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custom picks

  • 08-12-2006 2:48am
    #1
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭


    for some reason ive been in a mood to make some custom picks today.

    never tried before but the urge took me, sticking a vernier calipers on a ps1 game told me it was 1.3mm which wasnt bad so i cut, drilled and ground myself a few different picks out of a disc. i like the cut of their jib so now im thinking what else would be good. cds and dvds are the quick choice and clocking in at 1.1mm and 1.2mm the 3 would be a good three set but im up for something a little stranger.

    anyone got any ideas?


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  • #2
    !_Brian_!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭!_Brian_!


    ha ha! good thinking! Try plastic cards like old bank cards maybe?


  • #3
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    How exactly did you get them out of the cd/dvd? I wanna try but I don't want shards of cd flying everywhere!


  • #4
    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    If you access to that kind of equipment, you could try making bass picks or the like out of thin copper sheeting (round off the edges though :) )


  • #5
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    yeah the copper didnt work as well as i hoped but it mighta just been too thin.

    if ya still feel like trying it parsley just just score them out as deep as you can with a stanley knife then chip them out with a needle nose pliers, then use a dremmel or some sandpaper to clean the shape or take off any burr.

    i dont have a spare credit card to try it with but its just came to me that some glass picks might be class.. that'll be a challenge..

    also i think ill stray away from the standard pick shape and do some crazy styles. best homemade picks ever so far!:cool:


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