Weird guitar picks?
vickers...@my-dejanews.com
picks. A friend of mine suggested using the little plastic tab thingies that
you close bread bags with (in this instance, Pepperidge Farm). Not the twist
ties, but the little rectangular things that have an open hole in one end
(that's the end to hold, you get a good grip) and the expiration date on the
other end.
Have also used an old felt pick from an Arthur Godfrey ukulele that I have,
but it was wearing out too fast (it was used to nylon strings).
Regards,
Vickers
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John Zyla
can be cut to any custom shape you want - and profiled on a belt
sander.
Average thickness I use is 3mm tapering to 1mm at the edges. Teak is
particularly strong, as is ebony, though ebony is a bit slippery.
Very fun to pick with, too, and you can get such a wide variety of
sounds and attack.
jz
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:44:19 GMT, vickers...@my-dejanews.com
wrote:
Hojo2X
>Hello all, I was just wondering if any of you use any weird things as guitar
>picks.
Vic, there's a really NASTY guy on this newsgroup named Steve Yetter. You
don't even want to THINK about some of the repulsive things he has used for
guitar picks, and then quite openly bragged about, right here on this
newsgroup.....
> A friend of mine suggested using the little plastic tab thingies that
>you close bread bags with (in this instance, Pepperidge Farm).
I've done that, in a pinch. The Pepperidge Farm bag-closers generally give a
better tone than the ones that come with Wonder Bread.
>Have also used an old felt pick from an Arthur Godfrey ukulele that I
have,>but it was wearing out too fast (it was used to nylon strings).
You'll find these felt picks around ukeleles, and also around autoharps.
They're kind of muffled-sounding, but in some cases, that might help.
Other oddball plectrums I've improvised include some scissored from plastic
milk cartons (too flappy) and one from a membership card from the video store
three blocks up the hill that closed when Blockbusters opened its franchises in
Anchorage.
My old Missouri driver's license saw service as a flatpick, too, one time, long
after I'd moved up here to Alaska.
Over all, I'd say driver's licences and video cards work better than milk
carton strips and bread bag-closers, but that's just my personal experience. I
understand that Brian May, the guitarist from Queen, uses a British coin as a
plectrum, but he's the only famous guy I know of who uses something like that.
I'm sure that there are legions more, however....
Wade Hampton Miller
John Sorell
Hojo2X wrote:
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vickers...@my-dejanews.com
hoj...@aol.com (Hojo2X) wrote:
> Vic, there's a really NASTY guy on this newsgroup named Steve Yetter. You
> don't even want to THINK about some of the repulsive things he has used for
> guitar picks, and then quite openly bragged about, right here on this
> newsgroup.....
Wait a second....I was under the impression that Steve Yetter was the
prettiest man on the internet....was I wrong? Oh well, even the pretty ones
use the darndest things for guitar picks.
> My old Missouri driver's license saw service as a flatpick, too, one time,
>long after I'd moved up here to Alaska.
Now there's a thought....for some twisted reason, the Great State of Florida
decided to cut out the picture on my old license and GIVE it to me when I had
my license renewed (what do they think, that we keep little photo albums with
a DOT history of our inevitable decline?), so now I know what to do with THAT
little gem.
Hojo2X
>I have used a fish scale from a Jew fish.
Hmmmmm....I wonder what the body parts from a Southern Baptist fish would sound
like?
Wade Hampton
John Sorell
find out the proper name for the fish, but everybody I worked with all said that is
all they had ever heard it called. I certainly didn't mean to make a anti-semetic
statement. I apologize if I offended anybody, no offense was intended.
The uh....fish in question...is huge and found in the Gulf and Southern Atlantic.
Does anybody know a more politically correct name for it?
John Sorell
Hojo2X wrote:
Hojo2X wrote:
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aerie
John Sorell wrote in message <371F96A6...@Bouldernews.infi.net>...
>I was wondering if I was going to catch grief about the "Jew" label. I
tried to
>find out the proper name for the fish, but everybody I worked with all said
that is
>
>all they had ever heard it called. I certainly didn't mean to make a
anti-semetic
>statement. I apologize if I offended anybody, no offense was intended.
