Pickmaster Plectrum Punch-Make Your Own Picks

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)

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

Fantastic piece of equipment my son loves it.Easy to use

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.

What is a pick? Simply a bit of plastic of varying stiffness that you end up paying a few quid for. With this tool - which is actually quite substantial - you cut neat picks out of plastic card, the obvious stuff being old credit and debit cards. Not only you you end up with a nice new pick, you render the card destroyed against any toe-rag that could nick info off it.Of course you can use other plastic type materials to give differing stiffness of picks depending upon your personal preference. For reference a credit card seems to neatly equate to a mid range flexible pick, which is ideal for most of us hackers.A really brilliant tool for the budding guitarist because you'll never run out of picks again.

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 spotted this when a friend sent me a picture of it. Yes I'm a guitarist who regularly loses picks all over the place and mostly through the cracks in floorboards. Or people 'borrow a pick' which of course never comes back does it!Pickmaster Plectrum Punch is every bit as useful as I expected, the first thing that happened was the er, instructions card got rendered unusable within minutes as did the plastic packaging,.. then I reduced a milk carton to a pile of light-weights, my old store cards to mediums and an old bit of tortoise-shell plastic to several heavies. Now I have a stack of picks and I really don't care if one goes missing!To any guitarist out there,.. GET ONE,.. NOW!!Oh one point is that you should use the punch on a hard surface as you press them out or the finger end might not cut completely. It's not rocket science, just a brilliant idea I wish we'd had years ago!

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.

Regalo para mi hijo, que es el guitarrista de la familia. De utilización muy sencilla, tiene la ventaja de tener una pequeña lija con la que rematar la púa.Si además se adquieren unas planchas de plástico de colores como estas (https://www.amazon.es/dp/B00PULSJAM/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_4), el resultado es excelente.

Was schenkt man seinem 50-jährigem Vater, der Gitarren selber baut? Tja, die letzten Jahre waren es Gutscheine für Holz, Werkzeug etc. und dieses Jahr?Ich habe lange überlegt und bin über das Internet auf diese Stanzmaschine gestoßen. Ich musste nicht lange nachdenken und hab sie sofort gekauft.Zufälligerweise haben mein Mann und ich grade zu dem Zeitpunkt versucht, seine Telefonkartensammlung zu verkaufen. Die wollte aber keiner haben. Also wurden die Karten zweckentfremdet und meinem Vater zusammen mit der Stanzmaschine zu Weihnachten geschenkt.Boar, hat der sich gefreut. Wir waren 4 Tage lang zu Besuch und ungefähr alle 3 Stunden wurde die Stanzmaschine rausgeholt und gestanzt. Muss dazu sagen, dass wir ihm etwa 100 Telefonkarten gegeben haben. Da wurde gestanzt und noch mehr gestanzt... er hat sich so sehr darüber gefreut (wie ein kleines Kind), damit hätte ich gar nicht gerechnet. Dachte eher an "2 Mal ausprobieren und dann verschwindet das Ding in irgendeiner Schublade"...aber so kann man sich irren :-DZu der Verarbeitung: Sicherlich eignet sich die Maschine nicht um Millionen von Plektren zu stanzen. Man kann auch nicht jedes Material bzw. nicht jede Dicke in der Maschine stanzen. Aber so zum ausprobieren und Spass haben hat sie eine gute Qualität.Ich würde die Maschine daher jederzeit wieder kaufen.Klare Empfehlung!!

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

Ce cadeau a fait mouche pour Noël !Ludique et utile, pour tout guitariste qui se respecte :c.a.d. qui perd toujours ses mediators ! La machine semble de bonne qualité. Attention cependant à bien limer les bords pour ne pas entamer les cordes.