Product Overview
This is the TAD-1R pick in 60/1000th of an inch(1.5mm) thickness. It is identical to the TAD, but HAS ONE ROUNDED CORNER. All of our picks are professionally machined, hand beveled, and laser etched.
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.
Reviews
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5 my favorite mandolin pick
Posted by Unknown on 29th Dec 2025
After working my way through different picks including a different blue chip, I’ve now found my fave - it’s significantly improved my technique and tone. Now I just can’t lose it. Great job Blue Chip folks.
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5 Absolute game changer!
Posted by Chris Hendrix on 16th Dec 2025
I was one to replace my picks as they wear out. That would happen about every three or four shows. I switched to a brand which offered thicker picks and I would whittle the bevel back into it as it wore… they lasted about four times a long as the others, but still wore out and practically disintegrated. My blue chips offer excellent wear performance and also fantastic articulation! I’m a fan of both the 40 and 60’s. I’ll be making more purchases of these again!!
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5 Now I'm Convinced
Posted by Unknown on 2nd Jun 2025
Never thought I'd pay a lot of money for a pick. I finally broke down and tried one. I love it. As smooth as it might be, it doesn't rotate out of position like my plastic picks. Also, it improves the overall tone of my instrument. I am definitely going to be ordering another pick or two just to have on hand.
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5 BC is all I use.
Posted by Unknown on 13th Jan 2025
I prefer Bluechip above all. I used tortoise pics at $100 per pic and just like these better. They are very accurate, don’t slip as bad with sweat and bevel nicely for a hard hit when I need one. Rhythm or lead, the are just right.
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5 TAD-1R 60
Posted by Unknown on 20th Jul 2024
Excellent choice for warm rich tones !
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5 The hype is real, and then some.
Posted by Blake on 3rd Jun 2024
All the hype is for real, and then some. This pick sticks to your fingers but isn't sticky, glides across the strings like no other, incredible tone, damn near everlasting durability. I don't make this claim lightly, but it's one of the pieces of gear that I could actually feel an improvement in my playing with due to how much better it is than anything else I have tried, imitators and competitors included. I haven't picked up another pick since it arrived, so any sticker shock has quickly dissipated. The one rounded end gives me a more mellow and quieter tone, and we have some finger pickers and rather quiet singers that show up to the weekly jam sometimes, so that comes in pretty handy. Also nice for solo accompaniment. I ordered it with my name engraved, and it shipped the same day within a few hours. It arrived three days later. Did not expect that kind of turnaround, so 5 stars for service too.
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5 BC #4
Posted by Cletus McTonefreak on 28th Jan 2024
This makes the 4th & each are just perfect & quiet. I use all of em with both acoustic and electric guitar. Bluegrass style mostly on acoustic, & fusion type stuff on electric.
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5 Grear Gift
Posted by Unknown on 19th Dec 2023
I've picked with these for a few years and finally decided to share, as a gift, these picks with my sons. They are my "forever" picks, both for Bluegrass and Oldtime!
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5 Tad 60
Posted by Justin Gaddis on 23rd Nov 2023
Awesome picks. Great tone, no maintenance required and they last for years. I used tortoise exclusively before I found these.