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🦋 The Primetone(tm) Apostropick

The plectrum saga continues... I was inspired by the Tortex(tm) Talon to try the same idea in a different plectrum material -- the Primetone, which I had previously not liked that much, was the material I chose because it is extremely rigid. It came out great! Check out the recording of "This Land is Your Land" linked below -- it was made using the Apostropick on the bass strings and fingerstyle on the tenor.

posted evening of Sunday, February 22nd, 2015

have you tried thumbpicks?

posted morning of March 24th, 2015 by cleek

Yeah, I can never really control them.

posted evening of March 31st, 2015 by The Modesto Kid

Ross Overbury, who's mastering Hobo Nickel, describes the Apostropick sound -- "The sound of the sculpted pick is a big part of what this seems to be about.

"There's a very prominent pluck, and the guitar sound that might normally occupy the acoustic space is lower, and compressed -- almost droney, with the percussiveness up front. The pick sounds are almost a percussion instrument.

"If I forget I'm hearing a guitar, I get a sort of autoharp vibe, with a drone underneath that's almost like a keyboard or something -- it's not rising and falling with the picking, but there as a chord background with the pick sounds almost independent."

posted morning of April 6th, 2015 by J

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