Making a custom guitar pick (3 of 3)

In the first video, we roughed in the custom pick pattern with scissors,Show more

In the second video, we use files to shape the contact surfaces so they have the perfect contour.

In the third video, we use sanding blocks to put a final finish on the custom guitar pick.

This custom guitar pick can still be used like any ordinary guitar pick,

However if you rotate the pick in your hand, you will discover two new ways to hold the pick.

The first way is to hold the pick so that the smaller two tips are hitting the strings.

While holding the pick in this position, you will notice that your thumb and finger find the other notch useful as a tiny handle, to more precisely control the guitar pick, for extra articulation.

For example, the two tips are spaced the same as the guitar strings, so if you held the pick at 90 degrees to the strings, you could pluck two strings at the exact same time.

Of course, you will probably feel more confortable with your pick at a 45 degree angle, so when you pitch your wrist and/or or thumb, this angle will change, making you hit the strings either closer together in time, or farther apart.

Also, with two tips it makes it possible to hit the same string twice with just one movement,

And depending on how you tilt your wrist, will change how much time is in between the plucks.

Also, the little valley in between the two tips is very useful for controlling a string, like you can catch and trap a string in that valley between the tips.

Alternatively, you can flip the pick over, so that the two tips are facing up, and the bigger notch is interfacting with the strings.