{"id":1859,"date":"2014-12-02T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T19:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/?p=88"},"modified":"2014-12-02T12:09:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T19:09:16","slug":"the-tooth-pick-br4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/making\/the-tooth-pick-br4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tooth-Pick: BR4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\/Three.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\/plane.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\/thingiview.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n     \t\t\t\t\twindow.onload = function() {\n       \t\t\t\t\t\tthingiurlbase = \"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\";\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview = new Thingiview(\"default\");\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.loadSTL(\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/files\/2014\/12\/mr_pick_5.stl\");\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.setObjectColor('#4e41ff');\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.setBackgroundColor('#FFFFFF');\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.initScene();\n      \t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"default\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"><\/div>\n<p>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('top');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Top\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('side');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Side\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('bottom');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Bottom\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('diagonal');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Diagonal\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraZoom(5);\" type=\"button\" value=\"Zoom +\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraZoom(-5);\" type=\"button\" value=\"Zoom -\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\tRotation: <input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setRotation(true);\" type=\"button\" value=\"on\" \/> | <input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setRotation(false);\" type=\"button\" value=\"off\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Dimensions: 30mm x 26mm x .8mm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/files\/2014\/11\/mr_mmm_images-00058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/files\/2014\/11\/mr_mmm_images-00058-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"mr_mmm_images-00058\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/files\/2014\/11\/mr_pick.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/rammar18\/files\/2014\/11\/mr_pick-300x187.png\" alt=\"mr_pick\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the Tooth-Pick.\u00a0 The name &#8220;Tooth-Pick&#8221; came to me suddenly while thinking of how it looks and how it also relates to the style of crazy guitarists (Jimi Hendrix)\u00a0 using their teeth as picks.\u00a0 I really enjoy this sound on my acoustic projects now, but want to get it printed in nylon instead of PLA as nylon is more flexible and doesn&#8217;t break so easily.\u00a0 The idea of the project has always remained the same, but as time progressed and many hours of testing ensued, the design and name became realized.<\/p>\n<p>I jammed with Cooper and asked him about his finger-style guitar playing, and he told me how he really likes to feel the connection of the strings to his actual hand instead of having a mediator between them.\u00a0 I then proceeded to play without picks a lot and for a moment thought the whole idea of plectrums was outdated.\u00a0 But when I decided to cover <a title=\"Foxy Lady\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/pencilmarcs\/foxy-lady-mars-the-mystic-caravan\" >Foxy Lady<\/a> by Jimi Hendrix, I realized that to get the twang and bite on the guitar I needed a pick.\u00a0 So this project has really challenged my sound and brought me to realize both polarities to the plectrum question and now I hold both polarities and realize that &#8220;There is a time and place for everything under the sun&#8221; 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