Ra Denny's surf picks
Joe Finn
recently. They are carved from wood and have great sound characteristics.
These picks produce a different sound than you'll get with a plastic pick.
The articulation is clear and bright and gives you a rich, fat tone full of
harmonics. The sound is fuller and richer than what you have come to expect
from a plastic guitar pick.
These picks are available in a variety of shapes and sizes. Have a look at
his site:
Nice stuff, Ra. And thanks!! .......joe
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james seaberry
I just ordered one because.....JOE FINN SAID SO.... SO THERE!!!
jazzychris
Uzytkownik "james seaberry" <jsea...@csc.cps.k12.il.us> napisal w
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> I just ordered one because.....JOE FINN SAID SO.... SO THERE!!!
Great, but cut your posts.
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Krzysztof =[jazzy]= Inglik
David Moss
"Joe Finn" wrote...
> These picks are available in a variety of shapes and sizes.
> Have a look at his site:
Sadly, the US government won't allow Ra to supply them
outside the States. I don't quite follow the logic, is the tree
less chopped down when an American guitarist uses the pick?
Or maybe they're afraid we'll use them as weapons of mass
destruction....
Omcha
(Ra was nice enough to send me a sample of his hand made guitar picks.)
When I simply made an inquiry - I got a semi-smart ass reply.
Oh well, guess I know my place!
Jess
Ra
Damn right.
http://surfpick.com/freesamples.htm
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Joe Finn
"james seaberry" <jsea...@csc.cps.k12.il.us> wrote
>
> I just ordered one because.....JOE FINN SAID SO.... SO THERE!!!
These picks are very different from the picks most us are accustomed to. I
think wooden picks are terrific in general but these are really something
special. I even did a quick a/b test recording just to prove to myself that
they sounded as different as they seemed to.
The results are in.
The surf pick does indeed sound very different from a plastic pick. I
listened through headphones, near field monitors, house speakers, boom box,
and even in the car. The surf pick does actually sound [as noted by Ted
Vieira and Jack Grassel] "fuller and richer".
Please let us know what you think too, James. thanks,
..........joe
Alan Smith
> recently. They are carved from wood and have great sound characteristics.
> These picks produce a different sound than you'll get with a plastic pick.
> The articulation is clear and bright and gives you a rich, fat tone full of
> harmonics. The sound is fuller and richer than what you have come to expect
> from a plastic guitar pick.
>
> These picks are available in a variety of shapes and sizes. Have a look at
> his site:
>
> http://www.surfpick.com
>
>
> Nice stuff, Ra. And thanks!! .......joe
>
them against other picks and they always come out the winner for sound
and feel.
alan
fpirrone
> "james seaberry" <jsea...@csc.cps.k12.il.us> wrote
>
>> I just ordered one because.....JOE FINN SAID SO.... SO THERE!!!
>
>
> These picks are very different from the picks most us are accustomed to. I
> think wooden picks are terrific in general but these are really something
> special. I even did a quick a/b test recording just to prove to myself that
> they sounded as different as they seemed to.
>
> The results are in.
>
> The surf pick does indeed sound very different from a plastic pick. I
> listened through headphones, near field monitors, house speakers, boom box,
> and even in the car. The surf pick does actually sound [as noted by Ted
> Vieira and Jack Grassel] "fuller and richer".
>
> Please let us know what you think too, James. thanks,
> ..........joe
>
>
>
Joe,
I'd been using celluloid picks all along, usually Fender medium type,
but when I tried heavy I found the thicker rounder edges produced a
better sounding strike against the strings, with less pick slap than
medium.
I didn't like the feel or the sound of nylon picks.
Agate picks were very smooth sounding and support a nice variety of
attack agains the string, and even tried some stream pebbles as I had
read Martino did at one time, but couldn't find the perfect size,
thickness, and shape.
I didn't have access to tortoise shell, but suspect there was a sonic
reason for its use when it was available.
Lignum vitae were the best of all. My preference is for a smaller
thicker pick with well rounded edges, and my current favorite is one
that Ra made for Jack Grassel with a large hole in the center for
greater control. Of course, these picks can be shaped and smoothed to
suit your preferences, and since this stuff was used in ship bushings
it's tough as nails.
My experiments with all these picks parallel Joe's, and I found cleaner
attack, richer harmonics, more variety of timbre (especially using a
Benson/Andress picking style), and excellent speed and grip comfort with
the Lignum vitae.
Postings of this sort usually earn responses pointing out that a noted
player would sound the same with any piece of gear, and that people are
always looking for a quick path to better playing, and that nothing is
as good as flesh against string, (and, probably a sarcastic testimonial
that since using these picks his erectile disfunction cleared up!) and I
wouldn't argue with the skepticism or sincerity of such comments, but
I've been using nothing but Lignum vitae picks for a couple of years now
and am convinced they feel better, play better, and sound better than
all the other kinds I tried.
Frank
Ra
>testimonial that since using these picks his erectile disfunction cleared up!)
> Frank
Hey. You promised not to tell.
Actually, Europeans first exported this stuff from the Caribbean
because it was thought to cure Syphilis.
I believe that the only thing it's been proven to help,
medically speaking, is Arthritis?
james seaberry
OK, the verdict is in----this pick is a winner; I highly recommend
it to all. It arrived in yesterday's mail, about 30 minutes before I
had to leave to do a gig with this funk/oldies/jazz nonet I've been
playing with lately. No trial; no warmup; just try it on the gig
unseen and unheard. No string click; good tone, noticably different
from any kind of plastic- closest to the agate pick I had but dropped
on the sidewalk (6,962 pieces) but it does not break. The most
noticable thing is, with the Jack Grassel model I got, much more
relaxed picking hand even after 3 hours of sometime funk-scratching,
sometimes delicate chord solos- you're much more aware of the string
contact because you notice the tension in your hand is gone. Highly
recommended and NOT JUST BECAUSE JOE FINN SAYS SO. SO THERE.
Joe Finn
"james seaberry" <jsea...@csc.cps.k12.il.us> wrote
> OK, the verdict is in----this pick is a winner; I highly recommend
> it to all. It arrived in yesterday's mail, about 30 minutes before I
> had to leave to do a gig with this funk/oldies/jazz nonet I've been
> playing with lately. No trial; no warmup; just try it on the gig
> unseen and unheard. No string click; good tone, noticably different
> from any kind of plastic- closest to the agate pick I had but dropped
> on the sidewalk (6,962 pieces) but it does not break. The most
> noticable thing is, with the Jack Grassel model I got, much more
> relaxed picking hand even after 3 hours of sometime funk-scratching,
> sometimes delicate chord solos- you're much more aware of the string
> contact because you notice the tension in your hand is gone. Highly
> recommended and NOT JUST BECAUSE JOE FINN SAYS SO. SO THERE.
We agree, it's a great pick! Thanks for mentioning the absence of the
"string click". That one of my favorite things about it as well. .....joe