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Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy

unlawfulsoup posted:

In that case I highly suggest Dr. Faustus's Handle Grease (Steve Vai Approved) to cover the most lucrative market segment.

It's both literal and figurative masturbation cream.

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Tempus Fugit
Jan 31, 2008

PRS tone balm, made from extracts of quilted maple and ebony. Comes in Whale Blue, San Mateo Green and Charcoal Black colors. $49.95

Fair Hallion
Jul 25, 2007

:toot: :toot: :toot: :toot:
there is a balm to stop you dropping your plectrum (I am serious )


http://www.vintageguitar.com/14357/stik-n-pik-balm-aims-to-fix-plectrum-dropsies/

bitchtard
Dec 3, 2010

Sorry guys you'll have to call my sub, I'm out of pick juice

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
http://gorillasnotusa.com/


http://www.gorillasnotusa.com/artists/

When your product is endorsed by a one hit wonder hair metal band (XYZ) you know its good.

Bonzo fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Mar 10, 2014

Actuary X
Jul 20, 2007

Not really the best actuary in the world.

Bonzo posted:

http://gorillasnotusa.com/


http://www.gorillasnotusa.com/artists/

When your product is endorsed by a one hit wonder hair metal band (XYZ) you know its good.

I never tried Gorilla Snot, but I did have the tee shirt because it is awesome, and who would believe that is a real product anyway.
http://www.gorillasnotusa.com/mens-black-large-t-shirt/

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

ArmZ posted:

tone tonic

dr. bonzo's tone-ic

iostream.h
Mar 14, 2006
I want your happy place to slap you as it flies by.

Bonzo posted:

http://gorillasnotusa.com/


http://www.gorillasnotusa.com/artists/

When your product is endorsed by a one hit wonder hair metal band (XYZ) you know its good.

Alec Bald Snatch
Sep 12, 2012

by exmarx

Actuary X posted:

I never tried Gorilla Snot, but I did have the tee shirt because it is awesome, and who would believe that is a real product anyway.
http://www.gorillasnotusa.com/mens-black-large-t-shirt/

it just makes your pick gross and sticky

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN
score your pick with your coke razor like every other 80s band, jesus

Frozen Pizza Party
Dec 13, 2005

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

Sephardic Homo posted:

score your pick with your coke razor like every other 80s band, jesus

Straight edge/gator grip/m/23/va

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN

Declan MacManus posted:

Straight edge/gator grip/m/23/va

lets gently caress bro

Thumposaurus
Jul 24, 2007

Slow hand lotion.

empty baggie
Oct 22, 2003

tacodaemon posted:

Haha I'd forgotten about the part of that song starting around 1:46 in the video where Roth has a conversation with Vai's guitar bending


How could you forget the best part in the song?!?! My 6-year-old self thought that was the most hilariously awesome thing in the world when that song first came out. I would seriously rewind just that part over and over again.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Marltone Cigarettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOybQV41Y8

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

Sephardic Homo posted:

lets gently caress bro

Is this the true meaning of Spanish manlove?!?!?



A fatal case of zemaitis

bitchtard
Dec 3, 2010

Tone tile

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
How about a tone belt buckle?

iostream.h
Mar 14, 2006
I want your happy place to slap you as it flies by.

Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:

Agreed? Yeah his pick sperging is a little weird (Or I just feel hurt that he's never shown any love towards RedBear or pure steel picks) but he seems to be a nice guy with a poo poo load of knowledge relative to guitar playing and recording.
Agreed is awesome, I thought the pick talk was a little weird and told him so a couple of times. We talked about them a bit (and an assload of other, unrelated musical topics, dude's a loving massive tome of information) and I ended up talking to Vinnie, the owner of V-Picks and ordered a few of them boo-teek picks and I'll admit, they DO make a pretty big difference in sound and feel over regular picks (I used Dunlop Tortex for many years and switched to Heavy Fender Celluloid a few years ago).

Ninja Edit: Just got off the phone with Vinne again in fact, we were discussing a wholesale order and this discussion came up, funny stuff. You guys should at least give one a try.

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN
I'm morbidly curious about specialty picks but jazz iii's are already spergy enough as is for me.

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Bonzo posted:

How about a tone belt buckle?

tone threads

manufacture the cheapest, stupidest looking clothes you possibly can and make up some reason why they drastically increase sustain when worn while playing and etc etc etc

sell them for crazy markup at guitar center

Incredulous Dylan
Oct 22, 2004

Fun Shoe
i really loved the jazz iii's after trying them and always have one near the top in my pick holder. gonna try out the acoustic assortment from v-picks and see what's up

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

My view that no one asked for is that specialty picks can be useful, great, amazing, etc. but lots of dudes build them up to the point where I think a lot of newer guitar players feel like they have to drop 10 or 20 or 50 bucks on a pick for ~tonez~

You should play whatever you're comfortable with, and if conventional picks just never seem to be "right" then go for it, get yourself an acrylic pick the size of a moon pie, but if not, then don't sweat it

iostream.h
Mar 14, 2006
I want your happy place to slap you as it flies by.

