What Do You keep Your Picks and Tuning Wrench In?
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- Stu Schulman
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What Do You keep Your Picks and Tuning Wrench In?
I found these nylon containers at two stores near my house,Fred Meyers,and Safeway,They are $2.00 and a lot of stuff fits in it,tuning nuts,spring clips etc.They can be found in the travel section over by the small toothpaste,and shampoo.
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Since the esteemed US medical system has seen to it that I'm forever hooked on an almost infinite number of medications, the up-side is that I have a constant supply of orange-hued see-through plastic bottles. They come in a number of sizes, so that's what I use.
Any residue in the phials will ensure that my picks and wrenches have low blood-pressure.
Any residue in the phials will ensure that my picks and wrenches have low blood-pressure.
Roger Rettig - Emmons D10
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(8+9: 'Day' pedals) Williams SD-12 (D13th: 8+6), Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and several old Martins.
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My bag could use replacin', I've been off the CR since late in my teen years, drank to much of it too early, and you know the rest...anything Canadian/Blended is a little too "sharp" for me...
I discovered Woodford Reserve on a run through the southeast about 10 years ago and have kept a bottle around ever since...love that stuff...
I played with a drummer about 15 years ago that drank a handle of Canadian Hunter EVERY weekend...wonder if that guy is still alive?!
I discovered Woodford Reserve on a run through the southeast about 10 years ago and have kept a bottle around ever since...love that stuff...
I played with a drummer about 15 years ago that drank a handle of Canadian Hunter EVERY weekend...wonder if that guy is still alive?!
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picks, wrenches...
I've kept my stuff in a cardboard stomp box container that,s coverered in in places with duct tape. The extra picks are on the bottom seperated by the foam packing material on top of which are my picks. The box is always in my seat and hs been there for 30 years. Don D.
Draw Sack
I keep my stuff in a little leather draw sack, about 4 1/2 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches tall. They cost about $ 2.50 at our local leather shop. They wear out every couple years but are cheap to replace. Then ... It takes awhile to get them softened up again so they fold easily. But it works. lol.
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Wow!!!!!!1 I had no idea that you could use other things. I thought it was "steel guitar law" that a Crown bag was to hold picks and bars!!! I don't drink the stuff but it sure makes for good storage. I learn something new every day. Greg
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I'm surprised that someone enterprising in our steel guitar retail community hasn't come up with a well-designed solution to this.
I have a small bag with a zipper for my bar and my three favourite picks (only the spares go in the medicine bottles) that I 'stole' from my wife. The downside is that is has a somewhat feminine look to it.
Like my pink golf-shirts, however, I display it with all confidence....
I have a small bag with a zipper for my bar and my three favourite picks (only the spares go in the medicine bottles) that I 'stole' from my wife. The downside is that is has a somewhat feminine look to it.
Like my pink golf-shirts, however, I display it with all confidence....
Roger Rettig - Emmons D10
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On the guitar:- Slyde-Car and Pup from Dale Hansen. Nothing better, in my view.
Off the guitar:- everything - volume pedal, spare strings, tools, cords, Mothers metal polish, polishing cloths, Slyde-Car & Pup, wooden wedges (for tilting amp and holding doors open) etc - goes into an Irwin "Builders Bag" which has two separate zippered compartments as well as a bunch of interior and exterior pockets. It sits on the floor next to me, or somewhere nearby if I'm on-stage. Heavy duty dark-blue Cordura, and two convenient carrying handles make this a real "must-have" steel guitar accessory. Looks super-cool, works extra well. "Grab-n-Go" sort of thing. I got mine at the Australian equivalent of Home Depot (Bunnings, familiar to all us Aussies).
Off the guitar:- everything - volume pedal, spare strings, tools, cords, Mothers metal polish, polishing cloths, Slyde-Car & Pup, wooden wedges (for tilting amp and holding doors open) etc - goes into an Irwin "Builders Bag" which has two separate zippered compartments as well as a bunch of interior and exterior pockets. It sits on the floor next to me, or somewhere nearby if I'm on-stage. Heavy duty dark-blue Cordura, and two convenient carrying handles make this a real "must-have" steel guitar accessory. Looks super-cool, works extra well. "Grab-n-Go" sort of thing. I got mine at the Australian equivalent of Home Depot (Bunnings, familiar to all us Aussies).
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I had a leather zippered pouch that my brother custom made to fit bar & picks with a side zippered pocket that held my wrenches and allen wrenches for the guitar. It finally fell apart after 30 or so years. Now I use the case that my glucose meter goes in. It has a pocket where my picks, small mag light and tuning wrench fit. Has a zippered pouch where tools go and an elastic loop that that bar fits into perfectly. It is nylon (I think) and has a zipper to keep it closed. Even has a velcro belt loop/clip on the back.
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- Roger Rettig
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Hey, Richard - that's smart!
I have a couple of those meters (there's the medical profession to the rescue again!) and mine are a sort of nylon, and of quite substantial construction....
Maybe it's time to give my wife back her lilac/floral-patterned make-up bag!
I have a couple of those meters (there's the medical profession to the rescue again!) and mine are a sort of nylon, and of quite substantial construction....
Maybe it's time to give my wife back her lilac/floral-patterned make-up bag!
Roger Rettig - Emmons D10
(8+9: 'Day' pedals) Williams SD-12 (D13th: 8+6), Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and several old Martins.
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George L makes a leather pouch, or used to. I've had a couple. The one I use now is a double zipper leather pouch that I got a couple years ago from someone on this here forum. Very nice. Just can't remember who from or if they still make them.
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