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Topic: Does anybody know anything about these? |
Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Colby Tipton
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Crosby, Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 12:06 pm |
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Sounds like sales hipe to me. I wouldn't pay that much for picks. I just stick with the Nationals myself. Who knows they may do what they claim but I still wouldn't pay that much for picks. Cobalt is used a lot for hard surface clading on metal mechanical parts.
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Tony Russell
From:
North of England
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 12:21 pm
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Yes, I agree - it's a lot to pay, and you can still lose 'em!
Regards Tony. |
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Randy Gilliam
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 12:39 pm
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| Are these the ones that make you sound like Buddy Emmons? If so i need a set. Randy Gilliam |
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Casey Lowmiller
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Kansas
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 12:57 pm
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Nah Randy, these are the ones that make you sound like Jimmy Day.
You must be thinkin' of something else.
Try the place that sells the ones that make you sound like Ralph Mooney...I'm pretty sure they had the Big E ones too!!! JJK
Casey
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Carter-Starter, Fender Pedal 800, Fender Champion, Guyatone Double-neck, a cheap Artisan & a Homemade Double-neck!
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Eugene Cole
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near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 1:31 pm
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Given that the description does not provide any details about the plating type or thickness it sounds like puffery to me.
Goodness knows that I went through a lot of finger-picks before I quit using them many years ago. Actually I still use a thumb pick every so often and fingerpicks a handful of times (pun intended) every year (but I digress). I have had metal picks become corroded, lose their temper/stiffness, get stepped-on, become crushed, go flying through the air, and even break on a few occasions. I do not recall having picks that lasted long enough that they began squeaking.
These cobalt plated picks are no more robust nor any less prone to disappearing than fingerpicks that most music stores stock and mark-up several hundred percent.
Find me a one-time $10 purchase which will allow me to use my hands whenever I want to without ever having joint pain again and I will be separated from that $10 faster than a 64th note at 500 beats per minute in a 13/4 time signature.
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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David Biggers
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 3:54 pm
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| Pro-piks all the way for me. They fit perrrrrfect.They even come in a handy carring case. |
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Jerry H. Moore
From:
Newnan, GA, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 5:05 pm
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Don't get steel picks confused with banjo picks. The difference is...steel picks don't squeak. :=)
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LET IT SWING!!!! |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 5:37 pm
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| Nah Randy, these are the ones that make you sound like Jimmy Day. |
You have to reverse them for the "Emmons" sound.
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 24 Dec 2006 5:42 pm
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| Touche Basil...Touche I say!!! |
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Hans Holzherr
From:
Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
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Posted 25 Dec 2006 11:47 am
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Some years ago I bought National NP2 picks for playing banjo, and after using them for 10 hours or so they started scratching which in turn got me scratching my head in disbelief... Such a good pick with such a bad finish! Then I found and got me the cobalt plated version, and that made all the difference. So, regarding the NP2s, cobalt plating is everything but sales hipe. I believe the NP2s were the first cobalt plated brand available from Bob Perry, but now he has extended his business to many other brands, of which at least some have a surface that will certainly last without additional plating.
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