Antney
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The thread I started about Sex Wax and Wig glue veered terribly into a discussion about picks. Guildedagain's comments got me to thinking about our little friend, the pick. He's something we all use, some of us obsess over him, others give him little thought. A few have no use for him. We buy, trade, borrow and lose him, and often when we find our long lost little pal, we say "ahhh, there you are". We often always have him in our pockets, and our in our cars ashtrays (pick trays), and under the seats and floor mats. He almost always hides in-between sofa cushions or underneath chair skirts. He can be formed of plastic, vinyl, bone, metal, leather, felt, shell, or some other one of dozens of materials we have found. He loves to play hide and seek in our sound holes, so easily finding his way into them, and so difficult to find his way out. He's thick, he's thin, he can be dull, or often has a good point. Tear dropped, triangular, symmetrical or custom shaped, it doesn't matter. He can be had for under a nickel, or, for more than $30. He's all the same, but he's not. He makes a thief out of all of us...seriously, is there anyone who doesn't like leaving GC with one or two in our pocket? We all have found that special pick that makes our guitars sing like the choirs from heaven, and we don't know why.
So, this is a thread about our little pal, the pick. If you post, post about only one pick at a time. Tell us about the pick(s) that have passed though your musical life....the good, the bad, the ugly. I'll begin with a pick that has passed through almost all of our hands at one time or another...I'll call it the standard by which picks are held to:
The Fender 351 Celluloid
So, this is a thread about our little pal, the pick. If you post, post about only one pick at a time. Tell us about the pick(s) that have passed though your musical life....the good, the bad, the ugly. I'll begin with a pick that has passed through almost all of our hands at one time or another...I'll call it the standard by which picks are held to:
The Fender 351 Celluloid