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Pic[ture] this

Intervals dropped that new album and I have been throwing some of Jacob Umanskys tabs into practice time. I don’t really use pics and prefer not to but for these riffs that’s what they use so “when in Rome”. I grabbed a large selection in preparation for this and think I might need something weird. Looking to see if anyone has the words I am looking for to aid me in my search.
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I like the attack of the Jazz 3 pics at a 2.0 thickness. My thumb is kinda shaged up from an accident as a kid and is stuck at a like a 45 degree angle facing up. Perfect for thumping and finger style. But the small pics like a jazz 3 slips out of my hands so I tried the prodigy shields. They fit nicely in my hand but are too fat and don’t have the attack a jazz 3 does.
What I’m asking is if anyone has seen a pic
that is shaped like a shield with the pointyness of a jazz 3. Almost like a ninja star as a reference point. I know there’s a lotta pic company’s. But when I search for those parameters it’s all nonsense and not the style I’m looking for.
Happy 4th of July to all the American users.
 
Dunlop Tortex Sharp maybe?

Tortex Sharp.jpg


Not sure if 2.0 mm are available but I use 1.14 (violet) and they are pretty hard, if that is what you re looking for.
 
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Does anyone sell sheets of plastic used for making pics? Maybe you could order a sheet (like a pickguard blank) and shape some pics yourself?
Yo this is a great idea. I did not even think of this.
I’m sure I can find a similar plastic sheet in 2mm and just cut it with a dremmel tool and sand it down, you also Brain blasted me to go ask my friend with a 3-D printer if this is something he could accomplish.
 
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