Customer Reviews

• I play guitar with the Black Crowes. We’re recording and filming our new double live album and movie at Levon Helm’s barn. I gave your picks to the guys and we’re all using them! We love them! They sound so good. There is no comparison to plastic, it's amazing. It only makes sense. The stone picks appeal to the aesthetic that I apply to my music and live my life according to. The sound of the stone pick's attack is amazing on electric and acoustic instruments. They are superior to plastic plectrums in every way. I haven't used them on tour yet but I will be! I'm hooked.
  Thank you, LAD

  Luther Dickinson

  The Black Crowes

  North Mississippi Allstars

• The stones are wonderful!!!! I've been using stone since the late 70's, and these are some of the best crafted picks I've ever seen and played. It has been difficult to find decent stone picks for the last twenty years, so I am thrilled at discovering Picks and Stones. And dealing with Johnny has been a 100% positive experience. Thanks for the beauty and the craftsmanship!
  Jim Cunningham
  Columbus, OH

• The TONE from the stone gets it! I dig these picks, there wasn’t any "having to get used to" the transition of playing a different plectrum. The pick slides, articulation, clarity, the fact that the pick glides across the strings whether playing single notes or strumming make this an indispensable tool for more any TONE seeker! The order was received promptly, I called the order in, totally informative and professional, yet very helpful, kind and generous with service, the type that is appreciated! Stone rocks! Thanx!
  Jimi Ocampo
  Woodland, CA

• They are fantastic. I've been playing for a long time now, and these picks are a revelation. I get the impression I'm starting over, as far as picking hand technique is concerned. You may cite me on this, I'll be proud to contribute to your success.
  Ted Tunnicliffe
  France

• It's true: the density of material a pick is fashioned from makes all the difference, and Stone Tone is the gold standard.  The stone picks color the sound of the strings less than any pick I've ever tried and I've been through millions of types from plastic, brass, felt, and pocket change.  The attack is solid and the release is smooth as silk.  Electric strings sing like never before; it's like having a new tone pot: 10 is soaring and you can hear much more of a gradation of tone as you roll off the highs.  Acoustic strings are intensely more aggressive and articulate.  Chords explode and single note runs project like laser beams.  For someone like myself that plays thicker strings, finding a pick thick enough and dense enough for my taste has been difficult.  Thanks Picks and Stones.
  Ross Howell
  Mount Pleasant, MI

• Excellent quality. I love the way these picks feel and perform. I will probably never go back to plastic again!!
  Doug Orgon
  Portage, IN

• My picks arrived on Saturday (1MM & 1.5MM Teardrop and 1MM Jazz), WOW!! These are the ultimate picks!! The feel and tone are great, and I love the fact that they never wear out! It's great being able to get the same, consistent attack and tone every time. The workmanship is excellent, some stone picks I've seen on other sites look more like ancient arrowheads, yours are precise and professional, absolutely beautiful!! The 1MM Jazz is my favorite, works great with high-gain tones and speed picking. Also brings a lot of clarity to chords and distorted rhythms. I'll be ordering more as spares, these are awesome and I will spread the word! Thanks for a fantastic pick!
  Christopher Rapier
  Shoreline, WA

• Beautiful tone and a piece of natural art! Great product and highly recommended!
  Anonymous

• I love the stone picks. I have used a wide variety of picks including Wegen picks specially suited for gypsy jazz, as well, as bone, horn, and the Dunlop super stubbies. What I like about the stone picks, besides their infinite durability is the innate lucid resonance created by the density of the stone itself. It is difficult to describe, but because of the variety of attack modes possible in a spectrum of plectrum effects, one can achieve everything from soft round tones that adumbrate "like gold medallions to the thumb" to sharp machine-gun like articulations singling out the special nuances of string harmonics rarely to be found on mere plastic edges...anyway, I digress, but I do love these picks...
  R L Cummings
  Northridge, CA

• Of all the high end custom picks these are the real deal and money well spent. They never wear out and they sound great fast service nothing more to say…just you need one of these picks.
  Marc
  New Jersey

• Omigosh - unbelievable! Where have you BEEN all of my life? You have a lifelong user here for sure!!!
  Anonymous

• This is one COOL pick the tone is to die for. I have a hard time hanging on to picks, but this grip pick is just right in the thickness and feel. I can use the same pick on my PRS single cut or my Ken Smith Black Tiger Elite Bass!
  Don Waddle
  Stacy, MN

