Ever wanted to make your own guitar picks? Looks like it’s pretty easy to do with a little time, some imagination, and some household throwaway items. I was surprised how inventive people can be. The Makezine had an article on making your own credit card guitar picks that was pretty cool. How much easier could it be, you just trace an existing pick – and then cut them out!

Check out this Flickr photo pool of homemade guitar picks! This guy has been using every imaginable including cardboard, cd’s, aluminum, plastic packaging, and the lid of a laptop!

Here’s a YouTube video of a guy making his own clear guitar pick:

The only disadvantage I can see to all this is the fact that you have to sand the edges of your homemade picks with an emery board before using – and that seems a bit tedious. I am personally pretty attached to my Fender Medium Tortoise shell picks, and I can go through one every couple days. I prefer buying my guitar picks in a bulk lot – so I don’t have to buy any again for quite awhile?

Lot of 36pcs Medium 0.71mm Assorte guitar picks New
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Guitar Picks- Mix Lot of 6- GHS Strings/Alice/Fender
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Fender Guitar Picks-Black- Lot of 6
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Alice Guitar Picks- Mix Lot of 6
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6 Lot- Fender "Heavy" Celluoid Guitar Picks - Assorted Colors
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Fender Guitar Picks- Mix Lot of 6
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Gibson & Fender Guitar Picks-Black- Lot of 6
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COOL PICKS ULTRA COOL SERIES GUITAR PICK THIN 60mm LOT Cellulon BI-MATRIX
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MEGADETH - guitar pick picks plectrum LOT of 4 **RARE** MAX ROCK ** MUSTAINE ...
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Gibson Guitar Picks-Thin- Lot of 6
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Lot of 13 CUSTOM Made Wal Mart / Kitty Cat Guitar Picks Hand Crafted
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Custom GIBSON Guitar Pick (plectrum)
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Lot of 5 CUSTOM Made AMERICAN EXPRESS Guitar picks Hand Crafted
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Clayton Custom Guitar Pick Gift Card 100 Graphic Picks Design Your Own Picks WOW
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Lot of 5 CUSTOM Made iTunes Guitar picks Hand Crafted
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Lot of 5 CUSTOM Made STARBUCKS Guitar picks Hand Crafted
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Clayton Custom Guitar Pick Gift Card 30 Text Picks Design Your Own Picks WOW
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VIntage 2 RED Fender Heavy guitar picks Stratocaster Custom Color Brilliant GIFT
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Custom TAYLOR Guitar Pick (plectrum)
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Crayon Crescent Grip Guitar Pick - Custom Cut & Polished Retro Vintage
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The ZZ Top Guitar Lesson post I made on this blog is one of the most visited pages to date. I can understand why, ZZ top has tons of songs that guitarists of all ages want to learn. It’s kind of like “Iron Man”, every guitar player has to learn “Tush” don’t they? Last year I finally bought a ZZ Top Guitar Tab book Anthology – just so I could learn all the riffs that I hadn’t figured out over the years. This is one of the only guitar books I’ve purchased in the last decade, and it was worth every penny!

ZZ TOP - GUITAR ANTHOLOGY TAB SONG BOOK - BILLY GIBBONS
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ZZ Top Guitar Anthology Rock Tab Sheet Music Song Book
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ZZ TOP GUITAR ANTHOLOGY GUITAR MUSIC SONG BOOK TAB
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ZZ Top - Guitar Anthology - Guitar Recorded Version
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ZZ TOP GUITAR ANTHOLOGY TAB SHEET MUSIC SONG BOOK
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Zz Top - Guitar Anthology NEW Paperback 2003
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Billy Gibbons has such a unique blues sound, and his tasty licks and riffs are in some of my all time favorite songs – like “LaGrange”, “Waiting for the Bus”, “Tube Snake Boogie”, and “Just Got Paid”. I’ve read that he has played his ’59 Les Paul on every single record to date, and he named it “Pearly Gates” for it’s heavenly blues sound.

Seymour Duncan has produced the “Pearly Gates” humbucker, and let me tell you – it will change your guitars sound into a blues-rock machine! I even use mine for a great Van Halen, 80′s hair metal sound. I installed a pair of Pearly Gates pickups in my Ibanez Artcore semi-hollow body guitar, and it sounds 100 times better! I got a great deal on my Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates on eBay – here are some deals listed there right now:

Vintage Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Humbucker Pickup. PGBJ Label on Back.
	USD 45.00 (11 Bids) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-05 21:46:10
NEW Seymour Duncan SH-PG1b&n Pearly Gates Humbucker PICKUP SET Zebra Bridge Neck
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Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates
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Seymour Duncan TB-PG-1b Pearly Gates Bridge Trembucker White
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Seymour Duncan PG-1 Pearly Gates PGBJ bridge pickup humbucker vintage Gibson 80s
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Seymour Duncan SHPG-1b Pearly Gates Alnico II Humbucker Bridge Pickup, Zebra
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Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Set W/ Aged Nickel Covers
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Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Plus Humbucker PICKUPS PGP PG+
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Seymour Duncan SHPG-1b Pearly Gates Humbucker Bridge & Neck Pickup Set, Black
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Duncan Custom Custom / Pearly Gates matched set SH-11 SH-PG1n
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