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Mac Mechanic		#81	[-]
(04/28/09 5:24 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have had the TD-40 and the TPR-40 for about 2 weeks. i usually use a teardrop-shaped pick, but I got the TPR as well because there were a lot of enthusiastic users of that shape. Well, I haven't gotten used to the TPR shape, but I use the TD-40 every single time I sit down at the guitar. I like it better than the Wegen and the Ultem Gold (which was previously my favorite). It just works really well, and is very comfortable. Paul I may be wrong, but I'm not far from it...
cb00ne		#82	[-]
(04/28/09 6:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	1grasspicker wrote: Well guy's, I started all this a couple weeks ago and had no idea that it would create all this. I also have purchased a TD50 and after playing it a couple weeks I still am not sure about it. I do more rythum/struming and it seems to not be as clear and crisp(a little muddy) as some of the other picks I have used and not as quick off the strings. I put in a call to Matt and just got a answer machine. Maybe I have the wrong bevel or even the wrong thickness but sounds like most are happy with these picks. 1grasspicker If we find out that you don't like it, the whole house of cards is gonna come tumbling down. - Chris 2006 000-18GE \| 2001 000-15S \| 2008 CEO-4R \| 2006 Felix II \| 1979 Silver Anniv. Strat \| Big Mo M-2 Mandolin
Buck		#83	[-]
(04/28/09 11:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	MattM91506 wrote: As mentioned earlier, I love the feel of my new BC pick but wish the sound were brighter. Any chance the 40 might sound brighter than my 50 thickness? MM I'm guessing the 40 would sound brighter, but the great virtue (in my opinion anyway) of TS is that it is a hard and stiff material that produces a loud tone with excellent control, and yet DOES NOT produce an overly bright sound. The Blue Chips approximate that pretty well. I have a TPR 60, about 1.5 mm, and if anything it is a bit brighter than my favorite TS. The brightness, as well as feel, is why I was never able to adjust to the Red Bear Tortis. Todd
Rec79		#84	[-]
(04/29/09 6:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	MattM91506 wrote: As mentioned earlier, I love the feel of my new BC pick but wish the sound were brighter. Any chance the 40 might sound brighter than my 50 thickness? MM I have both 40 and 50 and I would say that the 40´s are brighter than 50. The notes ring out better to my ears with the 1.0mm 40´s. Stefan from Sweden 2006 Martin HD-28
scoper		#85	[-]
(04/29/09 3:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's more about the tip than the thickness. I have a TP501R, and on one of the standard tips I pointed it a bit more, so I have a true Tri-tip pick. Best of all worlds. ================= 2006 Martin HD-28LSV-Adi
black liquorice		#86	[-]
(04/29/09 3:31 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I just ordered 4 different ones. TD40, 50, 60 and TAD50. I told them that I'll probably be sending 3 of them back. This way I can find out for myself what the thicknesses are all about. And it will only cost the extra return shipment fee of 42 cents. A lot more efficient than trying to decipher what to get just by reading about it.
D18RC		#87	[-]
(04/29/09 6:03 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	bryankimsey wrote: MattM91506 wrote: As mentioned earlier, I love the feel of my new BC pick but wish the sound were brighter. Any chance the 40 might sound brighter than my 50 thickness? What bevel does it have on it? The bevel and tip make a HUGE difference in tone. That's the truth! I use a TAD50, but I reshape the tip to more of a point and rebevel it to how MY picks normally wear. I did this last summer and have been using that same pick since then, with NO additional polishing. Nice. No pick is perfect for everybody, but it pays to check out the field and decide what works best for YOU. R. Curry (Rockbridges and a Gallagher)
Ozark1951		#88	[-]
(04/29/09 6:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Is this material easy to work Roy? I thought about buy the standard teardrop and reshaping to my usual "mondo" style myself. It's what I do with all my picks now anyway. I'm just a rolling stone, down the lost highway. Martin D18VS, Recording King RD 227 Frodo lives!
1grasspicker		#89	[-]
(04/29/09 6:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If you contact Matt he may make custom picks for you. I know one who told me he would. I met him in Spartanburg at the show and I am sure he will do whatever he can to help you. 1grasspicker
n7qx		#90	[-]
(04/29/09 10:13 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Regarding brightness of the picks. I have both a TPR40 and a TD40. Guitars are a HD28 and a Huss &D TD-M custom. On both guitars, the TD sounds brighter than the TPR, as if the TPr were a much thicker pick even tho they are both the same thickness./ Anyone notice this difference between different style picks with the same number? John HD-28 H&D TDM H&D OM
WilliamScott		#91	[-]
(05/01/09 6:31 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have already commented about how I like my Blue Chip but I only just got it about a month ago. I had my first recording session using it today and have to say I got the best sound ever very quickly (with the usual diddling of knobs by the engineer). I really like the sound in this same environment where I've played many times before. This pick is recommended highly. Bill
guitarpath		#92	[-]
(05/01/09 7:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	"Regarding brightness of the picks. I have both a TPR40 and a TD40. Guitars are a HD28 and a Huss &D TD-M custom. On both guitars, the TD sounds brighter than the TPR, as if the TPr were a much thicker pick even tho they are both the same thickness./ Anyone notice this difference between different style picks with the same number?" John, I have noticed that the pointier TD40 is brighter than the TDR40. I also have both of those picks. The other strange thing is that I also have the same two guitars as you (HD28 and TDM Custom). Same picks and same guitars. Weird.
