DIY guitar picks

Posted by David Pescovitz, June 24, 2008 9:48 AM | permalink

Flickr user Aud1073cH has a fine collection of handmade guitar picks. Personally, I'm a fan of bread picks, those little plastic things that keep loaf bags closed. Link (via MAKE: Blog)

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#1 posted by ill lich , June 24, 2008 10:42 AM

For years and years (starting in '89 maybe?) I have cut guitar picks from old credit cards. They are not as good as store-bought picks, but they are OK for beater guitars or if you lose picks all the time (which I used to be prone to).

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#2 posted by David Pescovitz , June 24, 2008 11:00 AM

Indeed! And here's an Instructable on making your own credit card picks. Link

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#3 posted by Tensegrity , June 24, 2008 12:17 PM

I'm a fan of bread picks, those little plastic things that keep loaf bags closed

Those are called occlupanids:
http://www.horg.com/horg/intro.html

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#4 posted by Xaq , June 24, 2008 12:36 PM

I used to do this with my school IDs all the time in high school. Our mascot was basically Satan, which for some reason we called "The Blazer" (not much better), so I had a bunch of picks with a cartoony devil on them. Pretty sweet.

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#5 posted by AlfonsoElSabio , June 24, 2008 2:23 PM

meh ... I grow my own, thank you very much.

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#6 posted by VrtclSmile , June 25, 2008 3:48 AM

When I was a kid, we couldn't keep a pick to save our lives...my dad used to cut them from plastic milk jugs. Kind of a snappy pick, but better than the big storebought "Doritos" picks.

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#7 posted by Agent 86 , June 26, 2008 3:59 PM

Some states hand out special scratching tools with their scratcher lotto tickets, comes with a textured non-slip grip and a slight cure to the scratching end. I grab one every chance I can, and love how the curved end catches on down strums and helps up strums flow.

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#8 posted by buktu42 , July 28, 2008 10:37 AM

Picks Picks Picks...
Always looking for the elusive pick that feels right.

In the end... I use a different pick for specific sound and technique in the studio... live it doesn't matter as much so I go for feel.
Love the Tortex.

http://www.thisdayinrock.com

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#9 posted by Pick Punch , March 3, 2009 2:50 PM

There will be a punch out soon in 2009 that will make it easier to make your own picks. www.pickpunch.com