Black And White Buffalo Horn Guitar Or Bass Pick - 4.0 mm Ultra Heavy Gauge - 346 Contoured Triangle With Grip Hole Shape - Polished Finish Handmade Specialty Exotic Plectrum

Black And White Buffalo Horn Guitar Or Bass Pick - 4.0 mm Ultra Heavy Gauge - 346 Contoured Triangle With Grip Hole Shape - Polished Finish Handmade Specialty Exotic Plectrum

These natural Black And White Buffalo Horn plectrums are a great addition to your exotic guitar pick collection. Each pick is handcrafted and buffed to a polished finish. Buffalo horn naturally appears in black and white, with some portions being solid black or white, and some sections mixed coloration. These black and white picks are hand selected for ones that have both colors present in every pick, which can make for an interesting appearance. These exotic plectrums can be used for any stringed instrument, and sound great for acoustic or electric guitar players.

These picks feature a contoured triangle shape which has a grip hole in the middle to assist the player in holding on to them.

Horn picks are known to closely mimic the tonal qualities of the tortoise shell picks of the past, which were traditionally one of the most popular pick materials. This is because they are made of keratin, which is the same material a tortoise shell is composed of. Horn plectrums offer a very warm and mellow tone.

These picks are in a polished finish and have a very attractive aesthetic and natural beauty. Because these are a handmade product each one is unique and will vary in appearance, as well as slightly in size and thickness. These plectrums are a very thick heavy gauge and measure approximately 4.0mm at the thickest point surrounding the cutout where you grip the pick, and are beveled down on the edges.

Start exploring new tones with these exotic Black And White Buffalo Horn guitar picks today because the simplest and most inexpensive way to change your tone is to change your pick.

Specifications:

• Thickness: Approximately 4.0mm at the thickest point, and beveled down on the edges
• Color: Black And White Buffalo Horn
• Material: Black And White Buffalo Horn
• Size: Approximately 30mm x 30mm x 4.0mm
• Shape: Standard 346 rounded triangle pick shape with a contoured body and grip hole
• Blank guitar picks, no printing or logo

About The Material These Picks Are Made From:

Plectrums made from animal horn have been used traditionally throughout the world since the dawn of stringed instruments millennia ago. Horn is one of the most popular and versatile natural materials available for making guitar picks.

Prior to the 20th century tortoise shell was perhaps the most sought after material used for crafting guitar picks. A combination of excellent tone, flexibility compared to many other natural materials, and other more subtle qualities made it highly desirable. Tortoise shell was so perfectly suited to the task of being used as a pick that to this day most modern synthetic materials used for guitar picks are still trying to replicate the qualities of natural tortoise shell.

Fortunately, nature had already created a solution. Because horn is made of keratin, the same material as tortoise shell, the tonal qualities are very similar. This makes horn an excellent natural substitute to tortoise shell for making guitar picks. Our picks are crafted out of water buffalo horn and are available in solid black horn, solid white horn, or picks that feature both black and white coloration in a single pick.