Pick Punch Voucher/Backorder Status

Hello everyone!

I will be updating our BACKORDER/VOUCHER status here. Currently at 12:30pm Eastern Standard Time November 18th 2010, we are expecting our punches to be completed around December 11th. It might be a couple days earlier but possibly a couple days later as well. I can't guarantee anything until I have them in my hands. We will begin shipping punches immediately after they arrive IN THE ORDER THEY WERE PURCHASED. All backorder/voucher purchases will be filled first in the order we have received them. If you are waiting I would reconsider possibly ordering now and getting higher on our shipping list. It will take a couple days to get everything caught up in our shipping department so if you wait your order ship time will be pushed back some as well.

I WILL UPDATE THIS BLOG EVERY COUPLE DAYS UNTIL THEY ARRIVE

Thanks everyone for your understanding.
Von
Owner/Inventor Pick Punch
von@pickpunch.com

Hello Again From Pick Punch

Wow what a first year. Thank you everyone for a great first year. We have received great feedback from our customers and things are progressing very well here at Pick Punch. If you have any questions regarding your order email me at von@pickpunch.com and I will take care of it personally. Thanks everyone!
Von

(I WILL SHIP OUT WITHIN 24 HOURS UNTIL CHRISTMAS)

IF YOU ARE ORDERING FOR THE HOLIDAYS....I WILL SHIP OUT WITHIN 24 HOURS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. THE USPS IS MOVING QUITE WELL RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL HAVE IT IN THE MAIL QUICKLY JUST IN CASE.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
VON

Recent materials we have added to our website

The following pictures show materials that we sell on our website. Nylon picks produce a great mellow warm sound good for easy strumming or softer picking styles. Acetal is a more versatile material with a brighter sound and will work great with both strumming and picking styles. Polycarbonate material has a very bright tone and is stiffer for very fast picking styles. All these materials can be used for pretty much all styles of playing such as polycarbonate can be used for strumming but you have to vary your technique slightly and nylon can be used for picking styles but the softer material produces a little bit less precision when alternate picking scales and stuff. So keep that in mind that you can pretty much use any material for any style of picking to a certain level of satisfaction. They all have their advantages and disadvantages with different levels of (tone, flexibility, precision, and durability)

natural color nylon sheeting from Pick Punch


natural color acetal sheeting from Pick Punch


black nylon sheeting from Pick Punch


black acetal sheeting from Pick Punch

Custom made stamps tested

Next three pictures show what kind of results you can get with custom made stamps printed using StazOn inks. I paid $4.50 for each of the stamps we used and shipping was free. For our first attempt at this I belive it worked out very well. I would suggest that you look closely at these examples so when you have your own stamps made you will make better choices as far as the image. I think simple logos and designs work better. Stay away from straight horizontal and vertical lines so improperly placed images will not appear crooked. The images stay very well even when played. I belive they stick better than most of the store bought picks I have purchases.

More Picks We have made Recently

See our how to section on our website at www.pickpunch.com for more information on these.

A collection of pictures from Pick Punch

A video we just published on Youtube.

More guitar picks from Pick Punch

See a complete description of these in our HOW TO section on our website.

Pick Punch and StazOn stamp printing

Here are some stamped picks I made. I have played with these and show no wear after a few days playing. The one pick on the right was not stampled completely due to the rounded edges on the 2.0mm thick pick. I used StazOn stamping ink designed for plastics and a regular stamp. I really like these picks. The only surface prep I did was a quick light sanding with super fine sandpaper just in case but not sure if it is even necessary with this ink.

I added a second color to one of the picks and it worked out nicely. I guess I could have spent a little more time on this looking close up at it..LOL

Ed Hardy Tattoos and Pick Punch Get Together

Here are some Ed Hardy picks we made. Christian Audigier makes some really cool stuff. These images are embedded inside the guitar pick. We made these from skin tattoos. There are so many examples of tattoos out there and the temporary tattoo market seems to always stay on the latest trends with graphics.

short backorder delay possible

Hello everyone,
Both our normal website and our ebay may experience a backorder situation soon. Our shipment is arriving here in Indianapolis on October 6th. If you order near the end of this month there might be a week or so before we can ship it out to you. Sorry for the growing pains.
Von
Owner Pick Punch

Our Pick Punch Thick Picks

Here is our solution to the new trend of fat guitar picks (like v-picks and gypsyjazz picks): It is 4.8mm thick and although it took a while to sand, it was well worth the effort. I love this thing. It was made from 6x0.80mm (1/32")picks. The thinner pick in the picture is a fender medium.

Check these out!

Here are some picks that I made. These are probably my favorite of all my picks including all my store purchased ones. I have pretty much every pick ever made now.


