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In this ”encyclopedia” you can find all the plecs which are related anyhow to the Rox World.
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| PER GESSLE’S GUITAR PICKS | |
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1. Text front: LOOK SHARP! Text back: IT’S ONLY PLAYBACK P.GESSLE Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: One of the first plecs, used during the Look Sharp! Tour 1988/1989. Back then a tabloid mentioned that 800 customized picks were made and it was described as the most useless investment of that tour. I see it a bit differently. |
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2. Text front: MONEY NEVER SLEEP$ Text back: ROXETTE P. GESSLE Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Quantity: 3 gross (360 picks) Trivia from Sandra: This one also belongs to the set of the plecs made for the Look Sharp! Tour 1988/1989. One of these picks can be seen on the back sleeve of TOURISM album, so most likely the leftovers were used later on the Joyride tour as well. It’s the equivalent to the b/w one and my most precious pick from now on and forever. I only got it because Per was willing to help me find Plectrum-Nirvana… Trivia from Per: The ”money-picks” came from an idea to harass the Swedish media who always considered me / us to be too commercial and never could read between the lines. It’s always rewarding to try to make fun of reporters, I think every artist agrees on that. Come to think of it, most humans probably do. ”Money never sleeps” came from the ”Wall Street”-movie (a quote by Gordon Gekko). |
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3. Text front: MONEY NEVER SLEEP$ Text back: ROXETTE P. GESSLE Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Quantity: 3 gross (360 picks) Trivia from Sandra: This one also belongs to the set of the plecs made for the Look Sharp! Tour 1988/1989. It also exists in white with black letters. Trivia from Per: The ”money-picks” came from an idea to harass the Swedish media who always considered me / us to be too commercial and never could read between the lines. It’s always rewarding to try to make fun of reporters, I think every artist agrees on that. Come to think of it, most humans probably do. ”Money never sleeps” came from the ”Wall Street”-movie (a quote by Gordon Gekko). |
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4. Text front: DON’T BORE US GET TO THE CHORUS Text back: PER GESSLE ROXETTE Colour pick: pink Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: heavy Quantity: 3 gross (360 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992 and later during the Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour 1994/1995. Two of these picks can be seen on the back sleeve of TOURISM album. |
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5. Text front: DON’T BORE US GET TO THE CHORUS Text back: PER GESSLE ROXETTE Colour pick: light blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: heavy Quantity: 3 gross (360 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992 and later during the Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour 1994/1995. And I think I could spot one of these on Per’s mic stand during one of the Room Service showcases in 2001, too. |
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6. Text front: IT’S LONELY AT THE TOP Text back: PER GESSLE ROXETTE Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Also used during the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992 and later during the Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour 1994/1995. However, I got this one from Per in 2003. |
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7. Text front: HELLO – YOU FOOL – I LOVE YOU Text back: PER GESSLE ROXETTE Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Used since the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992, this one here is from Sydney, Australia 1991. |
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8. Text front: ART FOR ME IS JUST SHORT FOR ARTHUR Text back: PER GESSLE ROXETTE Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Used since the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992, this one here is also from Sydney, Australia 1991. Trivia from Per: Yes, it’s a quote from Keith Richards. I thought it was pretty cool at the time. It’s very old. I wouldn’t use it today. |
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9. Text front: ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DOLLAR Text back: PER GESSLE ROXETTE Colour pick: tortoise Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Used since the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992. Two of these picks can be seen on the sleeve of TOURISM album. In the tabloid ”Expressen” it was mentioned in an article from 1991 that there was one more ”money-themed pick” made for the Joyride tour which said ”LEAVE THE AWARDS, GIVE US THE MONEY” but Per said this was just a joke. Trivia from Per: The ”money-picks” came from an idea to harass the Swedish media who always considered me / us to be too commercial and never could read between the lines. It’s always rewarding to try to make fun of reporters, I think every artist agrees on that. Come to think of it, most humans probably do. ”Another day, another dollar” was a phrase our American lawyer used all the time. |
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10. Text front: HEJ DIN TOK JAG ÄLSKAR DIG Text back: WODDY Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Ordered by Åsa around the Join the Joyride World Tour 1991/1992. Played by Per then and later during the Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour 1994/1995. Trivia from Per: (To the questions: Which year is that from exactly? What’s the story of it and what was your first reaction when you saw the misspelling?) Can’t remember. It certainly wasn’t me who ordered them, I know howh too spel. (To the question: Was there another production of these plecs with correct spelling?) No, I don’t think so. We were poor in those days, one edition was enough to crash the budget. |
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11. Text front: CASH BOOM BANK Text back: P.G. ROXETTE Colour pick: tortoise Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Quantity: 5 gross (720 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour 1994/1995. This one is from Halle, Germany 1994. Trivia from Per: The ”money-picks” came from an idea to harass the Swedish media who always considered me / us to be too commercial and never could read between the lines. It’s always rewarding to try to make fun of reporters, I think every artist agrees on that. Come to think of it, most humans probably do. |
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12. Text front: ROOM SERVICE 2001 Text back: Per Gessle ROXETTE Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Room Service Tour 2001, but also during Per’s Mazarin Tour through Sweden two years later. |
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13. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 1st edition of the picks that were made for the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. 800 plecs were made in 17 different colours and they used the same font as for the picks of Per’s Party Crasher Tour earlier that year. But Per felt that this font (Malermeister) made the many letters of ”GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS” look too fuzzy and hard to read. So a 2nd edition was printed with another font used on the front. The flipside stayed the same as the one from the Party Crasher Tour picks. According to Per’s guitar tech, Mikael Nogueira Svensson, they threw almost all of the 1st edition picks away. |
