CodeMonk Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I caught a quick bit on TV today about some company that makes picks (among other things) with wheat! It was on the History Channel. Something about all the stuff thats done with wheat. Ok, found this site: http://www.wheatware.com/shop/index.php?target=categories&category_id=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Mars Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 I am in the process of making a new batch of ebony picks. I just ordered some more exotic hard woods and when I get a few made I will post some pictures. These things are a real pain in the butt to make but they sound really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Mars Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Well, we have been making these things in my shop for a few months now and have acquired a nice local following ... the guy that wroks for me says I should take 'em "National" so I decied to give it a try. They are now on E-Bay and I am in the process of building a commercial web site. Got a picture of one of my lines I decided to post and I cant figure out how to upload it so I am posing the link. Let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Mars Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Ok ... enlighten me. How do you upload a picture on this site? This is frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Upload to a hosting site, and the post the IMG code. I use Photobucket, and have been for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugatu Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 STONE picks? :D That's the first I've heard of that. I'm not sure I'm convinced that picks affect tone... your guitar has all that nice wood, quality strings, frets, pickups, F holes maybe... lots of tonal features anyway, that are specifically designed to affect a guitar's tone. I'd say that most, if not all of the tone comes from the guitar itself. My only exception to that rule would be a slide, in steel or glass, of course they have an effect on sound, but they are in contact with the strings throuout the note, whereas a pick is only there but a milisecond. All a pick does is get the string to vibrate cleanly after all. Of course I'm open to education, I've only been playing 9 years or so. I use .50 mm Dunlop tortex (the red ones) for rythm and strumming, and thicker ones for blues lead... usually the green ones (not sure of the thickness, but they're pretty stiff). I find tortex don't slip out of the fingers... well not often anyway. I like the sandpaper idea that Dave mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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