ErikH
Well-known member
I have to get one of these. Out of picks and need one real fast? Punch it out.
http://www.pickpunch.com/
http://www.pickpunch.com/
Make Your Own Picks
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Re: Make Your Own Picks
I saw it on some website some time ago and said I'd look into it sometime after, but forgot.
Honestly though, there's two things keeping me from going for it.
First, for $28-$30 (punch and a sheet) I can buy 42-45 EJ Jazz IIIs, or 84-90 Fender 351s (the two kinds of picks I use).
Buying Fenders off the shelf is actually the same price or even slightly cheaper than buying a punch and a sheet, because a sheet yields from 56 to 72 picks according to them (I'm guessing the higher number might be a bit stretched out). Sure, the punch will pay for itself after that, but it's gonna take a while. I go through about a dozen, maybe two dozen picks a year (and that's really stretching it!). By that logic it'll be almost a decade before I can say I saved money by punching my own picks.
Second, I'd probably have to find my own material because those are some p***y thin gauges!
I saw it on some website some time ago and said I'd look into it sometime after, but forgot.
Honestly though, there's two things keeping me from going for it.
First, for $28-$30 (punch and a sheet) I can buy 42-45 EJ Jazz IIIs, or 84-90 Fender 351s (the two kinds of picks I use).
Buying Fenders off the shelf is actually the same price or even slightly cheaper than buying a punch and a sheet, because a sheet yields from 56 to 72 picks according to them (I'm guessing the higher number might be a bit stretched out). Sure, the punch will pay for itself after that, but it's gonna take a while. I go through about a dozen, maybe two dozen picks a year (and that's really stretching it!). By that logic it'll be almost a decade before I can say I saved money by punching my own picks.
Second, I'd probably have to find my own material because those are some p***y thin gauges!
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Bass_Medic_05
Purveyor of Low End
Re: Make Your Own Picks
Very cool!
Very cool!
icantbuyafender
New member
Re: Make Your Own Picks
Old drivers license picks.
how neat!
Old drivers license picks.
how neat!
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Make Your Own Picks
you can buy a lot of picks for 24.95
you can buy a lot of picks for 24.95
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Quencho092
New member
Re: Make Your Own Picks
I can't stand paper thin picks. So limited in attack options- from light brushing to light brushing.....
I can't stand paper thin picks. So limited in attack options- from light brushing to light brushing.....
sstanfield
Member
Re: Make Your Own Picks
This got me thinking about making my own acrylic picks. I really liked the thinner V-picks Vinnie sent me. I found a company on the net that has 12" square sheets of 1/16" red acrylic for $5 plus shipping. I wonder if the punch could handle the harder material, but it would probably only take a few minutes to cut one out on a scroll saw and smooth the edges. Fifty $4 picks for the price of five V-picks might be worth a little labor.
This got me thinking about making my own acrylic picks. I really liked the thinner V-picks Vinnie sent me. I found a company on the net that has 12" square sheets of 1/16" red acrylic for $5 plus shipping. I wonder if the punch could handle the harder material, but it would probably only take a few minutes to cut one out on a scroll saw and smooth the edges. Fifty $4 picks for the price of five V-picks might be worth a little labor.
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: Make Your Own Picks
My brother got me one for my birthday. It's pretty cool. Wish he'd have got the jazz one, but he didn't think I'd like it. Of course, I only use jazz picks :doh:
It's pretty damn cool. It's more of a novelty, but how cool is it to make picks out of old CD's?
My brother got me one for my birthday. It's pretty cool. Wish he'd have got the jazz one, but he didn't think I'd like it. Of course, I only use jazz picks :doh:
It's pretty damn cool. It's more of a novelty, but how cool is it to make picks out of old CD's?
sstanfield
Member
lex666
New member
Re: Make Your Own Picks
I showed this to my wife who's really into arts & crafts and she ordered one. I'll let you know what its like when it arrives. We also ordered some blank pick material. We're gonna see if we can print on it. If that works, that'll be cool. If not, I was thinking of just printing something on paper and adhere it to the blank material - then punch it out. Kinda like a business card that you can use to pick with.
I showed this to my wife who's really into arts & crafts and she ordered one. I'll let you know what its like when it arrives. We also ordered some blank pick material. We're gonna see if we can print on it. If that works, that'll be cool. If not, I was thinking of just printing something on paper and adhere it to the blank material - then punch it out. Kinda like a business card that you can use to pick with.
