The TD is a standard teardrop shape pick with two rounded corners and one sharper playing corner. This is a TD in a 50/1000 of an inch(1.25mm) thickness. All of our picks a professionally machined, hand beveled, and laser etched.
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Posted by Billy on 22nd Feb 2016
The TD50 is great. I have some other BlueChip picks in different shapes and thicknesses, but I like this the best so far. It is the same size as the Dunlop I've been using for years, but it somehow sticks to your hand and gives WAY better tones. The material is smooth to the touch, but it just does not move in your fingers--hard to describe, but you should try one of these. The main improvement over other plastic picks is the TONE! Especially on acoustic, do an A/B test--the difference is like night and day. Highly recommended.
Posted by Jeff on 12th Jan 2016
I've been using Blue Chips for years, now. Recently, I purchased a few new ones & inquired about refinishing my existing ones. To my surprise, they provided the service for free & turnaround was just a few days! Great customer service! I use no other brands & you should accept no substitutes ;-)
Posted by Lenwood on 3rd Jan 2016
I started searching for the best guitars I could find about 4-5 years ago. I've bought and sold quite a few and have three Martins, a Gibson, and a Taylor at the present time that are the best of the best to my liking of all I've ever played. But for much longer than that (over 20 years) I've been using thin picks because I didn't know any better. Then I decided to start searching for the best picks that would make my guitars sound their best. I had to literally force myself to play with medium picks at first then eventually thick ones. I hated every minute of it and almost quit more than once and reverted back to the clickity clack of the thin pick because it felt right but sounded terrible. Eventually, I turned the corner and found with a light grip I could play with almost anything and started loving thick picks - the way they felt and especially the way they sounded. I have shell, horn, bone, fossilized ivory, turtle (legal red eared slider), acrylic, Wegen, and Blue Chip. They all sound awesome and have their own feel, tone, and look - just like guitars. No time to go into all of them, but my first Blue Chip was a TD40. I absolutely love the pick for flat picking. It pulls superior tone from individual strings that is thick and loud. It does almost stick to your fingers and feels great except that it feels a little too thin to me. It also has a little too much flex and sounds a little dull when strumming. I think the Wegen sounds a bit better overall but I don't like the shape of the Wegen and definitely can't hold on to it. And then I just got the Blue Chip TD50. It still feels incredibly thin, but now less flexible and much less dull. It's a fantastic "do everything pick." It glides across the strings, feels great, pulls superior tone, is bright enough to strum with, and I'm using it almost all the time now. Fantastic.
Posted by Dennis Long on 26th Oct 2015
I have several of your picks and haven't used anything else since the first one I bought. I have turned several friends into blue chip addicts too. I like the TD50 for bluegrass music but I really wish you made a TD 45. I have several TD's and I think a TD 45 would be perfect. So far I haven't purchased a pick I don't enjoy. Keep up the great work.
Posted by Hugo Kleinhans on 4th Oct 2015
My custom BlueChip Bluegrass picks arrived today after about a month due to the sluggishness of USPS. I'd recommend getting them couriered. As for the picks, they make other picks feel like sandpaper and make my Martin sound even better than it used to. They feel amazing in your hands and won't go slipping around all over the place. They stick! If you're an acoustic guitarist and looking for sweet tone, smooth feel and aren't prone to losing picks, BlueChip picks are a must!
Posted by Peter Exner on 10th Sep 2015
I have a TD 50 in a pocket attached to every instrument I own (4 guitars and two mandolins). I was given my first Blue Chip pick as a birthday present from my mandolin player who told me, "You might think I'm nuts, but here's a $35 flat pick and once you use it, you'll never look back." That was 6 years ago and since then, I've been doing the same thing for other pickers that I know. Blue Chip Picks rule - no question!
Posted by Jay on 13th Jul 2015
Lost my first one, ordered another same day.
That says it all
Posted by Gary on 20th May 2015
Because I am recovering from a bad wrist fracture and temporarily have poor grip strength, tried the TD50. It really does slightly stick to the thumb and forefinger after holding for a few seconds. Easier to grip than the perforated Wegen. Much better tone than the Clayton cork grip. Will probably stick with these even after full recovery
Posted by Dick Westheimer on 18th May 2015
I am an intermediate mando player at best and tone has always been an issue for me. The Bluechip pick has improved my tone immensely. They folks I play with even asked what I had been doing to improve my tone quality so much. The answer was easy: I got a Bluechip Pick!
Posted by Elias Antonas on 5th May 2015
I did reviews on the TAD 60 and CT 55 also. I gotta tell ya, these picks are VERY VERY GOOD. My Dunlop Tortex 1.0 picks which I used previously feel like dropping from a Bentley to a Toyota. I know it's bad English, but I 'aint goin' back! I chose the TAD 60 over these just because of final detailed personal feel, but I could easily live with either of these picks. Trust me ... if you try these picks, you'll have to come up with some strange excuse why they don't feel good in your hand.