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Let me start with the main point, Charmed Life Picks are great picks! If you want to squeeze out every drop of tone from your instrument, I’ve recently learned, a great pick will be necessary.

As a long time (40+ years) user of Jim Dunlop .60mm nylon picks I recently ordered a Charmed Life Pick in the Brown ("cl") series .60mm. I received the picks and upon first use I preferred the tone of the Charmed Life Brown pick to that of the Jim Dunlop. I used the Brown CLP for several days, swapping back and forth with the Jim Dunlop, and continued to favor the CLP. After several days of evaluation I came to the conclusion that for 40+ years I had underestimated (or ignored out of complacency) the role of the guitar pick in the tone recipe.

I primarily play acoustic guitar these days. I have concentrated on finger style playing for many years ( I use natural fingernails) but, recently I've been dusting off my flatpicking chops. I've always lusted for the tone I heard from players like Doc Watson, Clarence White, Tony Rice, David Grier, Norman Blake, Kenny Smith, etc...I know that these player’s great tone starts in their hands and then trickles down to the related parts (picks, strings, instruments) but, I had never been able to achieve the warm, full tone of these great players, until last night.

Yesterday I received 3 new picks from Charmed Life Picks. A red(“nr”)series, natural(“n”)series and a Flame(“n”)series all .75mm. My understanding is that all of these models of CL-picks are made from Casein. Upon the first few notes played with these picks, I immediately knew that what I was hearing was the closest thing I had ever heard, coming from my hands, to the tone I was seeking. I was finally hearing the full potential of the strings and instrument. It was a full, warm, wooden sound. It was strong chemistry, I didn’t want to stop playing.

If you’re like me and you’ve invested time and resources into learning, practicing, string selection and instrument(s) selection but, you haven’t considered the role of the guitar pick in the tone recipe, I would highly recommend you try a Charmed Life Pick. It was a real eye/ear opener for me, the missing piece of the tone puzzle. In addition to being great picks Charmed Life Picks offer a great warranty and top shelf customer service. Also, these picks are gorgeous, like pieces of art. Highly recommended!

Thanks Scott! I hope you’re making more picks because I’ll need more.