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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | I collect rocks too, (my collecting habits know no bounds!) and a few of the guys on the Rock Hound forum have been making picks out of various stone specimens and really like them.
I asked them what they liked about the stone versus plastic, wood or horn, and they said that they have a different *Tamber*.
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Location: Corpus Christi, TX | I haven't used a stone pick but I have picked a guitar when I was stoned.
Sorry, someone was going to say it and I happened to be handy |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia | I'd be a little worried about string wear seeing stone is harder than the plastic used in picks.
Did they have any comment about that?
I guess if you replace strings reasonably regularly it probably won't be a problem. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Hi Banjo!!!
No, they didn't say anything about string wear, but they all seemed to like the sound that the stone gave the strings.
I like the light picks, I like the give (or bend), I think it makes for a softer sound. But if you were playing electric, or liked the harder picks, a stone one would be unique! Some used a thicker stone with more rounded edges, it would be easier to hang on to. They had a nice finger spot ground into the pick to hang on to. And the ones that they were showing were agate, so they were very pretty.
Maybe if a nice one pops up that calls my name, I will try one just to see the difference! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Nancy - 2016-01-13 5:40 AM ... and they said that they have a different *Tamber*. The word you're looking for is 'timbre' - it's a word that describes the tone or unique quality of a sound,. For example, if you play the same note on a piano and on a guitar, each note will have its own timbre. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Thank You Muzza!
That is what I thought it was too, but they used Tamber, so I assumed it was just another term that I had never heard before.
Timbre makes much more sense!
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Nancy - 2016-01-12 11:40 AM
I asked them what they liked about the stone versus plastic, wood or horn, and they said that they have a different *Tamber*.
Dupe post.
Muzza already provided the term you're to which you're referring.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Nancy - 2016-01-13 10:18 AM Thank You Muzza! That is what I thought it was too, but they used Tamber, so I assumed it was just another term that I had never heard before. Timbre makes much more sense! Many Thanks! Were they from the South? Like people who say "Beal" when it's written "Bill"? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I have a couple of stone picks. I like them. I also use the graphite picks. You can get amazing speed with something that solid especially if you hold your pick vertically. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Mr. Ovation - 2016-01-12 8:23 PM
I have a couple of stone picks. I like them. I also use the graphite picks. You can get amazing speed with something that solid especially if you hold your pick vertically.
Thank You!
I see a stone pick collection coming in my future...
Oh well, at least they are cheap, and don't take up allot of room! |
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Location: undisclosed | I've used a stone pick, they have to be polished then there isn't abrasion. As expected some rocks are better than others. I liked them all right but I use small, hard jazz picks. Over the years I've been playing more fingerstyle, the benefit there is you can't drop your fingers or forget them at home, leave them in the car etc..... |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Cavalier - 2016-01-13 12:46 AM
I've used a stone pick, they have to be polished then there isn't abrasion. As expected some rocks are better than others. I liked them all right but I use small, hard jazz picks. Over the years I've been playing more fingerstyle, the benefit there is you can't drop your fingers or forget them at home, leave them in the car etc.....
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Love it!!!! |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | Perhaps a stone pick would be appropriate to play rock?? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Cavalier - 2016-01-13 4:46 PM the benefit there is you can't drop your fingers or forget them at home, leave them in the car etc..... Do you have any idea how many lepers you may have just offended with such a flippant comment... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | AND zombies... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | And convicted Arabic thieves... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Oh them........
Back in the 80s there was the MIND pick, a big teardrop shape out of onyx. Tried them and didn't like them. I suppose they could work if they fit your style. Billy Gibbons uses a peso, Jeff Watson uses a stainless steel standard shape pick.
I'll take a blue chip TAD40 thanks. |
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Location: undisclosed | I apologize for my obvious insensitivity, in fact I was worried about that post. For penance I will watch the Evil Dead trilogy for sensitivity training (if I throw up I'm too sensitive) and go back to carrying a pick in my pocket. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | LMAO!!!!!!
