Where do you stash your picks?

[leftyguitarjoe]

I was wondering what methods you all use for pick storage during a show. I kinda just shove a few in my pocket

 

[SargeantVomit]

If you have a pickguard and don't use picks that are too thick, slide a bunch inside it.

 

[CrashRG]

mic stand pick holders, find a random spot on your guitar that you can hide them if possible, double sided tape. a guy i used to jam with used to keep one in his hand and one clenched in his teeth during shows......i also used to jam with a bass player who used a spot of glue so he wouldnt drop his pick so much.......strange feller he was.

 

[leftyguitarjoe]

i also used to jam with a bass player who used a spot of glue so he wouldnt drop his pick so much.......strange feller he was.

hahaha.

Thats insane, but possibly the best idea ever....

 

[CrashRG]

i don't know what type of glue it was. insanely sticky stuff, but it wasnt superglue. im pretty sure he wasnt right in the head, but hey, what musicians are?

 

[Demeyes]

I always keep a few picks in that small pocket above the normal one in jeans. I can reach that pretty easily. For gigs and practice I normally throw one on top of my amp too which is easy to get to if I need to. I don't recall ever dropping a pick during a gig though.

 

[TomAwesome]

I have some of those Dunlop pick holders stuck to the face of the power conditioner in my rack and one on the back of the headstock of my stage guitar.

 

[estabon37]

I also use the pick holders, but I've just stuck them of the lower horn on a couple of my 'crappier' guitars. Even though I like guitars that look sexy, at the end of the day they're just tools you use to help you create/perform/fellate(?!)/jam and a pick holder on the front not too far from your hand can get you out of a tricky spot.

Another option is changing picks. Dava have picks with rubber sections that don't slip as easy as plain plastic picks. Other picks just have roughed up "gripping" areas.

Or you could staple your pick to your fingers.

Sorry. Felt sick.

 

[hufschmid]

Or you could staple your pick to your fingers. Sorry. Felt sick.

 

[S-O]

You know that little pocket in jeans, the one that is useless, well I have found a use for it, my picks. I have 3-4 jazz III's (ultex, EJ's, or regs) in there.

 

[Thin_Ice_77]

I don't drop picks very often, so I have one when I'm playing and a couple of top of my amp.

 

[ilikes2shred]

I have a pick holder in the control cavity of one of my guitars (magnetic cavity cover) just for everyday use.

If I was doing lots of gigs and stuff though and dropped my pick a lot, I'd probably just attach one to my pants or something.

 

[Ckackley]

I've got a mic stand holder that I keep on my pedalboard .. Always have 6 or so Dunlop Jazz 3's for myself and a few .88's for our other guitarist, just in case. I'm overly cautious that way ...

 

[chaosxcomplex]

My pockets are always full of them, whether im playing or not. as for glue, has anyone used that Gorilla Snot stuff?

 

[Tukaar]

I don't really drop mine very often, for I use Dunlop 3.0mm Big Stubbys. But just in case, I keep a few in a red plastic cup on top of my head on the floor. (I keep it on the floor to accommodate stage antics on the cabinet(s).)

 

[Krankguitarist]

I do lead vox too, so I keep a dunlop pick holder on my stand and load it up with the purple tortex jazz III's.

 

[Meldville]

I don't drop picks very often, so I have one when I'm playing and a couple of top of my amp.

 

[Andrew_B]

on my amp,
one in the pocket is useful

 

[budda]

I keep the one i'll use in my pocket, and i usually bring my pick container - a sucrets lozenges box - in my guitar's case.

I pick up a pick if i drop it.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

I carry mine in my roadcase in a pill bottle. When we actually play though, I have a couple spread out on my cab and a couple in my pocket. I don't drop them onstage very much.