Get Your Tone From Stone! Meet StoneWorksPicks.com ~ Stone Guitar Picks!

Folks, ever heard of a highly polished guitar pick made from stone? If not, you have now!
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[@MannyDylanMusic]

I love these, as long as your dynamics and pick technique are focused they can really get you playing faster. The density and smoothness of the picks makes the typical pick grab from plastic picks a non issue.

[@KingofPho75]

those picks are actually cool

[@HEADBANGBALLER]

Thank you TTK for addressing the humble pick. Many people don't realize how important the pick is, not only for tone, but speed and accuracy as well. Another great pick maker is Brossard Picks.You can order picks maade from many exotic woods like L'Amourette, ebony, and cocobollo, stag horn, bone, abalone, and even mammoth tusk and have them made in any shape of thickness desired. I have one made of solid titanium (cost $10) and now stone. Very cool stuff.

[@brokensoul70]

Those are pretty damn slick, I may have to get a couple just because I have all kinds of picks. I also would like to try those with my acoustic.

[@BrokenString18]

nice!!

[@CoolKabbage]

I see a Bugera 6262 in the back there, great amp.

[@Dennizzz119]

Sweet

[@jst601]

The tiger eye looking pick @ 7:58 sounds a little less abrasive on the string attack, which sounds awesome! ;-)

[@MatsOrbation]

I wish that these MIN'D picks came back. Teardrop shaped like Pat Martino used to use. Perfectly polished and shaped. Just slid of all strings without any effort. Didn't flex at all. Best one's I've tried. I've tried these too. Good but not as good as the old MIN'D picks. But since they're not around anymore.

[@shaundougherty1]

Hi Mat, my dad was John Dougherty. He invented the MIN'D pick. I still have a few. His business partner ran off with the last batch. I think they stole 50,000 picks. Anyway, it is nice to know someone remembers them.

[@MatsOrbation]

shaun Dougherty Oh hey, that's really great to hear. Ran off with 50.000 picks?! Jeez. They must've turned up somewhere, but I haven't seem to find them in spite of scrutinizing the internet. Of course, they would give themselves away with advertisingthem as MIND picks. The one that I mentioned above, the one that I caress like, is the MIND pick, that don't ever leave my house. When I wanted to get one more, from the Swedish Wholesale agent, I went to them and tried 200 of them (the whole batch they got) blindfolded, and no one felt exactly the same as the one I had. Would pay premium for something like that. I would use my original as a spare.

[@MatsOrbation]

shaun Dougherty So, sorry to hear all about that. That your dad "was" and that they ran of with 50.000 MIND picks. I even had a local lapidiarist trying to make a copy. Didn't turn out the same, not at all.

[@shaundougherty1]

Hi Matt, yeah life can be quite unfair sometimes.

[@MatsOrbation]

shaun Dougherty I have one MIN'D pick that are very special. I tried 200 of them when the wholesale agent stocked them back in the 80's, in a blindfold test. Not one of them came close to this one. My favorite. I bought several anyway. This one I play only at home, and do not bring out ever to any place. You may not believe this, but this is the only material thing in the world, I would really really get upset, if it broke, or something happened to it. It gives me my best flow when shredding or playing jazz solos. It took a while to become fluid with it, but then again, the best pick I own. Today, I have understood that I can't rely on one sole pick only that can't be replaced.

[@hollowofthegrave]

STAR PICKS for me!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tman6495]

Year's ago they were called the MIND PICK.

[@barryroot]

Yep, the "MINE'D Pick." I still have one, bought in 1980. Mine is made of agate.

[@666alikat]

stone picks kick ass. I found a rock while camping and immediately thought it would kick ass as a pick. and oh man, it so does. but I wouldnt use it on stage. its too smooth so its hard to hold onto once youre running around sweating all over the place.

The tone difference to a regular nylon pick is immediately remarkable, it gives a smoother feel to the sound. I feel somehow that these picks would be most useful for the shredding, fusion and jazz genres :/ Then again, if not for something else, I'd definitely buy a cool stone pick necklace from them ;-I

[@Davidguitarify]

its actually expensive but it helps with your tone alot and is indeed good for sweeps (srry for my bad english :)

[@thecoldnovrain89]

Only bad thing seems to be excessive pick noise. Jazz III's FTW.

[@1687rlopez]

Can I buy Tone King picks from you? I really enjoy your videos and I’d love to support your channel!