You guys are TERRIBLE!!!! I was laughing so hard, I lost my breath!!! LOL!!!!! |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | I tried EVERY kind of pick, I´m sure. It´s the same thing as the slide material: the bigger and heavier the slide is, the better is the sound. But stone picks do not give you enough control, similar to metal or glass picks. It is absolutely amazing how different the same guitar will sound when you use different picks. My favourites are:
1. wood picks, ebony, for ballads
2. graphite picks like the Adamas picks, for playing more delicate tunes, fast notes and 12string
3. Blue chip picks for "everyday strumming" (always the fear to loose one...)
4. 5mm acryl picks for the slow blues in G
5. 1mm sharkfin picks for 12string strumming
6. high polished metal picks made of old coins only to boast with (unplayable)
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | DetlefMichel - 2016-01-14 11:35 AM
I tried EVERY kind of pick, I´m sure. It´s the same thing as the slide material: the bigger and heavier the slide is, the better is the sound. But stone picks do not give you enough control, similar to metal or glass picks. It is absolutely amazing how different the same guitar will sound when you use different picks. My favourites are:
1. wood picks, ebony, for ballads
2. graphite picks like the Adamas picks, for playing more delicate tunes, fast notes and 12string
3. Blue chip picks for "everyday strumming" (always the fear to loose one...)
4. 5mm acryl picks for the slow blues in G
5. 1mm sharkfin picks for 12string strumming
6. high polished metal picks made of old coins only to boast with (unplayable)
I was wondering about the Wood Picks too, they look they would work nice!
Ok, stupid question time....
I have seen Felt Picks on ebay, are they only for Uke's?? Has anyone ever tried one on their guitar?
They have different edges, and I was wondering if that made them easier to use, or hit the string differently?
I have also seen leather ones, which look cool, but I used to work on allot of leather, and I don't think that they would hold up very long... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Felt probably wouldn't work too good on guitar, but try it and see.
Back in 1980 I had some real hard urethane (read rubber) picks made for playing bass with a pick but to get the finger sound. Worked ok but I really didn't know how to play bass then. Eventually just learned to use the fingers, much easier. They say to use your fingers on uke too.
Metal, stone, glass picks, put them in a frame and hang them on the wall, like a stamp collection. Would look nice.
And the ones yoou really use, keep in your pocket.
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Beal - 2016-01-14 8:21 PM
Felt probably wouldn't work too good on guitar, but try it and see.
Back in 1980 I had some real hard urethane (read rubber) picks made for playing bass with a pick but to get the finger sound. Worked ok but I really didn't know how to play bass then. Eventually just learned to use the fingers, much easier. They say to use your fingers on uke too.
Metal, stone, glass picks, put them in a frame and hang them on the wall, like a stamp collection. Would look nice.
And the ones yoou really use, keep in your pocket.
That sounds like Excellent Advice! Thanks Beal! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | And on these bad boys you use the leather heel of a shoe. No kidding! http://www.barynya.com/bass_balalaika.stm |
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Holy Buckets!!!! I wonder if they have special vans to transport those from place to place!!! That is One BIG Instrument!!! The smaller ones make a wonderful sound, kind of like Russian HillBilly!!! (I was going to say Russian Red-Neck, but I would not want to offend our Russian friends)
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Check this guy out, Nancy. No matter what kind of mood I'm in, listening to him always brings a smile to my face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JqeSU7lSLE |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | WOW!
You can't sit still with his Happy Music!!! And only 3 stings!!!!
I am going to watch more of his videos! Thank You Alison!!! |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | Hi Nancy, here we have some shining examples ofthe tremendous pick world: Stainless steel pick with Robert Crumb graphics  Graphite picks
P Picks made of a real 45 (Suite Judy BLue Eyes) 
Ovation brass pick (only to play on sundays) 
Real abalone picks, high fidelity sound! 
Recycled coins, good overtones, but not on acoustic guitar. 
6mm acryl, the best for the slow blues solo! 
Real wooden picks. Best results when you choose the same wood as the body. But also suitable on Ovations! See the one with the bone tip, this is the best for nylonstrings. 
Leather picks. I use them for bass. 
Engraved stone pick. Smooth sound, but one wrong move and there´s a hole in the spruce top. 
Never stop making new experiences, picks and slides and capos and... 
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | HOLY BUCKETS!!!!
That is one NICE Collection DetlefMichel!!!!
Thank you SO much for sharing it with us!!!! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Beal - 2016-01-14 2:44 AM Oh them........ Back in the 80s there was the MIND pick, Was trying to remember that, had one of those but I lost it. Did impart quite a different tone to the plucking, used it especially for the intro to Joan Armatrading's I'm Lucky. |
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Stone Pick??