ZOOM IN AND CHECK THESE OUT! Note that the comic is INSIDE and not on the surface. My son drew the skull one on a piece of paper and the rest came from the paper comics. Check out our website HOW-TO section for more information. There is a link on the page or go to www.pickpunch.com



Here is the back of the picks:

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More picks we made

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HERE IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT SOME AIRBRUSHING AND SPRAY PAINT: I know these look pretty crappy but the logistics are there. The paint I am using is ACRYL from pactra primer similar to the stuff they prime die-cast cars. I bought a $19.95 Testors kit at a hobby shop with compressed can air. It works pretty well and came with 6 colors of acrylic paint. The paints that it came with also worked well as far as durability. I also used to Krylon Fusion for plastics in a spray can and it sticks very well. I used some small templates both store bought and some quickly cut out ones from an exacto knife. I lightly sanded these just in case but not sure if it is necessary either. I have yet to test some of the other emulsions that were suggested by someone because this stuff worked good enough where I didn't think it was necessary. I will replace this picture later when I have more time and get some advice. This was my first time ever using an airbrush as you can tell in the image. I AM GOING TO HIT THE AIRBRUSHING FORUMS AND SEE IF THEY CAN HELP ME KICK THIS UP A FEW NOTHCES FOR US NOVICES. I admit they look pretty sad.

I made some more comic picks.

Here are some picks that I made. These are probably my favorite of all my picks including all my store purchased ones. I have pretty much every pick ever made now.


ZOOM IN AND CHECK THESE OUT! Note that the comic is INSIDE and not on the surface. My son drew the skull one on a piece of paper and the rest came from the paper comics. Check out our website HOW-TO section for more information. There is a link on the page or go to www.pickpunch.com



Here is the back of the picks:

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Two 1/32" polycarbonates, 1 toon, and some superglue

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Here are two excellent examples of homemade picks. This was made from two 1/32" (0.8mm) polycarbonate picks punched from sheet, the funnies, some super glue and a few different types of sand paper.

Another video for everyone.

Things are going well

Welcome to the world of guitar pick making! We have been shipping orders all over the world and our inventory has increased now where we have no waiting for orders. We are accepting new retailers currently. We will update our website soon with a list of retailers and distributors.
Thank you everyone for your support!
Sincerely,
Von Luhmann
Owner, Pick Punch

Pick Punch takes on Polycarbonate sheeting!

FINALLY GOOD NEWS FROM THE FACTORY

FINALLY GOOD NEWS FROM THE FACTORY

JUST IN! 07-13-2009 JUST IN!>>> THE FACTORY WE ARE USING HAS CONFIRMED THEY WILL SHIP TO ME AROUND JULY 23RD. ALLOW ANOTHER WEEK ON TOP OF THAT FOR ME TO RECEIVE THEM AND THEN I WILL MAIL YOURS OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIVING THEM. THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE BUT OUR BEST GUESS AT THIS TIME.

Wholesale/Distributor Customers

NEW PICK PUNCH IN ACTION!

CONFIRMATION EMAILS AND COMMENTS POSTINGS ETC

Here are a few of you that I did not notice until now. You are on the list to get one also...sorry I forgot to email all you guys on the blog comments section here below! You can also pre-order if you like without double ordering. We are suggesting to everyone that they pre-order if they can even if emailed already just to speed up your order when they do come in.

DELETED THE EMAILS.....IN CASE OF SPAMMERS......

Again all of the rest of you on the big list if you have a confirmation email already you are good to go also but please pre-order if you can to help speed up your transaction.

Von

Pre orders will be available tonight.

We have had numerous requests for pre-order options for the punch so we will be turning on the website tonight for pre-purchases. It will be about 2 months before they arrive but you can be assured you will get one this year if you pre-order. If you have an email from us before 12:45am Eastern Standard time June 2nd 2009 then you will be guaranteed a punch regardless if you pre-order. If you have emailed us and you pre-order you will not be ordering two but we will still remind you the punches are on their way from the factory as explained in the email. We still suggest that you pre-order to speed up the transaction when they arrive.

VIDEO New Pick Punch samples tested here VIDEO

VIDEO OF THE NEW PICK PUNCH SAMPLES IN ACTION!!!!!

Sample Punches are being shipped! FINALLY

Our samples are finally being shipped. So we will have new pictures and videos soon.

Pick Punch

All of those that are interested in purchasing a punch from the first production run this summer please email us with the subject "Pick Punch". We will send out a reminder and reserve punches for you to purchase. We are expecting to sell out this first production run fairly quickly.

All wholesale/distributor inquiries please send complete name, title, company, contact information, and a quick description of how you intend to resale the punches..... via email with subject "Pick Punch wholesale/distributor"

We ask that you send all emails to vonluhmann@yahoo.com

Guitar Picks

Guitar Picks are made from many materials. Check out wikipedia.org and search guitar picks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_pick

This is roughly what our website will look like after we receive our punches

This is roughly what our website will look like at first when we switch over from blog to online store. Pictures and items will change obviously. For this particular website, we are just going to start off with a simple design and we will expand it as our item list increases. We will probably have just the punch and a few other items available at first. We will also be selling items on ebay.