing me $5 per finger per month. They're durable as I'll get out - I can flatpick with my index finger. I can probably go as long as a month for maintenance. Even that would be easier to rationalize if I had another couple of gigs a month to offset the expense.
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Post by Don Clark on Feb 23, 2009 21:28:56 GMT -5
I have a jar full of picks. I don't think I paid for any of them. That explains why I never found the ones I dropped on stage. Tramp was there. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 21:29:32 GMT -5
I have about 6-8 Wegens.
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Post by RickW on Feb 23, 2009 21:48:23 GMT -5
Well, the Fred Kelly Bumblebees are 3 bucks each. I figured I was right out of control there. Apparently not.
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Post by RickW on Feb 23, 2009 21:48:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 22:15:04 GMT -5
Wegens are a form of currency in the other world, Rick.
Don, after seeing your fingernails and Bill's, and paying attention to how I strum and pick with my fingers, I'm seriously thinking about getting them. As long as I can aim for a matte-like finish, I think it will work.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 22:27:45 GMT -5
I'm still trying to understand the OP. How exactly do you put a capo over a pick, expensive or otherwise?
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Post by millring on Feb 24, 2009 5:56:00 GMT -5
I'm still trying to understand the OP. How exactly do you put a capo over a pick, expensive or otherwise? It might not happen with a Kyser. But if you imagine that you have your pick threaded through three strings to hold it in place...AND the spot where the pick is is also just over a fret ... and you don't notice that it's there (because the guitar neck is facing away from you) .... you put on a Shubb or a Paige or an Elliott that is set to clamp pretty tight... ...you'd snap the pick right over the fret. |
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Post by Greg B on Feb 24, 2009 9:14:21 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of the Wegen M150 for mandolin and the Wegen Bluegrass pick for flatpicking. Both in white because I dropped a black pick on stage once. . . . Once.
If I want a darker sound for jazz I use a Jim Dunlop Jazz III (red). I don't know why I like the red ones. The black ones sound the same.
The Wegans come in a pack of 3 (or 4 depending on the pick) for $15. They sound and feel so much better than any other pick that I don't mind paying that kind of money. Also, at about $5 per pick, I don't lose them. I've purchased only 2 or 3 packs of picks in the last 5 years.
Checking the "pick pocket" of my jeans I see that I have 2 M150s, 2 JD Jazz III, and one Wegen Bluegrass. And I'm at work and don't even have my guitar with me.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 24, 2009 9:17:59 GMT -5
Don't cha just love pants with a pick pocket ?   |
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Post by mnhermit on Feb 24, 2009 10:07:26 GMT -5
t might not happen with a Kyser. But if you imagine that you have your pick threaded through three strings to hold it in place...AND the spot where the pick is is also just over a fret ... and you don't notice that it's there (because the guitar neck is facing away from you) .... you put on a Shubb or a Paige or an Elliott that is set to clamp pretty tight...
...you'd snap the pick right over the fret. Spot on John - it didn't help that I'd just finished a splif. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2009 10:15:04 GMT -5
There's your Lent sacrifice. ;D
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