• Excellent Customer Service, Johnny really took care of us. Outstanding craftsmanship. I love the feel of this pick - the grips, the size, the three different points each with their own thickness. The amber has a really crisp, clean, and brilliant tone. I've been going back and forth between my old plastic pick and the amber, and depending on what I'm playing the difference may be subtle or not so subtle. There's just something about the amber, it has life to it. Definitely my new favorite pick.
  Joey Mauro
  Austin, TX

• I just bought a teardrop shaped 1.5 mm Brazilian agate pick and I love it. I was thinking that it might sound a bit metallic, but it has a beautiful, warm, full tone. It's a little smaller than I'm used to (about the size of a mandolin pick), but aside from that it's perfect. I'm never going back to plastic picks again.
  John H Maloney
  Whiting, NJ

• I ordered and bought a few picks last month. This is totally fantastic. I think I will use them my whole my life. Thank you.

  Sota Niihara
  Tokyo, Japan

• Today I got stone pick. It’s incredible, and amazing. In near future, I will order different type. I love your stone pick. Thank you.

                                                                                                                          Akira Suzuki
  Tokyo, Japan.

• I have received the picks and given them a good try out. They are both great and beautifully finished, I particularly like the Amber pick for its great tone and versatility. The Agate pick really amplifies the strings and sounds very dynamic, love them both. Very prompt service, thanks again.
  Renate Turner
  Salter Point, Australia

• Far and away the best picks I've ever used and that includes Brasilian agates I got from an alternative maker a few years back.
  Stephen Bates
  Upper Belvedere
  England

• I returned a Brasilian Agate 1mm in exchange for a 1.5mm. FANTASTIC PICK!!!!!! GREAT FEEL!!!!!!! I also own a 2mm Brasilian that I use for acoustic. Thank you for all your help and for your personal attention and communication. Great craftsmanship. True artistry.
  William A. Driscoll
  Beachwood, NJ

• I love these picks, thought I'd get a couple more. The 1mm are the best for me, used to using fender thicks, and they're not that much different. They feel fantastic, the attack is unreal. They absolutely kick ass. Only bummer I can see is on your end of things... selling such a good product that’s going to last forever. I'll keep my eye on your site, in case you start with different stone. Love them, love them, love them! Thanks.
  Dale Bodmer
  Mason, OH

• This pick is magic, and what a look, it is thinner at the grip and picks up mass as it goes forward which I guess increases its strength, it plays like lightening. I think of these things like conductors of energy and this is like a super conductor. I can't thank you enough.
  Cornelius Schulman
  Holliswood, NY

• I just barely bought, and tried my very first stone guitar pick. I love it. I like to play fast, and these picks just glide right across the strings. Great job with making these picks, seriously. I just have to say that the picks I've gotten so far are awesome, I really couldn't ask for anything better, and they also make great gifts. You'll probably see me purchasing more in the near future.
  William P. Cutrone Jr.
  Colchester, VT

• I do play hard as I feel the harder you work the more tone you project.  Kinda glad I got 5 different stone picks from you so far.  Each has been a different shape, thickness, grooved, ungrooved, and stone type.  I believe I've found my favorite.  2.5mm grip- jazz, tripoint, dime (at least I think that was the pick I sent the pics of).  Thanks a lot for your picks.  Feel like I just passed through yet another hurdle in playing what I hear in my head.  My connection time from my mind to my hands seems to have been cut by a third.  I'll email you when it reaches a half.
  Jan London
  Teaneck, NJ

• I was impressed with the sound and how my playing seemed to improve, I'm delighted with the gem stones smoothness and looks. These are just awesome I bought an assortment of 3 picks 2 thin,1 thick and I like both for different styles of music I play. Cool, Awesome, Great, Wonderful. I don't usually write reviews on stuff this is an exception. Thanks for a great product Picks & Stones.
  Vern Hill
  Near CDA, Idaho

• Great picks.  Complete alternate tones for my mandolins, acoustic guitars and electric guitars!
  Dan

• The best $25 dollars I have ever spent on anything period! You hit the nail on the head as far as tone and shape are concerned. My shape preference is a jazz pick for ultimate precision and speed. My bandmates are still mystified by it, not really quite believing what they are hearing, and our bassist dubbed it the Pick of Destiny. I like to play a noisy, open chord choas style, and this pick is tailor-made to bring out the pinch and false harmonics of every conceivable inch of every string. I can't think of a better material to use than this agate for picks! Without equal!
  Collin, Baltimore
  
