Blue chip picks

**Loretta Callahan** · Apr-24-2011, 11:34pm

Originally Posted by Mike Bunting

You could check with Matt to see if you could trade it in for a TAD 60.

Thanks, Mike ... just sent them an email asking if I could exchange. I'll keep folks posted.

**dhuttonsr** · Apr-29-2011, 4:36pm

Once you try them you are hooked... I have lost several already and my wife thinks like you, however she doesn't play music. They are GREAT!!!!

**Cheryl Watson** · May-01-2011, 7:48pm

Here's an odd Blue Chip conversation: So, I was playing at the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival this weekend and realized that my Blue Chip CT55 was in my pocket which is NOT a good place for an expensive pick. So I go in the ladies room and was joking with my lady fiddle player as we primp in the mirror, that I am freaking out that I will lose this expensive pick and another woman's voice called out from a stall, "What gauge is that Blue Chip you are using?" I yelled back 55--it's a Chris Thile signature model: CT55", and she yells back again, "Thanks!" I never did see her face.

**Bing Cullen** · May-02-2011, 10:54pm

Originally Posted by cwtwang

another woman's voice called out from a stall, "What gauge is that Blue Chip you are using?" I yelled back 55--it's a Chris Thile signature model: CT55", and she yells back again, "Thanks!" I never did see her face.

is that weird or what? She didn't ask who number 2 worked for did she?

**helichuck** · May-03-2011, 9:01pm

Well, I have to say this. I have 2 of these picks, one for my mandolin and also a thumb pick.
I love them, but the thumb pick seems to have the tip already worn off.
I play very little so, I was very surprised to see this happen.
I contacted them but they have never answered me.

**mandopixie** · May-03-2011, 9:32pm

Originally Posted by Bing Cullen

is that weird or what? She didn't ask who number 2 worked for did she?

I laughed out loud. Cheers, Bing!

**Bing Cullen** · May-03-2011, 10:39pm

aha! someone else likes Austin Powers...

**mandopixie** · May-03-2011, 10:52pm

Originally Posted by Bing Cullen

aha! someone else likes Austin Powers...

Reminiscent of 'The Prisoner', too.

**Bing Cullen** · May-04-2011, 12:15am

Originally Posted by mandopixie

Reminiscent of 'The Prisoner', too.

you mean that 60'S tv SHOW??

**Bing Cullen** · May-04-2011, 12:21am

yes its all becoming clear now...Myer's was parodying the Prisoner in that toilet scene when he killed the Irish assassin...nothing to do with picks, but Myer's may have had a blue chip pick in his pocket....

**mandopixie** · May-04-2011, 9:16am

Originally Posted by Bing Cullen

yes its all becoming clear now...Myers was parodying the Prisoner in that toilet scene when he killed the Irish assassin...nothing to do with picks, but Myers may have had a blue chip pick in his pocket....

I you are Number Two, and I am Number Six, who is Number One?

**Brent Hutto** · May-04-2011, 9:19am

"You are, Number Six."

Or was it "You are Number Six."

Never can remember if there's a comma in that line or not...

**mandopixie** · May-04-2011, 9:57am

"I am number two. You are number six". No comma.

**Brent Hutto** · May-04-2011, 10:01am

Ooops, meant to type "Six" instead of "Two". Fixed now.

So no comma. But there should have been. Maybe.

**mandopixie** · May-04-2011, 10:13am

Originally Posted by Brent Hutto

Ooops, meant to type "Six" instead of "Two". Fixed now.

So no comma. But there should have been. Maybe.

You are, Brent!

**JeffD** · May-05-2011, 12:19pm

Purely out of curiosity, but is this the longest / most posted-on topic on MC?

Originally Posted by GRW3

Not Even Close

Heck there are more posts on the haiku thread than here.

**GRW3** · Jun-17-2011, 6:22pm

I've done very good with keeping track of my TAD-1Rs, 40 and 60. Thank goodness. I got the 40 first and wanted more oomph so I ordered the 60. 60+Mandolin LAFS. The 40 went to guitar duty and there it stayed until I got my mandola.

When I got the mandola I was 'sure' I would be buying another TAD-1R 60 for it. For good measure, however, I experimented with my other available picks. I found it really preferred the 40 size to the 60. So the guitar got the similar shaped synthetic tortoise I had been using before BC.

Out of curiosity I used some regular teardrops and found that was a better shape for the guitar. Long story short, I have a BC TD 40 on the way.

**davidcaldwell21** · Jun-19-2011, 6:46pm

People say the pick doesn't make the player, but I can say this from experience...I'm not the best mando player in the world by no means...but owning a Blue Chip has made me a better player 10x over!
I've owned them all and its well worth the $35. Just my 2 cents.

**GRW3** · Jun-30-2011, 5:03pm

Well I got the TD 40 - it's the hands down winner for the guitar. Pick choice has become a lot more important to me since I've taken up 'right hand alone' starting exercises before sessions. I find when I do that I can really comtemplate the whole hand-pick-string interplay more deeply. The action with the BC is just so much faster and the applied force is stronger.

Why not just use the pointy shoulder on a TAD-401R? I just feel way more comfortable if the pick I'm using is symetrical paralles to the strings where my thumb lies across it. If there is a side to side difference across the perpindicular that goes to the string it just makes me crazy. I can use the 'wrong' shoulder to try out an instrument but a playing session is just not sustainable. Everybody has the 'issues' with whcih to deal.

**Brad Maestas** · Jun-30-2011, 6:46pm

I've tried a couple and they didn't really do much for me. I'm not the biggest fan of the glossy finish on the sides and they seem heavier than my Wegens (at the same thickness). Perhaps when I've got some extra money I'll get one and really give it a chance. For now, I'm more than happy with my Wegens.

**Paul Busman** · Jul-02-2011, 6:55am

Originally Posted by davidcaldwell21

People say the pick doesn't make the player, but I can say this from experience...I'm not the best mando player in the world by no means...but owning a Blue Chip has made me a better player 10x over!
I've owned them all and its well worth the $35. Just my 2 cents.

I don't own any, but just knowing that they exist has improved my playing. Only 9X improvement, but I can't see spending $35 for another measly X :-D

**Andrew DeMarco** · Jul-02-2011, 7:51am

Originally Posted by JeffD

Heck there are more posts on the haiku thread than here.

Brown flake of plastic
Thirty five bones is too much
It's all I use now

Whoops...

**Scanbran** · Jul-04-2011, 5:44pm

I've joined the party too! After using and enjoying an Ultex 0.73, I wanted to see what these were like. I ordered a TAD40 which arrived in the UK in about 10 days. After using it for about a week, I can get a nice bright sound, coupled with easy playability, and crucially, it stays in my grip.
I like it

The Ultex 0.73 is a close second, and I can't even get a decent sound out of the Wegen M150...

**Paul Busman** · Jul-04-2011, 5:51pm

Anyone on this thread who owns a Blue Chip ever attend the Fiddler's Tour in the NY Capital District. I'd love to try it out some time.

**JGWoods** · Jul-05-2011, 2:58pm

I've got 3 of'em now and they are my favorites mos tof the time. Two are TAD-1R60s and one is a TAD-1R50, smaller as well as a bit thinner. I really like have different points on the same pick so I can change the sound a bit with a quick twist of the pick.
Overall I find them to give tone that is a bit more shrill than a Wegen but that works very well when ther eis any dampening effect from humidity, or older strings, etc. They work best on my '35 Maurer, sometimes too harsh on my '42 Martin A, and the '17 Gibson A4 responds diferent on different days- some days Wegen is best, other days the BC.