Jeff Buckley's Pick

that's me, I am always puttering around here...

I have a several of them, mostly yellow ones with his name on one side and that flaming skull graphic on the other obtained by myself at a show in philly as a kid, some of them just have his name and were given to me by an older friend who got them from Jeff at an earlier tour (pre-grace I think) when I was too young for concert going. I can assure you the yellow ones I got myself were actually USED by Jeff, whereas I suspect the black ones were just pulled from his stash and handed to my friend as they have no wear on them.

if I knew where I put them I would sell you a couple at whatever the going ebay memorabilia rate is for such an item. Plus mailing fee I guess. I had them in an ash tray in my living room as conversation pieces when I lived in DC. I can't leave trays of small choking hazards or valuable breakables on table tops anymore because of my kid, so I didn't unpack a lot of stuff when I moved. I thought they were in my parts/accessories drawer with the picks I actually use for playing, but as it turns out they aren't. They may still be packed in a box of parts and accessories that never got opened when I returned to Philly 2 years ago. Or they could be packed in a box with spare collectables from my curio cabinet (authentic cold war era commie cigarettes, a real t-rex tooth, Vatican-approved last rights kit and portable jesus shrine etc... I have a lot of cool antiques). Next time I have a minute I'll go in my attic and look around. I would like to find my dinosaur tooth anyway, and that spare parts box might have some signal caps I need hiding in it too.

Just keep reminding me. I am a busy single parent and a pick I scooped off a stage when I was 13 or 14 is not going to be something I am thinking about most of the time. I would look today, but as soon as I am done making macaroni salad I am headed off to a family shindig and tomorrow I am too busy.

Just keep reminding me. I am a busy single parent and a pick I scooped off a stage when I was 13 or 14 is not going to be something I am thinking about most of the time.

unless the price is right...

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I actually hijacked my school's public address system as a teenager and recited the Dr Evil ransom speech your link is from... only with a few changes to mock some kids and teachers with attitude issues so that hits close to home

seriously, I would feel bad overcharging someone for a used guitar pick with a little silkscreening on each side... but I guess if someone wanted a buckley pick RIGHT NOW I would get motivated if they offered to compensate me for my time in the hot,s tuffy attic, maybe a whole day's pay to look (its going to take me a full day to find the boxes and carefully unpack them, the items in question are tiny). I could call out sick but still keep the sitter for my son... otherwise one will be waiting for me to get a day off from work where my son is visiting grandparents or his mother without Dad.

as an aside, along with the buckley picks I think I have some smashing pumpkins picks from the mellon collie tour and probably some other cool concert grabs from other 90s artists as well (and ticket stubs out the ass) if someone was REALLY interested in this old junk

I gotta get me and Sprout ready for this picnic

Roman coins? No other coins accepted?

nope, I am really into classical antiquity... I guess I would take Athenian coins from the institution of democracy up until the age of Pericles and Alcibiades

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I guess there's one more type of coin I could accept, I would gladly take current US silver dollars.... a bag of 500 of them or more would make me happy. But at that point a payal transfer would be easier for everyone concerned....

Thomas toys... my kid has TONS, but he is seeking Molly who is a character that hasn't been in the show for some time... he has about 50 of the characters now, no joke

I had nearly all the Ninja Turtles toys at that age. Them, Batman, and WWF figures were my thing.

oh, I forgot about those.... I'll have to look thru my attic.

But year, you can have one in exchange for your right hand little finger plus shipping and handling.

I'm actually starting to feel weird about giving them away to rabid fan boys like you and the other guy, but whenever I get a minute to find them I'll sell them to you two. I'm not using them for anything.

unless you play bad fingerstyle technique you don't need a little finger on your right hand

and 'fanboy' is a gender neutral term where I live (or was, I am really out of the loop! do people still use that term?), but if you prefer to be a fangirl? so be it. Put a picture up and we'll all know you are female. frankly this site (like most gear sites) is a sausage party. Sorry to assume.

seriously, I need to clean out my attic so when I find the time and inclination to get into it out I'll take pics (pun, anybody?) and post them in this thread and you and Whatshisname are welcome to one or two each for whatever they are worth plus a couple bucks postage. They're just ordinary yellow picks, not even particularly nice ones, but they have the buckley graphics and he held them. I had considered giving them away to you guys, but I can't let you appropriate a piece of my childhood for nothing. Its un-American.

Now if I had Jeff's microphone, that would be something. He was a fine guitarist and an interesting songwriter, but without a doubt he was one of the most impressive singers of that era. Just damn!

yeah, I use mine for the piano too... so you tugged at my heartstrings, I guess I'll just take cash then. When you see the pics you can decide what its worth to you and we can work out some kinda arrangement using paypal so you can get your money back or whatever if they don't show up.... which they will, because I am a righteous dude and trade gear over the web all the time.

its a shame because I really wanted to put a young person's little finger in my curio cabinet in place of those picks.... imagine the stories I could make up about it at dinner parties!

nope, but I'm sure I will... I'm kinda busy right now with a kid on my lap and a remix in another window.

I actually remember about the picks, I just haven't had a day to commit to ripping the attic and walkin apart and reorganizing. I really want to find my dinosaur tooth anyway...

but I am booked solid thru the next 2 weeks Buckley fans, and after that I dunno... I have a real priority on rehearsing and recording a few songs with my friend Bryan whenever I have some free time, soooooooooo

we'll see