  
• Hi Johnny, I want to thank you again. The picks are arrived are really
  beautiful.....It's amazing my sound it's wholly changed. It seems I've
  change guitar or amp.
  Marco, Italy
  
  
• The picks are fantastic, the sound and quality of the stones is excellent. I'm now able to get the sound I've been looking for from my bass. Megan was a great help. I had some problems with the online store and she responded very quickly, even processing my order manually.
  Kris, Vancouver
  
  
• My traditional 1.5mm Montana pick arrived in the UK just 3 days after dispatch, beautifully secured. I was immediately surprised by how light it was and, dispite the highly polished surface, the grip it afforded. It revealed tone lurking beneath the soundboard that I never knew existed, fat, warm tone. A must have addition to any guitarist's arsenal, acoustic or electric.
  Philip, Basildon, England
  
  
• I did not expect that a pick could change the tone so dramatically. I'm impressed with the smoothness, the lack of "clicking" from the pick, and the depth of the sound. Thanks for a great product.
  Andrew, Los Altos Hills, California
  
  
• With these beautiful polished stone picks, the ease of playability, the quality of service, and, most importantly, the control over tone you have as a player, why anyone chooses to stick with crappy plastic picks is beyond me. Thank you, Picks and Stones!
  Will Haight, Sewanee, TN
  
  
• The combo grip offered a choice of three distinct tones, a very smooth action with little string noise and a good feel in my hand. Excellent, best I've ever used and I've tried quite a few over the years.
  Thanks for picking out a good one Johnny, I love it.
  Hank Imhof, Hummelstown, PA
  
  
• I've been using Jazz III picks for ages, so when I became interested in stone picks, I decided not to go for something vastly different and got a 1,5mm Brazillian agate jazz pick. It's in my comfort zone that way. My first impression was that it just plays so much more smoothly than regular jazz III's. It gets from string to string with much less effort and sweeps just flow smoothly. Like many others have said, there's much less "pick-sound" with the stone pick than with plastic, and that's definitely a plus I think. A concern of mine was that the glassy surface would slip out of my hand easilly (I got a non-grip pick), but it hasn't yet and it actually sits more firmly between my fingers than the Jazz III's did. I'm very satisfyed indeed.
  Casper Sørensen, Vejle, Denmark
  
  
• Not only is your Picks and Stones a great idea for clarity and stellar tone, I not only loved the sound, I decided to buy one for my wife as a necklace for Valentine's Day. It's something we can always share together as my pick is usually in my pocket, hers will be around her neck. Thanks for such a terrific product.
  Jim Swanson
  "Horsepower - The Band"
  
  
• I have been using the 3mm Brasilan Agate Tri-Point Style Guitar Pick for about a year now....and it is fabulous!!!! You guys made me a great pick that has improved my tone and the way I approach the instrument. I can't tell you how happy I am about the pick you made me. This email is a long time coming...but I wanted you to know what a great job you've done. I'm ordering 4 more before the month is over.Thank you so very much.
  Michelle Webb,
  LISTEN to Michelle play with her gemstone pick.
  
  
• I`ve really discovered the claw.. the fastest point ever! Amazing experience - fulfills every claim you made. Travels with the speed of light - and without a sound! I Feel I have to point out that I`m usually disappointed with people and their makings, often including myself - so I don't brag easy about anything. It's just very exciting to come across new tools that really pushes things forward, after so many years of playing. Thank you!
  Rockon
  Willy, Oslo, Norway
  
  
• I purchased a Jazz pick from you around Christmas. During the same time I spent a few hundred dollars on various other high end picks wood, bone horn... Well the Bloodstone Jazz pick is the only pick I will use anymore. You have a wonderful product and are a pleasure dealing with. Thank you for all that you do!
  Sincerely,
  James Iacobelli, Las Vegas, CA
  
  
• The package arrived today. The picks were packed nicely and carefully. Thank you for the quick delivery. I will need to get used to the picks to have a detailed opinion but my first impressions are nothing but positive. These are great picks and the size and the bevel are very close to what I am most comfortable with.
  -Peter Antal, Dunaharaszti, Hungary
  
  
• Bravo!
  You guys are ARTISTS !
  For me it's the first time I play with a stonemade pick : it is completly a different feeling, touch & sound; so I have to get used to it. I like it!
  ...I told my wife, if it turns out that I won't be using this picks for any reasons, they would look beautiful on her as earings !!!
  Thanks!
  -Real Trepanier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  

