Pick Dimensions

[Chrispy]

I need to know some pick dimensions (ie. the head, shaft length and width, and overall length) as I am making my own picks.

If someone could take 5 mins to measure the important parts of their picks and post them here, it would be unbelievably helpful.

(In mm please if you could)

I do realise that it would be easier to buy a set, but I live in Australia with no credit card

Most appreciated.

[digital_blue]

Chrispy, do a search for zeke's website. He has pick templates posted on it. Or, you could search for a post by milligan where he posted his own templates.

Hope this helps.

db

[rayman452]

I asked a question about warded pics a while ago.


http://www.wallofsoundrecords.com/picks.pdf


that site has templates galore and to scale.

fun fun fun...

[raimundo]

Take out your key ring and look at the keys, you aren't going to need a shaft longer than the 6 pin position until you run into something really special, and by then you will have experience in making picks. now for dimensions of the pick tips, remember, the pick will be moving about a lot more freely in the keyway than the key is allowed to. so you can eliminate the most extreme dimensions, the deepest and the shallowest. Trust me, if ya use yer noggin, to get that information from the keys, you will have something a lot better than some fat southernordinance pick. Then when you have this mid size pick made to dimension, do the right thing and sand it smooth with metal cutting fine grit black sandpaper. remember the the sharp square edges of the shaft do no contribute useful feedback to the pick hand so round it off along the shaft and the pick head. I use a bamboo chopstick, that is round on one end and square on the other end, this lets me get into places with the round part and also do flats with the square end, and get into sharper places with the square corner roll the black metal cutting sandpaper around the chopstick and keep it on with rubberbands on the ends of the roll. then sand you picks till they are very smooth.

[Geek142]

Hello

When I first started making my picks they were huge, I mean massive I could get it in the door lock but it was lifting the pins too far.

In my opinion the best way to get a feeling of what they look like is to get a set or a pick for you. Don’t give up because you don’t have a credit card because I didn’t and I am still purchasing sets from other members of this forum.

Just use your brain and think about how big you think it should be or learn the way I did I started making huge picks then realized I should make them smaller, then smaller, and finally to around the proper size. The templates around this site should help you out with the length and width and stuff like that.

Hope that helps and goodluck

Geek

[Chrispy]

Thanx guys, I posted this topic before I found the "Will post pick templates if needed." by zeke79.

Thank you zeke, by the way.