Shown here is an example of a design that is so cool that we could not resist showing it off in our blog. These are full bleed, two-sided rounded triangle acetal picks, and we thought that the art was perfect for this type of pick. At Steve Clayton, we are known for being able to produce some pick designs that can be pretty detailed and rich in color, and we often have customers that submit high quality photos or art that they want to put on a guitar pick. The art for these picks was created by Richard Salcido. He is an artist from San Diego, and his art has been inspired by comic books and graffiti seen on streets and in magazine ads. In the past decade, he has had exhibitions all over the country, and now his art is on Clayton picks! If you would like to have a look at more of his work, you can visit www.richardsalcido.com. We are always ready to get some more great designs like this to print on custom guitar picks, so if you would like to try out some of your own artwork in our website guitar pick designer, visit www.claytoncustom.com!
This week we are featuing an amazing pick done on our white pearl celluloid picks. This is a multi-color imprint with an overbleed print. It is hard to see in the picture, but we use transparent colors on our pearl picks, so you can still see the pearl pattern behind the ink. It makes the image look almost like stained glass. This pick is for one of our newly endorsed bands, Bon Journey. Bon Journey is a Bon Jovi, and Journey Tribute band. They are awesome. They even won best of Pittsburgh! To find out more information about Bon Journey visit their website at: http://www.thebonjourneyshow.com Don’t forget to check out a video of them below:
The ultem picks are my personal favorite guitar pick to play with. These picks are great because they provide a good grip and are a strong durable material. They also provide an appealing transparent look. Just recently we had mentioned about how on our Musician’s Friend’s website the Steve Clayton ultem standard guitar picks are ranked first in customer ratings. I personally prefer to play my acoustic guitar with the ultem picks as it provides consistent tone and volume. Recently I have noticed some excellent art work on our ultem guitar picks as pictured. If you are ordering your ultem custom picks make sure to let us know what color ink you would like. It does not cost more to put our red, brown and black ink on the ultem pick. If you haven’t tried our ultem picks out yet, you are definitely missing out. Place your order today and have fun with our custom ultem guitar picks! Just go to steveclayton.com and click on clayton custom.
Many of our customers like to put photos on their picks, of friends, family, pets, or themselves. Sometimes, a fun alternative to a photo pick can be a cartoon or black-ink-only version of a face like the picks shown here. Photos can turn out great, but if you are looking for a design that is more simple, or that is in one color only, there is still a way to get your face on a pick! The picks shown here are white delrin, yellow delrin, and acetal. Even though these designs are not full color photos, the facial features are enough to create a unique personalized look. These types of picks can be great for musicians who might want to throw out some picks to their fans during a concert. Or, they can be for weddings to give out as favors to all the friends and family of the happy couple. The possibilities are endless. Usually customers who choose this option will have black-only for a lithograph look, but there are others that create cartoon-type caricatures of themselves like the pick shown at the bottom of this image. So, if you want to put your favorite face on a pick, visit www.claytoncustom.com and have fun!
Musicians, artists, friends, and family be sure to stop by our facebook page this weekend to take advantage of our limited time discount for custom orders! We have a special discount that will end on 5/10/10 at 11:59pm. Just go to our facebook page each day to find the special code!
We are also having a special contest where you can win custom guitar picks! In honoring our facebook launch we will randomly give away a set of 100 custom picks you design at $75 value. Each week for 2 months we’ll give the winners their set of 100. Just make sure to become our facebook fans, place your custom order and see if you win.
Here are some ideas for simple designs people have made as shown in the picks below. Do you have a special occasion coming up soon? Birthday, wedding, or special event? Many of our valued customers love to put special dates on our picks and give them as gifts. Our designer page www.claytoncustom.com makes making special occasion picks easy. Just discover yourself. Below are some examples of custom guitar picks that were made all from the tools in our designer page.
At Steve Clayton, guitars and guitar accessories are our specialty, and we like to stay in touch with the world of music that surrounds our business. We are known for high quality picks, and our unique ability to create custom picks for our customers. Two of our favorite sites are www.guitartricks.com and www.pandora.com. Many people listen to Pandora, and we use the site to keep up with different varieties of music and up-and-coming artists, some of which use our picks! Many popular artists today love to have personalized guitar picks, and Steve Clayton is known for being able to use signatures, logos, photos, etc. to add the personalized effect to your favorite kind of pick. Guitar Tricks is a great resource for all guitarists as a online guitar lesson company. Guitar Tricks adheres to the individual needs of their students through lessons, just as Steve Clayton adheres to the individual needs of customers by providing a variety of top-notch guitar accessories and picks. So power your passion for music and guitars by visiting these sites: www.pandora.com, www.guitartricks.com and, of course, www.claytoncustom.com!
This week we are featuring a detailed black ink imprint on our White Delrin picks by the band Backlife. Backlife is a french Power Pop Rock Band that has been together for over 5 years! They released their first album in December 9th called “Life, Death & Rebirth”. Not only do they peform in their own country, but they have started doing performances in other countries as well.
To find out more about Backlife, check out their myspace page: www.myspace.com/backlifemusic
Did you know that you can purchase Clayton picks at www.musiciansfriend.com and www.amazon.com? Both of these sites have a huge selection of our products. Below are some of Musician’s Friends exclusive guitar pick line from us. If you’ll notice when you go to the guitar picks section in Musicians Friend’s website you’ll find us first in customer ratings. Our Clayton Ultem Standard Guitar Picks have the highest in customer ratings. This is because we take we take pride in producing the finest guitar accessories. You’ll find many of our Clayton picks like our acetals, colored delrins, pearls, and other stock picks. Not only can you find more guitar picks on Musicians Friend, but you can also buy from www.amazon.com. If you like to collect guitar picks or are looking for a quality guitar pick, be sure take a look at these fine online retailers for our products:
Recently at Steve Clayton, Inc., we have received really nice designs for our acetal picks. We had a recent blog review of our acetal picks, and the picks shown here are examples of how your favorite pick can work really well with your favorite design! Overbleed, or full bleed picks are simply picks that do not have a border around the edge of the design. Our acetal picks are known for working well with photo designs, because they are grainy and semi-transparent, so they can support designs with lots of color and detail. This means that they can also be a great choice of material for intricate artwork, such as the designs shown in the photo. Even though these designs have a high amount of contrast between dark and light shades, everything is balanced and the art stretches evenly all the way to the edge of the picks. Thanks Clayton customers, for giving us such awesome designs to work with! Try out your art or photo on our picks at www.claytoncustom.com.
