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Additional thoughts –

Up until I received these picks I had only heard of stone picks being used on acoustics. Most of the videos I had seen were acoustic players using a stone pick. This video was one I had actually watched about a month ago.

But never had I thought about using a stone pick on an electric guitar. After reviewing a few other youtube video’s I decided to give it a shot. I chose a readily available backing track on the internet. I chose a thinner StoneWorks Pick for this jam. This is the pick that I chose for this song

I wanted to see if I could get some serious artificial harmonics and wanted to see how the dynamics affected a dynamic filter.

http://burlapandblues.com/bluesblog/reviews/stonejam.mp3

Overall a pretty good clip. The pick performed excellently, no slippage, great harmonics, great speed.

Remember StoneWorks picks can be found on the internet here http://www.stoneworkspicks.com/. . .

Review equipment – Ibanez Jem 7V, StoneWorks guitar pick as above. Keeley Mod DS-1 into Mesa Boogie simulated amplifier.

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Welcome back to reviews my fellow Burlap and Blues Blog readers. I will be reviewing something that is very unusual. I have heard several times from several pick sellers that what guitar players need for tone is better picks. I had to agree that there had to be a component in a pick making better tone while playing. I have tried pretty much everything I could find as far as picks. I had tried acrylic, plastic, metal, old cymbals, Delrin and even a shaved down quarter. Someone at a local guitar store asked if I had ever tried a stone pick. I purchased one, although I was somewhat put back by the price. Picks are something that guitar players loose, not something that they invest in.
I purchased a stone pick from this store. What I found was a very pretty guitar pick that was bulky to hold and very well polished. It was slippery to hold. Did not like it, could not get it to sound good at all. I have tried other stone picks since then, and I never really found one that I liked. So, I finally just went back to a standard white Delrin and that is what I have been using for years.

So…. I found myself in an interesting situation a few months ago. A guitar player friend of mine asked me to try a stone pick from StoneWorks picks. I chuckled and relayed my story about the last stone pick that I used. This good friend asked me to take it home and give it a good try and review. After taking this home I felt it was someone better than the other stone picks and it was a little easier to hold. With KOTB 2011 coming up, I thought as soon as I am done with KOTB 11, I will start reviews of guitar equipment again.

After an email last week from Mike from StoneWorks Picks, I found myself on the receiving end of a neat assortment of picks from StoneWorks. The first think I can say about these stone picks, is there is no doubt StoneWorks stone picks are not like any other stone pick you will find. The StoneWorks picks are easy to hold on to and extremely smooth but not slippery.

You will not want to miss a moment of the reviews!
If you can’t wait, please check out their site at http://www.stoneworkspicks.com/