This past weekend was the Texas Guitar Show in Metro Chicago, what a thorough blast! Thousands of guitars, a few hundred amps, accessories galore. Ambiance and hipness so deep, you needed waders.

And for the cost of a decent cord, 'purchased a truly excellent musical experience, a handful of exotic-material guitar (flat) picks from Ms Dana Thorin of Music Caravan.

For about 50 American dollars, 'brought home picks made of...

...agate...rosewood...camel bone...buffalo horn...ebony...coconut...and a round "button" like Django used to use.

As a melodic guitarist most happy with a good instrument, cord and amp (rarely effects), the different pick materials are really tonally intriguing...veddy interesting. 'Have had a turtleshell one for about 30 years, kept for special (jazz) occasions. Now, these will fill in nicely when something more sexy than a Fender Heavy is desired.

Play surf with a coconut pick, jazz with an ebony, gypsy jazz with a button...and take yourself for new musical "rides."

Sounds fun. I had a stone pick back in the 80's that I used for speed/thrash until a buddy of mine borrowed it and it disappeared (bastard!).
lately I've been using silver coins filed and smoothed to a pick shape. The camel bone pick you bought sounds intriguing, I'll have to search one out.

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Waist high in gear, sound's nice, cheers for the heads up on picks, used to cut my own out of any peice of plastic I could find, "buttons" great idea,all the talk of Chets V picks, now this, going to have to pay some gear shops a visit someone has to do it, may as well be me