Never tried a Blue Chip but have had others
The staple for many years has been a Jazz 3 for me but have also gone to Red Bear, V-Pick, Gravity, JB, just to name a few. And what have I been playing the past few month's. Dunlop Tortex .88?? I know bit of a circle, and the opposite of what I usually play, its allot thiner that what I have used in the past which is in the area of 1.5 and above but never over 3.0. Usually go for a small profile pick and the one I am using is a conventional size.
So why back to a cheap dirty nasty pick? The sound of rock really and a Paul Gilbert Rig Rundown video. In the video he was saying how he like the sound of the pick slapping the strings and I believe his pick of choice was a Dunlop .66. I had not played anything close to that thin in years but gave it a try and ended up liking the sound a bit more for your basic rock/metal and beyond. The other picks are more comfortable and because of the thickness and materials can execute fast passages a bit more accurate. But on the other hand I feel I can coax more expression out of a note using a thinner pick (changing angle and so on and reacts allot more drastic to picking dynamics).
But there again thats the way I feel "right now" a few months from now, next year, I may be doing something different and have a different view. Bottom line all picks have good and bad depends what in you have in mind of what you want to achieve.
John
