Jellifish Pick

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:47 am

I know picks are probably the smallest most inconsequential piece of equipment we use and I generally don’t go for “gimmicky” things, but has anyone ever tried the jellifish pick:

http://www.jellifish.com/

Especially on 12-strings? Might create a nice effect. Thanks.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:24 am

Ooooooh....I'm not sure if I'm into this!

on the "bow" sound sample video on the website, it sounds like someone's sawing wood in the background!

Interesting idea though

cmuk · Post by **cmuk** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:21 am

I've got one and unfortunately I wouldn't recommend it. It's a nice idea, but I found the tines (is that what they're called) are a bit stiff and in fact one of them broke off pretty quickly.

Sorry if someone from the company is reading this. Maybe I've got a bad one, but it just didn't work for me.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:43 am

Looks like it would be great for picking Cheerios out of one's moustache...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:59 am

I listened to their demo clips, and it sounds to me like it just kind of muddies the sound of the guitar, IMO....

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:02 am

The sting of the Jellyfish for me is that it shreds Elixirs. It will be hard to float this by acoustic players who use coated strings.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:06 am

I saw that too.... And Elixirs are the ONLY strings I put on my Ric acoustic, so that settles it!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:07 am

My friends got the similar kind of sound out of their guitars using a coin or some other "things at hand"... i like this sound, it's just picks are not my cup of tea. No offence meant.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:28 am

Thanks for the input (as always)!
Much appreciated.

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:07 am

I have used one and it really is a cool sound in person. But it does tear up elixirs.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu May 11, 2006 2:39 pm

Peter, you are a human pun machine.

teb · Post by **teb** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:24 pm

Every time I start to get interested in their demo tracks I start hearing too much of that wire brush tone, which I find really annoying. Sure would do a number on the top or one of those soft, non-Ric pickguards if you accidentally happened to hit it. I might try one for the Cherios though...

Anybody else ever remember being so broke that you were picking with the torn-off corner of a matchbook?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:35 pm

That you, Teb?

Was that you in The Big Lebowski?

Got any Sarsaparilla, there, podner?

teb · Post by **teb** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:09 pm

That R me - at least in the current configuration (they change so quickly these days). Merely a look-alike in the movie. I was once in the Screen Actors Guild though. Made a music video in 1972 for Elektra and had to join the guild so that they could show it. Only problem was that there weren't any outlets for playing music videos in 1972, so when they got it done they couldn't do anything with it. Kind of like the Beatles rooftop video - only we weren't famous and nobody ever saw ours. I think I only got to see it once. Maybe it will show up on you-tube one of these days. Back then, people said I looked like Zappa, so maybe this is an improvement.
http://webpages.charter.net/tbradshaw/album%20002.jpg

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:33 am

Gary Usher, huh, Todd?

Pretty heavy company. Did I hear he passed on, or is he still with us?