Many stringed musical instruments, such as guitars, are often played with the assistance of devices such as picks and slides. Picks are used by a musician to energize or vibrate the strings, while a slide is used to depress one or more strings, and is generally slid over the strings up and down the neck of the musical instrument, causing changes in the tone of one or more energized strings.
Musicians utilizing these devices during a performance, however, often find themselves in need of replacement picks due to the loss or breakage of their existing pick. Additionally, since a slide is not generally used continuously, a convenient but easily accessible location must be found to store the device when not in use.
Various prior art solutions to this problem have been suggested. Some of the prior art devices include devices which hold multiple picks. These devices, however, are not convenient to use in that they do not keep the picks immediately available to the musician. For example, some of the prior art devices suggest that picks and/or slides be stored on a microphone stand, or on an amplifier. Given the current state of wireless musical amplification, as well as in the case of strolling musicians, such devices do not make the picks and slides easily accessibly to the musician.
Other prior art devices attach directly to a guitar or other similar stringed instrument. Professional musicians often pay thousands of dollars for their instruments and thus, are not willing to deface their instruments by permanently or semipermanently attaching such prior art holders to their instrument. Additionally, it is important to note that most instruments include custom designed cases. Therefore, most musical instruments will not fit in their cases if a pick or slide holder is attached to the front portion of the musical instrument.
One additional and further problem faced by musicians is often where to place a lighted cigarette during their performance.
Accordingly, what is required is a small, lightweight and inexpensive combination pick and slide holder which will hold or accommodate a plurality of picks and at least one slide, frictionally engaging these devices so they cannot be dislodged without applying some force by the user. Further, such a device should be easily accessible to a strolling or "wireless" musician while not attaching directly to the musician's instrument.