QUOTE (AK Rich @ Jul 3 2013, 04:22 PM)
Right on VH, yeah it could be that after a short break in period the wear will slow, I put a couple hours of testing doing speed drills last night and didn't really notice much additional wear that I had noticed after the first few hours of playing with it.The tip seems to have rounded off slightly and settled which actually makes it easier rolling off the strings. I took the rolled edge off with one of my lady's fine grit fingernail files
(Shhh, don't tell her
) and then hit it with some green 3M abrasive pad, worked like a charm!
These picks seem to brighten the tone a bit and make the notes sound a bit more pronounced maybe and it really does feel good in my hand. So overall I am pretty happy with it so far.
Thanks again and it is my pleasure to provide feedback that may help in the evolution of these picks.
Ha ha. That's what she gets for trying to make necklace out of it!
I spent an hour today (which to be honest is the most time I have had in a bit) quadpicking my brains out trying to wear down a pick as much as possible and wear off the little bit of rounded edge and what seemed to happen is that the edge seemed to get smaller but I think that different playing styles and the way you hold you pick might have an effect on the way it wears, thus leaving the edge a bit different for everyone? What do you think? I think that I am going to start out leaving the edges even a bit thicker than they are now. This may prevent the "edge roll" but not the wear of the edge adjusting to the particular style of the player. I have played and think that even with a little of the "edge roll" that it is still functional, though I think it is a pain for people to have to remove it from a new pick if they find it an issue. I am curious if you would agree with this???
Also you had mentioned about the shrapnel coming off of the pick. The pick dust left behind. Before my practice today I cleaned the guitar with the best finish that I had and then tried to get the most dust left behind so I could try to scratch it!!! After I was done there was some on it and my first thought was to use a thin piece of paper or cardboard or something and try to make it as close to a "sandpaper" as possible, but what I found was that the cardboard scratched it by itself, in an area with no aluminum dust. So then I tried wiping it off with my finger and did not notice any noticable scratches. After that I used a cloth and Gibson pump polish to clean the finish, and also did not notice it effecting the finish of the guitar. It's not my intent to hide anything that might damage someones guitar, so I tested this first priority!!!!!! I hope to be honest and transparent with this process and if there are flaws do my best to perfect it. It was my experience today the aluminum dust did not scratch the finish when wiped off. It is probably possible to find an way in a worse case scenario to find a way to make it do so. But was not the case today.
Thanks Rich!!!
QUOTE (Dieterle @ Jul 3 2013, 04:29 PM)
Hey this One makes me interested !
Inform me when test period is successful done
! PLEASE
Dieter
Dieter, that is a Cosmin special!
That is the one he is going to throw back at me if he does not like them.
They are getting better all the time as they evolve. The testing will go on forever (hopefully). I believe they work well as they are. They are not perfect, yet. But I am workiing on it. When you want to try one let me know we can work something out!!!!
QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 4 2013, 09:33 AM)
My batch has arrived!!!
Will test them today and I'll write my thoughts here
So excited to hear what you think!!!!!! I can't wait.
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