>
>The uh....fish in question...is huge and found in the Gulf and Southern
Atlantic.
>Does anybody know a more politically correct name for it?
"Jew fish" is another name for grouper.
Ann
Sean Holland
<jsorel...@Bouldernews.infi.net> wrote:
>I was wondering if I was going to catch grief about the "Jew" label. I tried to
>find out the proper name for the fish, but everybody I worked with all
said that is
>
>all they had ever heard it called. I certainly didn't mean to make a
anti-semetic
>statement. I apologize if I offended anybody, no offense was intended.
>
>The uh....fish in question...is huge and found in the Gulf and Southern
Atlantic.
>Does anybody know a more politically correct name for it?
Well, if it's a great big fish that people like, why would anyone be
offended by the name? I mean, a fish from which one scale can serve as a
guitar pick? I'd be proud to have the fish named after me, my religion, or
my ethnicity.
--
Sean
Due to spam filtering, mail from prodigy will not reach me.
Sean Holland
using a dime as a pick. Here's my advice: don't use a dime as a pick when
you've had too much of something or other. Or ever, actually.
In article <7fnck1$ha6$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
vickers...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>Hello all, I was just wondering if any of you use any weird things as guitar
>picks. A friend of mine suggested using the little plastic tab thingies that
>you close bread bags with (in this instance, Pepperidge Farm). Not the twist
>ties, but the little rectangular things that have an open hole in one end
>(that's the end to hold, you get a good grip) and the expiration date on the
>other end.
>
--
Bob Dorgan
Back in my younger days, when illegal substances were used by my
acquaintances and I felt compelled to partake in the goodies (due to
peer pressure),
I used damn near anything that I picked up. For a pick that is.
Pieces of old records, bar chips, coins, bar chips, broken popsicle
sticks and bar chips. Um, bar chips do work very well, and I spent a
great deal of time in bars. In bars, not behind bars.
Bob (going pickless nowadays) Dorgan
Gary Beckwith
cut it up into the shape of a pick. It actually worked great, and I found that
it was a far better use for the material.
Gary
vickers...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Hello all, I was just wondering if any of you use any weird things as guitar
> picks. A friend of mine suggested using the little plastic tab thingies that
> you close bread bags with (in this instance, Pepperidge Farm). Not the twist
> ties, but the little rectangular things that have an open hole in one end
> (that's the end to hold, you get a good grip) and the expiration date on the
> other end.
>
> Have also used an old felt pick from an Arthur Godfrey ukulele that I have,
> but it was wearing out too fast (it was used to nylon strings).
>
vickers...@my-dejanews.com
funny thing is (and boy is this getting way off-topic) I've seen the label
used to describe a grouper type fish (around here) and also a drum type fish.
Getting even more off-topic, your use of a fish scale reminds me of a story
about (OK, I'm guessing at the spelling here) the coelocanth, a fish that was
thought to be extinct for millions of years, and the locals (South Pacific???)
were using the scales for all sorts of things (but mostly as guitar picks).
Regards,
"hey, are you gonna play or cut bait" Vickers
In article <371F96A6...@Bouldernews.infi.net>,
John Sorell <jsorel...@Bouldernews.infi.net> wrote:
> I was wondering if I was going to catch grief about the "Jew" label. I tried
to
> find out the proper name for the fish, but everybody I worked with all said
that is
>
> all they had ever heard it called. I certainly didn't mean to make a
anti-semetic
> statement. I apologize if I offended anybody, no offense was intended.
>
> The uh....fish in question...is huge and found in the Gulf and Southern
Atlantic.
> Does anybody know a more politically correct name for it?
>
> John Sorell
>
> Hojo2X wrote:
>
> > John Sorell wrote:
> >
> > >I have used a fish scale from a Jew fish.
> >
> > Hmmmmm....I wonder what the body parts from a Southern Baptist fish would
sound
> > like?
