1.   And he not infrequently hands out a tortoise-effect guitar pick as a memento.

2.   Guitar Center used to be almost a Middle Eastern bazaar with lots of bargaining on even small things like guitar picks or sheet music.

3.   He was not chopping up reels of film into celluloid guitar picks.

4.   The books are all autographed, and include other bits of memorabilia like guitar picks and backstage passes, or compact disks with otherwise unreleased material.

5.   The Rhythm Pick is a small, black plastic egg-shape shaker topped with two guitar picks that resemble rabbit ears set slightly askew.

6.   Throughout the day, guitar picks on mechanical arms strike the strings as computer-controlled dampers press down on the frets, creating eerily beautiful music.

7.   Walking offstage between encores at his Irving Plaza show on Monday night, Bob Dylan tossed his guitar pick into the crowd.

8.   The rest -- to quote an old joke -- are only good as raw material for guitar picks.