Meet The Patoma Team
Nick Tomasi
John Patalano Jr.
John Patalano Jr.
Vice President - Co-Founder - Production
Nick brings experience as both a tradesman and a machinist to Patoma Music. Nick earned a patent for the invention of the "Patoma Pick" at age 17. Nick brings an inventive mind to Patoma Music. Nick also brings 15 years of guitar-playing experience to the team.
Favorite Pick: Delrin® Standard Pick: 1.5mm Black
John Patalano Jr.
John Patalano Jr.
John Patalano Jr.
President - Co-Founder - Business Operations, Marketing
John graduated from Quinnipiac University with a Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management and a Master’s in Business Administration. He brings the marketing and sales strategies he learned to Patoma Music. John is a beginner to the guitar, striving to strum each day.
Favorite Pick: Delrin® Standard Pick: 1.0mm Blue
John Patalano Sr.
John Patalano Jr.
John Patalano Sr.
Co-Founder - Business Operations,
Sales
John brings over 30 years of business experience to Patoma Music. He was a successful multi-unit franchise owner in northern New Jersey. He brings strong leadership and a business mindset to Patoma Music. John also brings over 40 years of drumming experience to the team.
Favorite Pick: Delrin® Standard Pick: .88mm Green
Our Story and the Patoma pick
The Idea
Co-founder Nicholas Tomasi started playing guitar at the age of 7 years old. Over the years, he has collected over 30 guitars and plans to buy more. As a teenager, Nick grew frustrated with his guitar picks slipping from his hands. He knew from other guitarists that if you took a knife, you could scratch up your picks for a better grip. One day his father, Mario, caught him slicing up some new guitar picks. Mario made Nick stop and said, “Come on Nicholas, you're going to find a better way to do this,”. At the time, Mario worked in a small industrial diamond workshop that mainly made diamond-plated cutting wheels, which gave Nick an idea. Nicholas asked his dad if it would be possible to combine the diamond grip on the wheels with his guitar picks. After a year of testing, Nick created the world's first diamond plated guitar pick. At the age of 17, Nicholas went out and got the guitar pick, and the process patented.
Establishing Patoma Music
Nick needed help establishing his new diamond plated pick business so he brought in John Patalano Jr, to be one of his business partners. Nick and John had to create a new identity for the brand and build out a production facility. They wanted the brand to reflect themselves and the uniqueness of the product in a new name. The name for the company the duo came up with was Patoma, a combination of their last names (Patalano and Tomasi). Along with John's father, John Patalano Sr., they launched the company in November 2023. Patoma Music continues to grow with new pick offerings in differing shapes and sizes. With many more plans to grow in the future, the team is excited to continue this journey.
THE ALL-NEW CELLULOID LINE
The warm, vintage tone of celluloid meets the extreme, diamond-plated grip of the Patoma Pick. Choose from five picks in four different gauges, from Thin to X-heavy. Experience the Pick with the Strongest Grip, now with Celluloid!