Favorite Picks....

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Permalink Reply by David Lee Mathley on November 7, 2011 at 5:25pm

When playing ukulele I do not use a pick at all. I use my thumb.

Permalink Reply by fred davis on November 18, 2011 at 12:07pm

I MOSTLY USE FINGERS  and when playing blues I ues picks I make from old milk cartons very flexable

Permalink Reply by Walt Pilcher on December 21, 2011 at 12:34pm

I know most people don't use a pick on a ukulele, and even my thinnest plastic Star Pick (.50mm) isn't satisfactory, probably because string tension isn't very high and the pick gets caught too easily, plus I'm concerned it will damage the strings.  So I've experimented by making picks out of card stock (trace around a real pick and cut out with scissors).  Nice sound (clearer than hand strumming) and harmless to the strings versus a plastic pick, and the price is right (free), but durability might turn out to be a problem.  Just have a large supply available.

Has anybody tried something like this? 

Permalink Reply by Nicole A Wilkinson on December 21, 2011 at 12:44pm

No but what a great idea!

 

Permalink Reply by Walt Pilcher on December 21, 2011 at 1:03pm

Thanks.  If your family decides to commercialize the card stock pick, let me know. 

P.S. have you checked out the new group in AG Community, "Picks, Picks, Picks"?

Permalink Reply by Walt Pilcher on December 21, 2011 at 1:05pm

P.S. I also tried a couple of felt picks I bought somewhere, and I hated them.  Clumsy, dull sounding, ugly.

Permalink Reply by Nicole A Wilkinson on December 21, 2011 at 1:21pm

NO, didnt know one existed! Thanks for the info...Merry Christmas!  And I dont think felt would be great...seems like it would start to get strings of fuzzy felt on your strings!

 

Permalink Reply by fred davis on September 19, 2012 at 6:04pm

I make picks for my students (who think they need them) out of old belts leather and just reace a quater (25cents)  work great