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Talk me out of buying this
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
I actually own a real tortoiseshell pick / plectrum. Didn't actually know what it was made out of until recently. I just assumed that it was some kind of pre-plastic material. Can't say I really noticed any difference but I never made any comparisons with it and like my plectrums to be as hard and as stiff as possible. Like 2.0mm or more. I even used to use a metal plectrum but stopped when I found my guitar strings being ground away and flat on the top side. Saying that, I was comparing different picks last night and thought that there was a different tone which surprised me.

I own an 80+ year old mandolin given to me by my grandmother in Germany who bought it, couldn't play it and stored it away for 60 years in the cellar fully strung up. It's got tortoiseshell inlay, came with a tortoiseshell plectrum and has bone handles on the machine heads. I need to get it serviced sometime because the machine heads are far too stiff which is why I don't play it. The plectrum is quite elongated compared to what you get nowadays. I like the shape.

I think I will make sure not to use the tortoiseshell plectrum and just keep it safe as a historical curiosity. I plan to take some photos of the mandolin and pick sometime.
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Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 6, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 6, 2016 at 9:57 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by brewer - August 6, 2016 at 9:57 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 6, 2016 at 9:58 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by SteelCurtain - August 6, 2016 at 9:59 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 6, 2016 at 10:00 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Minimalist - August 6, 2016 at 10:01 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 6, 2016 at 10:12 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by SteelCurtain - August 6, 2016 at 10:01 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 6, 2016 at 10:04 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Banjo - August 6, 2016 at 10:03 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by SteelCurtain - August 6, 2016 at 10:07 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 6, 2016 at 10:13 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by emjay - August 6, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 6, 2016 at 10:27 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 6, 2016 at 10:53 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Rev. Rye - August 6, 2016 at 10:57 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 2:29 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 7, 2016 at 5:00 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 5:30 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Excited Penguin - August 6, 2016 at 11:03 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Rev. Rye - August 6, 2016 at 11:13 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 6, 2016 at 11:05 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by PETE_ROSE - August 6, 2016 at 11:12 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Jackalope - August 7, 2016 at 6:34 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Aegon - August 6, 2016 at 11:16 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 6, 2016 at 11:55 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Edwardo Piet - August 6, 2016 at 11:56 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Anomalocaris - August 7, 2016 at 12:12 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 7, 2016 at 12:15 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Anomalocaris - August 7, 2016 at 12:41 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 7, 2016 at 12:41 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Losty - August 7, 2016 at 12:25 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by SteelCurtain - August 7, 2016 at 12:31 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by downbeatplumb - August 7, 2016 at 4:46 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by LastPoet - August 7, 2016 at 4:56 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by I_am_not_mafia - August 7, 2016 at 5:01 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 7, 2016 at 7:46 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by I_am_not_mafia - August 7, 2016 at 5:28 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by I_am_not_mafia - August 7, 2016 at 5:56 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 5:59 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by johan - August 7, 2016 at 9:25 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Aegon - August 7, 2016 at 9:36 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Seraphina - August 7, 2016 at 1:25 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 4:17 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by The Valkyrie - August 7, 2016 at 5:49 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by The Valkyrie - August 7, 2016 at 5:48 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 7, 2016 at 8:17 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Anomalocaris - August 7, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by The Valkyrie - August 7, 2016 at 9:28 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by account_inactive - August 7, 2016 at 9:29 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by The Valkyrie - August 7, 2016 at 9:33 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 5:52 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by johan - August 7, 2016 at 8:44 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 8:56 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by johan - August 7, 2016 at 9:06 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 10:22 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by johan - August 8, 2016 at 7:54 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Rev. Rye - August 8, 2016 at 8:28 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 8, 2016 at 10:27 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Rev. Rye - August 7, 2016 at 10:57 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2016 at 11:44 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Rev. Rye - August 8, 2016 at 12:30 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Jackalope - August 8, 2016 at 1:25 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 8, 2016 at 8:26 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 8, 2016 at 1:20 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 8, 2016 at 2:33 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by I_am_not_mafia - August 8, 2016 at 2:37 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by paulpablo - August 8, 2016 at 8:36 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Jackalope - August 8, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Thumpalumpacus - August 8, 2016 at 10:34 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Edwardo Piet - August 8, 2016 at 11:54 pm
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by Anomalocaris - August 9, 2016 at 10:38 am
RE: Talk me out of buying this - by mlmooney89 - August 9, 2016 at 11:07 am

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