Make Your Own Picks

[lex666]

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.

[ErikH]

Heck, old credit cards, used iTunes gift cards, stuff like that. I would definitely make use use of one.

[Koreth]

I wonder if it can punch brass. I've got some pieces of my last drummer's old cymbals around here somewhere.

[drunkinminer]

I have to get one of these. Out of picks and need one real fast? Punch it out.

http://www.pickpunch.com/

How broke do you have to be that you can't afford picks.

[blueman335]

I use Dunlop .88's, which have beveled edges (which give the sharp bite I need) and raised lettering (that keeps them from slipping out of my fingers). Can you make your own picks like that? I can't play with a regular plain pick.

[Great_Kazoo]

It's pretty damn cool. It's more of a novelty, but how cool is it to make picks out of old CD's?

I think they recommend you don't use those, since that material is
brittle and will crack easily. I bought one a few months ago (there's a thread
on here somewhere) and also got some sheets of Delrin and polycarbonate
to mess with.

As others have noted here, one of the drawbacks is that you can't punch heavy
materials--meaning you have to superglue two punched picks together if you
want something in the 1.0 mm thickness range--but since I actually bought this
as more of an artsy/craftsy project, I like the idea of making custom picks with
pictures sandwiched in and sealed with Superglue. And I do keep a lot of picks
made from credit cards and old gift cards around, super handy to keep around
the house!