Tony Rice Pickguard......

[kydave]

Originally Posted by mc1

you know, tony's preference for tortoise pickguards and picks kind of bums me out.

Why? I bet the critters were already dead long ago.

[Wade Hampton]

After Mc1 wrote:

Originally Posted by mc1
you know, tony's preference for tortoise pickguards and picks kind of bums me out.

Dave replied:

Originally Posted by kydave

Why? I bet the critters were already dead long ago.

I won't try to speak for Mc1, but speaking for myself, when someone as musically influential as Tony Rice is an outspoken fan of tortoiseshell picks, it generates interest and demand for them from players who admire him. This helps sustain a black market for genuine tortoiseshell picks, and I don't we can safely assume that all of the tortoises whose carapaces get used for this are long dead.

Actions have consequences, and in this case the consequences are continued pressures on some severely endangered animals.


whm

[guit3090]

" And He traveled far and wide, singing bluegrass songs,
but he ended up in jail with a guitar and some Brazilian wood
and a half made tortoise pick"
_I'm looking to buy a good T Rice CD, what's a good one, well, exceptional,
he sounds good on the Unit CDs, and some of the ones with him and 1 or 2 other guys.

[Teleman52]

Originally Posted by guit3090

" And He traveled far and wide, singing bluegrass songs,
but he ended up in jail with a guitar and some Brazilian wood
and a half made tortoise pick"
_I'm looking to buy a good T Rice CD, what's a good one, well, exceptional,
he sounds good on the Unit CDs, and some of the ones with him and 1 or 2 other guys.

Manzanita, pizza tapes, david grisman quintet,tone poems, and the david grisman rounder album are the ones I have.

I love all of them, couldn't pick a favorite. He does most of the vocals in the rounder album and manzanita. But I think you really get to hear him have fun with his guitar on the pizza tapes. He absolutely kills "Shady Grove"

[guit3090]

Plus Garcia is on "Pizza tapes"

[guit3090]

I also have a SACD of Garcia and Grisman from the acoustic disc. Just ordered Pizza Tapes.

[Teleman52]

Originally Posted by guit3090

Plus Garcia is on "Pizza tapes"

Oh yea thats reason enough to get the album right there.

In fact that is why i first got the album, when i bought it, i hadnt heard of Tony Rice or David Grisman. I just thought it was going to be like an acoustic dead album.

But it was alot more than that for me, the pizza tapes is a really important album for me, it took me in the direction that im going in now. Got me into bluegrass (even though its not a bluegrass album at all), and promptly after hearing it i bought a mandolin . Ive been playing mandolin more than guitar since then really, and im enjoying it, especially since i got my weber yellowstone.

[kydave]

Originally Posted by guit3090

" And He traveled far and wide, singing bluegrass songs,
but he ended up in jail with a guitar and some Brazilian wood
and a half made tortoise pick"
_I'm looking to buy a good T Rice CD, what's a good one, well, exceptional,
he sounds good on the Unit CDs, and some of the ones with him and 1 or 2 other guys.

Any of the Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen CDs are excellent!

Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
"Out of the Woodwork"
"Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen"
"Running Wild"

[Misty44]

Originally Posted by guit3090

" And He traveled far and wide, singing bluegrass songs,
but he ended up in jail with a guitar and some Brazilian wood
and a half made tortoise pick"
_I'm looking to buy a good T Rice CD, what's a good one, well, exceptional,
he sounds good on the Unit CDs, and some of the ones with him and 1 or 2 other guys.

Rice developed his tastes and skills over time, from traditional bluegrass to new grass, to folk, to space grass, to acoustic jazz...

If your looking for him "singing bluegrass songs," these albums in particulat will fit the bill, and there are many others:

[Flatpicknation]

i got the cw handmade guard on my guitar.

[Long Jon]

Originally Posted by Johnnycash

i got the cw handmade guard on my guitar.

That looks very similar to the Greven pick guard on my HD 28 V (Sorry no pics handy).

Isn't that case a little too roomy for that guitar ?


Nice socks tho'

[Flatpicknation]

Originally Posted by Long Jon

That looks very similar to the Greven pick guard on my HD 28 V (Sorry no pics handy).

Isn't that case a little too roomy for that guitar ?


Nice socks tho'

hahah! well its a jumbo case, just put it in there when i aint playing. Havent got the time or the money to buy a dreadcase atm, bought a om21 insted

[rygi]

Thanks for all the responses. I had a hunch that Rice's pickguard was tortoiseshell. I'll keep on the lookout for a (legal lol) replacement guard that's nice (gonna look into the suggestions you guys gave).

Oh and I enjoyed all the talk about Rice's albums. Checking those out. I always learn something on here.

[DesertTwang]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

After Mc1 wrote:



Dave replied:



I won't try to speak for Mc1, but speaking for myself, when someone as musically influential as Tony Rice is an outspoken fan of tortoiseshell picks, it generates interest and demand for them from players who admire him. This helps sustain a black market for genuine tortoiseshell picks, and I don't we can safely assume that all of the tortoises whose carapaces get used for this are long dead.

Actions have consequences, and in this case the consequences are continued pressures on some severely endangered animals.


whm

Yes, I know this a thread from five years ago, but it came up when I searched for "Tony Rice tortoise shell pickguard." Reason being that I just saw a replica of that pickguard advertised on Banjo Ben's online store. I don't usually care for pickguards, but in this case, the ad piqued my interest because it read, "Who doesn't want to be more like Tony?!" So I read this thread, and my reaction is, actually no, I don't want to be more like Tony if that means I'm endowing my guitar with a piece that is modeled directly after one sourced from a critically endangered species.

And I'm quoting Wade's old post because I find it to be a great reminder of these underlying connections and how we think about and perceive the gear we use.

[kayakman]

don`t want to be a nit picker(no pun) but they are turtle`s....