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lucky for me they don't offer the thickness i'd most likely use, something in the .80mm range. i only use a 1mm for downpicking and stuff like that, which i don't do as much anymore.
so i guess i'll have to stick to the cheap stuff. yay! but they do have the rounded triangles i prefer, so i'll keep an eye out. not that i feel much is lacking from the clayton black ravens i usually use. wonder how they sound when recording acoustic strumming.
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09-12-2016 01:39 PM
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I also use the John Petrucci, and love it.
Originally Posted by whiskey02
If I was to get a BC, which one is closest to the JP?
(didn't see any like it in their offerings)
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The BC35 picks are .89mm, pretty close to what you want, feet.
I have some Petrucci picks, and I like them better than many I've tried, but don't give the sound definition I like. The Blue Chip jazz large are pretty close to the Petrucci in shape, about a millimeter longer and just a hair wider, but not far off. The Petrucci picks do wear, but not a lot.
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sgosnell
Thank's for the input, that was exactly what I was looking for... looks like in jumping into this pool...
Hope I don't hit my head!
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It's just money. You gotta spend it on something.
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Jumped into the pool…
A perfect triple-back-flip…10's from all judges … well 1 judge gave me a 9, but she also winked at me!
What a difference, in playability, but more importantly …TONE!
After only a few minutes on the sublime Blue Chip, I broke out my trusty John Petrucci (that I had painstakingly selected after a Jim Dunlop 10 pick shootout) and was shocked at the comparative dullness of tone compared with BC.. The BC also has some kind of Area 51 Top Secret slickified mojo that allows ridiculously fast bursts of speed… effortless…amazing!
My guitar(s) are now quite beastly, if I banged upon... or they eek out a sweet delicious nectar if played softly…
The dynamic range these picks deliver are otherworldly
Think about it… String players will gladly spend 10's of thousands of dollars on a bow…
$35 for this fine plectrum (less than 1 set of GB14's)
Recalling Madeline Khan's famous scene from "Blazing Saddles"… "It's Twue… It's Twue"
Of course this only proves that Wes Montgomery was from an other planet altogether...
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Me too. Way outlast ultex picks and go further than gravity gold. The jazz 2mm with a bevel is really sth! Mine keeps going after hours weeks and now months of jazz shred with heavy strings….. however, I did find the larger jazz shape with same thickness less pronounced tonewise… I bought a second jazz iii size I was so impressed.. plays great on my Taylor’s, my jazzbox and my Gibson and Ibanez guitars.. 11 or 12 gauge… not as good on a nylon string..
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This is an older thread that I read for the first time. It finally settles the question of what's the best pick----not!
If I live another hundred years there would be opinions about the best virtual pick that works with the least telekinesis effort.
When I was a kid my guitar teacher told me to use Fender 351 celluloid mediums. I asked why them. Because the heavies are too heavy and the thins are too thin. Thus endeth the lesson.
That was an act of kindness. It saved me years of wondering whether I could do better with another pick. But I relapsed. I reasoned that if I used a thumb pick I could do better than just playing hybrid, I'd add another finger.
The easiest transition for me to a thumb pick was the Bumblebee. It took a few years to feel completely normal. I also strayed from the classic celluloid Fender to blue.
The searches for the best strings and picks in my case has been about finding a shortcut to the hard work of disciplined practice and the harder challenge of facing one's inherent limitations.
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The Fred Kelly picks are amazing, but for me they need to be glued and bevelled and being Delrin, they wear after a couple days… they’re still great tho cos you can switch from finger picking to flat picking. However in the quest for the pick that doesn’t wear quickly, cos I’m tired of bevelling new picks every few days, the Blue Chip and Wegen win hands down. I’d say BC edge Wegen on precision fast picking and it can also do rest stroke economy picking on acoustic…
Last edited by Repotrawler; 11-08-2021 at 10:57 AM.
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They are great picks: very good-sounding, durable, and easy to keep a grip on. They give a very strong fundamental and less higher-harmonic ‘noise’, so especially work for guitars that need that sort of ‘EQ’.
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On the bluechip official website my candidate is $75 currently
I will try some of them it seems to be inevitable :-)
https://shop.bluechippick.net/products/Jazz100-LG.html
However as a first step a year ago, as a Christmas present, I ordered one Hense for myself, same milkstone (casein) material, it is in gold price, still the third compared to blue chip.
The coolest pick so far in my search for the holy pick saga.
Hense Plecs – Thomann United States
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Still loving my Blue Chips and amazingly I haven't lost any, though I haven't been gigging of late!
I use the BC Jazz Large, 40 for most jazz things, 35 for thinner strings, and 50 for acoustic.
They seem to be indestructible, and after they warm up they don't spin in your hand.
They are a bit darker than some other picks I have, but not unduly so. Just a great pick. If you don't lose them!
Curious what people's take is on the bevel, was thinking of trying one.
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I have the bevel on a TD50. Perfect pick for me.
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I just use the standard round bevel. I have no idea about the speed bevel.
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I use the KS60 unbeveled. This produces a fatter tone than the ones with bevels, but whether it works for a certain player depends - I think - on what angle they hold the pick vs. the strings at. I'm a bit weird in that my angle is 90 degrees. Btw I have used the KS60 for like 7 years. Originally Posted by bluejaybill
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I like Blue Chip (100 thickness), casein and antique t**t**se shell and get relatively similar results from each. I recently bought a do-it-yourself guitar pick kit from Etsy. It is 3mm thick. It comes with everything you need except instructions, tools or templates.
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Hi all
Great encouraging feedback on these picks as I’ve just splashed out £40 (unbeknown to the wife) for a Jazz 60.
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I've been using Fender 358 heavy/extra heavy for so long that nothing else works and I'm still using picks I had 20 years ago - I have a light touch and have never worn out a pick even when I was playing 5 and 6 nights a week. For the 0.001% difference the boutique picks would give me, I can't justify spending the extra $$$$ and I've got enough 358's to last the rest of my life.
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. Use what works best for you. As I've said before, my stash of Blue Chip picks mostly came as Christmas/birthday gifts. I let my family know which one's I'm interested in by use of the site wish list, and $35 for a gift is not completely out of the question for most of the people I know. I have some friends who give me whiskey, which costs a lot more, and I would prefer picks, but I cannot look gift horses in the mouth.
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Have you noticed the difference in the celluloid used in the 358 extra heavies that took place sometime in maybe the late 90s (assuming you have been using them for that long)? They have been my go to pick as well, and at one point I bought a gross of them and was disappointed in what I perceived as declining quality. I gave them all away, managed to find the equivalent D'Andrea pick, with the old formulation, and stocked up on those. D'Andrea is no longer making extra heavy 358s, so I feel fortunate to have found them when I did. I'm pretty much set for life as well. Originally Posted by Skip Ellis
That said, I couldn't resist buying a few Blue Chip 358s - which style is not advertised on their website - of the same thickness. I think they are 45s. I use those on gigs and the celluloid picks at home.
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Yes - the white plastic went from a slightly transparent look to totally opaque which I don't care for. Don't use the tortoise ones much so didn't notice a difference in them.
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Gotcha. I use the tortoise ones. Couldn't get on with the white ones. I know some swear by them. Originally Posted by Skip Ellis
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