If I had a Cent for every stand at Summer Namm selling guitar picks... well, I guess I might have enough to buy one.
Unless, that is, it was the Little Fatty pick from boootique picky-folk V-Picks - see that lil critter costs a whopping $20!
For a chunk of plastic!?
So what's the score? We asked husband & wife team Nancy & Vinni Smith what was so special about their see-through plastic plectra... were they clearly the best? (see what I did there.. clear... ok, I'll get my coat) Actually in all fairness, people did seem to be genuinely impressed by them - and while I was there, guitarist Marc Cooper who I'd filmed the day before demoing on the Digitech stand (see here), came by to stock up on more V-picks. So in the spirit of true investigative journalism [cough] I asked him what it was about them he liked? Myself, I spent 7 years on the road and never really gave a thought to the kind of pick I used - everyone in the band played a nylon Jim Dunlop .88 - made it really easy for the roadies. But now there's a whole lotta technology and material science applied to the humble plectrum... as our very own Rob Chappers will attest (see his video about it here).
And I must admit, when I got home and tried a V-Pick myself, it did make quite a difference to the sound of my guitar. Anyway, enough talking... check out the vid. Andy Mac

www.v-picks.com

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