The Wyatt Rice pick
1.21mm, Right-hand bevel, Width: 1.22in/31.1mm, Height: 1.15in/29.4mm*
Wyatt learned how to make this kind of pick (by hand) directly from his brother Tony. Wyatt was just a teenager back then and still recalls exactly how they did it. This exact shape, thickness, and bevel were what Tony was using in the early '80s e.g. Church St. Blues/Backwaters. As time went on, Tony's technique changed a bit, and he'd make his picks a little more rounded at the points....
Anyways, Tony taught Wyatt, and then Wyatt taught me. Pretty humbling..
…made in collaboration with Wyatt for over 2 years, these picks are designed to replicate his handmade shell picks. With these picks, Wyatt and I started from the ground up. At the outset, Wyatt sent me a few of his own handmade shell picks, so that we had the same reference point. With these picks in hand, I visited a number of plastics distributors around the state, where I was able to get ahold of a wide variety of “cutoffs” of high-performance plastics. When thinned down to 1.2mm, the material was flex tested (and compared with shell material). Long story short, one of the materials was more promising than the rest, (PEI**), and we actually ended up exploring multiple “grades” of the material… It was not easy, but we found the good stuff!
… also, the bevel mimics the same wear pattern that I observe on Wyatt's picks, which helps to provide a natural sound and feel. In particular, the degree and amount of this bevel is a big part of the equation here, and something that took me a while to get right.
Note: No CAD programs were used in the creation of this pick, and the slightly lopsided triangle is an intentional feature that was not corrected to preserve its authentic character.
Any of these Wyatt Rice picks that are placed during the pre-order period will ship out on Feb 27th.
Thanks!
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*…the shape is most similar to my shape “f”, but it is really its own thing.
**you can click on the FAQ link to learn more about PEI.
(photograph was taken by Dan Boner).
1.21mm, Right-hand bevel, Width: 1.22in/31.1mm, Height: 1.15in/29.4mm*
Wyatt learned how to make this kind of pick (by hand) directly from his brother Tony. Wyatt was just a teenager back then and still recalls exactly how they did it. This exact shape, thickness, and bevel were what Tony was using in the early '80s e.g. Church St. Blues/Backwaters. As time went on, Tony's technique changed a bit, and he'd make his picks a little more rounded at the points....
Anyways, Tony taught Wyatt, and then Wyatt taught me. Pretty humbling..
…made in collaboration with Wyatt for over 2 years, these picks are designed to replicate his handmade shell picks. With these picks, Wyatt and I started from the ground up. At the outset, Wyatt sent me a few of his own handmade shell picks, so that we had the same reference point. With these picks in hand, I visited a number of plastics distributors around the state, where I was able to get ahold of a wide variety of “cutoffs” of high-performance plastics. When thinned down to 1.2mm, the material was flex tested (and compared with shell material). Long story short, one of the materials was more promising than the rest, (PEI**), and we actually ended up exploring multiple “grades” of the material… It was not easy, but we found the good stuff!
… also, the bevel mimics the same wear pattern that I observe on Wyatt's picks, which helps to provide a natural sound and feel. In particular, the degree and amount of this bevel is a big part of the equation here, and something that took me a while to get right.
Note: No CAD programs were used in the creation of this pick, and the slightly lopsided triangle is an intentional feature that was not corrected to preserve its authentic character.
Any of these Wyatt Rice picks that are placed during the pre-order period will ship out on Feb 27th.
Thanks!
-
*…the shape is most similar to my shape “f”, but it is really its own thing.
**you can click on the FAQ link to learn more about PEI.
(photograph was taken by Dan Boner).
1.21mm, Right-hand bevel, Width: 1.22in/31.1mm, Height: 1.15in/29.4mm*
Wyatt learned how to make this kind of pick (by hand) directly from his brother Tony. Wyatt was just a teenager back then and still recalls exactly how they did it. This exact shape, thickness, and bevel were what Tony was using in the early '80s e.g. Church St. Blues/Backwaters. As time went on, Tony's technique changed a bit, and he'd make his picks a little more rounded at the points....
Anyways, Tony taught Wyatt, and then Wyatt taught me. Pretty humbling..
…made in collaboration with Wyatt for over 2 years, these picks are designed to replicate his handmade shell picks. With these picks, Wyatt and I started from the ground up. At the outset, Wyatt sent me a few of his own handmade shell picks, so that we had the same reference point. With these picks in hand, I visited a number of plastics distributors around the state, where I was able to get ahold of a wide variety of “cutoffs” of high-performance plastics. When thinned down to 1.2mm, the material was flex tested (and compared with shell material). Long story short, one of the materials was more promising than the rest, (PEI**), and we actually ended up exploring multiple “grades” of the material… It was not easy, but we found the good stuff!
… also, the bevel mimics the same wear pattern that I observe on Wyatt's picks, which helps to provide a natural sound and feel. In particular, the degree and amount of this bevel is a big part of the equation here, and something that took me a while to get right.
Note: No CAD programs were used in the creation of this pick, and the slightly lopsided triangle is an intentional feature that was not corrected to preserve its authentic character.
Any of these Wyatt Rice picks that are placed during the pre-order period will ship out on Feb 27th.
Thanks!
-
*…the shape is most similar to my shape “f”, but it is really its own thing.
**you can click on the FAQ link to learn more about PEI.
(photograph was taken by Dan Boner).