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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 2:22 pm |
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| I'M CURRENTLY USING DUNLOP 0.20 PICKS. IS THAT ABOUT AS CLOSE TO THE OLD JEFF NEWMAN DIAMON D AS I CAN GET TODAY? |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 2:32 pm
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| JF Diamond Rings are a little heavier at about .026. |
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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 3:23 pm Picks
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| I HAVE SOME DUNLOP .025'S THAT SHOULD DO THE TRICK. THANKS JERRY |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 3:57 pm
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| You are quite welcome sir. |
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Richard Lotspeich
From:
North Georgia
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 5:28 pm
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National NP2. Same pick,round holes,and not pre-bent.
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Justin Emmert
From:
Greensboro, NC
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 7:48 pm
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 20 Aug 2020 4:57 am
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There's premium priced copies of the prewar Nationals made by Showcase 41, Hoffmeyer, Yates etc
But best to start w/brass (easiest) or nickel silver (not stainless) NP2's and shaping the blade by pressing a 8mm hex wrench wrapped in duct tape into the back of the blade on a soft (carpeted) surface
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- keyless Sonny Jenkins laps stay in tune forever!; Carter PSG
- The secret sauce: polyester sweatpants to buff your picks, cheapo Presonus channel strip for preamp/EQ/compress/limiter, Diet Mountain Dew
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Richard Lotspeich
From:
North Georgia
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Posted 20 Aug 2020 11:31 am
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The "rub" on JF vs NP2 seems to be the blade shape. Im thinking of making a die for the blade bend. Fran told me "she" bent every one sold by hand. I have some new ones to go by,but not so sure they are all the same through the years. I also noticed NP2s went up to 16 bucks for 2 pair.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 20 Aug 2020 4:16 pm
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I shape the NP2s using round-nosed pliers.
Patience required, but a good result.
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 20 Aug 2020 5:57 pm
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
I shape the NP2s using round-nosed pliers.
Patience required, but a good result. |
Yes, really useful for lots of things, get these at craft/hobby/fabric stores or jewelers supply stores, wrap in duct tape /vinyl tubing:
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- keyless Sonny Jenkins laps stay in tune forever!; Carter PSG
- The secret sauce: polyester sweatpants to buff your picks, cheapo Presonus channel strip for preamp/EQ/compress/limiter, Diet Mountain Dew |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2020 6:51 pm
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The best way I have found after fixing many sets is, smooth edges an curl wrappers out slightly, Then a drill bit slightly smaller than your index finger and a small ballpein hammer. By pecking the wrappers and moving it around the drill bit you can make a smooth contour with no catching sharp bends. My Right middle finger has damage and bends toward my index finger, If the wrappers have sharp bends the pick catch on each other and pulls 1 of them off.
That piece inside my thumb pick is a little piece of 3M stair safety tape, I have been using it for years and no thumb pick slip. |
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 21 Aug 2020 11:45 pm
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Making picks in bulk (including shaping blade with pliers)
http://www.deanhoffmeyer.com/nationalpicks/hutchens.html
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- keyless Sonny Jenkins laps stay in tune forever!; Carter PSG
- The secret sauce: polyester sweatpants to buff your picks, cheapo Presonus channel strip for preamp/EQ/compress/limiter, Diet Mountain Dew |
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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 22 Aug 2020 1:53 pm picks
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GENE,
ATE THE PICKS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE ARTICLE ABOVE THE NATIONAL NP2'S? THANKS CLARK |
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 22 Aug 2020 2:48 pm
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Clark: no, they're called Little Roy's Own, they look different from vintage Nationals, if you do a Control-F on this page for "banjo pick" that's them
https://littleroyandlizzy.com/product
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- keyless Sonny Jenkins laps stay in tune forever!; Carter PSG
- The secret sauce: polyester sweatpants to buff your picks, cheapo Presonus channel strip for preamp/EQ/compress/limiter, Diet Mountain Dew |
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