Melting Pick

I had a new experience last night. We were playing at a pub and playing country rock with a bit of rock and roll. Half way through the 2nd set, the pick I was using, a Dunlop 0.6 nylon, start to get softer and softer, as though it was melting! I ended up with having to go to a thicker pick by the end of the night. Good job I had 3 on the stand!

I don’t know if it was that the ones I was using have got old, I tend to use the same pick until it wears out, or it was just the heat and friction?

Moral of the story, make sure I have at least 2 spare picks available :wink:

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Man, your playing must have been hot Tony. :smile:

“The reason for learning is to have a hobby where I can just relax for a short while and chill out.”

That’s a quote from your bio Tony. Clearly things have changed! :joy:

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Hot, damn hot!

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Tony @tony
Your point about having spare picks when you perform is well made and a valuable lesson. I have two spare in my pocket, I know some people have a little holder stuck to the guitar but I didn’t fancy that.
Your example contradicts what I was going to say, if you only have one pick you will drop it, if however you have spares then you will not drop it!
Michael

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Tony, you must have been on fire last night! :fire: :joy:

I never had that happen, yet. But probably it was a combo of all the points you mentioned. Good on you for having spare picks. Being prepared for something you don’t know it will happen is always a good thing. :wink:

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You are luckey to have survived! I bet that happens right before the drummer explodes.

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I’ve noticed my .38 nylon dunlop picks getting a semipermanent bend after I’ve played on them for awhile. when I stop playing, they’ll sorta relax and get flat again. I use .6 dunlops, too, and haven’t noticed that out of them. but then again, it looks like your abilities are several steps past mine. :wink:

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Yes, that’s what started to happen, first it bowed a bit, so I turned it over but then it almost instantly bowed the other way, so I changed it. All flat and OK now they have ‘cooled down’. Most off putting while you are playing :wink:

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Sounds like you got superpowers…
Try melting spoons!

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I had to do it.
:laughing:

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:rofl: :joy: Deep… very deep … :joy:

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You must have been thrashing!!!

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Me thrash… no. :joy: Just some heavy duty rhythm playing :grin: :cowboy_hat_face: :cowboy_hat_face: :guitar:

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Time to use tortex rather than nylon :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Our certainly a little thicker nylon. I saw a bit of that when I was using Fender nylon .60, but not since I’ve been using .73. I can’t even imagine using .38 mentioned above. That’s like tissue paper!

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@jkahn, @markr31 I have considered using thicker/stronger picks, and even ended up using a .73 by the end of the afternoon (I am glad I had a couple of different thicknesses availalable on the mic stand). The problem is I like the feel of the softer pick and the softer action seems to suit ryhthm better for me.

I have also started playing around with the idea of no pick at all, but that’s work in progress. I don’t use a pick on the accoustic, so I might also change to that on the Tele.

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