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I found a guy online who sells these picks through select music stores
that is made from what he calls cultured tortoise shell. He claims
they are made from the same animal proteins that turtles use to grow
their shells. Ok. They look like the real thing, but they are $20 a
piece. He says one will last a life time.
They are called Tortis.
I can see someone sticking up a music store just to make off with all
of their Tortis picks.
I found a stash of Dunlop gels in my pick box and checked out the
blues and greens and purples and reds. When playing a JM with TI Swing
strings through a Bassman, I prefer the harder picks like the Gel
purples or Fender Celluloid Hard, but when playing a Jag or Ric 360
through a Carr Rambler with Chromes strings, I was surprised to prefer
the green picks. The blue definitely yielded better tone, but the
green was a little more powerful. I am totally not used to such a thin
pick as the blues. But I definitely preferred the gels to all the
other picks I had. Thanks Dave!!!! They are some kind of polycarbonate
material rather than celluloid. I also tried nylon and it has a nice
feel, but it did not compare to the green gels in terms of tone. Of
course, your mileage may vary.
