Genvac Aerospace Inc., Cleveland, launched a crowdfunding campaign introducing Rock Hard Metal, a line of diamond-enhanced guitar picks. The picks are coated under high vacuum using the same techniques used to coat military grade night vision optics for the armed services.
“Creating this pick was somewhat of an accident,” says inventor Gerald Mearini. “I just wanted a high quality metal pick that I could use when I play my 1985 Explorer. I had my technicians make me a few metal picks, and I decided to put a layer of diamond-like carbon on it. When I tested the pick, I realized that this is the best guitar pick I have ever used.”
The surface of the picks creates the lowest coefficient of friction possible, meaning it will not break the guitar strings. Wear that is typically experienced from a metal pick on metal strings will not occur.
“This pick delivers an aggressive predatory sound, and subtly generates new spectral harmonics. It sounds like you are hitting the strings with a diamond sword,” Mearini explains.
Image caption — Stainless steel guitar pick features a diamond hard coating.