[@MrSimonAegerter]

so TTK90 saves me 90% ^^

[@rampage222555]

The key to marty friedman lucretia tone

[@DreadedMetal]

DO A REVIEW ON V PICKS! :)

[@ThePalmenator]

How would it glide? If anything I would think that it would eat more at the string than the plastic. I use Celluloid picks and they are eaten away not the strings.

[@Zorlak108]

This is all well and good, but one look at the website and they're pretty damn pricey!! £20+ for one pick! I think im gonna stick to my 50p Jazz 3's!

[@Rimorox]

@Rimorox so anyway yeah thats basically my experience with mine, I was very dissapointed..

[@nwrth]

Got one Agate pick from stonepicks . com and it's great. Only my strings don't like it.

[@hawg427]

Are they hard to grip being such a smooth surface? They look like they would be great for players using very heavy strings. I've heard that ZZ Tops guitarist Billy Gibbons uses a Peso? Nice looking picks.

[@twistedthrifterb6220]

So I woulf send you a bunch of Montana agates in exchange for 3 picks .

[@zzzhuh]

You went to namm? Did you get to meet Chris Poland at all? And how do you get there, i thought it was a private palace.

[@MoreSoNowThanEver]

If I bought some of these being a bassist, do you think they'd break if I tried to hit some Dave Ellefson riffs with them? Or should I keep it for some ragae stuff?

[@matthewhamilton1833]

what shape/ thickness, and type of stone is best for shredding?

[@lkzprd]

i just mad one myself .. well its not as good obvously but hey its still good :D

[@Cloudxxx13]

I have a question, can you do pinch harmonics with the pick? for example the thin one, because if you can, then i want it lol

[@decapitatedrathead]

hey ttk, i really dig think picks, but i can only play with jazz picks or something like it, are there any picks he makes the size of a jazz pick?

[@NickGuitarMalfara13]

any good for sweep picking?

[@Cynic269]

What Gauge/Thickness do you recommend? i like picks that have just a lil bet of bend

[@tjon901]

Have you tried the sik pik?

[@MatsOrbation]

Stone picks are 'da shit' for special kinds of playing. They are slippery and it took me 4-5 YEARS (!) Yes, years, to hone properly. You drop them first, but then you keep them at your fingers, and learn how to brush, carress, and hit hard. If made properly they're the best for metal, and special effects. However, lose them and you'll find it hard to find anything that even resembles the one that you lost. I have one that I never take out on gigs, I play it always above soft carpets in case I'll drop it. I use stone picks a lot, but don't rely on them, due to their inconsistent shapes. I e when I have made one pick a habit, and then lost that one, it takes a while to get a grip of a new one. So to speak.

[@MatsOrbation]

You should try the unpolished ones. Thanks to the rugged surfade, it gives you the initial attack of a violin bows rosin. It goes a bit "chhhhhhd" first. Gives you that violin tone vibe. Polished ones have this high pitched bird chirp initial attack. Useful in certain circumstances. However, to get rid of that bird chirp, just switch to the neck pickup and it's all gone.

[@barryroot]

I like a stone pick with a little roughness, polished a bit but not to the point of being shiny... gives you a nice attack with some texture in it. I have an old MIN'D pick but I don't use it much, that PLINK sound is not quite what I like.

[@jpineda9391]

are they fragile? would the break easily?

[@TheKaappari]

What amp are you runnig thru? Or are you perhaps using the POD

[@rk28984]

how do I get a TTK pick?

[@thenaked2rist]

are you using a gibson les paul?

[@AllenHarrison]

man those are some fat picks!! i checked the website and they're like 1.67mm to like 3.68mm! i just got used to James Hetfield sig dunlop picks which are 1.14mm and i thought those were fat compared to my old .88 picks!

[@Rimorox]

I "bought" myself a stone pick, this one was made of ruby quartz the company was called rock hard picks. ANYWAY this pick is REALLY bad because the guy didn't know how to make it right so it basically feels like playing with a quarter because it has really bad friction, so it doesn't glide as well as plastic. I used it on my electric and it was okay for pinch harmonics but that's about it, you can't play as fast and it was just otherwise a terrible experience. on my acoustic it sounded tinny.

[@Emaer666]

So... thats why its called Stoner Rock XD

[@erszebet]

snake oil

[@ArnsCannon88]

this pick would not be good for down tuning

[@mudbone80]

@ 8:30 "I have a big fattie, which is a real thick one, let me pop it out so you can see it." .... I'm not sure thats allowed on youtube :P ... I know, I'm terrible ... Great review by the way :-)

[@guitarprism]

Sell, Sell, Sell

[@Jplent1]

Talks too much.

[@ozzyfan1995]

Youre the tone king, but your sound is crap??