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    Here's the tin I use - it's a mint tin bought for me by one of my kids. He says it describes me perfectly!!

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    I have an old hunting case pocket watch case that I use onstage and that stores in the case pocket along with the normal tons of useless crap that seems to grow in there when I least expect it!
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    I keep a pick in each instrument’s strings. Spare/alternative picks go in a Heartwood secret box, capos go in an old fabric coin purse, and the tuner in a small camera case. I perform mostly at outdoor festivals that require quick setup and take downs and use several instruments. This packing method has helped immensely with keeping things organized.
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    Plastic snack size ziplock bag works for me. Minimalist utilitarian.
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    Mostly its tucked under the strings , there are tins with ones I don't use much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Denny Gies View Post
    A friend made me a small cloth pouch with velcro to close it. The fabric is a pink flamingo print. It's a hoot.
    Hey! You can't get off that easily. Can't say that and not post a pic!

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    The 3 I use are on the side of my laptop or my coffee table... a simpleton

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    Quote Originally Posted by CBFrench View Post
    The 3 I use are on the side of my laptop or my coffee table... a simpleton
    Probably someone who doesn't have cats or little kids around.

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    I use a fisherman's friend metal tin, similar to the tobacco ones, which my brother kindly gave to me and is a prized possession.

    For the uninitiated, fisherman's friends are strongly flavoured lozenges, which really sort you out when you have a sore throat etc. They are made near where I live, and were originally produced for North Atlantic fishermen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman%27s_FriendClick image for larger version. 

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    Here is my Tommy Emmanuel-signed Altoids tin I referenced earlier in thread. The "Bless you!" bit he wrote on there is getting worn off, as is his signature. The date on the can is Sept 2006, so this has been a while ago now. This thing has held a lot of picks for me over the years.
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    I have this little wood Mandolin shaped box my daughter gave me as a present. I love it.
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    I wish I was as organized as all of you. I have picks, capos and slides everywhere. You might say I keep them in a 3 bedroom, 2,600 square foot box.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Connor View Post
    I wish I was as organized as all of you. I have picks, capos and slides everywhere. You might say I keep them in a 3 bedroom, 2,600 square foot box.
    My picks are organized, but my music books aren't.

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    My picks are organized, but my music books aren't.
    My books are organized and I even made tables of contents for them. My husband says my playing would be better if I spent less time organizing and more time playing.

    My picks are in my cases and in a tray that slides out from under the top of my desk.

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    Various Altoid mint tins. They come in pretty handy. There aren’t a lot of things that come in little tin boxes these days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Romkey View Post
    Various Altoid mint tins. They come in pretty handy. There aren’t a lot of things that come in little tin boxes these days.
    Or glass jars, for that matter. It's plastic world. Better living through chemistry.

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    One in the strings, a few extras in each case, and a Tupperware container with many more.

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    Wow! an armless rocker. Now that IS a mandolinist's dream.

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    My cases have these old round brass containers (bought them in the 1970s at 'alternative' shops in Kiwiland). The remainder I keep on a small piece of Mother Of Pearl (MacBook Pro 13" keyboard for size comparison, racing camel cloth for colour).
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    Altoids tin here. It is just big enough for picks, fingerpicks, thumbpicks and a Shubb capo.
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    ah, well, late to the show ... one in each mandolin, a soapstone heart-shaped box in the music room, half a dozen in a plastic bag in my purse, four in the pocket of a vest, others on the floor by the couch (free-range, those are. they seem to accumulate on a rug that hides picks and other stuff pretty spectacularly), the top of the piano and a couple free in each case. Granted, we have a lot of picks because both myself and my-husband-the-guitar-player pick them up at events or get them in the mail from places like strings.com.
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    My goodness! You certainly seemed to have adopted a plan to vanquish picklessness through numbers.

    I'm amazed at my luck in this area lately, as I have been using the same one pick for 4-5 years (knock on wood). There have been a few times when it has seemed to have vanished, yet usually it had just slipped out of the strings (its customary resting place) and was hiding in the folds of the gig bag or the papers therein. I got it when I visited one of the guys in Old Crow, a friend of a friend, who was staying at his place in Nashville. He had dozens of them in a pile on his practice room table - Jim Dunlop 1.5". He gets them for free and uses them for just one show, then goes on to a new one. He says they're dead after one show - must play really hard. It works fine for me, and is even holding its point, pretty much. I should have grabbed a handful, not just a couple. I'd be set for life! Using just one pick forces me to be responsible about it. I do have a spare or two floating around - like in the pocket of my gig bag - just in case. Speaking of case, there were several picks in the pocket of the case when my A-4 arrived. Mostly junk, but a Jim Dunlop 1" (what I started with back when, as well as Fender extra heavy) and a Golden Gate which surprised me. So now I've got some extras. Again, I think I'm set for life.
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