How Do You Make A Wooden Guitar Pick?

[@SuperstarsGuitarAcademy]

Great video Dan! Thanks for giving me these picks to try out, I am very impressed!

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

David Lovejoy I still can’t get your riff out of my head hahaha. I’d love to use one of your tracks as a soundtrack man!

[@SuperstarsGuitarAcademy]

@@ZebranoWoodCraft Hahaha awesome! Yes I'm definitely down for doing that!

[@silenttraveler2710]

Total Awesomeness....

[@artist5096]

Yes I really needed one

[@kris_kreations]

Cool! You just gave me an idea with my thin resin projects. Thanks

[@SteveC38]

Great Job Brother!!!

[@juanvillanueva304]

Wanting to get into making guitar picks and selling them. Definitely would be nice for some extra moneys

[@dr_b_bass]

would u make me 10 of these but for bass? im based in the uk and wud happily pay for the picks and delivery! im particularly keen on the resin ones (ebony and red metallic resin wud be badass!).

[@barrykelly2039]

hi ya real cool guy have watched all your vids very cleaver well done

[@user-vv1do1wg1j]

ive had some okay results using pine but ehhhh after about a week or so of playings the pick gets dull where with a plastic pick it takes a few months at least, gonna get into hardwood picks thanks

[@MakerCuisine]

Very cool project, definitely going to try this out cause I have a few guitar friends that could use them! 👍🤘

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Native Son Wood Art they make great Christmas gifts for guitarists :)

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Cheers man. I want to make my own mandolin picks. I didn’t even realise the type of wood, would even matter.

[@TheArnoldrsimon]

Hey Dan! Could you please clarify what you said at 3:04? "Offcuts of Marlebill"? Lovely video btw! Very Articulate.

[@themicdfiles1865]

Your resin picks look just like mine. I've used fall down in my shop that I grab from the sawdust pile. I then grab some wax paper, tape the corner up to eliminate leaking lay the wood out so I'm sure to have to wood on top of the pick, dye my resin, add glo powder, pour, trace, cut on band saw, sand on belt sander down to 220, then finish down to 2000 grit...little mineral oil on the wood...you get rigidity for your grip and a little flexibility on the strings. Well done. do you do different thickness? I've been playing with a micrometer to make different thickness for different players.

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Haha cheers man, sounds like you’re much more technical than me! I don’t make these regularly enough to play around tbh.

[@mexicanpsycho2399]

Radical

[@chaulss1]

nice job ! you could add a curved line in the middle so the thumbs sticks to the pick. Love your work

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Charles Vonthron yeah that would be a nice touch :). A dremel or a piece of sandpaper wrapped around a dowel would do the job nicely.

[@tylerrankin5647]

send me one of those they look awsome

[@johnreilly4577]

Dan, what was the resin you used? No mention of pressure pot or vacuum chamber so I assume poured and set on it's own? I watch most if not all of your videos I am not aware of you using the resin in anything else, am I right. I thought it would lend itself to solid wood ring (dozens of you tubers doing the same) what do you think? Ideally the wood used would be stabilised for strength and durability.

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Hey mate I used GlassCast resin which sets on its own. I’m not really a massive fan of using resin to be fair but you could make some unique rings with stabilised wood and resin!

[@markchristopher707]

Got any tips for sanding the edges ?

[@calebbelac9349]

Is there a way I could make some without any sort of machines?

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Yes you will require some medium viscosity elbow grease :)

[@rasersharp9744]

Excellent, and they look good quality. by your accent I'd say you are either from or live close to me. Do you sell them? I'm interested in experimenting with different materials

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Hey cheers! I’m from Blackwood, South Wales. I don’t sell these but make them for mates etc

[@rasersharp9744]

Cool I'm in Barry

[@lowercase_ash]

i like your voice, very nice

[@nathangehman7018]

You probably would have wanted to put the epoxy into a vacuum chamber after pouring it, but before it dried. You would be surprised how much air is in epoxy resin.

[@declancampbell1277]

unrelated to this video, and i apologise if im being too forward, What tool is it you use to form the curve on your rings? youve been incredibly helpful before, and i want to make my beautiful girl an engagement ring. most of my experience is industrial so making fine curves in a piece is almost never done, i would appreciate your advice

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Declan Campbell no problem man. Tbh I just hand sand my tapers on wood, silver and gold rings. For Damascus steel or titanium I use carbide cutting tools on the metal lathe/sanding.

[@jarelyj.1172]

Do you think I can make one with a table saw to cut the thin depth of it and jewelry saw to cut the shape

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Probably possible but I’ve never used a table saw so couldn’t say. Just be super careful!

[@dingletun]

imagine working so hard to make it, and dropping it in an F hole in a hollow guitar..

[@zackmorrison207]

Yea

[@julesslim8229]

I can't hear what the pick sounds like on an electric guitar. Needs to be an unprocessed sound on acoustic.

[@creativename9384]

I turned an old guitar neck into wooden picks

[@quima5844]

Now u got nothing to play the picks with

[@creativename9384]

@@quima5844 lol I got another guitar 😂

[@deannaweimann9196]

Cool but a band saw is not a hand tool lol

[@enjoifps1242]

If u pay will you make me some of these

[@stefanfyhn4668]

Honestly wooden guitar picks is not something guitarists value in general. Seems like more of a crafters thing than a musicians choice. Materials matter, and wood is just not strong enough and it changes shape when humidity and heat changes (warm sweaty hands). The qualities of the epoxy is also unknown. A guitar string will scrape bits off all the time, so there would be epoxy debris fall off left and right. Wood fibers are definitely not strong enough for repeatedly using to play guitar. Playing with any pick, the point will quickly shape up according to your picking style. With wood, I imagine it comes apart within 3 months. So keep it was a fun gimmick, this is not for musicians to use on their instruments. Maybe as a necklace or something else

[@ZebranoWoodCraft]

Yeah I agree - probably not gonna last long but make nice necklaces or gifts. Maybe suited to playing gently on an acoustic rather than metal shredding.

[@thomasralfenson2684]

I found some amazing plans for Woodglut. Just check them out.

[@stephensock6814]

lol white dudes with dreads