I have a pick made of gold, honestly I do, and I’ve used it too … but one made of wood – never heard of one.
They say the Surfpick Lignum Vitae is much denser then white oak, gives you a richer warmer tone and that it makes your sound free from the dreaded pick click sound.
The wood is rare so it’s no wonder they can’t ship out of the US.
The wood is so dense it will sink in even salt water.
It was also prized for use for fittings on tall ships hundreds of years ago.
You can even watch it burn on the video.
If you have one of these picks in your arsenal, will you get back to us on what your thoughts about this is?
Keep on Jammin’
As far as guitar picks go? I’ve played for around 15 to 17 years and have tried a lot of pick materials. They all gave me an annoying clicking sound that really came through on recordings. That all changed when I tried the Lignum Pick. This pick is smooth against the strings and will not produce that annoying click. These picks are made out of real lignum vitae and not verawood like others are calling “lignum vitae”. Now I wouldn’t play with anything other than the Lignum Pick.
Beautiful comment David! I thought more people would be interested in this post, so I was glad to see that I caught someone’s eye and you at it!
I have never seen this pick before and no-one has ever talked about using one, let alone seeing one as well. If I come across it anywhere I WILL PICK THIS THING UP!
Thanx for the comment David and hope to see you here again some time, Merry Christmas!!!
The “Lignum Pick” is a guitar pick that is made out of real lignum vitae. Lignum Vitae has a strange buttery texture in that it will glide over the strings but at the same time will stick to your fingers after it warms up. I don’t know why these “surfpicks” are coated in rubber. The Lignum Pick is just solid real lignum vitae. These picks are more comfortable and come with a money back guarentee. Go to LignumVitaeGuitarpicks.com and compare the two.
Hey David, do yo think these picks would work great in a winter, out door event? By you saying that it sticks to your fingers as it warms up, just gave me this idea for this question.
One more question, does the pick clog up your strings more then traditional picks? PLEASE COME BACK here and tell us!
Happy New Years David!!!
I just got a lignum vitae pick from fidis picks and it really is pretty amazing. It glides over the strings beautifully and has a really different tone. My girlfriend actually asked me to practice with that pick instead of the plastic ones because the lignum doesn’t annoy her as much.
Hey Dave, does this pick give the same sound as if your playing/picking with just the fleshy part of your thumb? It would be very interesting to find this out. Sometimes in a song you need that warm Texas sound that Stevie Ray Vaughn has. PLEASE write back your response back to this comment section, we’d all like to hear your response!
Keep on Jammin’ Dave
It doesn’t sound so much like playing with the fleshy part of the thumb but it definitely has a warmer sound than plastic. After playing with it I’ve started to experiment with a number of different materials and have found that different types of wood have dramatically different sounds but all of them are a lot mellower than plastic (stone picks seem to have this effect, too, whereas I find metal picks to be far more harsh in tone).
Hope this helps!
THANK YOU DAVE! The thickness of the pick must take some time getting use to I imagine. Does it tend to move around in between your fingers when you sweat?
As for the metal picks, an old girlfriend gave me a pick made of GOLD! Only used it once on my RD-Artist and I never had it plugged into an amp. Maybe I’ll try it with one and tell ya how it sounded!
I hope you enjoyed the post! I know I loved your comments man!
“Does it tend to move around in between your fingers when you sweat?”
When Lignum Vitae encounters moisture, it has the opposite effect of ‘slippage’. It makes the wood cling to you like glue. You can lick your finger if you don’t want to wait for the wood to warm up.
I add the rubber grips by dipping the Bullet Surfpick models in a product called ‘Plasti-Dip’
Ra, I like the idea that you use the “Plasti-Dip” solution with your type of pick. Is this product easy to obtain?