Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The D'Andrea 351 is the guitar pick we all know, whether we know it by that name or not. Luigi D'Andrea kickstarted the golden age of guitar picks in 1920 when he picked up a sheet of surplus celluloid at a sidewalk sale in New York's Little Italy. By the end of the decade, the D'Andrea catalog featured all the classic designs any modern player would recognize, including the pick that would eventually become the most popular guitar pick in the world: the model 351. Learn more about pick design and function in the Pickslanting Primer! troygrady.com/primer/pick-design
The D'Andrea 351 is the guitar pick we all know, whether we know it by that name or not. Luigi D'Andrea kickstarted the golden age of guitar picks in 1920 when he picked up a sheet of surplus celluloid at a sidewalk sale in New York's Little Italy. By the end of the decade, the D'Andrea catalog featured all the classic designs any modern player would recognize, including the pick that would eventually become the most popular guitar pick in the world: the model 351. Learn more about pick design and function in the Pickslanting Primer! troygrady.com/primer/pick-design
