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Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:08 am
by McSpunckle
http://www.pickpunch.com/

WOAH.

Make picks out of credit cards and shit.

I'm sure they sound terrible, but they also sell sheets of pick material... and I'm sure there's other things.

I could imagine the rough sides of the picks being too square, though... which would make the pick all scratchy.

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:31 am
by Fuzzy Fred
just use the fingernails from hookers

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:54 am
by willc
The pickpunch is actually a great product for the money.
I got one over a year ago with a couple sheets of the pick material and they work well for me.
It really will not go thru material much thicker than 1mm but that is no big deal for me.
Also it is great to get rid of old credit cards and them stupid store cards.

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:03 pm
by culturejam
I had one for a while. Pretty cool idea. It's fun, and then you realize you don't like the picks. But I made some awesome looking picks.

Actually, a few of them were pretty useable. But you have to file the edges on the thicker stuff.

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:07 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
A friend of mine had one, worked well for him, but I only like picks with some sort of grip on them. And if you found a material that was like that, it would be all over the thing and would probably sound crap.

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:29 pm
by McSpunckle
monkeydancer wrote:A friend of mine had one, worked well for him, but I only like picks with some sort of grip on them. And if you found a material that was like that, it would be all over the thing and would probably sound crap.


Like a physical grip, or a material that grips?

They sell matte delrin (tortex) for it and it's pretty cheap.

I'll probably pick one up for kicks. Sanding the edge doesn't bother me much...

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:42 pm
by Grrface
It would probably make making band branded picks really easy, if you had a way to print on to a plastic surface.

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:28 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
McSpunckle wrote:
monkeydancer wrote:A friend of mine had one, worked well for him, but I only like picks with some sort of grip on them. And if you found a material that was like that, it would be all over the thing and would probably sound crap.


Like a physical grip, or a material that grips?

They sell matte delrin (tortex) for it and it's pretty cheap.

I'll probably pick one up for kicks. Sanding the edge doesn't bother me much...

I mean a physical grip like a bumpy surface. Picks just don't feel right to me without that :idk: It's probably still possible to that with these really, just more effort than it's worth. I would probably be more inclined to do it if I hadn't had the same 2 picks for about a year now, I don't go through them as fast as some people seem to.

^That definitely would be a good use for it if there's a cheap way to print on the plastic material.

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:33 pm
by Gearmond
they're actually pretty aight, if you use the right material.

personally i prefer bone and horn picks...



... even though you have to file them down every month or so

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:47 pm
by McSpunckle

Re: Pick punch!

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:58 pm
by rfurtkamp
Waiting on the hydraulic press version so I can do my 2 and 3mm picks.