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Product Description
This is our JD Crowe thumb pick in a size large. This pick was designed by JD Crowe and constructed to his very exacting specifications. The BCT-JDL is the exact pick that JD uses. The pick bears JD's initials on the inside between the rivets. It is constructed using a custom designed stainless steel band and a 50/1000 of an inch(1.25mm) thick BlueChip pick. These picks are laser etched, professionally machined, and hand beveled to create the best thumb pick available.
Size compares to a standard large thumb pick of any brand.
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One for each banjo
Posted by Jeff Tallant on 21st Dec 2015
I've been using the Blue Chip Thumb pick for my banjo for a couple of years now and couldn't be happier. Recently, I've aquired a 2nd banjo (shhhh don't tell my wife) and arrived at my local jam only to realize that I had left my Blue Chip thumb pick at home with my other Banjo. I immediately ordered a 2nd pick for the other banjo so that this would never happen again. With over 2 years of use on it, I can't tell a bit of difference between the old one and the new one. I'm pretty sure they will both out last me.
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Acoustic Guitar Thumbstyle Wonder
Posted by Dan Grolemund on 28th Nov 2015
Umm, the pick -- not me :) I have been using Golden Gate thumbpicks for years. After trying a BC flatpick (TAD 50) the GG just began to sound dead to me. This prompted me to try the JDL to try and brighten the tone. It works! This is the best sounding thumbpick I have ever tried. I worried that the stainless steel would be uncomfortable for long playing, but I was wrong. Fits my thumb very closely. If you occasionally grab the under side of the pick with your first finger to use it as a flat pick, you'll have to put a bevel on the top side. I just used a small flat file followed by 400 grit and then 1500 grit emery paper to smooth it out. Works great!
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Wisk there were a M/L model...
Posted by Charley SIFAOUI on 4th Nov 2015
I bought the BCT-JDL model for the banjo.
The product is very well manufactured but not really met my willings. Joel Mabus (14th April review down below) seems to share my feelings except that he wishes a rounder tip meanwhile I wish Blue Chips create an intermediate reference that could add a L ring to a medium (M) pit i.e; a thinner one !
The best thing I have to do is to try to reshape my thumbpick, now...
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Superior to all others
Posted by Michael C. Perry (Jour Majesty Band) on 13th Oct 2015
It almost killed me to spend $40 on a thumb pick, yet I was not disappointed upon delivery. The sound of this pick is incredible. Crisp and smooth on my Martin 000. I also like the fit, it's snug and rigid enough for solid rhythm up strokes. I do recommend.
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tone and fit just right
Posted by Dave on 31st Aug 2015
Although a little long for what I'm used to in a guitar thumb pick, the tone and fit are perfect.
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What I think
Posted by Norm on 26th Aug 2015
Well this is the best thumb pick I have tried. It fits well and does not turn when I'm playing.
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Thanks for a great product!
Posted by Codie Sloan on 28th Jul 2015
I have had many of my friends recommend this thumb pick to me, and I finally bought one. This thumb pick has significantly improved my playing. It's helped my speed, cleanliness, tone, and precision. It was an immediate difference. The only thing I had to do was slightly tighten up the band to fit my thumb better. Thanks BlueChip for a great pick!
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Awesome Pick - USPS could do better, LOL
Posted by Michael Ritter on 13th Jun 2015
I live in west Knoxville and these chips are made across town. Within one day the USPS had delivered the pick to my local post office (according to their tracking) and I was anxious and excited to try this thing out. However, the next day my pick took a trip to Nashville, and then two different cities in Maryland before once again arriving back in east Tennessee, LOL. I love, love the pick - you can wear it all day with no pain, no twisting, no catching the strings...well worth the price. But just be patient with the post office because they are not too good with geography and delivering things that are very close by and easy.
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BEST thumb pick available
Posted by Dr Bill Scarpa on 28th May 2015
I am a fingerpicking style guitar player. I play either with no picks at all or only a thumb pick. When I tried the JDL I was amazed at the comfort and high quality of sound it produced.
Jens Kruger of the Kruger Brothers (banjo player ) saw my pick and asked if he could try it !!...He liked it so much that I ended up GIVING it to him !! Bo Hoo I was out a $40 dollar thumb pick !! . I was luckily able to get a second at the Merlefest exhibitor tent and was honored to have shared a great product with a great fellow picker .
'Dr Bill' Scarpa
North Wilkesboro,NC
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modified the tip
Posted by Joel Mabus on 14th Apr 2015
I bought the BCT-JDL for use on guitar. I sometimes fingerpick with thumbpick and bare fingers, especially when doing the Kentucky style (aka Travis) picking. My plastic pick of choice has been the Dunlop (either white or Ivory) after cutting down and rounding off the tip.
Many years ago I worked at Elderly Instruments as a clerk. In those days (1970s) lap steel guitars were not at all popular, and widows of the players would routinely bring in the guitars in the cases for sale, which would then be resold for under 100 bucks usually. In the case would be old picks which we would toss out during cleaning. I noticed that more often than not the thumbpicks would be filed down and polished. Little stubby things. Later on, I tried that with fresh picks that fit my large thumb, and found that the tone was greatly improved.
Unfortunately, getting a good fit is tough. The Dunlop large was tight but comfortable. But it would still turn my thumb cold and blue if I didn't take it off between songs. And when a pick was broken in just right, it would eventually break at the "hinge" point.
But at 85 cents a pop and about 10 minutes of filing and polishing, you can have a lot of thumbpicks for $40.
However, as a professional musician, having the right tool for the job is important to me. (And I can write off the expense for taxes) Having learned of Blue Chip picks from friends whose judgment I cannot dismiss, I ordered both a flatpick and a thumbpick to try out. I bought the "banjo" version of the JDL because it was about the same thickness as the Dunlop, and the JDL because the pictures made it look a little more like the shape of the tip I like.
Well, my first impression was dubious. It took a little gentle pressure here and there to get a good fit. It stays in place without the circulation cutoff. That is the first criteria. Then I played a good 3 hours with it on a few different guitars, and found no objections, except that I kept wishing the tip was a bit rounder. I knew that if I modified the shape, it was literally "the point of no return." But after a day, that is what I did. Using the advice on the Blue Chip website, and my own experience in shaping and polishing picks, I shortened and rounded the tip ever so slightly and got the sound I wanted. I reshaped my TAD1R a little too -- see my review of that.
I would wish that Blue Chip would offer a tip just a tad wider and rounder than the JD Crow. (They could call it the "JD Mabus" as Dwight is my middle name HA!)
I've played a few gigs with it, and have had no problems. It is very comfortable, and stands up to vigorous playing without twisting off my thumb or getting caught in a string.