Well...that certainly explains why the bottom of my shoes keep wearing out.
Saw this video and decided to give it a go myself to see the results... not too shabby! I've was able to smooth out the sides of my Jazz III picks which had some knicks on them as well, so I'm glad I stumbled across this little tip!
http://www.youtube.com/user/bryanasp.../8/zyYKT0SzrBo
Cheers
David
Last edited by Spudman; January 3rd, 2012 at 10:38 AM.
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Electric: Ibanez 'AS103', Fender Dlx Nash Pwr Tele, Fender Squier '62 JV Strat, Squier '51, Squier 60's Classic Vibe Strat, Epi Elite LP Studio, Hagstrom Swede Acoustic: Larrivee LV-03RE, A&L AMI, Yamaha FG340-T Bass: Yamaha BB 450 Amps: Roland JC-120, JC-50, Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Champ XD Pedals: Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Danelectro Cool Cat Drive, Transparent Overdrive, Digitech Digiverb, Bad Monkey, Ibanez TS-9, Boss AC-2, CE-5, CS-2, DD-3, DF-2, DS-1, FV-100, GE-7, OC-2, PSM-5, SD-1, TU-2, DVM~BYOC 'Lush Puppy' Chorus
Well...that certainly explains why the bottom of my shoes keep wearing out.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Does it help you to cut through the mix?
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
No, but it might help you cut through the carpet.
I just tried it with an old well-worn Fender medium. Worked very nicely!
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poses a slight problem if the place is all tiled.nuff said,good idea though.
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Amph's Original Roland Cube 15,Drive 30 w/spring reverb
Hm. Fun, but not suitable for me. My picks are usually worn all the way to the Dunlop text, i.e. they've become more like round instead of triangular in no time at all.
I wish they made a pick that would last at least a better number of hours before it becomes nigh unusable.
They do develop these burrs quite easily, the tip quickly wears to this chevron shape when viewed from the tip down, with long burrs extending from both edges. Carpet would likely remove that real easily, but I'd have to do it every 15 minutes of playing...and also, I never see carpets like that round here. Wall-to-wall carpets are just not used here at all, we for instance only have a few small linen small carpets in a few rooms, people prefer plain wood or stone or whatever floors, no carpets. I don't understand how do you manage to keep a wall-to-wall carpet anywhere sanitary anyway, even with small rugs it's such a pain to wash them twice a year and beat and vacuum them twice a day...can't even begin to think how much work it would be to keep a carpet the size of the entire floor sanitary.
Dee
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Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
I just tried this with 2 thin (.60 & .73) picks. WOW! All it took was 1 sweeping arc on each side of the pick and not only is the point very sharp and pointy, but the nicks on the edges are gone too. Very cool trick. Thanks for posting this.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Same here. Amazing how fast that works. Now to mount a piece of carpet to the pickholder on my mic stand!
So thats what that guy was doing back there behind the amp! I hope....