Pick Holders

[pingu]

i’m playing some busy funky
tunes these days and i’m
dropping my pick occasionally

damnit !

are the pick holder gadgets
any good ?
or should i just use the
Metheny gaffe tape method ?

thanks all

[setemupjoe]

Just keep some extra picks in your pocket. I always carry a few around with me. A low tech solution I know but sometimes that’s best.

[grahambop]

PicBand Puts Your Guitar Pick On A Tight Leash

[grahambop]

Pick Slinger

[Cunamara]

Trying to remember which pro female guitarist does this... Sheryl Bailey? Mimi Fox? Anyway, she drills a hole in the pick and ties it to the bridge with a string.

[grahambop]

[MarkRhodes]

These are cheap (around 2 bucks) and they hold several picks.
I agree with setemupjoe above that the pocket is a good place to keep extra picks. Always a good idea. However, if you perform seated, fishing around for a pick in your pocket can prove awkward for you and distracting for the audience.

[sgosnell]

Somewhere in the depths of YouTube, there is a video of Joe Pass in which he loses his pick, and plays hammer-ons on the bass strings while he digs another pick out of his pocket. I gave up on the search because there are just so many Pass videos, and I can't remember the tune he was playing nor anything else about it.

[setemupjoe]

Somewhere in the depths of YouTube, there is a video of Joe Pass in which he loses his pick, and plays hammer-ons on the bass strings while he digs another pick out of his pocket. I gave up on the search because there are just so many Pass videos, and I can't remember the tune he was playing nor anything else about it.

At 2:30 in he switches from finger picking to stand up and retrieve a pick from his pocket.

[GNAPPI]

This is the OEM pick holder on my 50's Goya "LP" type git. I've always been surprised that nobody ever copied it. The two small screw holes is a very small penalty to pay for the convenience. I'd sooner do that than put one on with sticky tape.

[Woody Sound]

At 2:30 in he switches from finger picking to stand up and retrieve a pick from his pocket.

Interesting, his tone barely changes at all, just a bit quieter.

[pingu]

This is the OEM pick holder on my 50's Goya "LP" type git. I've always been surprised that nobody ever copied it. The two small screw holes is a very small penalty to pay for the convenience. I'd sooner do that than put one on with sticky tape.

thanks

that looks pretty good , yeah I wonder why nobody copied that ....
I've got the Metheny Tape on for now ...
(I draw the line at the toothbrush tho)

[sgosnell]

I don't think that's the video I remember, but it's the same principle, done better than the one I think I remember. But my memory isn't what it once was.