Make Your Own Guitar Picks From Gift or Credit Cards!
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Make Your Own Guitar Picks From Gift or Credit Cards!

in this instructable ill teach you how to make your own guitar picks from gift or credit cards
now you wont have to drive over to your music shop just to get frigging picks!
cheap, easy, and fast
i did not invent this, i used this as my idea, but i just tuned it a little
now you wont have to drive over to your music shop just to get frigging picks!
cheap, easy, and fast
i did not invent this, i used this as my idea, but i just tuned it a little
What Youll Need

gift card or credit card (i prefer gift cards)
nail file
scissors
marker
a guitar pick
thankfully my handy dandy pocketknife thing came with both scissors and a nail file!
nail file
scissors
marker
a guitar pick
thankfully my handy dandy pocketknife thing came with both scissors and a nail file!
Tracing the Pick

pretty much self explanatory
just put the pick on the gift card
and trace around it
is that so hard to follow?
sorry, i already made a bunch of picks with this one :)
just put the pick on the gift card
and trace around it
is that so hard to follow?
sorry, i already made a bunch of picks with this one :)
Cut the Pick Out

just... cut the pick out
don worry about the rough edges
you'll trim them soon
sorry about the blurriness
don worry about the rough edges
you'll trim them soon
sorry about the blurriness
Trim It
trim the rough edges to make it pretty smooth
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hey! its instructables back there!
Bring Out the Nail File!

start smoothing out the edges on the pick
Filing It Down

now just make it about the right size
hold the ghetto pick and the real pick together and file
hold the ghetto pick and the real pick together and file
Its Done!

after 5 minutes barely doing anything
you have your new pick
now go out there and make some sound!
you have your new pick
now go out there and make some sound!