Dunlop

Jim Dunlop Sr., a Scottish chemical engineer, started the company as a part-time business in Glasgow in 1965 with the Vibra-Tuner before moving the whole operation to Benicia, California, in 1972 and expanding into capos and picks. Dunlop now makes strings, slides, straps, fret wire and the Cry Baby wah alongside the MXR pedal line it bought in 1987, and picks remain the product most guitarists actually touch every day — Dunlop's tortex and nylon shapes are close to an industry standard. Jim Dunlop's son Jimi now runs the company as CEO. On GuitarBomb its picks, string care products and the wider Cry Baby and Way Huge pedal lines are what we cover most. Here's everything we've written.