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19 Nov 2021, 5:33 pm
20 Nov 2021, 9:33 am
Erewhon wrote:
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They make like, pick punchers, so you can punch pics out of old credit cards, etc.
I can't imagine how useful they are, I've tried making a pic out of an old gift card before, and it was pretty rubbish.
...and if you were having a real pick emergency, I can't imagine you'd just happen to have a pick punch with you...
Ha ha, that reminds me, I had a pick emergency at a show once, and we had a couple songs that I just couldn't do fingerstyle on bass, so I used one of those little keychain cards.
20 Nov 2021, 6:57 pm
26 Nov 2021, 4:10 am
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26 Nov 2021, 4:14 am
Kerch wrote:
Always wanted to play guitar but never had the guts to try.
My social worker wanted me to take up something to bring me among people (ugh) and because I don't care much for sports, now considering guitar lessons.
My social worker wanted me to take up something to bring me among people (ugh) and because I don't care much for sports, now considering guitar lessons.
you can do it!
start with a classical model, its lower-tension and softer nylon strings and wider neck/string spacing will give your hands and fingers an easier time starting out. also consider a parlour model, they are smaller and easier to set in your lap. 
concentrate on the "cowboy chords" first, those will get you a long way with many songs. the goal in this stage is not only to be able to form chords but also move from one chord to another, that is the tallest immediate task in learning to play guitar.
26 Nov 2021, 6:22 am
SikTh wrote:
Read the other day that picks were originally tortoise shell - tortex was the first to make them from plastic. Not sure if true.
Maybe the first plastic pics? I'm sure they must have had metal pics/plectrums, or some other material before then.
I'm sure Wikipedia knows
Fender picks are still made of tortoise style plastic, I really like them.
26 Nov 2021, 8:29 am
SabbraCadabra wrote:
SikTh wrote:
Read the other day that picks were originally tortoise shell - tortex was the first to make them from plastic. Not sure if true.
Maybe the first plastic pics? I'm sure they must have had metal pics/plectrums, or some other material before then.
I'm sure Wikipedia knows
Fender picks are still made of tortoise style plastic, I really like them.
I have some of those. Don't use 'em much, but they look pretty. The Fount of All Knowledge mentions wood, metal, felt, celluloid, turtle shell, horn, ivory and coconut shell as older materials for plectrums for various instruments. I then ventured further down the rabbit hole to learn that-
The Biwa, a Japanese lute, was traditionally played by blind monks while they recited stories. Nice parallel with the old blind bluesmen.
26 Nov 2021, 3:26 pm
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27 Nov 2021, 7:28 am
PhosphorusDecree wrote:
I just never got the hang of picking on guitar- I only use them on bass. Picks for which range from "heavy" to "phone book."
I played with my thumb for a long time when I first learned (acoustic) guitar, but when I got an electric, I started picking almost everything.
Now I use Jim Dunlop nylon picks when I pick acoustic....60mm for strumming, and .88mm for picking solos.
I usually play bass fingerstyle (and flatwound strings), but I was in one band for a short period where most of the songs really worked better with roundwound strings and a pick. I use Clayton triangle picks:
Pretty sure mine are 1mm, but they're older, so the design is a little different.
27 Feb 2022, 8:06 am
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27 Feb 2022, 1:29 pm
Kerch wrote:
Maybe someone could help me with this here because I'm confused.
The chords my guitar teacher has written down for me to practise on are, like, different from how they're supposed to be? Some are slightly different from how they're listed anywhere else.
For instance he wrote down the G so the B string is played also. His D leaves the A open and his C and Am leave the E open and all. I'm completely new to all this so I don't know what to make of it.
Should I be concerned?
The chords my guitar teacher has written down for me to practise on are, like, different from how they're supposed to be? Some are slightly different from how they're listed anywhere else.
For instance he wrote down the G so the B string is played also. His D leaves the A open and his C and Am leave the E open and all. I'm completely new to all this so I don't know what to make of it.
Should I be concerned?
It works only in dutch, maybe it helps you (ezelsbruggetje)
Een Aap Die Geen Bananen Eet
27 Feb 2022, 6:22 pm
28 Feb 2022, 2:13 pm
Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer. 