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14. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: cream white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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15. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: grey Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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16. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: yellow Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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17. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: orange Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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18. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: light pink Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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19. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: purple Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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20. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: dark pink Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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21. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: pink Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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22. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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23. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: maroon Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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24. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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25. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: brown Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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26. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: green Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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27. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Another pick from the 1st edition. The plecs from the 1st edition were never used during the NOTP Tour. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 13) |
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28. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks that were made for the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009 with a different font type on the front. It was also produced in 17 different colours, but some colours rarely made it to the mic stand during the concerts. |
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29. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: cream white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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30. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: grey Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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31. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: yellow Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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32. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: orange Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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33. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: light pink Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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34. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: pink Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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35. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: light purple Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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36. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: purple Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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37. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: dark pink Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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38. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: pink Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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39. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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40. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: maroon Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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41. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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42. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: brown Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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43. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: green Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) I never saw a pick in this colour on Per’s mic stand on any of the shows. Got it from him after a show in Antwerp. |
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44. Text front: GOOFIN’ AT THE PROMS Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the 2nd edition of the picks and was used during the Night Of The Proms Tour 2009. (see section ”Trivia” at No. 28) |
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45. Text front: ROXETTE Text back: PER GESSLE 2010 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: exists in thin and in medium gauge Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette concerts in 2010. |
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46. Text front: ROXETTE Text back: PER GESSLE 2010 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette concerts in 2010. |
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47. Text front: ROXETTE Text back: PER GESSLE 2010 Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by Christoffer Lundquist during the Roxette concerts in 2010 and that was the first time Chris used customized plecs at all. Actually, they were made for Per, but he passed the blue ones on to Chris. See Per’s comment here. |
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48. Text front: Cool Leif drawing / World Tour 2011 Text back: How Do You Do! Colour pick: black Colour print: metallic red Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during the Roxette World Tour 2011. |
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49. Text front: Cool Leif drawing / World Tour 2011 Text back: How Do You Do! Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic red Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during the Roxette World Tour 2011. |
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50. Text front: King Leif drawing / ROXETTE World Tour 2011 Text back: PER GESSLE 2011 Colour pick: black Colour print: metallic red Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2011. |
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51. Text front: King Leif drawing / ROXETTE World Tour 2011 Text back: PER GESSLE 2011 Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic red Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2011. |
