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Jellifish Pick

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:47 am
by firstbassman
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.

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:24 am
by red_rob
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

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:21 am
by cmuk
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. :-(

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:43 am
by jingle_jangle
Looks like it would be great for picking Cheerios out of one's moustache...

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:59 am
by melibreits
I listened to their demo clips, and it sounds to me like it just kind of muddies the sound of the guitar, IMO....

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:02 am
by admin
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.

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:06 am
by melibreits
I saw that too.... And Elixirs are the ONLY strings I put on my Ric acoustic, so that settles it! Image

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:07 am
by sowhat
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.

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:28 am
by firstbassman
Thanks for the input (as always)!
Much appreciated.

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:07 am
by BobKat
I have used one and it really is a cool sound in person. But it does tear up elixirs.

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:39 pm
by sloop_john_b
Peter, you are a human pun machine.

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:24 pm
by teb
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...

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

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:35 pm
by jingle_jangle
That you, Teb?

Was that you in The Big Lebowski?

Got any Sarsaparilla, there, podner?

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:09 pm
by teb
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

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:33 am
by jingle_jangle
Gary Usher, huh, Todd?

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