Plectrum Goblins?

equalsql · May 2015

It seems to me that I have a plectrum goblin in my house who comes out at night and nicks any picks he finds lying around. I have a pot on the mantelpiece which I keep all my small guitar related bits and pieces in including plectrums however no matter how many times I put the picks in it, there never seem to be any there when I need them.

Lord knows the number of plectrums I've bought over the years should have filled the house by now, but can I find one whenI need it? Not a hope.
I look down the back of the chairs, dig through the draws, check the guitar cases and nada, nout, not a sausage and I always end up reverting to using a 5p coin. Perhaps Brian May was the first person to realise that the goblins are not interested in coinage and by opting to use a sixpence he knew he would never have to deal with this problem.

Perhaps a mousetrap by the pleccy-pot will catch the blighter?

Bogwhoppit · May 2015

I keep my gold plated plecs in this : http://www.timber-tones.com/plectrum-wallet-336-p.asp

The goblins have yet to work out how it opens

jonnyburgo · May 2015

Aah I'll just go for a quick piss....comes back....Where the fuck is that plectrum????? happens to me all the time. Its me age.

not_the_dj · May 2015

Is that a relation to the Lead Gremlin? That little guy sneaks in and takes neatly coiled cables turning them into a random mess (which I assume makes a cosy nest).

maltingsaudio · May 2015

Check the hoover bag!

Phil_aka_Pip · May 2015

I think the lead gremlin is the plectrum goblin's brother. They are both sons of the biro snatcher (he's the father) and the spectacles hider (she's the mother).

equalsql · May 2015

I sometimes wonder if it's a cunning plan by the missus in the hope that eventually I'll get so frustrated that I give up the instrument and sell all my guitars..

Hertz32 · May 2015

I have an old stationery box I keep mine in. Occasionally Picks turn up under the sink or whatever, But I know where all my nice winspear and dragonsheart picks are.

crunchman · May 2015

Someone once told me he had someone round to fix a non-working washing machine. The guy presented him with a big pile of plectrums that were clogging it up.

Personally I check my pockets before I put something to wash.

By the way, on a sort of unrelated note, don't buy a Zanussi. Horribly engineered and use the most useless courier service in the world to deliver spare parts.

chillidoggy · May 2015

That's weird. I have precisely the opposite problem, with picks appearing all other the place. Pisses the missus right off.

speshul91 · May 2015

that theiving shit has been and nicked my only 1.2mm bass pick

Hertz32 · May 2015

@speshul91 then wise up and start using thinner picks for bass

Thinner picks, mean the string doesn't go as sharp when playing. buy a compressor and set it with a really hard attack and you will get all the attack of using a heavy pick, with none of the drawbacks.

speshul91 · May 2015

i've gone down to a dunlop .96 in pink, it goes with my orange bass and i haven't got money for any pedals atm boo, i have got compression on my amp though i'll give it a blast.

Phil_aka_Pip · May 2015

chillidoggy said:

That's weird. I have precisely the opposite problem, with picks appearing all other the place. Pisses the missus right off.

so the Plectrum Goblin is depositing the results of his kleptomania round at Chilli's gaff?

Hertz32 · May 2015

@Speshul91 Adam 'Nolly' Getgood from Periphery is a phenominal bassist and does exactly what I just described. check out his rig rundown if you wanna see the best metal bass rig I have ever seen

equalsql · May 2015

Bogwhoppit said:

I keep my gold plated plecs in this : http://www.timber-tones.com/plectrum-wallet-336-p.asp

The goblins have yet to work out how it opens

Actually, that's really quite cool. Never seen the like of it before