- Old photo of me!
- Lid of Toshiba laptop
- Lid of Toshiba laptop
- Vent of Toshiba laptop
- Vent of Toshiba laptop
- CD - difficult plastic tends to shatter
- cardboard
- plastic packaging
- Guitar Center gift cards
- Fake cards that come in junk mail.
- Starbucks cards
- Old hotel room keys may contain personal information!
- Handi Snacks stick, sanded to a rounded point.
Guitar Picks
Handmade guitar picks. Most are made from old plastic cards (gift
cards, credit cards, hotel room keys, etc.) Other materials are
cardboard, "Handi Snacks" stick, CD, Toshiba laptop, and
plastic packaging.
I trace a store bought pick with an ultra fine sharpie, cut them out
with scissors (for plastic), and sand the edges with an emery board.
The metal ones are more complicated.
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Comments and faves
estace, jonoakley, HamWithCam, Stephie189, and 172 other people added this photo to their favorites.
TElliott2 (48 months ago | reply)
These are so cool. After you cut them out, do you sand the edges?
Stephie189 (48 months ago | reply)
These are great!
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http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/06/diy_ guitar_picks.html (?)
Aud1073cH (48 months ago | reply)
@ TElliott2 - Yes, I sand the edges. I've updated the caption info with the basics of my process.
Philip Schexnayder (48 months ago | reply)
Very interesting, I might have to give this a try!
Acid! (48 months ago | reply)
I gave this a try... It's pretty fun, and what I made entertains me greatly... Took an old HANCOCKfabrics card... Not hard to guess what I did with that.
*SARCASTICALIOUS* (48 months ago | reply)
This is wicked cool, great style
You are my winner!
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Lovely just lovely .Congrats
Ana_Cotta (48 months ago | reply)
Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Flickr Ideas Brasil [Poste 1 - Comente suas favoritas] e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
maddogandnoriko (48 months ago | reply)
You can use a jeweler's saw(piercing saw, or coping saw to cut out cd picks. Who doesn't burn a coater once in awhile?
Uberninja (47 months ago | reply)
Cool! i'll have to try that sometime. My brother keeps on losing my guitar picks.
Love=Nayla (DWC) Kayla [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Orginal Artists, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Light.Night (47 months ago | reply)
oh cool great idea, I hate amex sending me fake credit cards I might put them to use now :)
Merry Christmas !!! [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)
very nice !! bravo !!!
simran gandhi (45 months ago | reply)
wao how did u collected these
i too tried bt after 5-10 it always got lost.......
simran gandhi (45 months ago | reply)
you only collect pletrums or u r a guitarist too...................
Swollen Lexicon (44 months ago | reply)
Very Creative....cool....hi....yeah!
kenziekathryn (44 months ago | reply)
haha i did this! it's a good idea, too. i do it all the time. :P
www.pickpunch.com (42 months ago | reply)
great website topic and post...... I did these for years and they work great. There is a tool coming out in 2009 called the pick punch the blog is at www.pickpunch.com
measuredwithcoffeespoons (41 months ago | reply)
Wow... I'm going to have to try this.
dragonsrcool615 [deleted] (41 months ago | reply)
That's so Awesome!!!!!!!!
Moises Leca (39 months ago | reply)
really cool ! ! !
aquinas_college2 (39 months ago | reply)
hey i play guitar every day i now have 367 pics at my last count this is AMAZING how did u do it?
LisPark (39 months ago | reply)
You've got nice picks up there! Tried to make some for my own use before out of phone cards. Didn't last long, perhaps its with the quality of the plastic and not with the way I used it. Anyway, keep it up!
-Learning Guitar
yuszef (37 months ago | reply)
great idea!
Adam Haranghy (34 months ago | reply)
Hehe, very cool picks!
VaDeM (33 months ago | reply)
Rock and Roll!
fenderplayer1251 (31 months ago | reply)
This is pretty sweet I've got to try that sometime!
NET-Photography | Thailand Pro Photographer (31 months ago | reply)
Nice
A Chapter In My Life (29 months ago | reply)
Awesome Pic!
eLdudorino (28 months ago | reply)
Awesome picks!
jhoelyne_27 (27 months ago | reply)
that picks are so awesome hehe try to use the ruler to make picks hehe
Ice Pearl (25 months ago | reply)
Amazing! Love these :D
Mikesk8r (25 months ago | reply)
Very cool and unique ... I might try this instead of going to buy picks :) very cool
kodachromebelle (20 months ago | reply)
that is so neat i love it. I am a crafter myself. and that is just a great idea. My daughter and a lot of my family play the guitar. You really should be on etsy if your not. and i would suggest to you that you get a die or some kind of way to just punch them out. But, honestly part of the charm is how much work you put into it. It still would be home made if you had a die of some sort to punch them out with. That is so creative, did you come up with this on your own? I would buy one if i where able to. and the photo is really good too. I typed in guitar and that was this was the photo that stood out to me.Well Done!
Bobby 4-EVR Blue (18 months ago | reply)
I play fingerstyle only so I don't use picks but oddly...............I also collect them and you have a VERY Cool Collection!
pselle2010 (17 months ago | reply)
clever way to display on black, like all the colors and shapes!
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madeline.p (14 months ago | reply)
this inspires me to make my own, great shot, and a great idea.
kodaksights (14 months ago | reply)
Good photo
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Sid_Yum (14 months ago | reply)
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chaiti2011 (13 months ago | reply)
very nice. :)
JonathanF9 (11 months ago | reply)
I lost mine some days ago, I need one.
willi_illiw (11 months ago | reply)
i need one
Ewk2 (5 months ago | reply)
Wow great pick ;-). Anyone remember Walkers Tazos? I made a loony tunes one around 8 years ago lol. Great pic :-)
ColorStreak (5 months ago | reply)
Great job and cool picks! I'd like to have some of those when I play guitar.
Feelit4 (5 months ago | reply)
wow
m.j.a6 (2 months ago | reply)
:(( Amazing Pic