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Location: GA USA | All I know is since Beggin' got me using Snarling Dogs, I can't hold on to anything else. |
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| Almost forgot about that. Tone only test, everybody voted on which pick they thought produced the best tone when I strummed/struck individual notes on a Takamine EF75J amplified thru a Genz-Benz Shen100.
The choices were:
1. Genuine tortoise
2. Blue Chip
3. Read Bear
4. Pearse Tortex
5. D'Andrea Pro plec
6. Fender cellulose
7. Dunlop nylon or Delrin, can't remember exactly
2, 3 and 4 are made from cellulose, each company with a (supposedly) proprietary formulation/process, and are supposed to be the closest thing to genuine tortoise that chemists can synthesize ona large scale.
Cost:
1. Unavailable/illegal for sale, you pretty much have to happen across one at a garage sale (or know someone who knows someone, then pay a king's ransom).
2. $30-40 (yes, that's each)
3. $20-30 ditto
4. $2-4 each
5. ~$7/dozen
6. pennies or less
7. pennies or less
The verdict:
Round 1: 6 & 7 fell out.
Round 2: 2 & 3 fell out.
Round 3: 1 was considered "best" by the majority, with 4 and 5 pretty much tied. |
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| DOH! Too late to edit the last post. The Red Bear, Blue Chip and Tortex aren't made from cellulose, they're made from casein (milk protein). |
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Location: Flahdaw | What does "fell out" refer to? I assume it's not good.
I've got my eye on the turtles in my backyard pond. How would one go about making a guitar pick out of one of them? |
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| "What does "fell out" refer to?"
dropped out of the running.
Gotsta be sea turtle. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | So, I travel up to Queensland (or ask Muzz to go down the beach at egg laying/egg hatching time). Then I gets me a turtle. Do you hold the turtle by the flipper and strum the guitar with the shell, or hold it by the shell and use the flippers?
Is it better to use a big turtle and cut the shell down, or do you get one of the babies and use the whole shell? |
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Location: Flahdaw | I think a steamroller fits into the equation somehow. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by dark bar:
What does "fell out" refer to? I assume it's not good.
I've got my eye on the turtles in my backyard pond. How would one go about making a guitar pick out of one of them? Geez Bob, What are you from South Central Florida or something? |
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Location: GA USA | I never even knew this happened. Must have happened after I went to bed. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Captain Lovehandles:
Must have happened after I went to bed. Nah, it occurred while you were having S&G for dessert! |
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| Originally posted by TAFKAR:
So, I travel up to Queensland (or ask Muzz to go down the beach at egg laying/egg hatching time). Then I gets me a turtle. Do you hold the turtle by the flipper and strum the guitar with the shell, or hold it by the shell and use the flippers?
Is it better to use a big turtle and cut the shell down, or do you get one of the babies and use the whole shell? Strum with the flipper for a softer tone, the shell when you want to really dig in. I prefer the babies, myself. The big ones tire your arm out, especially when they flail around. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by G8r:
Originally posted by TAFKAR:
So, I travel up to Queensland (or ask Muzz to go down the beach at egg laying/egg hatching time). Then I gets me a turtle. Do you hold the turtle by the flipper and strum the guitar with the shell, or hold it by the shell and use the flippers?
Is it better to use a big turtle and cut the shell down, or do you get one of the babies and use the whole shell? Strum with the flipper for a softer tone, the shell when you want to really dig in. I prefer the babies, myself. The big ones tire your arm out, especially when they flail around. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Once a thread gets to about page 8 it starts getting a little weird, you know. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Do you think a turtle and a turtleback could be "Happy Together"? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Do you think a turtle and a turtleback could be "Happy Together"? <snort, chuckle>
Soooo, that's where these come from...
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| Page 8? Used to be most of them'd derail by the 5th post. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | It would HAVE to be a southern tortoise.
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