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Topic: out of interest..

Anyone know how many picks Joe takes with him on a tour roughly?

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Re: out of interest..

I dont know about Joe but I get them in bags of 144 and restock when half way through a bag. Obvioulsy it is best to have a healthy amount on hand. Fans like them and you end up giving away more than you actually use.

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Re: out of interest..

I'd guess he tosses out 20 or so per show.

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Re: out of interest..

I really don't know,but it's true when you se Paul Stanley & Lemmy Killmenster & Kirk Hammett or Jimmy Page having so many on theyre Guitar , to give away or to play with,i'll think aroud 50 for every shows.
I was lucky to found one JB 3 plektrum on the floor after the BCC show in Stockholm in August , i bought 4 more on ebay,they are easy to play with & to old in your hand.
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Re: out of interest..

It seems like he's started tossing a lot more picks, i.e. grabbing handfuls and tossing them.  I ended up with 4 or 5 at the Baltimore show.  People came rushing in looking for picks.  Clearly many were bona-virgins, so I just handed them out saying, "hope you enjoyed the show!".   You would have thought I was giving them gold!  What a great time!

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Re: out of interest..

jclark42796 wrote:

It seems like he's started tossing a lot more picks, i.e. grabbing handfuls and tossing them.  I ended up with 4 or 5 at the Baltimore show.  People came rushing in looking for picks.  Clearly many were bona-virgins, so I just handed them out saying, "hope you enjoyed the show!".   You would have thought I was giving them gold!  What a great time!

Yep! Picks and drum sticks make people go gaga.

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Re: out of interest..

Spider wrote:
jclark42796 wrote:

It seems like he's started tossing a lot more picks, i.e. grabbing handfuls and tossing them.  I ended up with 4 or 5 at the Baltimore show.  People came rushing in looking for picks.  Clearly many were bona-virgins, so I just handed them out saying, "hope you enjoyed the show!".   You would have thought I was giving them gold!  What a great time!

Yep! Picks and drum sticks make people go gaga.

In Richmond, a guy traded me a drum stick for a set list, but then changed his mind cuz it wasn't signed.  Wanted to give the stick to my friend who is a drummer.  Oh well, there's always the next show big_smile

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Re: out of interest..

Spider wrote:
jclark42796 wrote:

It seems like he's started tossing a lot more picks, i.e. grabbing handfuls and tossing them.  I ended up with 4 or 5 at the Baltimore show.  People came rushing in looking for picks.  Clearly many were bona-virgins, so I just handed them out saying, "hope you enjoyed the show!".   You would have thought I was giving them gold!  What a great time!

Yep! Picks and drum sticks make people go gaga.

I managed to get a beat-up Bill Ward drumstick from a Black Sabbath show way back in the 70's.  Ended up selling it for £50 on E-Bay many years later to some guy in Japan!  LOL

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