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 Diane on 13th Jan 2015
I love this pick! I play mandolin. It was a Christmas present, and although I didn't think I'd ever spend that much on a pick, I'd never go back to the cheap ones. I would replace it in a heartbeat.
Posted by Mark on 23rd Dec 2014
Have gotten used to the feel of this pick. Very smooth and solid. Feels just right in my fingers. Have tried other picks since starting with this, and I keep going back to the TD50.
Posted by Annie Koehler on 5th Nov 2014
I stood in a long line and bought a 50 at IBMA in Nashville 6 years ago. Unlike other old lady mandolin players, I beat the tar out of my England mandolin with it and it is exactly the same as when I bought it. I only have one, but have bought several others for gifts. Just about everyone I play with uses them, the tone is fantastic.
Posted by Andreas Gygli on 5th Sep 2014
I think they are the price worth. A bit like the following experience: "cheap shoes". You buy 10 pair of them in 2 years. But when you buy 1 pair of high-qualitity shoes, you wear them 10 years! Similar with Blue Chip Picks. This IS high-qualtity gear. Thank's for that!
Posted by Steve on 18th Aug 2014
This is my third purchase from Blue Chip Picks. Already have 2 TD 60's, a CT 55, and now this TD 50. All of them sound awesome. I choose picks for sound more than anything. I have real tortoise pics, and many other good picks. All of my Blue Chip Picks, just make my Martin D-42, and my Loar Mandolin. There is no better pick in my opinion, and I am extremely picky...:) If need be, Blue Chip will also get my next order for any of my pick needs.
Posted by Ron L. OBGY on 28th May 2014
I have always had a problem with picks slipping or turning and not being able to notice that it was happening (I have nerve damage in my index and middle finger on my picking hand)
BLUE CHIP TD50 pick somehow (like magic) rarely slips - it stays in place and the sound it produces is like no other pick I have ever used. Great for strumming and for picking - I am BlueChipper for life and hopefully my guitar playing life will be long - other than my family it makes all else seem inconsequential.
Posted by Chris Loizeaux on 28th Apr 2014
This pick is amazing. I've been using nylon picks for years because they don't wear or get scratchy edges, not realizing how much work they require to play loud and fast. I play guitar and mandolin. On the mandolin, the speed bevel slams the pick over the double strings with no effort. The volume produced puts fiddle, banjo and Martin players on notice they can't drown me out. Its like driving a car with power-steering, a V-8, and an air horn!
Posted by Jay Cooper on 17th Feb 2014
Like many of you, before I tried a Blue Chip TD50 I thought paying $35.00 for a pick was pure silliness! That was until I tried one. I'm a converted BlueChipper!! Beautiful smooth handling, it comes off the strings of my vintage Martin D28 like polished glass. Every time! And no wear! Incredible! Thickness produces great robust, deep, dark tone just like Lester Flatt's fat old thumb pick. Beautiful tortoise sound, Blue Chip picks are the best! Nothing else in the industry compares, and they're expensive because they're better than anything else. Period.
Posted by Stephen on 4th Dec 2013
Been using my Blue Chip TD50 for flat picking and strumming and it outplays anything else on the market. Very smooth. But the best part is that the tone it produces from any of my guitars is outstanding. Service was great. Shipped in one day. Red Bear made me wait months. Buying one for my guitar teacher and a thumbpick to use on my banjo.
Posted by Bob on 2nd Aug 2013
It totally blows away any other pick I've had. Sounds better and is faster than even my tortoise picks.