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52. Text front: King Leif drawing / ROXETTE World Tour 2011 Text back: -/- Colour pick: transparent purple Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used mainly by Micke N-S during the Roxette World Tour 2011. |
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53. Text front: King Leif drawing / ROXETTE World Tour 2011 Text back: -/- Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by Christoffer during the Roxette World Tour 2011. He told me that there are a few copies with ”PER GESSLE 2011” written on the back, but I have never seen any of those so far. |
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54. Text front: ACOUSTIC / HALMSTAD / est 1959 Text back: PER GESSLE / world tour 2012 Colour pick: red Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during the Roxette World Tour 2012 and also during the first leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2014. The front obviously states Per’s hometown and year of birth. |
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55. Text front: ROXETTE / SWEDEN / est 1986 Text back: PER GESSLE / OZ 2012 Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: white Gauge: exists in medium and in heavy gauge Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2012. There were less of these picks than of any other from this tour, because it was mainly made for the tour leg in Australia. |
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56. Text front: ROXETTE / SWEDEN / est 1986 Text back: PER GESSLE / world tour 2012 Colour pick: marbled grey Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The front states the year when Roxette was established. |
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57. Text front: ROXETTE / SWEDEN / est 1986 Text back: PER GESSLE / world tour 2012 Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The front states the year when Roxette was established. Per flicked this one to the 9th row during a concert in Argentina. |
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58. Text front: ROXETTE / SWEDEN / est 1986 Text back: PER GESSLE / world tour 2012 Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic purple Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The front states the year when Roxette was established. |
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59. Text front: ROXETTE / SWEDEN / est 1986 Text back: PER GESSLE / world tour 2012 Colour pick: black Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The front states the year when Roxette was established. |
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60. Text front: ROXETTE / FAKE GUITARIST IN AN 80’s BAND Text back: Per’s signature Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made later in 2012 for the Canadian/American leg of the Roxette World Tour 2012. |
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61. Text front: ROXETTE / FAKE GUITARIST IN AN 80’s BAND Text back: Per’s signature Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made later in 2012 for the Canadian/American leg of the Roxette World Tour 2012. |
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62. Text front: Fake Guitarist In An 80’s Band Text back: ROXETTE – Per’s signature – PER GESSLE Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic purple Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made later in 2012 for the Canadian/American leg of the Roxette World Tour 2012. But these were also used during the first leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2014. |
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63. Text front: Fake Guitarist In An 80’s Band Text back: ROXETTE – Per’s signature – PER GESSLE Colour pick: black Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made later in 2012 for the Canadian/American leg of the Roxette World Tour 2012. But these were also used during the first leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2014. |
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64. Text front: the Ferrari Cavallino Rampante emblem with the initials of PG instead of SF Text back: GESSLE ACOUSTIC written over a logo with the Ferrari horse in a circle that has wings in the colour of the Italian flag Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: thin Quantity: 100 picks Trivia from Sandra: Originally made for the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2014. The set of the 2014 picks consists of 6 different picks. This is one of the two picks from the set that are made for use on the acoustic guitars. But the picks seem to be too slippery to play without dropping them, so Per uses the older leftovers from other tours instead (apart from a few exceptions here and there). Maybe there will be another edition with different picks but same prints in the near future. Who knows. Back to Dunlop 2015? |
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65. Text front: xXx highlighted by a line that has the shape of an emblem Text back: GESSLE ACOUSTIC written over a circle with wings Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: white and black Gauge: thin Quantity: 100 picks Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Roxette No. 64 |
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66. Text front: the ROXETTE 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR logo Text back: GESSLE xXx Colour pick: black Colour print: red and white Gauge: medium Quantity: 100 picks Trivia from Sandra: Originally made for the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2014. The set of the 2014 picks consists of 6 different picks. But the picks seem to be too slippery to play without dropping them, so Per uses the older leftovers from other tours instead (apart from a few exceptions here and there). Maybe there will be another edition with different picks but same prints in the near future. Who knows. Back to Dunlop 2015? |
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67. Text front: the ROXETTE 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR logo Text back: GESSLE 2014 Colour pick: white Colour print: red and black Gauge: medium Quantity: 100 picks Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Roxette No. 66 |
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68. Text front: PER AIR HAIR written across the PAN AM logo Text back: CAPTAIN GESSLE – Per’s signature Colour pick: white Colour print: blue and black Gauge: medium Quantity: 100 picks Trivia from Sandra: (see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Roxette No. 66). A little riddle is included in this one. Can you guess it? Try to write the same articulation in Swedish words and you get ”PER ÄR HÄR” which means ”PER IS HERE”. Makes more sense now, right? |
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69. Text front: ROX-JET written above an image of the PAN AM logo with wings, with PER AIR HAIR written across it Text back: CAPTAIN GESSLE – Per’s signature Colour pick: white Colour print: blue and black Gauge: medium Quantity: 400 picks Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Roxette No. 68 |
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70. Text front: xXx Text back: GESSLE ACOUSTIC Colour pick: red Colour print: yellow and black Gauge: thin Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the sets that were made for the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. All of Per’s picks for the first (Australian) leg are inspired by Australian road signs. This one from the set is used on the acoustic guitars. However, it was not only used during the first leg but also a few months later that year, during the European leg of the XXX Tour. |
