Pickmaster Plectrum Punch-Make Your Own Picks

Making personal plectrums fromm old bank cards , plastic bottles, etc, is fun! Plectrums made with this great wee tool seem more personell. LOL. All colours made , find some decent plastic, and cut away. Only minor thing is that after plectrum has been cut, sometimes it does not come out of the "slot" on shaking, and you need a small pin etc, to lever the plectrum out. But all part of the fun. You eventually get rhe knack of it. But you can cut up plastic bottles, and practice , (before you cut plectrums from old bankcards, or old library cards etc). I give plectrums away to friends, I have so many now LOL. A wee tip: if you are cutting up a card that has your name on it, try and cut the part of the card with your name, and you will have a REALLY personnalised plectrum. JS

I bought this for my dad for his birthday. He immediately put it to use (as I knew he would) and had found lots of random things to make plectrums from. He has discovered that most photos on ID cards are the correct size for a plectrum and subsequently has a full family set from cards he had acquired.... It is a handy piece of kit and lots of people have admired it, asking where they can get one from. Great gift for the guitarist that has almost everything.

I bought this item after originally noticing it advertised on Firebox. My husband is a guitar player, eco warrior and relentless fidgeter so this seemed like the perfect Christmas present; a way of creating an endless supply of practice plectrums from old bits of plastic and thick card, whenever he wanted. Of course, Amazon was selling it at a fraction of the price Firebox was. I must say that the product itself is brilliant, it works exactly as you would hope and creates perfectly formed plectrums. But I have to admit that the novelty ran thin after a week or two and the Pickmaster has been stuck in the back of a cupboard ever since. A great idea, but perhaps DIY can never beat the joy of buying a few of your favourite plectrums from your local music store.

This was a present for my guitar-playing boyfriend and he LOVES it. It's a great present for any guitar-lover, and comes in nice packaging suitable to give away. The device is pretty straight-forward to use, but does require quite a lot of force to use. My boyfriend likes the thickness of the plectrums cut out from bank cards, but that is personal preference, I guess. Otherwise you can cut out other types of flat plastic, that are more to your liking. Also: a tip is to use gift cards to cut out plectrums from. They're normally free and tend to come in funky patterns or colours! Just check there's no money left on them ;)

Brought as a novelty gift for a guitarist who pays ridiculous amounts of money for plecks. Will only be a novelty however for worked averagely and possibly good for someone who is into crafts? +Did cut through credit cards +Usable on paper card to make card craft shapes ie. for flower petals +Sleek looking with a clever design -Pressure of the punch would occasionally bend the edges of the plastic cards -left a few rough edges but not majorly jagged -Did have to push the plastic through occasionally as it got stuck on the mechanism =Overall novelty gift only, if you've gone to the effort of buying a guitar i would spend that little extra for properly manufactured plecks as the thickets cut would be a credit card. The same cut pleck outcome every time so may not be suitable for what your looking for size wise. Is good for craft making.

I bought one in a quest for cheap merchandising for my band, as I conveniently have access to a plastic card printer :-) Yes, it's a bit stiff to press, but it's going through a fairly thick bit of plastic so is bound to need a little effort. The edges of the pressed picks are a teensy bit rough, but a few seconds with a file would soon clean them up if you're that bothered. I'm told a few times pressing into tinfoil is a good way to sharpen up the blade, but I haven't tried it myself. If you're going into the manufacturing of them and, like me, have access to a card printer you'll be interested to know you can get 6 from one card if you don't mind cutting up the card before you punch. I've devised a photoshop template which has the cutting lines on it; if anyone would like it find me via searching for Hot Cold Ground Blues Band (Amazon don't allow URLs in reviews)

Exactly what I wanted. Perfect. UPDATE1: 17/4/19 My pick maker is still working great after 3 or so months of continuous use. Have access to so many picks now that I'm giving them away as presents for people, at very little charge to me. I recommend plastic cards / credit cards for the best quality picks. Buy white ones and you can customise them using Sharpies! UPDATE2: 13/10/19 I've been playing guitar for over a year now and find that Tesco Clubcards are the smoothest and nicest on your fingers. Happy customer

I have used this sucessfully on old membership and credit cards. I bought it in order to cut shapes from veneer to make 3 layer wood picks, I haven't tried this yet, I'll update and add photos when possible. It's easy to use and the resulting picks have all worked well, but it only cuts one size and shape of course. That shape is of a Jim Dunlop type pointed oval which is certainly useful. Paradoxically it has also shown me that I can perfectly well cut Fender 355 shapes (big triangles) myself with scissors which are fine. 355's good for old-time can be hard to find sometimes. At the moment for me it's main use is going to be in cutting 5 picks per card then putting a load behind the bar for free at the local session. People are always turning up without picks.

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Ich weiß nicht, wie es euch geht, aber bei uns im Proberaum gibt's leider etliche kleine Wichte, die regelmäßig unsere Picks verschwinden lassen. Das Schlimmste daran ist, dass ausgerechnet immer dann, wenn man gerade loslegen will, kein einziges Plec mehr da ist. Und das zweitschlimmste ist, dass die Dinger auch gar nicht so billig sind. Als ich vom Pickmaster hörte, musste ich ihn mir deswegen sofort kaufen und was soll ich sagen, ich bin begeistert. Die Plecs aus alten Telefon-, EC- oder anderen Karten sind auch in der genu richtigen Stärke. Zumindest für unseren Musikstil ;-)Ich kann das Teil uneingeschränkt empfehlen. Für die 15€ bekommt höchstens 20 Pleks in einigermaßen Qualität, wenn man sie im Musikgeschäft kaufe. In 5 Minuten kann man locker 10-15 Plecs ausstanzen. Einfach einschieben und draufdrücken. Am Ende vll. noch ein wenig die Kanten schleifen. Seit gestern Abend habe ich damit schon 50 Pleks gestanzt. Kleiner Tip: Falls ihr auch Ende der 80er gebohren seit, kennt ihr sicher noch die guten alten "Caps", die man früher "geslammert" hat. Da waren auch einge aus Kunststoff. Die eignen sich auch super für Recycle-Plecs ;-) Sehen dabei noch super aus!

Got this for my father years ago and he still uses it. Keeps it in his living room as a staple thing he consistently uses. Said he's made hundreds if not thousands of picks and this tool has saved him lots of time and money because he looses his picks all the time. My son went to visit him across country and was all about it... Got him his very own of this as well for Christmas and he's already made himself a dozen. Love this tool, its perfect.

Love this! Possibilities are endless. Most guitar players constantly lose picks. This gives you a little creative side to make more. One fall back is the "includes a file" the file is attached to the plectrum punch in an odd place and is a little awkward to file. It's doable with the file, unless you have large hands. I do recommend purchasing a separate file for sure

Muy buena cacharra. Corta estupendo las tarjetas de crédito. Y luego, para perfeccionar, tiene una lima pegada y así las dejas nikel