Generally, guitar picks are isosceles triangle-shaped ones



made up of different materials to play guitars. Guitar picks

are made up of various materials including, plastic, nylon,

rubber, tortoiseshell, bone, wood, felt, stone, polycarbonate,

Lexan and metal. Although different manufacturers use

different shapes, the most common shape is isosceles

triangle with highly rounded two equal corners and less

rounded third corner. You can also go for customized guitar

picks of your taste.

Customized Guitar Picks

Most of the guitar picks have a sort of imprint. This may

range from imprinting manufacturers' logos to fully

customized guitar picks for artists. In addition, guitar picks

come with signatures and logos of popular bands and

musicians. For example, Rick Nielson mass-distributed

customized guitar picks of "Cheap Trick," a renowned rock

band. Customized guitar picks evolved over time, as the

printing technology evolved. Even many guitar enthusiasts

started collecting various types of custom guitar picks, as

guitar picks have become more colorful with attractive designs

and look. You can get custom picks from music concerts,

since at times many guitarists throw their used guitar picks

on the crowd. You may even notice some celebrity guitarists

selling their guitar picks.

Guitar Picks Made of Bone

Bone guitar picks in general and many in particular favor

dinosaur bone guitar picks. These guitar picks made of

bone come in natural colors and some of them are even

transparent. Dinosaur bone guitar picks are hand-made

and fully fossilized or agatized. Bone guitar picks are

ideal for rock guitarists. However, these picks are

relatively costlier than picks made up of other materials.

Types of Picks and Music Styles

Guitarists use different types of picks of different thickness to

generate their desired sound. The thickness of the guitar also

depends on the kind of strings and playing styles. Electric

guitar players who play rock and metal music prefer thicker

picks to produce more controllable, delicate and great music.

Guitar players who play farthest genres, such as, black metal,

death metal or punk rock prefer soft guitar picks. Many Jazz

guitar players prefer to use very thick guitar picks, since they

like heavy gauge strings. However, there is no written rule on

selecting a particular pick. It is purely based on personal

choice. Steel guitar picks are believed to be producing much

brighter sounds than that of plastic picks. However, steel picks

may damage the finish of the acoustic guitars.

Finding the Thickness of the Guitar Picks

Several of the manufacturers, including, Alicem Jim, Dunlop

and Teckpick, imprint the thickness of their picks thousands

or in mm on the pick itself. Popular guitar manufacturers like

Fender, Gibson, Ibanez and Peavey sometimes used cryptic

way of denoting the thickness of the picks.

Therefore, if you have the passion for guitar picks and want

a celebrity signature, it is better to opt for customized guitar

picks. You can claim you are a collector too.