CLAYTON Picks Exotic Horn Material Guitar Picks (HHS/3)

I saw the reviews claiming there fake. I grew up on a farm. Horn material is like fingernail material. Your fingernail will burn the same way this horn will. Kinda like melting, but not like melting plastic. I assure you, these ARE real horn. Tap them together and you can hear it. That being said, and all cleared up now. I knew it was going to be ridged and wasn't sure how I'd like it. I LOVE IT! Feels very natural in my hand. Smooth, but not slick. Stays where you want it. Super accurate feel for picking, and also works awesome on strumming too. Totally sold on ridged picks like this now. The pick sound on the strings is minimal, and seems to stay the same weather picking hard or soft, same with strumming. My cellulose picks get louder the harder they hit the strings. These oddly enough don't. If you're looking at them then it's for a reason. BUy them. See for your self. Just know what horn is. It's not the same as bone.Update: 2.5 months later I still love the picks. You can file and shape any way you want. I created the perfect angles for my picking style and hand angle, put a high polish on the end. My speed picking is through the roof now. Sweet percussive hits on the strings with lightning speed and ease. I pick up another pck and can not duplicate the speed and clairity I can with my custom shapped horn pick. I only hope I can recreate this each time I wear one out. But they don't wear out fast.Every guitarist should try these. The tone is outstanding. Regular picks don't do it for me any more.

I love alternative material picks. Once you compare any material against any other, the tonal differences are shocking. "Tone is in the fingers" but the same is true for picks. Plastic doesn't sound like brass doesn't sound like steel doesn't sound like stone doesn't sound like felt. I have all of these in my guitarsenal plus more and they all work well for different things but these horn picks are, for me at least, the perfect balance of comfort and tone. It was THESE picks that made me almost stop using any of the plastics altogether. Horn is now my fallback pick and it took these to make me all but retire my entire collection of plastics. There is just no comparison. I suspect this is as close as one can get to the old tortoiseshell plectrums (but I haven't found one of those antiques yet to know for sure) But these picks really did change my standards. Unless you just hate thick picks, you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't give these a try. It may just change your playing forever!

As someone who is used to paying 10+ each for caseine guitar picks (then losing them constantly as usual) I had to try these. I'm usually not too keen on bone/horn picks but these are great, and felt more like caseine picks to me than the bone/horn picks I've tried prior. The tips are definitely a bit too pointy for my taste, but with a pick buffer/sander (if you don't have these, you need one! they're cheap) it was easy to round off the edge a little. I suppose sandpaper and a buffing rag would work as well. I like the bevel too! I use these picks for bluegrass and gypsy jazz, and they sound good on my gitane and martin. Not so much on my electrics but I'll always use the Dunlop 2mm on those.UPDATE - Seeing some folks say these aren't really bone or horn? Might explain why they fell different. One user put it ot the fire test. In any event I like them.

These and another pick set I got which are bone take some getting used to.They are THICK and larger than most picks. That's not a bad thing, you just need to realize that.When I first got this and the bone ones they took some getting used to, but they do have a different sound than plastic and feel good and precise.

I love the weight and feel of this pick in the fingers.I have brass strings and there was a rough rubbing sound to the pick and I wanted a crisp sound so I just dipped the tips in epoxy and let dry and now I have crisp sound and great grip and look good too.

This is a great pick out of the Bag! I love it. Nice Tone. Works well on the strings. Feels right. I have to admit I was pretty exited for a few minutes then I started noticing some scratches within a minute of jamming. No big deal to me I thought as it still felt right. After a few songs worth of playing the tip of the picks starts to oddly work itself apart almost like a highly compressed paper would. Another song or two and I can stick my thumbnail into the tip of the pick, or whats left of it. So I leave 3 stars for a great pick that sounds and feels great out of the bag but certainly does not hold up very long at all. I guess I will have to try either some other brands or other materials as it seemed to be heading in the right direction to what I am looking for.Amazon's Delivery system is fast and second to none if you are a Prime Customer.

These picks give a wonderful clear ringing tone, the best I've ever heard for bluegrass picking. They also wear like iron, I've been using one hard for 3 months about an hour a day and just barely rounded the tip a little.They're also really easy to hold on to, horn gets slightly sticky when damp from sweat, so the grip gets better the more you play, or just lick your finger if you want a good grip. They have almost no flex so they're a little tricky to strum with, at least for me because I'm used to a medium nylon for strumming but they"re the best I've ever used for picking individual notes. If you want a clear ringing articulate sound try them.

I thought these were wood picks, my mistake. It says they are "exotic horn material" but they look and feel like plastic. It's a pick, they work, but not what I was expecting.

Awesome picks! They're a bit bigger than I expected but that allows a good attack while saving energy. They're also thick and don't slip away the hand!!! Super. Definitely get it more soon

Las tres aunque sean del mismo calibre 2.3 milímetros tienen diferente timbre, buen agarre y excelente tamaño. Las uso con mi mandolina y el sonido es ligeramente más oscuro que las convencionales de plástico, ideales para tocar el repertorio barroco que me interesa ejecutar

These are nice but Color is all black or very dark expressions In ColorGoing to be a good Xmas gift

Great product.

Long lasting; good for quick riffs and string skipping. Would not waste such nice picks on strumming.