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71. Text front: WHERE AIR PER? Text back: PER AIR HAIR! Colour pick: white Colour print: red Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the set that was made for the Australian leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. All of Per’s picks for this leg are inspired by Australian road signs. The little riddle that popped up on two picks in 2014 is back again. (see section “Trivia” at PG picks – Roxette No. 68) |
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72. Text front: WHERE AIR PER? Text back: PER AIR HAIR! Colour pick: black Colour print: red and white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: see section “Trivia” at PG picks – Roxette No. 71 |
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73. Text front: NO SOLOS Text back: GESSLE 2015 Colour pick: white Colour print: yellow and black / yellow and green Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the set that was made for the Australian leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. All of Per’s picks for this leg are inspired by Australian road signs. |
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74. Text front: NO SOLOS Text back: GESSLE 2015 Colour pick: black Colour print: yellow and black / yellow and green Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the set that was made for the Australian leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. All of Per’s picks for this leg are inspired by Australian road signs. |
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75. Text front: THROW THIS AT CHRIS Text back: GESSLE 2015 Colour pick: white Colour print: black / yellow and green Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the set that was made for the Australian leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. All of Per’s picks for this leg are inspired by Australian road signs. However, this one was not only used during the first leg but also a few months later that year, during the European leg of the XXX Tour. |
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76. Text front: TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF PER Text back: ROXETTE XXX EUROPE 2015 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made in 2015 for the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour. The phrase is a slight variation of the “Touched by the Hand of God” song title and fits perfectly. Unfortunately, the black print is not very long-lasting and can be rubbed off easily. So be careful. |
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77. Text front: TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF PER Text back: ROXETTE XXX EUROPE 2015 Colour pick: black Colour print: silver mosaic Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made in 2015 for the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour. The phrase is a slight variation of the “Touched by the Hand of God” song title and fits perfectly. |
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78. Text front: POP TIL YOU DROP Text back: PG EUROPE 2015 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made in 2015 for the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour. Unfortunately, the black print is not very long-lasting and can be rubbed off easily. So be careful. |
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79. Text front: POP TIL YOU DROP Text back: PG EUROPE 2015 Colour pick: black Colour print: silver mosaic Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made in 2015 for the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour. |
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80. Text front: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Text back: ROXETTE XXX EUROPE 2015 Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured / black Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made in 2015 for the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour. |
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81. Text front: SOUTH AFRICA 2016 written over an image of the South African flag Text back: GESSLE ON THE ROXXX Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured / black Gauge: medium Quantity: 300 picks Trivia from Sandra: Made for the South African leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2016. Rumour has it that originally no new customized plecs were planned for this leg of the tour, but then Per just changed his mind and this was the outcome. |
| GYLLENE TIDER | |
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1. Text front: Recycled-96 Text back: Per Gessle Gyllene Tider Colour pick: tortoise Colour print: sand gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Gyllene Tider Återtåget ’96 Tour. No other customized picks were made for that tour, only this version. |
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2. Text front: FINN 5 FEL! Text back: Per Colour pick: white Colour print: red Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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3. Text front: Återtårtan Text back: Gessle 2004 Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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4. Text front: Gyllene Tider Text back: Gessle 2004 Colour pick: white Colour print: red Gauge: medium Quantity: 1 gross (144 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Made for the GT25 Tour 2004. However, I never saw Per playing it on stage during the many concerts I attended. Got this one years later. |
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5. Text front: Gyllene Tider Text back: Gessle 2004 Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 1 gross (144 picks) Trivia from Sandra: Made for the GT25 Tour 2004. However, I never saw Per playing it on stage during the many concerts I attended. Got this one years later. |
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6. Text front: Ta mej… nu är jag din! Text back: Åsa Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Quantity: 1 gross (144 picks) Trivia from Sandra: A talisman from Åsa to Per. The idea was born in June 2004 during midsummer. Åsa and one member of the crew wanted to do something funny for the upcoming tour for Per. He never played it during the GT25 concerts in 2004, but had it set on the top of his plec holder on the mic stand during every concert. Trivia from Per: Oh, I dunno. There are always some goofy ones like that on every tour. It makes us smile. (To the questions: Can you tell us a bit more about it? How many plecs like this were produced?) |
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7. Text front: GT emblem Text back: GESSLE 2013 Colour pick: red Colour print: black and white Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. Aftonbladet mentioned in one of their issues that 5000 customized picks were made for that tour. This is just one out of 8 different versions, MP’s customized plecs for the tour are not even counted in. |
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8. Text front: GT emblem Text back: GESSLE 2013 Colour pick: black Colour print: red and white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. |
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9. Text front: image of a tape cassette with ”MAN BLIR YR” on it Text back: GT emblem Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. |
