Welcome to the Plectroverse, the podcast of Heavy Repping, front page for plectrums on the internet! If you've got even a passing musical interest, this is where you can find out about the picks used to make music from all over the world, and from different periods of time. With interviews, articles and in-depth pieces, Heavy Repping will bring the Plectroverse to you. For more information, visit www.heavyrepping.com www.youtube.com/heavyrepping, or follow on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook @heavyrepping.
Written and recorded by John Tron Davidson of Heavy Repping, Zen And The Art Of The Plectrum looks at how to incorporate both the pick and zen practice into your playing. With a view to improving a player's prowess, mind and self-image, this short book will help you consider your playing, the tools you use, and your place within a given song.
For more information on picks and the Plectroverse as a whole, visit http://www.heavyrepping.com for the biggest selection of independent pick makers on the internet.
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13 Mar 2023
Will Hoover's Picks! The Story Of Celluloid Full Audiobook
The officially sanctioned reading of Will Hoover's essential Picks! The Story Of Celluloid.
Read by pick collector and Heavy Repping! site owner John Tron Davidson, Picks! both chronicles the history of vintage guitar picks and details their rise into mainstream consciousness.
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Arrowheads and Eight-String Banjos
Chapter 2: The Ballad Of John Wesley Hyatt and Frankenstein's Plastic
Chapter 3: The Pick With The Crooning Tone
Chapter 4: Plectrum Pioneers and the Flying Pick Affair
Chapter 5: The Golden Age Of Plectrums, 1925-1955
Chapter 6: Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll and The Great Pick Explosion
Chapter 7: Collecting Picks
Chapter 8: The Care And Feeding Of A Vintage Celluloid Plectrum
Chapter 9: Promotional Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot!
Chapter 10: A Brief History Of Thumb And Finger Picks
Appendix
If you would like more information on plectrums both vintage and modern, please explore the links below.
Heavy Repping! Site and Shop: http://www.heavyrepping.com
Joe Macey's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@josephmacey7600
Brian Bouchard's Pick Hunter: https://www.pick-hunter.com/
Tina's Picks: https://www.tinaspicks.com/
Guy Devillez interview for NAMM: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/guy-devillez
Copyright 1995 by Will Hoover. All rights reserved.
12 Aug 2022
Interview - Jon Lucca of Leaf Picks/Twig Case Co.
Richlite-loving, phone-case-makin' quality human Jon Lucca of Leaf Picks joins your man for the heavy chat. A very excellent time indeed, so if you're not following Leaf, sort it out! https://www.twigcase.com/ @leafpicks
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