tmy9966

Anach you are right & I know 5 Mil = .005. Typing error.

Hey thanks, It would be great to get some of these picks pressed, I saw that site u mentioned. was 95$ for big roll of .005 mil. Now if that's the same material & thickness of mine I'd be happy. I should ask them for a scrap sample & match it to what I have to verify. Not sure if they'll do that but I'll try. We should start a copper pick company up haha. Not sure if there is demand for them tho. Might only be a handful of people who would want them. There are other companies already out doing the copper & metal pick thing. but they lack the variety of sizes

Cool I'll check into that site. Expensive from what i saw. Anyway, the size like I said, they put on their picks ".005" Not sure what that means. .005 Mil? Maybe who knows. I have to get a measurement tool& size the one I have to see if they mean ".005 mil" I have no idea what size the pick is for sure, the company said they can't give that information out. Turning into a major project just a simple guitar pick

Thank you. I'll look them up

Any info on what companies sell an assortment of beryllium copper sheets? Off the shelf sheets in a number of thin sizes. I've looked online but having trouble finding thin sheets ranging from .005 mil .006 mil etc.... the "mil" I'm getting from the label on the specs sheet of the picks I like. They called the one I'm used to ".005" & I had ordered .005 mil copper thinking it was what I needed. Now I've learned ALOT more to all this.

Haha ya, everything is digital now. Just moved up to Maine from MA. 2 hrs up from Portalnd. Wondering if there is another type of metal easily available in the thinnest increments near .005 mil & is super strong & snappy like the beryllium copper. My first attempt online I couldn't find a co that supplies the exact thinnest levels in sheets

I asked, they said that item is obsolete

Hey thanks guys for warnings. I've read some stuff as well on that. To JHCC - its the thinness of the ".005" size pick I've gotten used to. If thickness wasn't an issue this would be easy. There are many thicker metal type picks available. These were super thin but strong & snappy. JIM Dunlop Co got back to me & said they can't release the info on directing me to where to buy the material.

In Maine USA. Probably gonna hammer out what I have. Then look into some places who sell ber copper strips, thnx all!

Thanks people for responses. Didn't realize this was so difficult as far as just recreating these copper picks that I'm used to, wow.... The company made them in exact different sizes too. They were called .005 .006 . 007 and so on. I wrote to the pick company too to get some answers, if they respond i'll leave info here. I'll look into so far what you guys said & ty!

How do you strengthen .005 mil copper to be used as a guitar pick without bending? The pic attached are old Jim Dunlop copper picks. How did that company harden them to not bend at that thinness?