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• AmundLauritzen ✭✭✭✭

  June 2013 Posts: 236

  I wonder what the magical material is, to justify insane prices like that...
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  June 2013 Posts: 1,002

  I don't know what they are made of, but Jay (aka Jazzaferri) insists they are amazing, and has agreed to mail one to me to try. This is going to be a tough sell, since they make really thin picks, and I like fat ones (4mm and up), but I am trying to keep an open mind. I'll have my say when one arrives. Jay even warned me to always wash my hands before using, because they supposedly can get pretty slippery with a bit of oil/sweat on the fingers. Guys that try them seem to love them, though, so I am most curious to try one.
  
  Amund, I think they are made from the horns of Unicorn fetuses, or something equally rare and magical.

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  June 2013 Posts: 5,452

  Passacaglia wrote:

  Interested in seeing Alfonso at the library, at all?

  
  Sure, never been to that place.

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• JD Griffith OH✭✭✭

  June 2013 Posts: 49

  :?: Hi Guys
  
  How well does the SR 60 work for strictly rhythm playing? I strive for the Hono Winerstein/Titi Bamberger sound. currently using Wegen standard gypsy 3.5mm.
  Thanks,jeff

  ottodog
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  June 2013 Posts: 3,707

  the blue chip is a quiet and fast pick. the sound you get from it is in your wrist.

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• Il Trovatore San Jose, CANew

  July 2013 edited July 2013 Posts: 83

  Howdy,
  I am quite interested in one of these picks, but I had some questions.
  Is the surface of the pick smooth/slippery or is it kind of a tacky/gummy feel?
  Does it slip in your fingers or anything like that?
  Thank you!
  _n
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  July 2013 Posts: 5,452

  The bluechip pick has a smooth surface but in my experience once I start to play and after 20 minutes or so it gets tacky and it stays in one place.

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  July 2013 Posts: 3,707

  My experience is they are good unless they get oily then they are as slippery as a....wet pumpkin seed
  
  Prople with oily skin or eating Natchos betwen sets would be best using a wee bit of violin roesin or guitar elephant snot to lock it in place and keep fingers from tensing up.
  
  I have been playing blue chip for 7 years now. The latest design that I got from them has been played for about 1000 hoursvand still no sign of wear.

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  June 6 Posts: 5,452

  This just out

  https://youtu.be/NeH1Ij71mVc?si=1b4R7RpVeyucc2fN

  nice video. These days I came to prefer thicker gauge picks but every time I do use a BC there's an "ahhhh" moment.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Chiefbigeasy New Orleans, LA✭✭✭ Dupont MDC 50; The Loar LH6, JWC Catania Swing; Ibanez AFC151-SRR Contemporary Archtop

  June 7 edited June 7 Posts: 382

  I had been using the big Tad 100 and buffed down one side of the pick to make it a little more round for rhythm. Then, I took a lesson from Christiaan who said he didn’t know any pros in our music style that use the Blue Chip. He also thought the pick was too noisy. He’s a proponent, though, of thinner picks and uses and encourages the use of a 1.5mm Gator or the like.

  i went back to my other picks including the big Wegen triangle 2.5 mm or similar large 3-sided pics I got from Jokko that I’ve come to prefer.

  That changed again when I started an acoustic gig in a noisy bar. I needed more punch and volume. I also started using another guitar—my JWC—which was darker in tone by nature. The combo of the Tad 100–a big triangular 2.5 mm—did the trick.

  In summary, I’d say that choice of pic can also be guitar dependent. My JWC needed some punch, and this particular thick pick did the trick.

  Also, Blue Chip now makes a Tad 100 with one side rounded. It’s called the 1R, and I just ordered it as a backup. It will be interesting to compare my custom rounding and buffing job to theirs.