Transparent Guitar Pick

Step 5 Sanding

Use the sandpaper to smooth any jagged edges and to finish shaping the pick. Taper the point slightly, like a real pick. Refer to a real guitar pick to get all the details just right.

Once you are satisfied with how it looks and sounds when strummed, you are finished!

Thank you for reading and PLEASE RATE!

Comments

[mikezuk]

Nice job.. No cost.. Gotta love it.. What I did was went to www.pickpunch.com and bought a pick punch for $25.00. I don't work for them and get nothing to talk about them. But you gotta see this thing. I can get four pics from an old debit or credit card. Everyone that sees one wants one.. It is just like a hole punch but makes pics. They also sell some clear material. I have all the pics I need now. I give them away...I had an expired drivers license and lined up the punch around the photo and walla, a pic with my pic on it.. Haha..

[bkennelly]

I bought a pick punch, too - and I have no need for guitar picks. I don't play & don't know anyone who does - but I just thought it was so cool I had to have it. Now I have jars full of picks I need find a use for. Time to get crafty LOL
A recent collection from a McDonald's Arch Card
http://twitgoo.com/4rqnft

[mikezuk]

Fun stuff. Crafty is a good idea. I like the McDonalds pics you made.

If you go to an Open Mic night sometime, there are a lot of guitars players that would love a few free guitar pics. Or maybe put them in a small jar and ask the local music shop if they will buy them from you for resale. Just sell them cheap.

[msmith69]

vinyl 45 rpm records from the thrift store work good. They make kids records out of virgin vinyl. (the old ones) they are clear blue, red or yellow. I bought a pickpunch too. I have been using bonus cards from the auto parts store and gas station. used phone cards, tupper ware works good too. Its amazing how much stuff you can find in the trash or at thrift stores or the dollar store that can be punched into picks. Some stuff you need to run under warm water and punch before it cools. warp proof records work good. they wiggle if you hold them at the edge and wave them up and down. A lot of late 70s early 80s LPs are made of this stuff. Lots of fun to try different things. I must have made over a thousand picks in the last couple weeks. I have a few nice ones with the Sunoco logo on them. LOL

[labr87]

tq for your instructables.it nice and eay to do.

[da animal freak]

wow great post man! i usually lose my picks every now and then and have to go to the store (which is pretty far from us) and get a new one. and its also a great way to recycle old and scratched CD's that don't work anymore. great pics and great instructable, good job!

[chixi96]

HEY/......it reallly worked!!! 5 STARS TO U (i actually rated u 5 stars)

[Whales]

 So has anybody tried using the CD after this?

[ShoopDaWhoop]

Yeah, i took at random a CD and once i cutted it i saw it was epic fail 7 so i was like: D'oh and i thought i should test it and i putted it in the computer and then: BOOMM

[Whales]

What happened in this boom?

[ShoopDaWhoop]

Yeah my Pc, no house, no city, no country exploded i don't know how maybe a little dust, or the nuke in my room. But i think it's the cat

[twistedhairball]

hahaaa!

[greatg32]

can't do it!!!!!!!! it's not transparent!!!!!

[narutome44]

awesome but i dont know how to rate. any help?

[guitargod1417]

nice idea

[Morriscow]

haha i actually do this all the time! all my cds come out purple tho... :(

[Liberty Prime]

Wipe it down with rubbing alcohol. It comes right off.

[ramnik5]

GREAT!

[kate-lily]

awesome, can't wait to make a bunch! (:

[bombniboy3]

Well done mate! this is an awesome instructable! I have a bro that always burns CD's and sometimes they dont work, so i will try on them!

Thanks again and Happy Haloween!

[xoxogroganxoxo]

this is so great! good job!

[pevkev166]

this is an awwesome instructable good job!

[wen3000]

this is great wer did u come up with this?

[neckrochylde9]

I like it making musical tools out of music cds way to complete the circle!

[vonsynisterr]

i love it :D thank you!

[hypnostics]

I love it! Great idea :)

[dasoccerdude]

Great instructable!

[kickfrip]

also rubbing the edge on material like an old cloth quickly with heat up the edge and make it smooth.

[Rockerx]

Hmm, that's an interesting comment. You'd just have to have a material with a lot of friction...

[kickfrip]

yeah, ive even got it to work on just like a t-shirt or sumthing but jeans work great, gives it a smooth sort of glossy edge just like a a real pick.

[kanapasaki]

one thing I love to do with picks is get a extra guitar string and make a card with it stretched through the middle but i would have to buy a guitar pick, now i can easily make them! THANKS!!!

[clayball97]

i make picks with example credit cards and gift cards

[dawsonj]

this is awesome! i make mine out of ice cream containers but they r quite bendy

[pbarnett]

Good Job! Great pics too! Ya did good!