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Black Buffalo Horn Guitar Or Bass Pick - 1.5 mm Heavy Gauge - 351 Shape - Natural Finish Handmade Specialty Exotic Plectrum

Black Buffalo Horn Guitar Or Bass Pick - 1.5 mm Heavy Gauge - 351 Shape - Natural Finish Handmade Specialty Exotic Plectrum

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Black Buffalo Horn Guitar Or Bass Pick - 1.5 mm Heavy Gauge - 351 Shape - Natural Finish Handmade Specialty Exotic Plectrum

These natural Black Buffalo Horn plectrums are a great addition to your exotic guitar pick collection. Each pick is handcrafted and buffed to a polished finish. These exotic plectrums can be used for any stringed instrument, and sound great for acoustic or electric guitar players. This pick features the standard 351 pick shape, and is completely flat on both sides, which makes it the most familiar feeling of all exotic pick designs since it is essentially the same as a standard guitar pick.

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 have a very attractive aesthetic and come in a polished finish which showcases the horn used and its 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 thick heavy gauge and measure approximately 1.5mm where you grip the pick, and are smoothed and slightly rounded off on the edges.

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

Specifications:

Thickness: Approximately 1.5mm
Color: Black Buffalo Horn
Material: Black Buffalo Horn
Size: Approximately 30mm x 25mm x 1.5mm
Shape: Standard 351 pick shape
• 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 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.

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