> >
> > Wade Hampton
>
> Hojo2X wrote:
>
> > John Sorell wrote:
> >
> > >I have used a fish scale from a Jew fish.
> >
> > Hmmmmm....I wonder what the body parts from a Southern Baptist fish would
sound
> > like?
> >
> > Wade Hampton
>
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>
> >Hello all, I was just wondering if any of you use any weird things as guitar
> >picks.
> Over all, I'd say driver's licences and video cards work better than milk
> carton strips and bread bag-closers, but that's just my personal experience.
> I understand that Brian May, the guitarist from Queen, uses a British coin as
> a plectrum, but he's the only famous guy I know of who uses something like
> that.
> I'm sure that there are legions more, however....
>
> Wade Hampton Miller
Yes, but just remember Wade, that you flatpickers don't have to stick them on.
As well as the usual chopped-up ping-pong balls, I have had to glue on bits of
plastic from a pretty diverse range of sources. You get very funny looks I can
assure you.
BBC Radio 4 had an extended interview with Paco Pena, the great flamenco
guitarist last week. I had always wondered how their nails survive the
percusive bangs in flamenco. Now I know. It's Araldite. Apparently he spoons
on a thick layer of Araldite general purpose cement/glue shapes it roughly
then lets it harden. Apparently this gives him nails like chunks of rock. I
doubt if the cosmetic effect is all that appealing though.
So to all of you people out there who continually ask about how to strengthen
your soft nails, I take back my advice about the "Hard as Nails" brand of
nail varnish. If you are hard and you have got tatoos (ie. if you are a
"real" man), use a good thick layer of Araldite. Advice straight from Paco
Pena. Me.... I'll think about it.
Have fun,
Mort
ChrisRockcliffe
a visiting guitarist to our local folk club. This guy let me play his
Gibson guitar - an archtop acoustic and passed his pick to me. He was an
ace guitarist I thought at the time
It was a rounded rough triangle with one more tapered and pointed end.
It felt strange, very thin and yet very stiff except for the tip, and
had his initials crudely engraved into it.
When I asked him about it, he said it was thin copper alloy and made
from a 'bun penny'. A 'bun penny' was a British penny issued from about
1840 to about 1885 and so called because it had the portrait of Queen
Victoria with her hair in a bun at the back.
Even though these coins were a 100 years old, thin and worn away to
nothing, they remained as legal tender until 1971. He said he made a few
plecs at a time from a collection he'd built up from fairground penny
slots.
He ground them down on a lathe at work. (Technically this was illegal -
as it defaced the currency of the realm and the dead Queens portrait!.)
He had a couple, so he gave me one...and which of course I lost years
ago. I've got a few bun pennies but I've never tried making a plec from
one - anyway I use my fingers.
I once had a plec' of BB King's in my hand for a minute which he tossed
into the audience. The kid next to me had tried to catch it and when I
saw the look on his face...well I had to give it to him...
...Damn am I a softie or what.
Gan canny,
Chris Rockcliffe
Chuck McMahan
Saturday, I'm converting to a faith with a big-ass fish named after it.
Chuck "Lurker-No-Longer" McMahan
Sean Holland wrote in message ...
>In article <371F96A6...@Bouldernews.infi.net>, John Sorell
><jsorel...@Bouldernews.infi.net> wrote:
>
>>I was wondering if I was going to catch grief about the "Jew" label. I
tried to
>>find out the proper name for the fish, but everybody I worked with all
>said that is
>>
>>all they had ever heard it called. I certainly didn't mean to make a
>anti-semetic
>>statement. I apologize if I offended anybody, no offense was intended.
>>
>>The uh....fish in question...is huge and found in the Gulf and Southern
>Atlantic.
>>Does anybody know a more politically correct name for it?
>
>Well, if it's a great big fish that people like, why would anyone be
>offended by the name? I mean, a fish from which one scale can serve as a
>guitar pick? I'd be proud to have the fish named after me, my religion, or
>my ethnicity.
>
Mav
<mcmah...@osu.edu> wrote:
A Jew fish is a huge grouper.
