It seems that I almost always learn something new when I stop in St. Louis.
Today I learned that you can make some great guitar picks from old cards, like hotel room keys, old credit cards, and various rewards cards. I can't even remember how many of these I have just thrown out in my time!
We spent the night with some friends in St. Louis who have a wonderful talented family. Our time here is often filled with excellent conversation, and music. This time I happened to notice that some of their guitar picks had various hotel or grocery story logos on them. At first I thought that maybe they were hand-cut, but they all seemed so uniform. I asked, and they were more than happy to show me how they do it, so I'll take the opportunity to show you.
As it turns out, their "secret weapon" is a pick punch. I just looked and it looks like they retail for about $25 online at their website. Once someone has the tool, the process is very simple.
The tool itself looks similar to a stapler, and uses the same amazing technology as a hole punch... but this hole just happens to be shaped like a guitar pick and the tool is strong enough to cut through hard plastic.
When you find the card you want to use, in this case an old hotel card...
You line it up in the tool.
Once it is lined up, you squeeze.
Suddenly, a guitar pick shaped piece of plastic jumps out.
And there you have it!
The tool even has some sand paper attached to the bottom of it so you can smooth any rough or sharp edges.
If you have a whole pile of old plastic cards....
You can quickly make a handful of guitar picks.
One of their sons even showed me that if you do it properly, you can even get 6 guitar picks out of just one card!
The only thing left for me to do is to learn how to play guitar!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
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HERE IS A SHORT VIDEO THAT I MADE OF THE PROCESS:
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Sure beats using a pair of scissors.
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Sure does! Thanks @stevespring!
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cool, you should try wood picks too, you can punch them out of veneer sheets and glue them together with CA or wood glue. I like to use 2 wood types so I get different tones on up vs down strumming
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Nice bro, now if only I could improve my guitar skills. I'm more of a piano player, but the sounds of a nice acoustic guitar is very beautiful. Upvoted
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Thanks Brother, it was neat to see and a great idea!
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You're welcome. It is very cool.
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Now that's something I could use!
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
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Maybe I could just mail you a few.
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That is one cool tool!
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It sure is!
Thanks @phillycheeze!
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THere's this one, too. I found this a couple months ago, and have the link saved - hoping to buy one of these for my husband sometime... Really cool idea - these pick hole punchers!!
https://www.amazon.com/HQMaster-Professional-Plectrum-Present-Personalized/dp/B00HN0VHGG/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=goodshcom-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=3f12f1630069662f29c1ef57ea22af4e&creativeASIN=B00HN0VHGG
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Another making idea for when you are living off the land?
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Pick punch-amazing! My kid is mainly a classical guitarist but she's gonna love this.
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Haha ! Thats pretty cool ! If my mom was still alive she would have loved it ! She was a singer/ guitarist ! Thanks for shareing !🎸🎼🎸🎵🎸
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Thank you... maybe you can follow in her footsteps.
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Oh ! I tried a very long time ago to learn guitar could never afford lessons and could nt figure it out too well on my own , im left handed as well ,and never had the time to after my kids came along ! Maybe once i move to the country ! It might be something to take up once i retire ! Thanks for the idea !🎸🎸🎸
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i did that with my old credit cards. getting that Visa hologram in the right spot is pretty nice. I don't play guitar so i gave away. lol
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A pick punch! I need one of those for my brother. He's always cutting up a grocery card or something because he's always losing his picks. LOL
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Too bad I need metal finger picks for my banjo.
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Gracias @papa-pepper!
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Wow. I never knew that guitar picks can be punch out especially out of a common item like an old plastic credit card. I always thought it took a special machine that used some type of artificial wood or some. Well I definitely learned something new today💡
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Good tool. You just have to find a hard plastic card. Thanks for sharing.
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:)
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