Sephardic Homo posted:

I'm morbidly curious about specialty picks but jazz iii's are already spergy enough as is for me.
If you're genuinely curious, I'm giving away my starter kit, one by one. Just shoot me a PM with a shipping address and I'll throw one out to you.

It'll be specifically one from the 'starter kit', they're nice and all, but to me the pointier, unbuffed picks are really where they shine, and I'm admittedly hooked.


Declan MacManus posted:

My view that no one asked for is that specialty picks can be useful, great, amazing, etc. but lots of dudes build them up to the point where I think a lot of newer guitar players feel like they have to drop 10 or 20 or 50 bucks on a pick for ~tonez~

You should play whatever you're comfortable with, and if conventional picks just never seem to be "right" then go for it, get yourself an acrylic pick the size of a moon pie, but if not, then don't sweat it
I agree, they've had a LOT of hype (especially if you're ever over on TGP) but they CAN make a pretty big difference, to the point that the first time I brought them to practice, after the first song the other guitar player stopped me and started quizzing me over what I had done to change my sound so drastically (for the better). No, they're not for everyone and they're not the Holy Grail, but they CAN be pretty influential on your sound.

Same deal for you too btw, if you want one, hit me up.

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN
Please don't enable me.

Irradiation
Sep 14, 2005

I understand your frustration.

empty baggie posted:

That reminded me of the old David Lee Roth video for Yankee Rose. That guitar is one of several that Vai plays in the video. One guitar in particular is green and has a monkey grip (and a couple of other holes), and I'm pretty sure it was before the JEM was released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz5w06Naq0c

The best part of this by far is the balloon breaking spin kick at the end.

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

I'm scared if I start experimenting with these clear, rock-like things then I will be addicted

Tempus Fugit
Jan 31, 2008

Declan MacManus posted:

I'm scared if I start experimenting with these clear, rock-like things then I will be addicted

I just bought the starter kit about 10 minutes ago out sheer dumb curiosity. I'll report back on the ~tonez~

iostream.h
Mar 14, 2006
I want your happy place to slap you as it flies by.

Sephardic Homo posted:

Please don't enable me.
It's as simple as a PM...

First hit's free, go ahead, everyone's trying them...

Declan MacManus posted:

I'm scared if I start experimenting with these clear, rock-like things then I will be addicted
Exactly what happened to me, hence the discussion with Vinnie earlier about bulk purchases, which he DOES do.

bitchtard
Dec 3, 2010

Ever since I've seen good flamenco and classical players, using a pick makes me feel like a neanderthal

Agreed
Dec 30, 2003

The price of meat has just gone up, and your old lady has just gone down

if you don't buy three boutique picks, every hour of every day, my family fuckin starves

so thanks for that, BORT you fuckin monster

Alec Bald Snatch
Sep 12, 2012

by exmarx
you're welcome i guess

i'm amazed you haven't written a 10 page essay about tone picks here yet. please don't take it as an invitation to do so

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

Bitchtard posted:

Ever since I've seen good flamenco and classical players, using a pick makes me feel like a neanderthal

Playing fingerstyle is easy it's just a matter of practicing and developing calluses

Agreed
Dec 30, 2003

The price of meat has just gone up, and your old lady has just gone down

comes along bort posted:

you're welcome i guess

i'm amazed you haven't written a 10 page essay about tone picks here yet. please don't take it as an invitation to do so

never! unlike your shady rear end I operate on vampire law when it comes to running my fuckin mouth. no invitation, no explication. this is your home bort, roam freely, say whatever you want you're a gazelle I'd never stop you

I Might Be Adam
Jun 12, 2007

Skip the Waves, Syncopate
Forwards Backwards

Actuary X posted:

I never tried Gorilla Snot, but I did have the tee shirt because it is awesome, and who would believe that is a real product anyway.
http://www.gorillasnotusa.com/mens-black-large-t-shirt/

A fellow drummer suggested that I try some Gorilla Snot to help with a slippy grip. Awful stuff. Actually tore the skin off from my thumb and fingertips. "Yeah, it'll do that" he informs me after the fact.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

Get your pick game tight. Just use Dunlop Gator Grip 1.5mm and beat that noisemaker till the joy feelings come.

edit: http://www.amazon.com/Dunlop-417R15-1-5mm-Gator-72-Pack/dp/B0032TWT96

tacodaemon
Nov 27, 2006



I kind of like those big triangular Dunlop 426P Ultex picks because they're so wide that you can get them in a light weight and then bend them around your thumb while playing to make them stiffer as needed.

unlawfulsoup
May 12, 2001

Welcome home boys!
I only use picks made from the bone of a whale that existed for 3 hours in the early 17th century.

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Hollis Brownsound
Apr 2, 2009

by Lowtax
Fat picks own, thin picks are for assholes and child molesters.

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