About Valley Picks
Installed in the heart of the forest of Bélesta in Ariège, we are specialized in the manufacture of picks in natural materials in 2020.
We make by hand various models and adapt them to your playing habits (thickness, grip, shape of the points...). Before making the picks, we always give you a call to discuss the finishing touches and make them to your taste. We offer special finishes for guitar, bass, mandolin and gypsy jazz.
Each material has its own touch. Our picks are made of natural materials offering a rich and varied palette of sound. Bone and antler offer a rich, powerful and brilliant sound. Horn is softer and gives a warm and round sound.
Our picks offer a natural alternative to plastic. We recycle horns from slaughtered animals (horn is a noble material often lost because it is incinerated) and transform our scraps into natural fertilizer. The deer antlers are gleaned in the forest at the time of the moult and the antlers that we use come from the neighbouring forests.
Arielle & Jean Mathivet (Valley Picks / Silicorne Vallée)