The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30916 Message #400972
Posted By: GUEST,John Hardly
18-Feb-01 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: tired of frisbee picks?
Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
Well, the hell with my original tip.
I can tell from LG's post that I've been coming at this entirely backwards.
I've since come up with a more suitable tip for pick-slip.
I found an old, very large, disused kitchen table. With elmer's two-part, 5 minute bonding epoxy I glued a large Clayton to the table's edge. After waiting the appropriate 5 minutes I found that, with a series of rapid knee bends I was able to strum the guitar with hardly a change in the quality of my playing. It also freed my right hand so I can keep a firm hold on my beer can.
Later experimentation showed me that I could, in fact, glue a series of picks into vertical slots carefully cut into the tables edge (I fit a series of 74 picks into the length of the table's edge). This project barely took 5 1/2 hours (and like every other project I've ever undertaken--took every tool I owned before it was finished).
I can now walk the length of the table, back and forth, and it sounds even better than that "Strum rose" I bought for $2.95.
I'd appreciate the courtesy of your keeping these tips secret at least until I can apply for the patent.
I'm now working on an equally simple solution for my fingerpicks.