Dave Dave Picks

Design and manufacture of plectrums (guitar and bass picks) from exotic and native woods, resins and

05/07/2026

Happy National Guitar Pick Day!

I decided to interpret "post your favourite guitar pick" as something a bit more than a favourite individual piece, and more of a story. Especially since I could never just choose one!

I started in February 2020, not knowing the world was about to be told to stay at home for months on end. I wanted something crafty to do. I bought a block of Kirinite and posted on here saying "I think I'll try to make a few guitar picks." Looking back at that post now, John of Heavy Repping! Pick Boutique and Nadz of Arcanum Plectra replied saying "go for it!" And the welcomed me with open arms.

The Sgian was born (top left photo). I wanted something thicker than the picks on the market, more ergonomic, harder and shaper. After much refining, dodgy attempts at engraving, wacky ideas and trials with many different materials, hundreds of hours of sanding, and several broken Dremels, the Sgian is still the pick I go to now. Even if I'm more known for the Òrd thumb picks I make, thanks to Ben Smith.

The Òrd pushed me to try 3d printing, because people wanted them and each one took 6+ hours to make. That was a success, I could print blanks and make them with just a couple of hours' sanding and polishing time.

For the Sgian, this meant consistency, left-handed models, larger ones, smaller ones, uncarved ones, and, revisiting the dodgy engraving, I could now have detailed logos and writing on my picks, and writing *in* my picks!

So here we are, the evolution of the Sgian (skee-an, a Scots Gaelic dagger) now with a dagger logo etched into it, and optionally filled with glitter.

18/03/2026

It's been too long since I've taken a lunch-hour stroll to , and what a rare find in the second hand area!
A Copper Leaf Semi-hollow Single-cut! Complete with signature - handmade by the master luthier himself!? Unbelievable!
Very light, plays like a dream, looks awesome. And the fretboard inlay is amazing - aluminium and copper I think. Aluminium ring side inlays, mahogany neck, tuners. 3-way switch, single volume and tone k***s. LP style, but with a volute and straight string pull 😉
Not sure what the pickups are - PAF sounding, but I'm no expert. Maybe Crimson's Classic Hookers?
I nearly forgot to eat lunch!

Stupidly forgot to take a photo with my Sgian Rèidh in the shot 🤦

16/02/2026

Small, rounded, resin plectrum.
May list on if there's interest.
Made from uncut semiprecious stones (quartz, amethyst, tigers eye, etc.) a.k.a. fancy gravel, in

15/02/2026

has suddenly and remarkably accelerated from techtonic to glacial speeds. And as the visual stagnancy of silicate magma moves to the frozen yet latent urgency of silt-saturated meltwater, picks begin to appear, glistening in the scree.

Thank you for your patience,

31/10/2025

Dear ,

TL;DR DaveDavePicks STL files are here: github.com/davedavepicks/davedavepicks_stls (clickable link in my Link Tree)

I haven't posted in a while. I also haven't made any picks in a while. I had big plans for the summer, but it's now feeling increasingly wintery, and that's none of it has happened. Things are just too busy, and making picks is one of the things I've had to drop.

So, to somehow still stay engaged, I have decided to opensource my 3d printing designs. Some of these took weeks to create, some took just hours, and if I don't have time to print and finish them, maybe others will.

What this means:
- I will not be stopping making picks, I just don't have time just now;
- I will continue to make models added here, plus others that aren't;
- the vast majority of people do not have the equipment to produce these picks, but for those who do, I'm happy to supply these files free of charge, they are unsupported;
- anyone can download, edit and 3-D print these designs as long as they attribute the designs to me, with this as the source;
- they can sell their prints of my designs as-is, and/or their adaptations, but must also share their designs with the same license (see the CC BY-SA 4.0 LICENSE file).

I am also happy to take contributions, ideas, etc., if anyone would like to contributed a new design or modify an existing design, or suggest a change to an existing design for me to make (tip too sharp/rounded, grip to flat/textured, thumb pick or finger pick size not quite right, etc.).

28/08/2025

Two of the best, most thought provoking, most dynamically interesting picks I've ever used.

The man himself has put perhaps more preparation, grey matter and white matter into these picks than any of us. And the result is nothing short of excellent.

The Title, left, and The Deacon, right. In corian. My first picks in this material. The time is closer to my agate picks than my other composite picks. Very cool.

The shape on the Deacon allows for the softests of strums to the most biting of riffs, while the Title gives you the kind of dexterity that makes your brain grow extra synapses just to keep up.

Wonderousness!

P.S. it is a matter of personal pride that I didn't know the name of this song, but I played it once into Google and it was the first hit. Dsus2, E and A from memory is not usually the kind of trick I can pull off!

15/08/2025

I've tried a couple of ideas around a broad-tipped, large-radius pick in the past. Check out the Cruinn on my website (Link in Bio). Then one day I heard the call of nature, visited the salle de bain, looked down, and saw the outline of this one! I took a photo, which I will not share, and designed the Throne!

Obviously it needed a 🚽 logo.

Lots of tool marks from the rushed finishing and a crack repair (😯), but it plays pretty well...

Should I make a few of these!?

19/07/2025

PROBLEM SOLVED

For too long people have been making memes about losing their picks. It's a fun in-joke for . But it must be addressed.

Boutique pick collectors of the will tell you they never lose theirs, because they're not disposable mass-produced rubbish. But that's more of a retort than a solution.

INTRODUCING: the Compasspick! The only pick in the world that can never get lost, and you will be lost without!

Made from hard UV resin added to a 3d printed ABS-like resin frame and encompassing a compass, with added dots that will glow under UV light.
This pick will always keep you moving in the right direction and help you find your way through the most complex of arrangements.

Great for touring musicians. Especially those touring on foot in the mountains.

Get it touch of you want to reserve this before it's listed.

12/07/2025

Guitar therapy!

Introducing my awesome new monster pedal from - the ASTEROID Blaster! Featuring Michael's Empty Skies (fuzz) into his new MIRROR MIRROR (dual delay with parallel and cascading modes) into Blown A Wish (yes, fuzz) and double force pads, one sending one side of the MIRROR MIRROR into chaos and the other sending the Blown A Wish into, well, exploding Asteroids!

Also featured, The Copper V4 Amp (which is also powering the pedal), resin guitar pick with foam rubber grip inserts, and an appropriately named b**r from .

Why "guitar therapy"? After a stressful few days and an enormous potential bill for required work, we said goodbye to the car that has got us through the last 101,000 miles, two in-labour trips to the hospital and many family holidays, because, sadly, it costs more to completely rebuild an engine than the car is worth. Around 4 times more.

I'm going to go and destroy more space rocks! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this crazy thing and for your willingness to experiment!

**r

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