pick/finger player...pick storage

[b to g is yummy]

i've never seen this question here...sorry if you've seen it a million times

i play mostly with fingers, but am starting to use a pick on some songs/parts of songs. i'm just wondering if there are any handy gadgets/ideas for places to stick the pick when not in use besides teeth or a micstand picholder?

laying it on the amp is pretty handy...on a small stage...but... i'm sure some of you guys have other sweet ideas
thanks!

 

[DbNBassist]

eventhough it has nothing to do with effects I will answer anyway, I use my teeth.

 

[SpankyPants]

Well, I like to use a Boss BF-2 since it sounds better than the BF-3 AND it's cheaper.

 

[Max Roberts]

...it has nothing to do with effects...

+1!

 

[b to g is yummy]

i know its not an effect...but its not a bass, its not an amp....and i dont want it in a spot where hardly anyone looks.... and it has to do with creativity...which is basically effects

 

[SpankyPants]

Well, that almost makes sense.

How about... technique? Miscellaneous?

I'm sure even [BG] would yield alot more responses.

 

[Max Roberts]

Technique would have been a great place to put it.

 

[nad]

Technique, yo.

But yeah, the rare times I use a pick I hold it in my teeth when not using it.

 

[SpankyPants]

I hold it in the flap of skin between my... uh... Nevermind.

 

[nad]

Ankle?

 

[bongomania]

I hold it in the flap of skin between my... uh... Nevermind.

Let me guess- you can hold FOUR of them in there.

 

[SoComSurfing]

Dunlop pick holder

Other Dunlop pick holder

Misc.

 

[therealting]

Try the Wedgie pick holder. Attaches between strings at the headstock, and holds the picks by friction. Very neat.

 

[grygrx]

I play like 50/50 pic/fingers

I do the following and always have at least 5 on hand.

1) Amp
2) Back pocket
3) Teeth, though I have a tendancy to bight down on them really hard while playing. Owie.
4) The gap between my pickup and the bass body (wedge)

 

[Unrepresented]

Tucked halfway under the pickguard works if your instrument has one, otherwise I'd say top o' the amp.

 

[CosmoReverb]

I haven't used picks for a long while but when I did I would stick them between the string and the saddle adjustment screw/spring on my bridge (Depending on the type of bridge used of course) when I wasn't using them.

 

[Mudfuzz]

3) Teeth, though I have a tendancy to bight down on them really hard while playing. Owie.

I do this as well, but I don't bight down on 'um. Lately I haven't been playing with a pick as much as I use to except for specific things. I also will palm it and switch back and forth from pick to fingers for different parts in a song.

 

[plastik-bass[?]]

i use the pick holder on my strap...but thats just me

 

[bassman314]

I actually have to use music stands... dumb... but yeah.. so they make handy places for things like piicks and pencils..

Otherwise? teeth.. or I palm it

 

[vtwo]

I don't really use my teeth, but rather just the lips.

If it was a big part of my technique, then I would probably get a Dunlop holder and stick it on the back or side of the bass.