Mighty tasty, but most of 'em don't play guitar.
-Mav
MikeY
MikeY....fingerstyle player
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Bruce White
>> > A friend of mine suggested using the little plastic tab thingies that
>> >you close bread bags with (in this instance, Pepperidge Farm).
>>
>> I've done that, in a pinch. The Pepperidge Farm bag-closers generally give a
>> better tone than the ones that come with Wonder Bread.
I'm upset with whoever suggested using the plastice tab from bread
wrappers. I tried it and all I could play was "If".
Bruce (wondering if anyone will get it) White
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Al Koenig
>
> John Sorell wrote:
>
> >I have used a fish scale from a Jew fish.
>
> Hmmmmm....I wonder what the body parts from a Southern Baptist fish would sound
> like?
>
> Wade Hampton
"Southern Baptist Fish" is just another term for "casserole". I
particularly favor the tuna noodle variety, but it gums up the strings
and makes a mess of the pick guard. It does make those wound strings
slicker than Elixers for cool bass slide-style runs.
Al Koenig
John Sorell
I forgot to mention my fish came out of the water wearing a groovey yarmulke
and was yelling "oy the humidity."
js
Chuck McMahan wrote:
> Your story of honor and glory has been a great inspiraiton to me. Next
> Saturday, I'm converting to a faith with a big-ass fish named after it.
>
> Chuck "Lurker-No-Longer" McMahan
>
> Sean Holland wrote in message ...
> >In article <371F96A6...@Bouldernews.infi.net>, John Sorell
> ><jsorel...@Bouldernews.infi.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I was wondering if I was going to catch grief about the "Jew" label. I
> tried to
> >>find out the proper name for the fish, but everybody I worked with all
> >said that is
> >>
> >>all they had ever heard it called. I certainly didn't mean to make a
> >anti-semetic
> >>statement. I apologize if I offended anybody, no offense was intended.
> >>
> >>The uh....fish in question...is huge and found in the Gulf and Southern
> >Atlantic.
> >>Does anybody know a more politically correct name for it?
> >
> >Well, if it's a great big fish that people like, why would anyone be
> >offended by the name? I mean, a fish from which one scale can serve as a
> >guitar pick? I'd be proud to have the fish named after me, my religion, or
> >my ethnicity.
> >
> >--
> >Sean
> >Due to spam filtering, mail from prodigy will not reach me.
--
John Sorell
Maybe you shouldn't have used the tab from white bread....js
Bruce White wrote:
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KKJohnson
>> >Well, if it's a great big fish that people like, why would anyone be
>> >offended by the name? I mean, a fish from which one scale can serve as a
>> >guitar pick? I'd be proud to have the fish named after me, my religion,
or
>> >my ethnicity.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Sean
>> >Due to spam filtering, mail from prodigy will not reach me.
>
>Please remove NOSPAM from address to reply..........
>
Hot Tuna and Phish? And what about the "dreaded feline infestation"? Would
this become a problem?
Karl (been fishin' without a hat and now my brain is fried) Johnson
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John Sorell
Dang_King_ofthe_Chinese_Hillbillies
nuclear chemistry nomogram that gives me a nice, sharp sound in the upper
registers but still has a nice sweeping strum sound. I also contoured a docento
lire coin that gives a warm, bright sound to the lower registers. The latter is
essentially a rolled brass material and you should note that a cautious hand with
a rouge wheel is essential for making this pick, and the process is labor
intensive but, I think, worth it.
vickers...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Hello all, I was just wondering if any of you use any weird things as guitar
> picks. A friend of mine suggested using the little plastic tab thingies that
> you close bread bags with (in this instance, Pepperidge Farm). Not the twist
> ties, but the little rectangular things that have an open hole in one end
> (that's the end to hold, you get a good grip) and the expiration date on the
> other end.
>
> Have also used an old felt pick from an Arthur Godfrey ukulele that I have,
> but it was wearing out too fast (it was used to nylon strings).
>
> Regards,
>
> Vickers
>