Posts by Steve Clayton
A Guide to Changing your Strings
I once owned a guitar shop, with a repair department, and replaced many guitar strings. Here are a few good tips, I would like to share with you. 
Removing old strings Using a string winder, and starting from the low E string, unwind the string, until you are able to disengage it from the hole in the machine head. Work across the guitar repeating this procedure. This will place the least amount of stress on your neck [...]
Ultem vs. Tortoiseshell
A loyal customer e-mailed us today asking about the difference between our Ultem pick and authentic Tortoiseshell picks. What a great question for today’s post. Most of you have probably never played with real tortoiseshell before. This is because it became illegal to produce/import tortoiseshell into the United States in 1947, which was before even I was born! A lot of guitar picks are made to have the appearance of tortoiseshell such as our cork-grip picks. However these are actually made of celluloid. Some people bring me some pretty convincing celluloid and tell me they have a true tortoiseshell pick, [...]
Ultem – Amber Fields of Gold
A lot of people love my Utlem Gold pick, and I get asked often how I came across this material. So, I will tell this story as my first official blog post.
After the success of my Acetal pick, I decided to research additional plastics that would serve well for a new line of guitar picks. My goal was to locate the stiffest plastic I could find. So obtained several plastic samples. I cut each sample into a guitar pick. When I played the Ultem pick it really stood out amongst the others. It had an amazing clean, clear tone, [...]
