canuckguitarist Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Just wondering if there are any weird things that you guys do with your guitars/guitar stuff. For example, all of my picks, i rub down with 120 grit sandpaper, makes them feel like the dunlops with the powdery stuff on them. You guys have any? P.S. If you try the sandpaper thing with Fender tortise shell picks, they smell like really strong cough drops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 nothin wierd here.i am completely normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 sometimes i use the neck pickup as a fret but that's fairly common.i feel so left out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Does fingerpicking count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Everytime I buy a new guitar, the first night I sleep with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 well this isn't the soapbox.i wish it were so i could properly make fun of you. i will just have to be satisfied with one question........got any pics????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 i will just have to be satisfied with one question........got any pics????? No Nooooooooo Please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 i wonder if the people buying these guitars know about your little deflowering ritual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 I punch a hole in the pick so it doesn't spin around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antique_dream Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I put a pick between the pickguard and the pickup, so I can always have one handy, it fits in there pretty nice. That's about as weird as it gets- unless I'm not thinking of the stuff I do as being weird because I'm so weird to begin with. -Funkmaster Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I modify all my picks too. I clip the tip of them with nail clippers and then file them. They are basically relic-picks! They feel like I've played with them for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I cut all my strings at the neck pup, so I don't bother anyone with my pathetic attempts to play guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I used to do something with the Floyd when I would change the strings. With the tail end locked in the bridge, I would twist the string about one turn before I put it in the tuning peg. The string does a cork-screw loop going down the guitar. Kind of like a spring. Hope that makes sense. When the guitar is tuned up, it looks, feels and plays normal. But when you dive bomb, the strings coil up like a spring again. Looks very cool, or it did at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy McFeely Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 everytime i change strings on any guitar, the first thing i play is the first 60 seconds of "Dust in the wind" by kansas... ... naked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I modify all my picks too. I clip the tip of them with nail clippers and then file them. They are basically relic-picks! They feel like I've played with them for ages. i prefer brand new picks.but i never throw away the old ones.so i have a huge pile of old nasty picks that i don't use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I cut all my strings at the neck pup, so I don't bother anyone with my pathetic attempts to play guitar modesty does not become you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 everytime i change strings on any guitar, the first thing i play is the first 60 seconds of "Dust in the wind" by kansas... ... naked. Dust in the Wind? And I thought Alex was bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jai Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 I usally drop the guitar face forward on come concrete. Nothing unusal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 just giving it character. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Baba Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 From time to time, I'll kiss the back of my Strat's headstock. If I ever get a lovely girlfriend (yeah, that'll happen) I'll have her kiss the headstock with lipstick on, then I'll seal the lip prints, so I can always have her kiss with me!! ....Man, Sudafed can mess you up. Me on drugs is a scary, scary thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 i prefer brand new picks.but i never throw away the old ones.so i have a huge pile of old nasty picks that i don't use I use the worn out ones to throw at band members. not as effective as drum sticks but still anoying. Especially if you can popem in the singers mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnuk Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 I modify all my picks too. I clip the tip of them with nail clippers and then file them. They are basically relic-picks! They feel like I've played with them for ages. Hey! That's kind of similar to something I do. I've only been playing for about a year and a half, but early last year I bought some aluminium pics from the US. They're just a normal, medium sized rounded off tip shape, but they have holes drilled in the gripping end near the top in a line. I bought three different kinds. I kept playing with one blue one in particular because it felt the comfiest. Now, a year on, I found another of the pics lying around and held my blue pic up against it. Shhhhhhhhh--ite! There is about 3mm of solid aluminium missing from my favourite pic. Over the last year of painful guitar practice, I've worn the pic into the most ergonomic shape ever. The tip is very smooth and rounded off, but more cool than that is that the sides of the pic or also curved where they meet with the strings, and it's always just one side, since I must have subconsciously picked up on which was offering least resistance. When I play, I don't hold much of the pic out, I hold it so my thumb rests very close to the tip, so there is only about 2mm or so of the pic sticking out. I rest my pointing finger about half way up on the other side, so it's very difficult to scratch the guitar, and my thumb is close to the strings. It amazed me because I'd never looked at the pic before, and then when I it was almost perfectly smoothed off, as if it was machine cut. I have actually drawn round this pic with a pen and keep the drawing safe in case I ever loose the original. When I do loose it, I go round the house going mental trying to find it. I even added some string and hung it round my neck at one point, but it made playing too tricky! It's so perfectly shaped to how I play it makes aritificial harmonics easy compared to a new pic. I never really use any other pic now. The downside, if I loose it I go mental... and also, it leaves aluminium dust all over my fingers after a few hours playing. Without realising I then touch things like the white paint all over my room or the curtains! Ack! My next plan is to buy some titanium and make a cople of copies so I don't loose them so easily! I love my BLUE PIC!!!!!! YAY! I'll take a photo of it for you some day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartersymes Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Well the strangest thing i do is as soon as a buy a new guitar, i have a band practise and go craz at the end,eg, smack it againt the drums. this " warms the guitar up " and i see if its " up for the new life ahead " i crack it everythime but its worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 I have a heavy, metal slide that I like to tap the strings with with my picking hand (with the slide on), especially at the 12th fret, its like turbo octives. Sounds kinda wierd versus taping with your fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 I kept playing with one blue one in particular because it felt the comfiest. Now, a year on, I found another of the pics lying around and held my blue pic up against it. Shhhhhhhhh--ite! There is about 3mm of solid aluminium missing from my favourite pic. You've kept a pic for a year!!!!!!! I lose them every time I put them down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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