• I was stunned by the tonal difference when using your picks. I've used all sorts of picks in my career as a guitarist and guitar teacher - plastic, ebony, horn, bone, even tortoise shell (sorry animal lovers!) - and I thought I'd heard it all, yet my ears perked up at the first note. The sound is so much clearer, smoother and deeper that I don't think I could use anything else again. Many thanks for a great product.
  -James, Oakland, CA
  
  
  
• The stone picks are really beautiful in looks, craftmanship and sound! The tone I get is really something I've never heard before, bigger in all directions! Takes a while to get used to, especially if you've been playing thinner nylons before, and they might not be the choice for all applications, but the sound.....! They are now my main picks.
  ...and they don't wear!
  - Olav, Oslo, Norway
  
  
  
• The extremely smooth surface does give the pick a very smooth glide off of the string, which is what I love. They make picking feel more natural and not so labored, sweep picking is an absolute dream. For playing clean and acoustic parts, these picks had a very smooth, even, round tone and volume across all of the strings. It seemed to give my clean electric sound more acoustic type qualities and my acoustic guitar more classical qualities. That's not saying that my electric guitar would pass as an acoustic or my acoustic for a classical, but it gave each that more full sound I described earlier. I even did a blind test with my girlfriend, who doesn't play any instrument, and she could even pick out (no pun intended) which pick I was playing with. There's even this one song I play for her that she just absolutely loves, and now with your stone picks, she loves it even more. I think your products are well worth the money, a lot of people might be skeptical of such an expensive pick, but you get what you pay for.
  -Matt
  
  
• The pick is great for playing loud, but I haven't found a way yet to use it for softer sounds without getting an annoying strike sound.
  -Greg
  
  
  
• I Received my first three pics a few days ago and.. what can I say.. well -the combo pick immediatly grabbed my focus.. it took me about a minute of testing to realize that this is the best pick I`ve ever had, through over 30 years of playing (12 pro.) After playing with it for some days I`m just amazed - a little twist and you totally change the attack and sound. Love it!
  Thank you for beautiful work, the combo breakes new ice!
  -Willy, Oslo, Norway
  
  
  
• Picks and stones offered me the solution I was looking for but couldn't find anywere! The picks are absolutely high quality, and there's a solution for everyone's need. The customer service is perfect! Let's talk about some serious tone now!
  - Luc Mees, Leefdaal, Brussels
  
  
  
• Thank you for my order which I received today. One word to cover
  everything...."Brilliant"
  -Colin, Great Britain
  
  
  
• "I am a professional studio musician having played, recorded and toured all over the world. I have been playing professionally for over thirty years and I am always looking for solutions that make it easier to play music. Stone picks are fantastic! Smooth, consistant and great tone. I have been playing with various plastic picks in every style imaginable and I cannot go back. Not only great tone, but for me ecologically sound, as I go through several gross of plastic picks annually, and am happy i have something that will not wear out, and will not end up in landfill. The only thing I worry about now is losing these beautiful picks in my somewhat absent-minded way!! LOL.
  I also really appreciated the personal response to my questions, and the serious attention to quality and detail as well as a clear and focused follow through. These professional qualities will always make me a repeat customer."
  -John March, Los Angeles, California
  -LISTEN to John March playing with a Picks and Stones stone pick!
  
  
  
• "I just received my picks and I'm blown away. They are the best stone picks I've ever tried. They are warm sounding and flawless! even the blemished one I purchased at a lower price plays evenly and flawlessly. I've already recommended your picks to some guitarist friends. If anyone out there is looking to warm up their sound and play with something that looks and feels amazing you may want to try out these picks. Please keep making them!!
  Thanks,"
  David Occhipinti, Toronto, Canada
  http://www.davidocchipinti.com/
  
  
  
• I received the 4 picks and I must say they far outperformed to my expectations!! They are EXACTLY what I wanted and what I needed. I use the teardrops for various jazz tunes with fusion melodies that require speed in the grooves. I use the 351's for solid R&B low end roll off. Thank you very much for the time and effort you put into them and if you wish, you can use me as a reference any time!! I feel as though it was money well spent and I got the best of the deal!!
  -Mike Palma, Schenectady, New York
  
  
  
• I' ve been playing guitar for about 10 years and recently bought my first two stone picks... and boy am I amazed!! I love the shape of my plastic picks but they sound and feel like... plastic. Now I have two stone picks and I just LOVE them! Shape, feel, attack, sound and the claw. Everything is perfect. And they are so beautiful! I will definately buy more of these. Thanks! =)
  Katja, Tampere, Finland
  
