I feel like I’ve reached a milestone. I’ve warn out my first pick. My trusty Takamine pick, which I’ve amended to be just right and then played with and played with and played with ... is on its last legs. Boo hoo...
... and the squillion others I have are just not quite the same. But, I guess I’m going to have to bite the bullet and choose an understudy.Here it is.
I’ve basically worn the tip off it and now I’m having trouble hitting individual strings accurately. Well I think that’s the problem. Maybe I’m just blaming the pick for my own sloppiness. If you look closely you can see I’ve actually worn a bevel on the edge (opposite edges) from strumming in circles.
It’s just the right flexibility. My other picks are either too hard and make a clicking sound, or sound too harsh or they’re too soft and sound dull and muffled a little.
It was wider when I first got it. While I was learning ‘Moondance’ I changed its shape, thickness (adding tape) and grippy-ness so that I could perform the 'hidden pick' technique smoothly. Well ... needless to say it all worked for my normal strumming too, so it is pretty much the only pick I’ve used since about January.
So now it’s almost dead and I need to train a new one
I don’t have another one like it, I think I got it from Tony actually, so I need to experiment again until I find another one that suits me well.Maybe you’re sitting there thinking - ‘Oh my God she’s a lunatic!’ ‘How can she be so picky’ (snicker
) But I figured that if anyone understood the death of your favourite pick it would be you folk. But, feel free to have a go. A laugh is always welcome.So I digress, even though I’m lamenting the loss of my favorite pick, the fact that I’ve worn one out feels like a guitar milestone. Woo hoo, I’ve done enough miles to need new tires (hmmm... when you say it like that it doesn’t sound like such an achievement). Anyway, I’ve put in a few yards.
Why has it taken so long. Well previously I mostly played finger-picking songs and before that I never had a pick long enough to wear it out, I just misplaced them.
So... there is actually a question in this thread. Here it is:
Tell us about something you’ve experienced while playing which may seem meaningless to others (or not) , but feels like an achievement. Tell us about your guitar milestones; big, small, it doesn’t matter.
Hell if I can talk about a worn pick just about anything is fair game.
I look forward to reading your stories.
Michele