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10. Text front: image of a vinyl record with ”SOLDANS PÅ DIN GRAMMOFON – Gyllene Tider” on it Text back: GESSLE 2013 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. |
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11. Text front: ANDERS OCH MICKES SISTA BAND #GTSOMMAR Text back: GESSLE 2013 Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. |
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12. Text front: DAGS ATT TÄNKA PÅ REFRÄNGEN Gyllene Tider Text back: GESSLE 2013 Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: metallic red and black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. |
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13. Text front: VEM FAN ÄR VERA? Text back: WOODY Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The 3rd Woody pick over the years. ”VEM FAN ÄR VERA?” is of course referring to the song from the album ”Allt jag lärt mej om livet (har jag lärt mej av Vera)” and a legitimate question by Åsa. Trivia from Per: Åsa ordered them. I had nothing to do with those. It’s something she and MNS came up with. |
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14. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: GESSLE ACOUSTIC Colour pick: red Colour print: black and white / white Gauge: thin Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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15. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: GESSLE 2019 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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16. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: GESSLE 2019 Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured / black Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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17. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: GESSLE 2019 Colour pick: black Colour print: multicoloured / white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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18. Text front: THE LAST HURRAH Text back: GESSLE GT 40 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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19. Text front: THE LAST HURRAH Text back: GESSLE GT 40 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT40 Tour 2019. I didn’t see Per playing this one during any of the gigs on this tour. And I also know nobody who was lucky enough to catch it somewhere. Rumor has it that it was none of the favourite picks from MNS and since Per prefers to play white anyway they probably just didn’t use it that much or not at all. |
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20. Text front: SOMMARTIDER HEJ DÅ Text back: GESSLE GT 40 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
| PER GESSLE SOLO | |
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1. Text front: EN MAZARIN, ÄLSKLING? Text back: GESSLE 2003 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Made for Per’s Mazarin Tour 2003, but he rarely threw these into the crowd during the tour, because he mostly used the remaining Roxette Room Service picks from 2001 in medium gauge. I can only guess that the Mazarin plecs were a tad too heavy to use. Dunno though. |
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2. Text front: ETT HÄNDIGT PLEKTRUM Text back: GESSLE 2007 Colour pick: white Colour print: blue Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En händig man Tour 2007. |
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3. Text front: ETT HÄNDIGT PLEKTRUM Text back: GESSLE 2007 Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En händig man Tour 2007. |
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4. Text front: image of the Party Crasher album cover Text back: PER GESSLE Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured / black Gauge: exists in thin and in medium gauge Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s Party Crasher Tour 2009. Trivia from Per: The Party Crasher-one (with the sleeve on it) I ordered myself from Australia. |
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5. Text front: image of the Party Crasher album cover Text back: PER GESSLE 2009 Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured / black Gauge: exists in medium and in heavy gauge Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s Party Crasher Tour 2009. Trivia from Per: The Party Crasher-one (with the sleeve on it) I ordered myself from Australia. |
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6. Text front: WHAT’S BEEN PLAYED WITH THIS PICK STAYS WITH THIS PICK / Sealed Lips Emoji Text back: GESSLE 2016 Colour pick: orange Colour print: multicoloured / black Gauge: medium (Tru Grip) Trivia from Sandra: The pick with the longest phrase of them all. Per used these picks only once, during a private birthday party at Abbey Road Studios, 03/09/2016. And since you hardly find any videoclips or other recordings of such private or corporate gigs, the phrase literally hits the nail on the head. And it’s the very first time Per uses picks with non slip surface. The pick is quite different from all the others anyway. It has a white base and the whole surface is printed. Seems to be a quite new way to produce customized picks, coming from Australia. |
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7. Text front: Per’s signature Text back: GESSLE ACOUSTIC (written in a rounded rectangle) Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: thin Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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8. Text front: VISST ÄR DET EN VACKER DAG? GESSLE.com (written in a circle) Text back: GESSLE 2017 Colour pick: white Colour print: black and blue Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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9. Text front: VISST ÄR DET EN VACKER DAG? GESSLE.com (written in a circle) Text back: GESSLE 2017 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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10. Text front: VISST ÄR DET EN VACKER KVÄLL? (written in a rounded rectangle) Text back: GESSLE 2017 Colour pick: white Colour print: black and blue Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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11. Text front: VISST ÄR DET EN VACKER KVÄLL? (written in a rounded rectangle) Text back: GESSLE 2017 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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12. Text front: VISST ÄR DET EN VACKER NATT? (written in a triangle) Text back: GESSLE 2017 Colour pick: white Colour print: black and blue Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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13. Text front: VISST ÄR DET EN VACKER NATT? (written in a triangle) Text back: GESSLE 2017 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. |
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14. Text front: PER GESSLE Text back: THE ACOUSTIC MISSION 2018 (written in a rounded rectangle) Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: thin Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used on the acoustic guitars during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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15. Text front: SO MANY SONGS SO LITTLE TIME Text back: GESSLE 2018 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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16. Text front: SO MANY SONGS SO LITTLE TIME Text back: GESSLE 2018 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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17. Text front: PG’s ROXETTE DEBUT TOUR Text back: GESSLE 2018 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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18. Text front: PG’s ROXETTE DEBUT TOUR Text back: GESSLE 2018 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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19. Text front: image of headphones Text back: PG 18 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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20. Text front: image of headphones Text back: PG 18 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
