Re: Why do you like the picks you like?
Originally Posted by
Chris Bowsman
I spent the first few years I played mandolin obsessing over different picks. After a year or so break, I just got back into it, and I'm just playing instead of deliberating stuff like that. I got 2 BlueChip TAD60 1-Rs, a TPR-60, and a TAD80 (which I'd lent him after his stroke) with my dad's mandolins, so that's what I'm using.
I love BlueChip because they don't wear out, I can get a killer tone from anything with them, and most importantly, they don't move around when I'm playing.
I’m going to revise this a little.
I keep a tin with some BlueChips, a Red Bear, a Wegen, and a D’Andrea Pro Plec in my case. They’re all similar size and thickness, but I’ll swap around until one sounds better than the others. They all feel good in my hand and on the strings, but sound a little different.
There are also a few of the picks that shall not be named in my case, but all the above mentioned stuff sounds and works better.
Soliver arm rested and Tone-Garded Northfield Model M with D’Addario NB 11.5-41, picked with a Wegen Bluegrass 1.4
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