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A good one. Turn it around for added thickness.
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06-11-2023 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by DawgBone
I think these were sold as mandolin picks back then, but Gibson then put out a similar pick as a Les Paul pick. I still have a few that are too worn to use, but they bring back wonderful memories. When they were no longer available, I used similarly sized and shaped picks from many makers. So fat ones just seemed wrong to me. But it turns out that I was wrong, not the picks
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
From a durability perspective they're unreal. I have a relatively heavy attack, especially compared to most electric players. I have a couple of blue chip picks that have lasted me 5+ years with very minimal wear. I use the TP shape, which is an equilateral triangle, so it actually has 3 different tips that you can use, lasting 3 times as long.
To echo Greentone, longevity of these picks only comes down to not losing them. As long as you're organized, it's not a problem. I use a pick pouch on my keychain. Haven't lost a pick yet.
Regarding tone, Blue Chip makes a number of different sizes and shapes, each one coming with different options for thickness as well as beveling vs no beveling. Before switching to blue chip I was using D'Andrea Pro Plec for electric and Dunlop Primetone for Acoustic. From D'Andrea, what I liked was the smoothness of the material. This smoothness of material softens the transients quite a bit, which can have an effect of perceived brightness or harmonic detail. I actually found that the D'Andreas were a little too soft, dark sounding. (Pro plecs are also physically soft, which is why they don't last very long). That's why I used the Primetones on acoustic, where I needed more volume and cut. But the issue with PrimeTones was that there was too much pick noise, i.e. the clicking and chirping you hear when the pick initially makes contact with the strings. You may not notice what a terrible sound it is until you change your pick material and/or technique. (Similar to how some acoustic players seem oblivious to finger squeak against their strings from sloppy technique). What I hear is that Blue Chips don't "click" or "chirp", practically at all. So from a tone perspective, you get control over brightness and warmth by trying different sizes and shapes, but you will always get a softer transient with no click. If you want a sharper transient, thats easy: get a blue chip pick with a sharper tip or thinner profile.
Feel is very important to me in a pick. If you are playing under a warm light, or just playing at high intensity for an extended period, your fingers will sweat. Even though Blue Chip picks are made of a smoother material, somehow they don't become slippery. This is great, since I tend to lower my electric volume and dig in pretty hard when comping. Last thing I need is the pick flying out of my hand.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
There is quite a difference between gauges; I use 35 for rock style guitars and 40-50 for jazz. The 50 is fatter than the 40, quite dramatically.
As they warm up they seem to grip better, for some reason I never drop them, but I do other picks. They glide nicely over the strings without that grab you get from wear. There is a tiny bit of wear (bevel) after 4 years of daily use, but it isn't rough so it doesn't affect playing. Worth trying! Just don't lose them.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Has anyone tried sharpening picks made out of celluloid?
They seem to lose their point pretty quickly, but does sharpening them with a file or something change their sound like it does with Jazz IIIs?
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
Originally Posted by pauln
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by sgcim
I played round strings my whole life and just recently put flats on my Borys. I'm expecting much less wear in that department. The coiled string is like a file to celluloid.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
If you can't see that either you should definitely follow the suggestion to notify the site administrator
(did you try on a desktop computer btw?)
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What are the symptoms of "propellor wear" on playing/sound?
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Originally Posted by pauln
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About that propellor wear... can't you just prevent that by alternating which way around you hold the pick (for those that can be reversed)?
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Scotch-Brite works.
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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