EssentialTension Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 51 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: Can I have one? 🙂 £4.99 a dozen here ... https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/accessories-c2/picks-plectrums-c50/standard-shape-c407/jim-dunlop-12-pick-player-pack-1-0mm-nylon-standard-guitar-plectrums-p8776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I have a few from some bloke named Jim Dunlop. Can't remember the gig or what band he's in 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I had Todd Campbells (it was a ninja-like catch, left-handed, just flipped my hand up to shoulder level as a distance on no more than six feet) 🙂 But I lost it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I have a couple from Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (Misfits & Doyle) and one from Lars Freidrickson (Old Firm Casuals and Rancid). Fat Mike of NOFX threw one at me right between the eyes, beautiful shot but someone else picked it up. Front row at the Fleece in Bristol virtually guarantees you can pick one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I've a bag of Hofner picks, kindly donated by Hofner when I organised the First French (Hofner...) Bash a few years ago now. Many were distributed to attendees, but I've a lot left over. I don't use 'em much; I'm a drummer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I got one off Joey DeMaio of Manowar in 1984. It was yellow with his name on it. I used it for at least 10 years before I lost it. Still cheesed off I lost it now, there was easily another 10 years of wear left in it! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Maude said: Totally, the drumsticks I got weren't from a concert but were given to me as a thank you by the drummer for a job. His signature was printed on them by Vic Firth and I suspect he doesn't even use them when gigging. I gave them to our drummer but he didn't like them. I think your drummer is missing the point of desirable but useless objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: I think your drummer is missing the point of desirable but useless objects. That's the point though, they weren't that desirable. Maybe if they were hand signed rather than printed, but they where still just sticks that somebody famous had never used, so just sticks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Maude said: That's the point though, they weren't that desirable. Maybe if they were hand signed rather than printed, but they where still just sticks that somebody famous had never used, so just sticks. It's not like some artist would have sticks / picks printed with their name on if it was deliberately a type of sticks / picks they don't use themselves. Well, I would, just to put people off if they thought my pick would give them 'my sound'... I'd be like "Hah! You thought that pick would sound more like me, but in fact it sounds less so!" ... but nobody else would be such an 'sshole. 🤗 Or, I suppose some stick / pick firm might send an artist a job-lot of them on spec, hoping the artist would use them and/or give them out to people, which would look like an endorsement... yeah, that could happen. Edited February 22, 2021 by Ricky 4000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: It's not like some artist would have sticks / picks printed with their name on if it was deliberately a type of sticks / picks they don't use themselves. Well, I would, just to put people off if they thought my pick would give them 'my sound'... I'd be like "Hah! You thought that pick would sound more like me, but in fact it sounds less so!" ... but nobody else would be such an 'sshole. 🤗 Or, I suppose some stick / pick firm might send an artist a job-lot of them on spec, hoping the artist would use them and/or give them out to people, which would look like an endorsement... yeah, that could happen. I think this is getting way off topic but I do wonder how much of an endorsement deal is just a business transaction and the endorsee just has to use a certain item a few times at high profile gigs to get the brand out there. But soon go back to their preferred items. The drummer concerned was a Vic Firth endorsee but the factory printed signature just seemed a tad crass. It matters not as I gave the sticks to our drummer and pocketed the wedge of cash I extracted from the other drummer. The printed signature of the chief cashier of The Bank of England on the was far more acceptable. 😁 Edited February 22, 2021 by Maude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Maude said: I think this is getting way off topic but I do wonder how much of an endorsement deal is just a business transaction and the endorsee just has to use a certain item a few times at high profile gigs to get the brand out there. But soon go back to their preferred items. The drummer concerned was a Vic Firth endorsee but the factory printed signature just seemed a tad crass. It matters not as I gave the sticks to our drummer and pocketed the wedge of cash I extracted from him. The printed signature of the chief cashier of The Bank of England on the was far more acceptable. 😁 Doyle from Misfits said in an interview his signature guitar is shitty. Matt Freeman did have a signature Squire P bass while he played an American P bass with Seymour duncan pickups. The signature bass didn't even look like his. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Maude said: ... I gave them to our drummer but he didn't like them. I wouldn't thank you much for sticks like that, either. I don't hit hard, but every pair I had broke. Not a fan. Edited February 22, 2021 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, SteveXFR said: Doyle from Misfits said in an interview his signature guitar is shitty. Matt Freeman did have a signature Squire P bass while he played an American P bass with Seymour duncan pickups. The signature bass didn't even look like his. This could be an interesting separate thread. Signatures and their real counterparts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 2 hours ago, 4000 said: I got one off Joey DeMaio of Manowar in 1984. It was yellow with his name on it. I used it for at least 10 years before I lost it. Still cheesed off I lost it now, there was easily another 10 years of wear left in it! 😂 This wins. 🤘🤘🤘 Please don't shatter my illusions as I'm imagining it being forged from the same gold as the one true ring in the Tolkein trilogy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Dad3353 said: I wouldn't thank you much for sticks like that, either. I don't hit hard, but every pair I had broke. Not a fan. Well I don't bleedin' know do I. I did actually catch one of our own drummers sticks once, just behind my right ear. Apparently trying to get my attention. Bloody drummers. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, sykilz said: This wins. 🤘🤘🤘 Please don't shatter my illusions as I'm imagining it being forged from the same gold as the one true ring in the Tolkein trilogy. Don't worry, picks are real. We never should have brought sticks into it. 😬 2 minutes ago, Maude said: I did actually catch one of our own drummers sticks once, just behind my right ear. Apparently trying to get my attention. 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Maude said: Well I don't bleedin' know do I. I did actually catch one of our own drummers sticks once, just behind my right ear. Apparently trying to get my attention. Bloody drummers. 😁 What..? You don't know..? You don't know what sticks your drummer uses, and why..? You're not on speaking terms or what..? What kind of bassist has no interest in his partner in crime to that extent..? I'm surprised, shocked, and saddened. Yes, saddened that such a potential for fine complicit teamwork be compromised by such a cavalier attitude. Time to wake up, in the interests of making Good Music together..! ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I've got two drumsticks from gigs. I think one was from UFO,, can't remember the other, might have been the Stranglers. They were both 'name' bands. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 hours ago, 4000 said: I got one off Joey DeMaio of Manowar in 1984. It was yellow with his name on it. I used it for at least 10 years before I lost it. Still cheesed off I lost it now, there was easily another 10 years of wear left in it! 😂 What was it made from?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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