Blue Chip Picks Wow!

[Brandon Sumner]

I am new to the mandolin and was a finger style guitar player for several years, some flat pick work so I was skeptical at best when reading all the good reviews on the Blue Chip Picks, but, I thought, what the heck, I will get one as a birthday present for myself. Well, yes, they are pricey but, I am just bowled over at how great a difference they are from the Golden Gate picks I am using now! Got a TAD-60 and just ordered a TAD-601R They fit great in my hand and make my Easton MD505 sound like a whole new instrument, easier to play with for that matter! Very cool and am really glad I saw them discussed here in MC!

[Spruce]

Ya know, I can use just about any pick at all on a guitar...
But on a mandolin, the BC is the only pic for me...
They just seem to glide off the double strings so much better than any other pic I've tried...

Now, get yourself one of those keychain pick holders so you don't lose the thing...

[Franc Homier Lieu]

I love 'em, and really, they are not that expensive:

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/...e.cfm?ID=15942

[Loretta Callahan]

Indeed. It's all relative. There's a reason I didn't take up the fiddle. Yikes!

I love 'em, and really, they are not that expensive:

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/...e.cfm?ID=15942

[Cheryl Watson]

It's harder to lose a bow, but I hate cheap picks so...

[bmac]

If a goose feather was good enough for your ancestors it is good enough for you. And you can't beat the price.

When you speak of how wonderful and affordable the Blue Chip Pick is, How come nobody has mentioned the price they paid?

I will now Google "Blue Chip Pick" and find out for myself what this is all about!
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Ok... It must be good!!! It would cost me about the same as my best sounding mandolin!!! And the Blue Chip is new!!! While my favorite mando is close to 100 years old!!! Wow!!! What a bargain!!!

[AlanN]

Another BC thread? Good, I was missing the other dozen...

[Pasha Alden]

Still looking for that make of pick in SA. Simply cannot find it. Playing with a Dunlop at present. Though I think when I travel to Cape Town their may be greater choice!

Happy picking

[bryankimsey]

Still looking for that make of pick in SA. Simply cannot find it. Playing with a Dunlop at present. Though I think when I travel to Cape Town their may be greater choice!

I've never seen them for sale in a store. I order mine or swap for them (which is how I've gotten all but 2). On mando, I like SR60 or TPR60.

Still use my Red Bear E and Mondo a lot, too.

[mandodan1960]

I found my Blue Chip difficult to grip and as a result was not using it much. Out came the drill ! Carefully I have drilled (5) 1/8" holes. In a tri pattern. Its held up for 2 years now with out breaking so it was a good move.
I switch back and forth between that and a wedgen (sp?) I like the thinnest yet stiffness of the wedgen.
Picks sometimes have a placebo effect in that they seem to work better when I switch back and forth.

[Pasha Alden]

That is interesting. I find the same with my picks. At the moment something Mike Marshall said made sense: if a pick is to soft, it can dampen the tone? Anyone find that to be the case with a too soft pick?

[Spruce]

At the moment something Mike Marshall said made sense: if a pick is to soft, it can dampen the tone? Anyone find that to be the case with a too soft pick?

Most definitely....

[tkdboyd]

But sometimes that can be the desired effect, not one that I look for, but one all the same. Seems like for quite some time the most popular pick for mandolins were the tiny thin ones that created "tinny" tones. But to each their own...sort of like using a capo
:-)

[Mike Bunting]

Ok... It must be good!!! It would cost me about the same as my best sounding mandolin!!! And the Blue Chip is new!!! While my favorite mando is close to 100 years old!!! Wow!!! What a bargain!!!

If your 100 year old mandolin cost $35, I imagine that you bought it new.

[bigskygirl]

.........But to each their own...sort of like using a capo :-)....

Uh-oh, BC picks and capo mentioned in the same sentence.....we're doomed......

[Franc Homier Lieu]

Uh-oh, BC picks and capo mentioned in the same sentence.....we're doomed......

bigskygirl,

I have been working on some version of a 'I use a capo on my BC....'. Well, I did not really have it worked out, so I guess you have saved me from stepping on my own joke. thanks:

[Brandon Sumner]

Still looking for that make of pick in SA. Simply cannot find it. Playing with a Dunlop at present. Though I think when I travel to Cape Town their may be greater choice!

Happy picking

HI Vannilla! They are not available in stores here in the states either, I ordered mine online from the maker, I can try to post a link for you if you like?

[Gplayer]

BC's really are "that expensive". $35 for a pick is nuts. But.. I own 3 of them and they are the only picks I've used for guitar or mando in the last 3 years.. So, it's all relative.

[Pasha Alden]

To Vstrings: thank you. Also suspect that I have to take what they give me, which I think are guitar picks that still work on the mandolin.

[Brandon Sumner]

AT Vanilla,
It's www.bluechippick.net

I like the TAD-60 with right hand speed bevel personally, so far that is!

[bigskygirl]

To Vstrings: thank you. Also suspect that I have to take what they give me, which I think are guitar picks that still work on the mandolin.

I like the TP-1R 50. It has one rounded corner that I use from time to time.

funny thing is I don't like it for the guitar at all but it's the only pick I like for the mandolin.

[Pasha Alden]

Thank you Vstrings for the link!

[Brandon Sumner]

AT Vannilla! You are very welcome. Happy picking!

[Michael Bridges]

VanillaMandolin, I'm using a TPR-60, has a bit more rounded edge. Nice tone, and tremolos very nicely!

[Bluetickhound]

I bought a used Ibanez at a thrift shop for $35... i hadn't thought that if I bought a BC I would have as much in my pick as I did in the Mandolin itself!