How Many Is Enough?

[stewblack]

How many is the accepted amount of plectrums one must own to be guaranteed to find one when you want to use one?

Thank you. 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

Same formula as basses. How many you actually have + 1. 

[Nail Soup]

I reckon twelve should do it. Put eleven in various places... coin compartment of wallet, that little pocket at the front of trousers, some in the gig bag, one in the coin holder of your car. 
Finally unscrew one of the cavity covers on your bass and put one in there. And screw it back on 😀.

Edited November 22, 2020 by Nail Soup

[Dad3353]

8 minutes ago, stewblack said:

How many is the accepted amount of plectrums one must own to be guaranteed to find one when you want to use one?

Thank you. 

I have a bag with about one hundred or so plectrums in it. I can never find the bag. 

(Disclaimer : I play finger-style only; it's when I want to find a pick for a guitarist that I hunt  ...)

[Maude]

My favourites are the Dunlop nylon 1mm ones. They're black and as such pretty much single use. 

[Nail Soup]

Before anyone else says it, 5...... little, ring, middle, index and thumb.

[ahpook]

Depends if there's been a guitarist near them recently.

 

 

Edited November 22, 2020 by ahpook

[jimmyb625]

28 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Same formula as basses. How many you actually have + 1. 

N=N+1=N

[jimmyb625]

Put one in the last place you'd look, that way you'll be sure to find it.

[Newfoundfreedom]

It doesn't really matter how many you have.

They'll only run away with all the pens anyway.  

[Maude]

43 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

It doesn't really matter how many you have.

They'll only run away with all the pens anyway.  

And if you ever find all the odd socks I'll bet all the missing pens and plectrums are inside them, along with the spare car keys and probably a remote control. 

[oldslapper]

8 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

It doesn't really matter how many you have.

They'll only run away with all the pens anyway.  

And make coat hangers 

[stewblack]

2 hours ago, oldslapper said:

And make coat hangers 

And the flipping spare pickguard for the bass you would otherwise have sold. 

[TheGreek]

Zero!!! Use your fingers...😘

[uk_lefty]

I bought a shed load in my first few years of playing. I rarely ever use them unless I really, really need to. I've still got some that I bought in my teens. The one I favour most is a big yellow fender one at. 73mm. I call it "the Dorito". This must be 20 years old and still going. Also my favourite straps, RightOn fake leather, have a little pick-pocket on them that I stick some Dunlop medium picks in, but these are more to lend to the guitarists than use myself. 

[BigRedX]

I buy Herco Flex 75s, a hundred at a time. I make sure that there is always at least one in every bag or guitar case that I am likely to be taking to rehearsal and/or gigs, plus one tucked between the strings of every guitar or bass that I am currently using. When the box of a hundred starts to look a bit empty I order another one. I started this practice in the early 90s and I am currently on my 4th box. If I start gigging again next year I'll probably be thinking about placing another order in 12 months time.

[Newfoundfreedom]

59 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Zero!!! Use your fingers...😘

I'm a multi instrumentalist dontcha know.

I'm fecking useless on guitar as well as bass. 

😋

[Nail Soup]

How do you confuse a guitarist? Offer them 3 plectrums and tell them to take their pick !

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, Nail Soup said:

How do you confuse a guitarist? Offer them 3 plectrums and tell them to take their pick !

You won’t get it back though, and they’ll take your lead too!

[4000]

A couple of years back I bought about 10. I’ve still got them all, and I’m a pick player 99.9% of the time. Once upon a time I had a plectrum that Joey DeMaio (Manowar) gave me and I used that for many years before sadly losing it. 

[Skybone]

18 hours ago, jimmyb625 said:

N=N+1=N

Surely, with Plectrums, it should be P +5?

[P-Belly Evans]

I have a shed load of nylon .73 Dunlops in one place. My dad also bought me this one Christmas which was really thoughtful and cool as! No fear of not having a plectrum..... 

Now where is my gorgeous wife's credit card😂.