Charmed Life Gauntlet Picks

A few years back, if you said you were buying a $35 Vespel guitar pick, many would laugh at you. But times are changing. Blue Chip picks were featured in the Wall Street Journal, and count players such as John Mayer among their fans.

The once-humble guitar pick now enjoys a more elevated status. There are literally dozens of makers and craftspeople who produce unique and boutique guitar picks. This simply wouldn't be the case if players weren't willing to spend $25 or more on their favorite guitar pick.

Advanced space polymers such as vespel have become one of the most prized materials for guitar picks. The same properties that make them great for medical equipment and spaceship parts also happen to be good for guitar picks: low friction co-efficient, stiff, durable. (It's also nice to have heat resistance up to 450F but not essential.)

Not one to leave any stone unturned, Scott Memmer of Charmed Life decided to see if he could make guitar picks out of one of the world's most advanced materials, a polymer called: SCP5000.

ChatGPT says: "SCP5000 is one of the most advanced materials that mankind knows how to make." Well, there you have it.

At over $100 each, these picks are not cheap. They are not for everybody, and—let's be totally honest here: a pick that costs 100x more is simply not 100x better. We are chasing diminishing returns.

However, the pick will also likely last forever. So if you can afford it, and you can hang on to it without losing it, why not?