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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Jonathan Mark Thompson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan Mark Thompson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pick for use with stringed musical instruments is disclosed. In some embodiments the pick is characterized by a roughened texture on the front and back substantially planar surfaces of the narrowed bottom portion of a substantially teardrop shaped body for the purpose of altering the tonal properties produced as it moves against strings that are strummed or picked. In further embodiments the roughened textured picking portion is combined with a separate second picking portion that is substantially smooth and useable to produce a conventional sound.