Most of us self-proclaimed guitarist spend thousands of dollars and countless hours carefully
hand selecting our gear to find our perfect tone. To me, my tone is more than
just the sound that comes out of my amp -- but it is my signature and is the
feeling of my sound. One of the elements I had over looked for many years was
the guitar pick. About a year ago Graphtech had sent me their new guitar picks
made of a material they call Tusq. I had used Tusq nuts and saddles on many of
my guitars and knew what it did for my tone, but I wasn’t sold on the pick idea
as I was used to playing with a Dunlop Tortex .88mm pick and never put much thought
into it. To say the least, I was very wrong. The Tusq pick opened my eyes and ears to the idea
that I could change/color my tone by using different guitar picks made from different materials.
Over the last year I have been on a mission to find the perfect guitar pick and to my surprise there wasn't just one -- there where a few depending on what I was looking to achieve. This is a comparison of the five best guitar picks I
found and what they did for my tone and playability.
**I used a Dunlop Tortex .88mm as the control for comparison.
