tired of frisbee picks?

Subject: tired of frisbee picks?
From: GUEST,John Hardly
Date: 16 Feb 01 - 01:21 PM

I just came across a product I thought I'd share with you. I generally don't have much problem holding onto my pick any more but occasionally when it's either really cold or hot the pick slips out at inopportune times.

A friend just sent me "Take Hold". A product made by Keene and availible at office supply stores--it's used for those who sort paper or count money. It comes in a container that will easily fit in a guitar case (of course, that is, after I take out one of the capos, harmonicas, polishing cloth, string winder, 5 extra sets of strings...you get the idea).

Anyway, it's NOT sticky or gummy or even that noticeble, it merely makes your fingers non-slick.

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Midchuck
Date: 16 Feb 01 - 02:28 PM

Drilling a few teeny holes through the pick does it for me. I stack several up and do 'em all at once.

Peter

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: jeepman (inactive)
Date: 16 Feb 01 - 02:59 PM

Try a little glycerin on your fingers. Jeepman

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Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Feb 01 - 03:11 PM

Looks like you got some of the glycerin on your keyboard there Jeepman!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 17 Feb 01 - 01:13 PM

I just hold on to my pick.. and I have a few stand-by's in the holder on my mic stand, so IF I do drop one, it takes all of a beat of music to get another one...

;-)

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Lonesome Gillette
Date: 17 Feb 01 - 11:08 PM

sometimes i play my banjo with a frisbee, then i chuck that into the huge festival crowd and play with my big buck teeth like Hendrix

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Lonesome Gillette
Date: 17 Feb 01 - 11:10 PM

i trhink ill have another beer now peeoplke

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Lonesome Gillette
Date: 17 Feb 01 - 11:11 PM

hey?

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Feb 01 - 11:14 PM

None of the guitar players I know have frisbee picks, but Hubby the Bodhran player has frisbee tippers....he keeps a whole row stuck in his belt. Tippers, that is, not frisbees.

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Gypsy
Date: 17 Feb 01 - 11:44 PM

Nah, i want boomerang picks ;)

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 12:03 AM

Now THAT is a good idea, Gypsy!! Mr. would just love boomerang tippers! Never seen a drill, dip, etc that would help with tippers, but the boomerang thing......there ya go!

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Gypsy
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 12:48 AM

could put springs on the ends of his tippers, then they would bounce back atcha!

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Lonesome Gillette
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 08:07 AM

How about putting your pick or your tipper (whatever that is) on the end of a cable like the pens at the bank and connecting it to your belt loop, or maybe a chain like those old pocket watches

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: GUEST,John Hardly
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 03:25 PM

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.

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: GUEST,JH
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 03:49 PM

For you gear-minded types...the table is walnut. I'm experimenting with other tonewoods including, but not limited to "smartwoods" (still haven't found one of those trees--seems they out-fox me every time I go looking for them), koa, and a new tonewood Martin's been experimenting with called "X"

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Lonesome Gillette
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 04:12 PM

cool John! how about putting that strum rose on the end of a dremmel tool and duct taping the dremmel to the end of the table for flamenco guitar effects in between your chord runs?

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: GUEST,JH
Date: 18 Feb 01 - 04:22 PM

I am in total AWE!!! You composed a post that includes the words "duct tape" and "Dremel tool" in one sentence!!!!

I'm so hot right now I gotta go use my nail gun on something.

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Lonesome Gillette
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 11:43 AM

Forget Duct Tape and Dremel tools, my new favorite is the SHOP VAC. That's the best tool in the world. I've cleaned places I never dreamed possible, like the floor. That baby will suck up rocks, sand, water, mice, saw dust, golf balls, you name it.

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: John Hardly
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 04:43 PM

I accesorized my shop vac with four inch castors so it can even run over its own cord without dumping over. Sucker (pun intended) is so powerful that it is actually propelled forward by its exhaust port. Unfortunately, there are the countless times when I'm engrossed in the use of the business end of the vac, totally unaware that that exhaust port is blowing every loose paper and bit of debris to the farthest reaches of the shop.

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Gypsy
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 05:33 PM

Power cord? We have a 40 horse on ours! Yahoo...lemme at that pull cord!

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: John Hardly
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 06:28 PM

Gypsy,

Didn't I see your's in an episode of Pink Panther? You know the one--the vacuum disappears into itself.


Did you have to register it with any gov't agency?

Subject: RE: tired of frisbee picks?
From: Gypsy
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 10:43 PM

The one in PP was the prototype for this one. No government involved, it's legal for offroad use only. Of course, if CalTrans ever wants to hire me for street cleaning, would have to liscense it.