| STUDIO PICKS |
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1. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: 1 out of 12 different studio picks. That’s at least how I call them. Some of them I got via someone with connections, but from time to time Per sends out some as well. I know some friends who received one or another of these picks from him. They were ordered in 2004. |
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2. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: yellow Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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3. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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4. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: red Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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5. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: black Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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6. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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7. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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8. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: marbled grey Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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9. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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10. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: grey-blue mottled, partly transparent Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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11. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: psychedelic, partly transparent Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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12. Text front: T&A HALMSTAD Text back: -/- Colour pick: tabby Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at PG picks – Studio No. 1 |
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1. Text front: Fender MEDIUM (not customized) Text back: -/- Colour pick: tortoise Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Obviously, it’s not customized, but I got it from Per in Antwerp 2009 after one of the NOTP shows. He carried it in his bag and it’s heavily used. It even looks like he chewed on it. So I decided to put it in here as well. |
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2. Text front: Jim Dunlop USA T (not customized) Text back: -/- Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: Per also used these picks on the acoustic guitars during the Party Crasher Tour 2009. |
| CHRISTOFFER LUNDQUIST’S GUITAR PICKS | |
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1. Text front: the ”jellyfish” Chris drawing Text back: CHRIS IS GOD Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by Christoffer during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The ”jellyfish” was drawn by a friend of Micke N-S if I remember right. |
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2. Text front: the ”jellyfish” Chris drawing Text back: VOLLSJÖ ANGUS Colour pick: red Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by Christoffer since the last leg of the Roxette World Tour 2012. The ”jellyfish” was drawn by a friend of Micke N-S if I remember right. And ”VOLLSJÖ ANGUS” is referring to the part of Sweden where Chris is living and to Angus Young from AC/DC. |
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3. Text front: the “jellyfish” Chris drawing Text back: the ROXETTE 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR logo Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic blue / red Gauge: medium soft Trivia from Sandra: Originally made for the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. However, the first edition can’t be used by Chris. It’s the same gauge that he always uses but something happened during the manufacturing and now the picks are too soft for Chris to play with them. Another edition is in the making. |
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4. Text front: the “jellyfish” Chris drawing Text back: the ROXETTE 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR logo Colour pick: white Colour print: black / red Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the second set that was made in 2015 for the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour. The first set had a metallic blue printed jellyfish and couldn’t be used by Chris. (see section ”Trivia” at CL picks No. 3) |
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5. Text front: the “jellyfish” Chris drawing Text back: EN VACKER HATT? Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: medium Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used by Christoffer during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017 and the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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6. Text front: Dunlop U.S.A. .71 mm (not customized) Text back: -/- Colour pick: pink Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: One of the picks that Christoffer usually uses besides the customized ones. He has been using these Dunlop picks since years, also on the Room Service Tour 2001. |
| MATS MP PERSSON’S GUITAR PICKS | |
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1. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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2. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: yellow Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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3. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: pink Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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4. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: red Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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5. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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6. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: marbled grey Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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7. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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8. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: marbled light blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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9. Text front: 25 år äldre Text back: 25 år bättre? Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT25 Tour 2004. |
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10. Text front: HANDY MAN? Text back: HANDY MAN? Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by Mats ‘MP’ Persson during the En händig man Tour 2007. |
