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Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

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Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby cowboypicker » 1 Aug 2013 20:58

Hello all! Sorry if this has already been beat to death. I was thinking about expanding my very basic tool kit and was wanting recommendations on jigglers. Ill be honest, I'm not really too good at picking and just now starting to spp. I'm somewhat familiar with how they work. Also, I've been reading about bogatas. They seem to be a hit when people use the right technique. For someone who is fair at picking, would I be better off with jigglers or bogata?

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby GWiens2001 » 1 Aug 2013 21:43

My personal favorite is one of Rainundo's hand made Bogota sets. No company I have seen comes anywhere near to the quality of his work.

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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby spoonzor » 2 Aug 2013 0:54

i personally prefer Bogota picks over most "jigglers". I guess it depends on the type of lock you want to rake too.
To be honest i'm not exactly sure when a pick is called a "jiggler". All "jigglers" i've seen where for wafer locks, for example old car and motorbike locks..

PherricOxide wrote:On a pin and tumbler lock you can overset pins when jiggling pretty easily, and the only way to fix it is to release most of your tension and let them drop. On a wafer lock, due to the fact you can push the pins both up and down, overset pins when jiggling aren't a problem since they just get pushed back the other way when pressure is applied the other direction.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=56070



single pin is the best way to go for learning how stuff works/what's going on in the lock, so some different hooks are most important in my opinion.
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby MrAnybody » 2 Aug 2013 1:06

GWiens2001 wrote:My personal favorite is one of Rainundo's hand made Bogota sets. No company I have seen comes anywhere near to the quality of his work.

Gordon


+1 all the way.
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby fgarci03 » 2 Aug 2013 2:26

MrAnybody wrote:
GWiens2001 wrote:My personal favorite is one of Rainundo's hand made Bogota sets. No company I have seen comes anywhere near to the quality of his work.

Gordon


+1 all the way.

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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby cowboypicker » 2 Aug 2013 8:20

Thanks for the replies! I'm not going to give up on single pin picking, I enjoy the challenge and my skills are improving, slowly. I do think ill look into getting a set of Raimundo's (sp) picks. From what

I understand, I can order them from him on this forum?

Thanks,
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby Squelchtone » 2 Aug 2013 8:35

cowboypicker wrote:Thanks for the replies! I'm not going to give up on single pin picking, I enjoy the challenge and my skills are improving, slowly. I do think ill look into getting a set of Raimundo's (sp) picks. From what

I understand, I can order them from him on this forum?

Thanks,
Matt


PM him and find out =) If he's making sets right now you'll be in good shape, I love my Bogota rakes.

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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby cowboypicker » 2 Aug 2013 16:14

Squelchtone, actually just made a bogata. Finished it up about 20 minutes ago! I must say I am very impressed. I can only imagine how we'll one of Raimundo's will work. Looks like I may have no choice but to PM him after payday.
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby fgarci03 » 2 Aug 2013 21:09

I made a small review on Raimundo's Bogotas vs other immitations. Nothing fancy but you might want to take a look: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=57363&p=418389&hilit=pagoda+bogota#p418389
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby cowboypicker » 2 Aug 2013 21:51

Nice review. I do think I'm gonna pony up for the real deal

And as soon and I get to a computer, ill get some pics up
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby cowboypicker » 2 Aug 2013 21:56

I was referring to a pic of a a few pics I made this afternoon
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Re: Newbie question. Jiggler or bogata?, first post!

Postby spoonzor » 2 Aug 2013 22:50

I jsut stumbled onto this fantastic video on jigglers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eISem6CE ... AvckyxC4Nw
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