'soft' pick ...
Is there such a thing as a soft pick? A truly soft pick perhaps made of felt or softer rubber?
The reason being that I have a 3-11 shift (your 9-5), 5 days a week--thu thru mon. I have altered the usual human schedule to getting home just after 11 PM (your 5 PM), dining at 1 AM (your 7 PM) and going to bed at 5 AM (your 11 PM). I've been doing this for over six years so I'm quite used to it and my body clock responds just fine. I get up for work at 1 PM for my three o'clock shift. I'm not a 'morning' person (1PM?) so it takes a few cups of coffee for me to get my act together.
I live in an apartment, luckily an end unit, so I have to be careful of practice sessions being too loud from 2 am to 5 am (your 8-11PM). I don't really want to stuff my mandolin, very near future tenor purchase and far future bowlback mandola with socks or towels.
I have a practice mute, not performance mute, for my Baroque viola but haven't found such an item for the four-stringed plucked string instruments. I've entertained the purchase of only electric instruments and just playing thru a pre-amp to headphones but I truly love the acoustic, realistic sound of the 'real' thing.
Any ideas?
germano
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Last edited by germano; Apr-13-2012 at 4:25am.
Reason: wrong time listed/wrong article
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