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11. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The first set of 4 different picks with the same print was used in the beginning, but got replaced later to another set of 4 different picks with a changed colour of the print. Maybe because the black print is hard to see on the dark picks. |
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12. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The first set of 4 different picks with the same print was used in the beginning, but got replaced later to another set of 4 different picks with a changed colour of the print. Maybe because the black print is hard to see on the dark picks. |
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13. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled purple Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The first set of 4 different picks with the same print was used in the beginning, but got replaced later to another set of 4 different picks with a changed colour of the print. Maybe because the black print is hard to see on the dark picks. |
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14. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: black Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The first set of 4 different picks with the same print was used in the beginning, but got replaced later to another set of 4 different picks with a changed colour of the print. Maybe because the black print is hard to see on the dark picks. |
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15. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The changed version. Indeed much better than the first. |
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16. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The changed version. Indeed much better than the first. |
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17. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled purple Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The changed version. Indeed much better than the first. |
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18. Text front: T&A Text back: MP Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: metallic gold Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. The changed version. Indeed much better than the first. |
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19. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: marbled white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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20. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: marbled blue Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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21. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: marbled purple Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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22. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: marbled red Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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23. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: marbled green Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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24. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: marbled grey Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
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25. Text front: GT40 logo Text back: MP (DUNLOP U.S.A.) Colour pick: grey-blue mottled Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used by MP during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
| MIKAEL NOGUEIRA SVENSSON’S GUITAR PICKS | |
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1. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: No Per pick. I got this one and all the other 16 colours of the set from backline technician Mikael Nogueira Svensson in 2014. But since the print says 2010 and since they were obviously ordered together with the NOTP picks in 2009, I put them here. Micke N-S prefers to use heavy gauge guitar picks, so all of them are thicker than the ones Per uses. Btw, Overkill AB is the company from which lots of the backline gear is used on tour. |
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2. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: cream white Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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3. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: grey Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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4. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: yellow Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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5. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: orange Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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6. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: light pink Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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7. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: pink Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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8. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: light purple Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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9. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: purple Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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10. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: dark pink Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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11. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: pink Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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12. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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13. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: maroon Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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14. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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15. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: brown Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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16. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: green Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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17. Text front: DUNLOP Text back: OVERKILL 2010 Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Belongs to the picks that backline technician Micke N-S uses. (see section ”Trivia” at MNS picks No. 1) |
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18. Text front: ROX – 727 / VISBY / est 1981 Text back: -/- Colour pick: transparent purple Colour print: metallic silver Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used mainly by Micke N-S during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The front obviously states Micke’s hometown and year of birth. |
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19. Text front: Tänk att få sätta på Text back: -/- Colour pick: transparent red Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Used mainly by Micke N-S during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. Interesting choice of text here. Must have been Micke N-S’s idea. Of course, a line from ”Flickorna på TV2”, but it has not just one meaning… Ask a Swede if you wanna know. |
