ABOUT US  

Designed and Manufactured in Buffalo, New York.  

Invented by Nick Higgins, a Mechanical Engineer born and raised in Buffalo, and designer Vito Morbidini, an Industrial Designer from Binghamton, New York.

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The PickMate Story:

While learning to play guitar, I discovered a common problem most guitarists have: guitar pick storage.  After scouring the internet in hopes of finding a practical, quality-made guitar pick holder, I discovered such a product DIDN’T EXIST.  With my mechanical engineering and product design background in tow, I set out to create my own pick holder, one that would reign superior in all aspects when compared to the other pick holders on the market. 

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After much R&D and many rounds of prototyping, we had reached our goal of inventing the most functionally practical, aesthetically beautiful, and highest quality guitar pick holder on the market; The PickMate.  Our new guitar pick holder invention was so refined and beautiful that we decided it should be shared with the world.  At that moment, I decided we would manufacture a few thousand PickMates, quit the job that I was enjoying as a Product Development Engineer, and drive across the United States selling our new product to local music stores around the country.

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We manufactured and boxed up 3,000 PickMates by hand, I gathered my belongings, then hit the road for a 4-month long country-wide sales tour to share The PickMate with guitarists around the country.  I left from my hometown Buffalo, New York, and drove my car around the entire country stopping at places like Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Texas, and Tennessee.  During this 4-month long road trip I lived and slept in my car (small sedan), all to make my dream possible.

 

By the end of the trip, The PickMate was available in 45 stores across the nation!! Now, with the power of the internet on my side, we hope to share The PickMate with even more musicians.

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We hope you enjoy your PickMate, so the music never stops!

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Nick Higgins