Broke a pick but not a string.

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Broke a pick but not a string.

Unread post by yworry69 » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:57 am

This is not only the first time this has happened high, it's also the first time it's happened. Have you ever broke a pick (a hard one..I think this was a fender) but not broken the string. I was just messing around jamming and like a quarter of the pick (tip part) just snapped off. My strings remain intact. Kinda fucked.
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Unread post by scottwagen » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:13 pm

THis has happened to me a couple times before. No big deal. I think its just a defective pick thing or maybe the way you struck the string, i dont know. I use cheap generic picks with my guitar stores name on them so I get em for free so its not that big a deal.
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Unread post by captainburrito » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:43 pm

That happens to me all the time when i am playing with thin picks, i think it has only happened to me twice with thick picks. But boy did i feel like a man those two times...then i smashed a beer can on my forehead.
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Unread post by Thomas » Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:31 pm

i think it's safe to say that if you use fenders then it was the pick.

one thing that fender DOES make very badly is guitar picks :(

i used to break them all the time and just thought i was playing too hard untill i tried dunlop tortex picks and i found out that i had been playing with crappy picks.

switch to dunlop :)
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:42 pm

dude, i use dunlop ultex... it says "unbreakable" on the package... they aint fuckin lyin, i got a damn pair of pliers to one, took me 10 min to destroy one.
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Unread post by yworry69 » Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:26 pm

I mostly have the really small dunlop ones this just came when I bought my new guitar (grabbed a bunch quick).
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Unread post by ledzepp4l » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:16 pm

i use dunlops and never broke one, i usually throw them out after a few weeks or so anyways.
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Unread post by SpoonInSpoon » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:19 pm

i broke a thin one playing dancing nancies, a medium one playing watchtower, and a thick one playing halloween.
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:17 am

Depending on my mood/the song i used to be able to burn a pick a song, now i try to conserve a bit more :)
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Unread post by c_tietze » Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:31 pm

I've done it too. It happens. Fender picks, especially the thins marble looking ones break easily.
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Unread post by lyrics101 » Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:42 pm

Of course. Millions of times.
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Unread post by mangold » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:02 pm

i put duct tape on the top 3/4 of my picks... makes them invincible and gives a no slip grip

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Unread post by Dutch » Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:24 pm

6StringSamurai wrote:Depending on my mood/the song i used to be able to burn a pick a song, now i try to conserve a bit more :)
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