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20. Text front: image of the Foo Fighters bomb Text back: -/- Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used mainly by Micke N-S during the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. One might wonder why the Foo Fighters bomb pops up on a pick related to Roxette. Well, it’s the fav band of Micke N-S. That’s why. |
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21. Text front: image of the Foo Fighters bomb Text back: OVERKILL Colour pick: white Colour print: black Gauge: medium Quantity: 100 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used mainly during the South African leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2016. The Foo Fighters bomb pops up here again (just like on pick No. 20). And Overkill AB is still the company that provides the backline gear for the tours since years. |
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22. Text front: image of the Foo Fighters bomb Text back: X (dot) XVIII Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used by Micke N-S during Per’s En vacker kväll Tour 2017. He didn’t reveal what the Roman numerals stand for. |
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23. Text front: image of one of Micke N-S’s tattoos Text back: X (dot) XVIII Colour pick: red Colour print: white Gauge: heavy Quantity: 600 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used by Micke N-S during the Per Gessle’s Roxette Tour 2018. |
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24. Text front: image of one of Micke N-S’s tattoos Text back: X (dot) XVIII Colour pick: red Colour print: multicoloured / white Gauge: heavy Quantity: 800 picks Trivia from Sandra: Used by Micke N-S during the GT40 Tour 2019. |
| OTHER RELATED GUITAR PICKS | |
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1. Text front: BOX of POP / SÄFFLE / est 2011 Text back: -/- Colour pick: blue Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: Used mainly by Jakob Johnzén (Christoffer’s guitar tech) during the Roxette World Tour 2012. The front states Jakob’s hometown. |
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2. Text front: TEDDE GOES 50! Text back: WITH LUV FROM THE GESSLES Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: I have absolutely no idea where this pick comes from. I got it swapped with another one and so far, all investigations regarding its origin led nowhere. If it’s not fake, it must have been handed over by Family Gessle as/with a present (a guitar maybe?) for the birthday of someone whose nickname is Tedde, but you really don’t need to be a genius to guess that, hehe. Trivia from Per: He’s a dear friend to me and my family. We gave him a Les Paul as a birthday-gift and of course he needed his own guitar pick! Doesn’t everybody? |
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3. Text front: JÄVLA IDIOT! Text back: MVH BOJO Colour pick: black Colour print: white Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: First time I saw this one was in Dublin during the Roxette World Tour 2012. Micke N-S showed it to me when we met after the gig. For those who wonder why I put it here, it’s somehow related since BoJo managed the Roxette Tours most of the time. No further information available on this one, except for the fact that an English version seem to exist as well. |
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4. Text front: Dunlop Ultex 1.0 mm (not customized) Text back: -/- Colour pick: transparent yellow Colour print: black Gauge: heavy Trivia from Sandra: Jokke Pettersson used it during the Marie Fredriksson Tour 2014. I got this one from him after the concert in Borås and he told me it’s the pick that he played the last five shows with. I could hardly believe him, because except for the print it doesn’t look much worn, rather almost unused. Anyway, according to Jokke, those picks ”are the best picks ever made”. |
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5. Text front: Jim Dunlop . JD (not customized) Text back: USA NYLON 1 MM Colour pick: black Colour print: -/- Gauge: 1.00mm Trivia from Sandra: One of the picks that Roxette’s bassist and “man of many talents” Magnus uses. Caught it from him at the end of a concert during the European leg of the Roxette XXX Anniversary Tour 2015. He has no customized picks but I decided to put it in here anyway. Just to keep the PLECtionary as complete as possible. |
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6. Text front: Jim Dunlop . JD (not customized) Colour pick: grey Colour print: -/- Gauge: 0.88mm Trivia from Sandra: One of the picks that Anders Herrlin uses. This one I caught during the GT40 Tour 2019. It’s not customized, but since there are some more like this in the PLECtionary, I put it here as well. |
| MISPRINTED PICKS | |
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Misprinted PG picks – Roxette No. 58 |
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Misprinted PG picks – Roxette No. 73 |
| FUN PICKS | |
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1. Text front: GT emblem Text back: image of the Per Gessle cartoon character Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: Sold as merchandise during Gyllene Tider’s Dags att tänka på refrängen Tour 2013. It’s one of the set of 6 picks in a little metal box with the cartoon characters of GT printed on it. |
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2. Text front: GT emblem Text back: image of the Mats MP Persson cartoon character Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at Fun Picks No. 1 |
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3. Text front: GT emblem Text back: image of the Micke Syd Andersson cartoon character Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at Fun Picks No. 1 |
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4. Text front: GT emblem Text back: image of the Anders Herrlin cartoon character Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at Fun Picks No. 1 |
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5. Text front: GT emblem Text back: image of the Göran Fritzon cartoon character Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: thin Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at Fun Picks No. 1 |
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6. Text front: GT emblem Text back: -/- Colour pick: white Colour print: multicoloured Gauge: medium Trivia from Sandra: see section ”Trivia” at Fun Picks No. 1 |
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The metal box of the 6 GT Fun Picks above. |
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7. Text front: Chef Leif drawing / tylosand.se Text back: LEIF’S BAR & GRILL Colour pick: black Colour print: white / multicoloured Gauge: heavy Quantity: 4000 picks Trivia from Sandra: Made in 2014 for LEIF’S BAR & GRILL restaurant in Hotel Tylösand. You get it after eating there. A good reason to try out all the dishes on the menu (except for the food itself of course). |
| MISSING PICKS | |
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1. the pink and the light purple NOTP picks with black print from the 1st edition from 2009 |
All photos copyrighted. © Sandra Knospe
If you are interested in reading some more about this topic, check out this 2014 interview with Sandra.
The Man himself is talking about the plecs and more in this interview in 2014.