Inventors:
Raymond R. Hucek - Joliet IL
International Classification:
G10D 316
Abstract:
A pick for a guitar or other string instrument comprises a planar tear shaped pick body of relatively rigid thermoplastic or other similar material having a tapered string contact end and an opposite rounded finger grasp end. The finger grasp end has diagonally extending raised ledges or walls projecting outwardly from each oppositely facing surface of the pick body at acute angles to the longitudinal axis of the pick body at the finger grasp end, such ledges or walls having diagonally extending outer edges, and raised surfaces extending laterally from the respective outer edges of the outwardly projecting ledges or walls to terminate at the respective nearest side edges of the pick body, the raised surfaces lying in planes which are spaced apart outwardly from the respective primary and oppositely facing planar surfaces of the pick body. Additional raised ledges or walls and raised surfaces extending laterally therefrom to the respective nearest side edge of the pick body can be provided which project outwardly from respective ones of the first mentioned raised surfaces on diagonal lines which are parallel to respective ones of the first mentioned diagonally extending ledges or walls and spaced apart therefrom in the direction toward the respective nearest side edges of the pick body. The raised ledges or walls and raised surfaces provide an improved finger grasp construction for a string instrument pick.
