Timber Tone picks

[Zach Wilson]

http://www.timber-tones.com

Have any of you fine folks tried these picks? There are lots of neat, natural materials and shapes to chose from.

I may grab a couple.

[DavidKOS]

Yes, I have tried many of them as samples when I was working as a music instrument buyer.

Personally I am not that impressed with the wooden ones (look good, not so good playing), but they have a very nice selection of other materials and would be well worth looking at their products.

I'm partial to these for Gypsy jazz:

http://www.timber-tones.com/resin-395-c.asp

[Paul Busman]

I was thinking of the $7500 platinum one. How do you think that would be for Irish music?

I've bought and made wooden picks and have been underwhelmed each time. I love the idea, but I found the sound uniformly dull.

[MontanaMatt]

There was a Tribal Tones Starfish in the pick sampler...it's horn I think, I liked it, nice bite with the pointy profile, and dark sound from the natural material.

[MediumMando5722]

I’ve tried a few wood picks, haven’t liked any of them.

[Zach Wilson]

I'm really interested in the Resin picks.

[MediumMando5722]

The resin picks look cool... but they're 2.6mm and have that awful universal bevel like a V-Pick.

[Zach Wilson]

Wait.... what! I love my Vpick!

[DavidKOS]

I was thinking of the $7500 platinum one. How do you think that would be for Irish music?

I've bought and made wooden picks and have been underwhelmed each time. I love the idea, but I found the sound uniformly dull.

I’ve tried a few wood picks, haven’t liked any of them.

Wooden picks first - if you play Indian sarod, a nice big coconut shell pick is ideal. Decades ago turkish saz players used treated bark for picks. I've seen where lignum vitae could be hard enough to make picks.

Overall, I'm with you guys and too am underwhelmed by wood.

As for the platinum pick, well, I guess I missed that one first go-round! You could buy a lot of rounds for that much money.

Here may be the use:

"They have a 2.5mm hole positioned to allow use as a jewellery item"

[Zach Wilson]

Nice insight. How about the Horn picks? I only have one Horn pick that I don't like because of the shape (it's too small- guitar player style). The sound is nice though.

[LadysSolo]

I have played with a different brand of wood picks - sounded so good with my Art and Lutherie Ami guitar that I bought another set, but I didn't care for them on Mandos or any of my other guitars. I'm not sure why they sounded so good on one instrument but not on any others.

[allenhopkins]

Re: the platinum pick -- when your pick costs five times more that the instrument it's picking, something's weird about your priorities.

Some company used to gold-plate National finger-picks and resell them as jewelry, but they never approached that price range.

[JeffD]

I have a horn pick made by Dugain. I don't care for it for mandolin, but I love it for guitar. No pick click.

[UsuallyPickin]

Wood picks are pretty but in my experience play poorly. R/

[Ray(T)]

Wooden pick have been discussed before and I would expect to be underwhelmed by their sound. I have a few horn picks but they are too heavy and slippery. Back in the days before CITES you could buy ivory picks, at a price, and we used to make them from old piano key veneers. From memory, they played with a slight "squeak". If you're attracted to the precious metals, I'm sure you could get a jeweler to make you one more cheaply. I think I'll stick to the Weggens!

[Paul Busman]

I've seen where lignum vitae could be hard enough to make picks.

One of the wooden picks I bought is lignum vitae. It still sounds pretty dull. Now that this thread has been posted, I think I'll revisit my wooden picks and see if my taste has changed.

[jesserules]

Re: the platinum pick -- when your pick costs five times more that the instrument it's picking, something's weird about your priorities.
....

So get a $37,500 guitar, problem solved.

[Kalasinar]

A TT wooden pick I tried was disappointing and a bone pick was very scratchy. I tried a resin pick that could have been good if not for the bevel on it - given a speed bevel and better shape, it might have won me over. So far I find their Jazz horn picks to be the best. The only problem is that they are tiny. Really really tiny. All except the starfish one anyway.

Edit: It appears they have added different shapes to their resin line since I tried one. Maybe I should give the resins another chance...

[Zach Wilson]

Update: I received a 4 pack of Timber Tones for Christmas from my wife with a small tin.

These ones are made of resin, "gypsy" (their words, not mine) shaped and 2.6mm I think.

They look beautiful with very cool coloring. They are non-beveled (rounded on the edges). They play ok and feel nice in my hand and create a fat tone.... It reminds me of a thicker Dawg pick or a V-pick. It's a little scratchy sounding to me but that might because of the non-beveled shape (I get the same sound from others like it). I really like the size of the pick. It's a tad smaller then a primetime. However, not the thickness, which feels to thick to me.

Anyhow, nice picks. I don't think I'm going for any wooded ones from them but might purchase a bone or horn pick to try.

[Paul Busman]

Those are pretty Zach. Give yourself some time to get used to the thickness. You may eventually find that you prefer it.