Whatsername868 Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 This can be closed once I get an answer.Maybe I'm overlooking something really obvious, but I have one of Green Day's 21BD tour guitar picks and on one side it has a picture of a cat and the roman numerals "XI". Where did XI (11) come from?EDIT: There's one in my sig, kinda small though.
JHyena86 Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I have no idea, I've actually been trying to figure out that myself, but out of curiosity which guy was using that pick? I know Mike's are the ones with the class of 13 - I have 2, and everyone else who got one had the same, so I'm guessing all them have different designs.
-Billiejoezee- Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 that is soo interesting...and ur lucky.
Jon Benjamin Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 hasnt Jason White been with the band 11 years?
JHyena86 Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I think so...He started doing stuff with them around Nimrod, didn't he?Though I also heard he didn't start touring with them until AI...so not sure there
GTI Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I think so...He started doing stuff with them around Nimrod, didn't he?Though I also heard he didn't start touring with them until AI...so not sure thereHe started touring with them during the Warning tour.
Eirik Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 He first played with them at the Bridge School Benefit in 1999.
GTI Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 He first played with them at the Bridge School Benefit in 1999. Forgot about that!Winner.
GDM Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I got two picks from Mike, one that had the spray-painting girl at MSG2 and the other has a gas mask on it from San Antonio. Not sure if they are picks he actually uses or gives away. Someone mentioned that they are pretty thin for bass picks.No idea what the XI means. Maybe someone forgot the extra II's for 13? haha.
CarnageXB Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I know Jason White was in When I Come Around, and that was back in 94' , 95'
Lauren Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I have no idea, I've actually been trying to figure out that myself, but out of curiosity which guy was using that pick? I know Mike's are the ones with the class of 13 - I have 2, and everyone else who got one had the same, so I'm guessing all them have different designs.but Mike's are also the one's that have his signature on the back. and the ones with the gasman.
Lauren Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I got two picks from Mike, one that had the spray-painting girl at MSG2 and the other has a gas mask on it from San Antonio. Not sure if they are picks he actually uses or gives away. Someone mentioned that they are pretty thin for bass picks.but Mike uses thin picks. I'm a bassist, too, and I prefer thin picks. It gives it a cool sound, in my opinion. I definitely know he uses them because he plays with them and then throws them. Well, a few he just takes off his mic stand and throws them. but one of my picks is worn around the edges, like it was played with.
GDM Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 but Mike uses thin picks. I'm a bassist, too, and I prefer thin picks. It gives it a cool sound, in my opinion. I definitely know he uses them because he plays with them and then throws them. Well, a few he just takes off his mic stand and throws them. but one of my picks is worn around the edges, like it was played with.I got two of his pics, which I posted on my blog, but neither is signed. But he did give them to me. One he bounced off my chest cause I kept missing them. haha. That's what I thought, but then someone said different about the thickness.
Aurora Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 oops.I always thought it was IX for 9, as in 9 cat lives.
Isabel Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 How do you know it's not IX (9) upside down? It would explain the cat
Aurora Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 ^^yeah, or maybe someone flipped the image to fit the pick and didn't notice?
LetItBeHappy Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 the cat wasn't from something of john rocker?I know that Mike's favorite number is 11 (he said that on the Rolling Stone), so maybe is a subliminal message
Lauren Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 I got two of his pics, which I posted on my blog, but neither is signed. But he did give them to me. One he bounced off my chest cause I kept missing them. haha. That's what I thought, but then someone said different about the thickness.it's not really "signed". it's a printed copy of his signature. it just says "DIRNT" with the three x's. Chris gave it to me when I saw him in the morning at Las Vegas! but also at the end of the show, a guard was giving us picks and my friend got the signature one, too. i got the gas mask one, and my other friend got the Class of 13 one.
Isabel Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 ^^yeah, or maybe someone flipped the image to fit the pick and didn't notice?Maybe!I always assumed that there was no right or wrong way to place an image on a guitar plec, that it was just down to the individual's perception of what it was.Like, I'm pretty sure now that it's actually IX and not XI. It makes sense because of the cat...unless there's some secret message surrounding the number 11
Whatsername868 Posted September 4, 2009 Author Posted September 4, 2009 I actually found this one on the floor as I walked into the arena, I assumed that one of the guys in the band threw it out there during the sound check.Because yeah, the two that I got from Billie have the girl spray painting, and the two that i got from Mike have the Class of 13 logo.
JHyena86 Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 Haven't seen the gasmask or signature ones before.They have too many pick designs between them all.I am thinking that the X1 may be flipped too now...I originally thought it was a 9 anywho. Makes most sense.
Supermodel*Robot Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 I got a pick at my show too, but it was on the floor from soundcheck I think and the security guard just gave it to me. It says Green Day on one side in the AI font & then this little road sign on the other side with the word California and a big 1. Any idea who's it is?
RebelofSuburbia Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 well if you count Shenanigans, ISH and Bullet in a Bible Green Day have 11 official cd releases..I don't know honestly
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