  
  
• I think John Wood is an artist. I only discovered the 'Picks & Stones' webpage by accident just searching the web looking for 'any' decent 2mm pick. I read all the information & bought two of these fabulous guitar picks. Delivery was very fast. The way an item is packaged says a lot about the company & it's commitment to always providing their customers with a quality product. The workmanship was fantastic. I absolutely love these gemstone picks. They look, feel & sound amazing!!! I can only wish both John & his partner Megan every success for the future. They have totally changed my guitar playing experience for the better !!!
  Vic Lowe, Northern Ireland
  
  
  
• "I’ve been using stone guitar picks for over 20 years. Picks and Stones makes the best stone picks I have ever used. My custom order resulted in picks that met my specifications and greatly exceeded my expectations. Over the years, I’ve purchased stone picks from every vendor on the “net”. Picks and Stones is the only vendor that has met my expectations. Their craftsmanship and attention to details is unsurpassed."
  -Wayne, Portland, Oregon
  
  
  
• Thanks for getting my recent order to me so quickly. I have totally given up on plastic or nylon picks, and I've been using your stone picks and some wooden picks only. Your picks are a work of art and they sound great as well. And let's face it, we don't need to worry about the durability, do we? I have been letting fellow string benders borrow stone picks, and they tell me that they are great. Thanks again.
  -Jeff, CA
  
  
  
• The attack is not as agressive as plastic, very smooth. Triplets are effortless. I seem to get from string to string quicker, but who knows. I was a little wary of spending twenty bucks on a pick, but there is no wear at all and after a year I still have it. I guess it's like buying an expensive pair of sunglasses, you tend to keep better track of them than the ones you paid $2.00 for at the Turnpike reststop.
  -Picks and Stones Customer
  
  
  
• "Thank you for your quality products and your personal touch!... Stone picks are beautifully smooth in touch and I was amazed by how controllable they are when you know that stone doesn't flex.... I do not know how many Japanese guitarists use your stone picks at this time and I am going to brag about my stone picks for awhile for sure.
  I am sure I will be re-visiting your web site from time to time to find your quality picks.... I am really happy for what I have purchased. I hope I can build a good relationships with you guys for times to come."
  -Customer. Tokyo, Japan
  
  
  
• Only one word would say it all : per-fect ! I used to have a stone pick years ago until I unfortunately lost it. I looked around but never seemed to find anything convincing. Then, not so long ago, I came upon Picks&Stones and decided to try and order two picks : one 2.0mm Montana Agate Classic and one 1.5mm Blemished Brazilian Agate Classic (for which, by the way, you really have to look hard to find the "blemish" !). I received my picks barely one week later, neatly wrapped in a little carton box : these people do care about their production travelling safely, folks ! Now, not only are the picks perfectly crafted and finished but the sound is truly what I remembered - and loved - from my previous stone buddy. The only thing one should be aware of (but that's none of Picks&Stones responsibility) is that agate picks really are amazing to play but the player's intent has to be true and... intentional. If you're going to doodle around looking for ideas at three o'clock in the morning and not wanting to disturb a neighbor, use one of your plastic picks. Stone picks require precision. But once your tune has come together and the sun's up, grab a tasty stone pick and discover what your tune really has to say!
  -Emmanuel. Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
  
  
  
• "Stone picks have always been my preferred medium but this 1 mm device you have conceived is a true breakthrough! "
  - Customer, Jamaica, NY
  
  
  
• "I received a Montana Agate pick from you about a week ago and I want to tell you how impressed I am. The pick is perfectly formed - symetrical with the edges beautifully rounded. The flat parts are flat - not wavey - and the pick is polished to a soft gloss. A very attractive item. The important aspect, however, is how it plays. And that is simply great! Solid attack, butter smooth release and NO pick slap. I love it. It's even helped my speed a little.
  I am also quite pleased with your service. Delivery was quite timely and your emails kept me informed where things stood in the process of packing and delivery. Thank you for a great product and good service. I do have one problem, though. Now I want to get a whole collection of picks made from all the different stones you offer. I will be ordering from Picks and Stones again."
  - Len Dailey, Colfax, WA
  
  
  
• "I am writing to tell you that I did receive the replacement pick in time for the holiday. Thank you so much for taking care of this for me. The pick is very high quality ... beautiful work! I am very happy about the service you gave me."
  -Art Mawson, Haverhill, MA