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This is the TAD pick in 50/1000 of an inch(1.25mm) thickness. It is shaped identically to the TP, but is slightly larger. All BlueChip Picks are professionally machined, laser engraved, and hand beveled.
Quarters, Nickels and Dimes, if included in the pictures, are for size reference only. They are not etched on the picks or included with the sale. To use this reference, please place a coin on your current non-Bluechip pick and then compare to the pictures of our picks with coins on top of them. This will help you choose the pick that is closest to your current favorite size and shape.
Product Reviews
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TAD 50 - Great pick
Posted by Howard Band on 17th Apr 2015
The TAD 50 is a great pick. Frankly, all the BlueChip picks are great. Just a matter of finding the shape and gauge that works best for your personal playing. BlueChip ended the "eternal" pick search for me. I think it had for a lot of folks.
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I Love These Things
Posted by Peter Van Wagner on 17th Mar 2015
First I like the size. I've used Fender Heavy's for decades but now they seem too small. I've used other large triangular picks but wasn't happy with the sound. I friend gave me a Blue Chip CT55 for my birthday and suddenly everything fit together - size and tone. After a year of not losing it, I decided to get another Blue Chip. This time I tried the TAD50 and I love 'em both! Not too much difference between the two. They both ROCK.
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State of the Art Picking Technology!
Posted by James Adkins on 5th Jan 2015
I absolutely love Blue Chip Picks! The TAD-50 is my favorite because of its size and thickness. Regardless of preference, these picks have a very noticeable tonal difference from your "run of the mill" plastic pick and they have a better grip as well. I have also tried many, MANY other boutique picks and still I'm hooked. I've grown used to people laughing when I tell them that I buy $35 picks, so I tend to give my slightly used Blue Chips away to other players. More often than not, they become addicted too! If I show up to a gig without my Blue Chip (which almost never happens) I feel like I've forgotten an important piece of equipment. I would highly recommend Blue Chip picks to anyone who is striving for that perfect tone or for any player who wants to get the most out of their pick!!
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Bluegrass...
Posted by Tom Severt on 2nd Dec 2014
Same as the TAD 40. I'm impressed.
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Bluegrass...
Posted by Tom Severt on 2nd Dec 2014
Ditto on my review of the TAD 40. Love the feel of this material.
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Turn on the lights !
Posted by Songbird on 24th Nov 2014
I just moved up in thickness from a TAD-40 to a TAD-50 for bluegrass flatpicking . It is like someone turned on the lights !
The clarity of tone , articulation , and volume increase has made all of my D style guitars show what they really have inside of them . My real turtle shell picks have been put away
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He Said It Would Change My Life - It Did!
Posted by Dave D. on 3rd Nov 2014
First off, I love these picks. I bounce back and forth between fingerstyle and flatpicks and had noticed that my guitar's tone was much better with a thumbpick than with my previous flatpick choices. I've tried everything from plastics to woods to faux tortoise (my previous pick of choice) and just couldn't get what I thought the guitar was capable of. While chatting with a bluegrass playing friend I asked if he had any pick recommendations. He said "Blue Chip. It'll change your life."
I ordered the TAD 50 and TAD 60 because I have several guitars ranging from Jumbo 12 strings to Grand Concert 6 strings and wanted to see what difference there would be with different pick thicknesses. The Grand Concert (GC7 Taylor) was the one that was giving me fits when played with a flatpick and the TAD 50 solved that problem entirely. The overly strong mids are gone and the balance is sweet across all six strings.
I've played the TAD 50 and TAD 60 on rosewood and mahogany Dreadnoughts, my rosewood Grand Concert and a maple Jumbo 12 string from Guild. These picks ROCK. There is no noticeable clicking when the pick strikes the strings, the picks are easy to hold without sliding around between your finger and thumb and the tone is amazing. As I expected, the 60 has a slightly fuller bottom end sound than the 50 but both work wonderfully on all of my guitars. My playing style ranges from soft to hard strumming, bass line runs, even a bit of cross picking and these picks work wonderfully. My little Grand Concert, not really designed to be strummed very hard, is now a much more versatile instrument and my Dreads and Jumbo sound better than ever before.
If you're used to a smaller pick it may take a few songs to get accustomed to the larger size of the TADs, but if you pick up your old pick again you'll notice how much harder it is to hang onto than the Blue Chip.
While I tend to prefer the TAD 50 over the TAD 60, I'd be fine with either one. If you're unhappy with the sound of your guitar, try one of these picks. For the price of a couple good sets of strings it just could change your life.
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Excellent pick and a great value
Posted by RJ Bulkley on 27th Jun 2014
Like a lot of flatpickers I have worked my way through myriad picks: celluloid, Delrin, acrylic, "gel", "tor-tis", mystery plastic. genuine tortoiseshell, bull horn, etc., etc., and have settled on the Blue Chip as the best of the lot, beating genuine tortoiseshell by virtue of durability, ease of replacement, legality, smoothness, and most importantly, feel and sound.
I feel totally at ease with the pick in my hands, I am confident playing all dynamic levels and feels, and I can get the tonal spectrum that my Martin is capable of. I never get tired playing the guitar with this pick! Therefore I believe that this pick is a fantastic value.
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All around awesome
Posted by Trent on 23rd Jun 2014
I tried the teardrop shape first, loved it, but wanted something more. Tried Chris Thile's pick but I play guitar and the bevel just lost the tone a bit for me. Then I tried the TAD 50 and the tone was exactly what I wanted. But MOST of all, I can honestly say my speed and accuracy has improved immensely because of these picks. They glide like butter, but really grind and growl when you need em to.
A word for Wegen: their tone is super nice as well, definitely brighter, even with a harder pick, but overall BlueChip has won me over hands down.
Trent
Bluegrass/Irish/Folk/Classical/Iloveitall
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Blue Chip TAD 50
Posted by HJB on 14th Mar 2014
I never thought that a pick could have such an amazing sound compared to other picks I've been using. It produces a sound that I would call chime like, although not in a brassy sense but very pleasing to the ear. I'm convinced that this is the only pick for me from now on. The size produces three equal picking points so it matters which corner you use. Fantastic!