n7qx		#93	[-]
(05/02/09 4:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Guitarpath--- At the same time that I posted this query, I also emailed Matt Goins and asked him if I were imagining the difference. He said no, that the TP is just slightly more pointed and a tad thinner at the point than the TPR is. My wife listened out front of both guitars and said she could not hear a significant difference. That is quite a coincidence about the two guitars. I really like the H&D, and I know its heresy on a Martin site, but if the TD-R from H&D is any where near the quality of the TD-M, I'd probably think about finding another home for the HD 28 and playing the Huss... I don't see very many of them in the used market, so I suspect that they are keeper guitars for the most part. MY wife plays the OM Custom from H&D ( rosewood) and for a smaller body guitar it really sings out..I like their product... John HD-28 H&D TDM H&D OM
kcoyner		#94	[-]
(05/02/09 9:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	so I suspect that they are keeper guitars for the most part. The fact that there really aren't many in the used market is due in part to the fact that on the grand scale there are very few of these guitars period. The owners have formed an almost cult like following and loyalty and they definately are very fine instruments. I've played some that are nice and some that are simply outstanding, but never a dud. The guys that make them are serious about what they do and nice people. k
D18RC		#95	[-]
(05/03/09 12:10 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ozark1951 wrote: Is this material easy to work Roy? I thought about buy the standard teardrop and reshaping to my usual "mondo" style myself. It's what I do with all my picks now anyway. It was no big deal at all. I like to "straighten" the three sides somewhat (making a flatter arc from point to point) and then put a sharper tip on each of them, along with the approximate bevel that my picks wear to. Did it with a fine metal file, an emory board (from Walgreen's) and some emory cloth (600 grit?). Took about 15 minutes to do three TAD50s. I have not polished or shaped them again since last summer. Still using the first one.......... R. Curry (Rockbridges and a Gallagher) Last Edited By: D18RC 05/03/09 12:14 AM. Edited 1 times.
bgfriend		#96	[-]
(05/03/09 6:41 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Always wanting to try something new, but taken aback by the price, I did bite the bullet and by a Blue Chip pick, the TD50. I've been playing on it for a little over a week and it has become my favorite. I've been using the Dunlop Delrin 1.14 for years, but it looks like a change has occured. I find that the TD 50 really pulls the tone out of the guitar and the volume is incredible. It took about 2-days to get used to, but I really like it now. I've owned and tried to use many real tortoise shell picks and I've also tried three or four of the Tor-Tis (Red Bear) picks, but could never bond with them. There IS something to the Blue Chip. Just my 2-cents. 2008/2009 Martin D-18 75th Anniversary 2007 Martin HD-28 1989 Taylor 710 2008 Melvin Davis made in Canton, TX
n7qx		#97	[-]
(05/03/09 7:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Bgfriend--I agree with you 100%. I ordered a TRP and then a TD (both 40's) and now I'm swapping back the TPR for a TD-50. Should have that within a week I suspect. But you are right about pulling out tone that does not seem to be there with other picks... John HD-28 H&D TDM H&D OM
black liquorice		#98	[-]
(05/04/09 11:04 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Got my shipment of BlueChips on Saturday: TAD50, TD40, TD50, TD60 Haven't played them on a steel string yet, just on my Nylon String. (Was afraid I'd wear them down on the steel string, so thought I'd wade in slow.) I tried the TAD50 first, for a few minutes and liked the tone. Kept A/Bing with a Fender 351 Extra Heavy. These BlueChips are definitely the tone I'm looking for. Subbed in the TD60 into the mix and knew right away it was a keeper for the Nylon String. So, immediately found that I do not need the large TAD shaped pick; the TD is just fine. There is a grippiness to these picks that is uncanny and you do not need an oversized pick to give you more real estate to hold on as it moves in your hand. I have not used the TD50 on my steel string yet, but I'm going to keep it. I can just tell from what I've seen so far that the TD50 will be what I want for the steel string, rather than a separate TD60 just for the steel string. So, I'm shipping back the TAD50 and the never opened TD40. What I found from these picks is that they moderate the dynamics of your playing a little. I hold them much closer to their tips and still get a good solid tone from them, and this translates into more control of the sound dynamics. These picks add bravado to your playing. Right away, if you can play fairly well to begin with, you will be on a higher level of play instantly. Great product. Knew right away. (When I had bought a Red Bear pick a year ago, my decision to return it came within a couple of minutes, and back it went.)
MattM91506		#99	[-]
(05/04/09 11:07 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I sent the following email to Blue Chip Picks this weekend: Hi Matt: I recently purchased a TP1-R 50 pick and couldn't be happier with its feel in my fingers and the way it glides over the strings. Only issue is that I wish it were brighter-sounding. I love my Newtone Double Wound strings so I'd rather not just change strings to fix the issue. Can you recommend a different pick shape or thickness to get me a little more brightness? Thanks in advance, Matt Merritt, Burbank, CA Here's his response: Hey Matt Thanks very much for your order.There are a few things we can try a 40 in the same style will help, or the sharper point on the TD will also brighten it up a bit possibly TD 40. Or if you have a style that you currently use I could reshape one to match it out of my material. If you have any more questions feel free to call, you can call me any day up to 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. 865-803-9442. Thanks Matthew I decided to keep the TPR 50 and order a TD 40. Matthew Goins said it would be okay to relay the messages on to the UMGF forum. MM "I'm your huckleberry." Martin D-18GE / CA Cargo
bgfriend		#100	[-]
(05/04/09 1:10 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Black Have no fear of wearing the pick out on steel stirngs. I play a very heavy and aggresive Bluegrass rythmn and have used mine for about a week now. There is no wear, not even a roughness to the edge. Play away and forget about it. 2008/2009 Martin D-18 75th Anniversary 2007 Martin HD-28 1989 Taylor 710 2008 Melvin Davis made in Canton, TX

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