Speaking of the guitar pick of awesomeness

[annathepiper]

There’s a ridiculous amount of fangirly glee I can get out of something as simple as a well-used guitar pick!

I am not a professional guitarist by any stretch of the imagination; I’m barely at the level of competent amateur, really, and then only because I can play decent rhythm on a small set of songs, and slightly more complex stuff on exactly one song so far. But, that said? I know just enough to be able to make some fun guesses about the guitar pick sksouth snagged for me at the GBS show!

I don’t know how fast The Doyle goes through his picks, or whether this one was new going into the show–but if it was, he played the hell out of it. The tip of it as well as a good bit of one edge are worn quite ragged, and part of the words beneath the logo are worn off. I get this kind of wear and tear on my own picks after I’ve played with them, but only after a while; I suspect this is a function of the fact that a) I don’t play that often, b) I play on a nylon-stringed instrument, and c) I don’t play with anything resembling the amount of power that Alan Doyle does! Metal strings would tear up picks a lot faster, of course. I have observed this directly with any pick I play with for a while on my zouk or my octave mandolin.

I’m amused though to note the thickness of the pick as well. It’s pretty thin as guitar picks go and comparable to several I’ve got. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this exact brand of guitar pick either at Trading Musician or at Dusty Strings, too. The logo on it is familiar!

I have had it suggested to me that I should frame this thing. My immediate plan for it is, I think, to use it for exactly one purpose: getting footage of me playing the guitar for our little contest video. And hope that maybe some of Alan’s guitar fu may wear off.

Then I’m going to put this thing safely away so I won’t lose it. :D

Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Don't sell yourself short, hon, I've seen you pull snap chord changes that make the real amateurs blanch with fear. You get that right hand going as fast as your left is, and Joe Satriani had best look over his shoulder...

There is also a ridiculous amount of bounce-off-the-walls squee that can come out of getting one track down *right*... was up to 0130 just kaboing, kaboing, kaboing...

[annathepiper]

Thanks! But keep in mind you've only heard me regularly play a small number of songs that I'm generally pretty comfortable with, or otherwise, simple chord changes backing up cflute and doragoon on instrumentals. I'm quite comfortable with that, but as repetoires go, it's kinda limited. Perfectly lovely for jamming purposes, but it's still only at the level of "barely competent amateur". ;)

(There's a lot more I could do and that I am in fact interested in doing, but I think that'll require a) getting a better guitar and b) making myself practice more.)