I know there's gotta be some guitar players here?

The reason I ask, is because I craft some highly renowned guitar picks.
I'd just like to say, to anyone who has helped me, or does help me,
if you would like to try a Surfpick, I'll be happy to make one for you.


I would have put this in the Diesel forum... but I didn't want to clutter up a serious help area.

Gracias,
Ra
http://surfpick.com

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'87 300SDL

dieselbenz

As a young boy, I wanted to learn to play guitar very badly. And now I do. Very, VERY badly...

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08 W251 R350
97 W210 E320
91 W124 300E
86 W126 560SEL
85 W126 380SE Silver
85 W126 380SE Cranberry
79 W123 250
78 W123 280E
75 W114 280

I've been playin' nigh on 40 years
and I still suck.

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'87 300SDL

dieselbenz

Sometime I wonder if my wrench turning is as bad as my finger picking technique.

I play, but not very well (or very often). Neat webiste, by the way!

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

Thank you.

Wrenching and playing a guitar do seem incongruous, in a way.
One is art and one is useful.
[ edited to say; I realize that wrenching can be elevated to an art form ]

You'd almost expect a dieselhead to be more into building a guitar, than playing it?

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dieselbenz

I play jazz fusion, a guitar player of 14 years, have rebuilt most of my car besides the powertrain. I don't play with a pick, though...much too restrictive. That pick on your website does look like the same finish as on one of my axes...are they really made of wood?

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1989 300E 144K

If a diesel owner tried to build a guitar, it would probably weigh more than a 6/12 Gibson SG:



Have fret buzz galore, even when in pertect tune . . .

but even Pete Townsend would have to put down the kiddie porn and work out to smash it.

I play classical so I don't use a pick. Interesting looking site though.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

No. Not at the same time, anyway!

When younger I had a nice honey blonde '59 Fender Telly but now it's Trumpet and Cornet for section and solo work.

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Yeah, the guitar picks are wood.
I only use one wood... Lignum Vitae.
It's pretty amazing that a 1mm sliver of wood
can take prolonged pounding against steel.

On the Mohs hardness scale,
which is measured by pressing a 1/2" stainless steel ball
exactly halfway, into the side of a plank....
Lignum Vitae requires 4500 pounds.
Oak and Teak rate about 1000.

I've also been messing with something called Cumaru,
that is 3500. ( also known as Brazilian Teak )
I've been making bigger stuff with it, because I got 3000 pounds.
It is brutal tough.


I've thought of a Lignum Vitae electric guitar.
It would probably weigh 30 pounds... but I'll bet it would sustain forever.
I may try something like that with the Cumaru, since I have so much more of it.
I'm thinking of a one piece neck and body.
I wouldn't even have a fretboard on the neck,
I'd polish the Cumaru instead and possibly make it fretless?

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'87 300SDL

dieselbenz

Howdy All, I hate wrenches and the only thing I can do with a geetar is smash it. Oh!¡ I can also set them on fire :-)

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Frank X. Morris
17 Kia Niro
08 Jeep Wrangler 4 door unlimited

So do you play self-igniting or manual burn?

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Howdy Carleton,
Lighter fluid and a match. Any more complicated and I'm lost. Although I would like to try a flamethrower.

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Frank X. Morris
17 Kia Niro
08 Jeep Wrangler 4 door unlimited