I noticed that most of the people on the cafe LOVE bluechips and i do not understand why there are not many celluloid users (i do use tortex sometimes) like me so if your pick of choice is NOT a bluechip please tell me what it is. THANKS!
I noticed that most of the people on the cafe LOVE bluechips and i do not understand why there are not many celluloid users (i do use tortex sometimes) like me so if your pick of choice is NOT a bluechip please tell me what it is. THANKS!
I guess my favorite pick is the Red Bear C Heavy SB. It produces the tone I most love.
But I don't have a pick of choice. I switch around depending on what sound I want. For some tunes the BC is more to my liking, for some venues I prefer the Wegen. And on my bowlback I often use either a Gibson or Fender Heavy.
But if you want my favorite, the Red Bear wins.
There are many many more celluloid users here and everywhere, than any of the high end picks.
Wegen TF 140.
No matter where I go, there I am...Unless I'm running a little late.
I use the green Dunlop tortex picks mostly.
I primarily use the Wegen BN120 available from Greg Boyd or a Red Bear Taterbug Special.
Wegen............Love them!
They're the only ones I use.
Nick Alberty
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2001 Gibson Flatiron Festival
2002 Gibson Fern (signed by Roberts)
Fender 351 heavy in premium celluloid. Crisper tone than the classic celluloid or solid color ones.
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I do mostly like my BC picks esp on guitar when I wear the edge down on one tune -- I play hard. In terms of tone, I also like Ultem/Ultex picks but they do wear out. One of my favorite celluloid picks is the small Gibson heavy black teardrop which are no longer made. I bought up a few on eBay and do enjoy those on mandolin at times.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Dunlop Ultex .73, the extra-pointy tip. The perfect combination of thickness and rigidity for the Irish trad that I play (fast triplets). The sharp point helps give a bit more clarity and cut in a seisiún as well, especially given that my mando's back/sides are EI rosewood and not the usual maple.
Custom Weber Bridger (East Indian rosewood/ Sitka)
MK Legacy O
Last month I tried these JB picks
https://jbguitarpicks.com/#/shop/product/413
and love 'em. They come in 1.0, 1.2, and 1.5. Pretty inexpensive too (a six-pack for just $3 +postage). To my ear, they give near-tortoise tone.
I also like the Dunlop Ultex 1.14 and the small Gibson black teardrops (no longer available).
Mike
Pro Plec D'andrea. I use it now more than my blue chip now.
This is a terrible answer on Earth Day but my favorite pick is an authentic tortise shell.
ProPlecs and Dawgs here for mandolin. I do not like BCs.
Ryk
mandolin ~ guitar ~ banjo
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Ultex (mostly), Kasho celluloids and a TS pick (that I've had for decades) for some pieces.
Yes, Wegen M100 or M150 ... but they slip. Jazz Mando VPick doesn't slip but clicks, which some folks like.
Started out with the Pro Plecs and Fender Mediums ... very nice picks.
I'd like to try a Red Bear, but their website says they're all sold out for the time being.
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1923 Gibson A jr Paddlehead mandolin
Newish Muddy M-4 Mandolin
New Deering Goodtime Special open back 17 Fret Tenor Banjo
I like the old type of pick that I'm not allowed to say the name of.......and I've had them for over 30 years....
I go back and forth between a Fender 346 Extra Heavy and a custom Wegen. The Wegen is similar to the TF-140 except it is 1.8mm and has a rounded edge instead of their standard beveled edge. I do not like the sound the beveled edge produces. I use the Wegen the most.
I'm curious to try the triangular version of the JB 1.5mm pick that MikeyG listed above.
Larry Hunsberger
2013 J Bovier A5 Special w/ToneGard
D'Addario FW-74 flatwound strings
1909 Weymann&Sons bowlback
1919 Weymann&Sons mandolute
Ibanez PF5
1993 Oriente HO-20 hybrid double bass
3/4 guitar converted to octave mandolin
While I do love my bluechip... I really like my Proplec triangle
Never tried a BC. I switch between my Wegen and Clayton picks.
Another Fender 351 heavy solid color lover. Crisp, clean, great ability to bring out tone. I tried many others, including some of the high $ ones, and found these to be the best for me.
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Celluloid Jim Dunlop heavies, reshaped.
JazzMando Proplecs, slightly reshaped.
Odd little 30 cent Celluloid picks, about 1.25 mm thick, from a local music shop, not reshaped.
Also, a pick shaped like the Jim Dunlop, but blue in color, from the Blue Parrot Tavern in Wilmington, Delaware. Not so much for playing, although re-shaped it's OK (just a little thin) but because it gets you $1 off a drink the next time you go back to Blue Parrot. Great place for live Blues, good food, interesting beer selection...and, oh yeah, they give out free picks.
Not necessarily in that order. My preference varies day to day.
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Wegen
Ultex 1.14 or 2.0
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