Dear Mr Con Crete,

Indeed your Avalon is a most valuable acquisition and they have done an admirable job of taking up where Mr. Lowden left off. An acquistion, might I add that it is well work protecting for the reasons that you quite rightly state.

The pick you have described is what I would refer to as "medium heavy" and I believe that you will be able to protect the finish on your prized asset without sacrificing the "biting tone" that you value by switching to the following type of pick:

modelled by the singer Erykah Badu who apparently "hip hops".

Hoping that this has solved your dilemma and saved you valuable investment.

Yours most sincerely,

Dr. Guitar