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Topic: What type of thumbpick is this? |
Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 11:00 am |
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Sorry - I can't post a picture!
I don't know where I picked this one up, but all I can tell you is that it's green  ...
I know - it's not much to go on, but maybe there's only one green thumbpick available, and maybe someone knows what it is!
I've grown to love it, but now it's finally broken... I reverted to my old 'favourite' (Golden Gate), but they feel thick and clumpy to me now.
This is a slim hope, I know, but.......
RR |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 12:54 pm
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Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 26 Feb 2011 11:44 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 1:01 pm
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Well, I've seen tortoise-shell designs in green, plain green (in a couple of shades), stripey-types, ans well as metallic zig-zags.
We need more that "just green" to help! |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 2:39 pm
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| I don't know about green, but ain't it funny that when somebody says "blue thumbpick," everybody knows what they're talking about????? |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 4:20 pm
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I know, Donny, I know!!!
Who could 'post' a picture on this thread if I e-mailed it to them directly?
Thanks for the replies...
RR |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 5:50 pm
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Here ya go...
 [This message was edited by Joey Ace on 26 April 2006 at 10:20 AM.] |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 26 Apr 2006 9:46 am
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Thanks, Joey!
The upper picture shows the actual colour more accurately. If you look carefully at the lower pic, you can see the hair-line crack that's rendered this very comfortable pick useless.... I need to get some more!
Any ideas, anyone?
Thanks, all....
RR |
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Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 26 Apr 2006 9:50 am
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Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 26 Feb 2011 11:45 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 26 Apr 2006 12:53 pm
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| I agree with Michael, that looks like an old Jap pick. You might try the Peavey thumb picks, as they make several which are similar in size and tongue shape. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 27 Apr 2006 4:43 am
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Robert Porri
From:
Windsor, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2006 6:51 pm
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Roger,
This doesn't help answer your question, but to try something until you find what you are looking for, have you tried the plain old white National thumbpicks. Holding mine up against your pictures, the shape looks the same to me, even though the feel of the material would no doubt be different than what you are used to.
Bob P. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 28 Apr 2006 2:26 am
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Hi, Robert
It's funny you should say that, because a couple of days ago I was rummaging through all the junk I have in various drawers around the music room, and I came across an old white National - I slipped it on and, presto - I loves it!
The daft thing is - that's what I always used to use, but I drifted through different picks over the years, most recently using the 'Golden Gate' ones. At first I liked their weight and heft, but since using that green one above (I think, on reflection, that was one Bud Vanderberg had in his music room one day, which is why I can't recall buying it!), I'm reverting to a lighter gauge again.
This is all just human nature, I suppose - we're never quite satisfied! Now I seem to have come full-circle.
RR |
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Robert Porri
From:
Windsor, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2006 4:30 am
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Roger,
Glad I mentioned it then. About a year ago, I ordered about 10 different thumbpicks based on different recommendations. Most I didn't like much, some I did. I ended up going back to the National's I had been using prior to the "experiment". There is a little bit of a "scratchy" feel as they hit individual strings that I could do without, but they are the most comfortable for me. The green one you were using looks like the material might have a better "feel" in that way. I'll be interested if you ever really find out what it is. (I use the Jeff Newman metal fingerpicks.)
Bob P. |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 4 May 2006 6:18 pm
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Well, I always wondered what happened to my green hornet pick,it was Roger the Lodger by God.ha ha
Old Bud |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 5 May 2006 2:51 am
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So it WAS your pick, Bud! I thought it had to be, as I couldn't think where else it might have come from.
Do you remember where you got it? This mystery has kept at least four Forumites on the edge of their seats!
Now I'll have to try to get it fixed....
Roger the Lodger  |
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David Wren
From:
Placerville, California, USA
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Posted 5 May 2006 1:25 pm
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I had my last National "white" thumb pick break the other day at a gig, and I grabbed a Dunlop for a replacement..... I had no idea I had grown so used to the National picks.... immediatley went out a bought a bunch more. I likes 'em muy plento (Cinco de Mayo-ish response )
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Dave Wren
'96 Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
www.ameechapman.com
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