It’s gotten to where banjo and mandolin are the only ones I REALLY like. I like guitar too, but not as much as those. And bass is essential, but playing bass lines in bluegrass doesn’t take much practice so I rarely play it, just when I need it in a video. I guess with fiddle it takes TONS of practice to be even decent at it and I’m not that into it so I don’t really work on it haha.
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Unless you play an upright, bluegrass bass guitar doesn’t really count.
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But hey, it’s an instrument and I can do it😂 I can do other bass stuff too, it’s just not something I really care about.
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well… as a bass guitar major in the Armed Forces School of Music, I must confess I play an electric in my bluegrass group… primarily because my left hand is arthritic and can’t handle the ol’ doghouse any more. Plus… I solo on bass as well… so that makes me a two time outlier in Bluegrass!
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Gunnar wrote a poem folks.
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I saw it. It was a poem about how he can’t write poems.
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I can get him a thinking cap! (I know what everyone is now thinking with my pick of thinking cap!)
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Blue Chip arrived yesterday, so tried it today.
I found everything said about it by the proponents to be true. Produces great tone. The material and the thickness of the pick seem to control/adjust the vibration a little bit, whatever be the striking force/speed, and produces a slightly muffled/controlled yet a sharp, beautiful tone. The dimension is perfect for holding it. The triangular size and the extra thickness (for the thickness size of other picks) allows it to balance perfectly for the pick to not easily slip out of control. What I bought was a heavy pick (TP 1R 60, 1.4 mm??) and it looks thicker than usual heavy picks yet lighter for feel. I don’t really have to loosen the stiffness of my hold for better rhythm playing sound. With the same hold, I get perfect rhythm sound.
So, there is something with the material and the size makes it unique and great.
Wish I had bought it before. I checked Ben’s site once before (year or 2 ago) but then I wasn’t sure of the size so left it at that at that time. Also, with a cheaper guitar (Fender CD140SCE), 40 bucks for a pick sounded little odd to me then. But then I always had issues with the grip so I was looking for better picks. If not for Libby and Michael, I would have prolonged the decision. But now that I have it, I really like it! Thanks everyone for all your views!
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That’s great @JohnM! I think the 60 thickness is the best of all the BlueChips. You’ll just love it more and more the longer you have it. What I love about BlueChip picks is they just feel like an extension of your hand - super comfortable and sturdy!
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Absolutely! I felt it to be ditto like you described it! 
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He’s not going to take the bait… or is he?
(Lets kick it off, that’s a stone! 
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It is not! It’s a fossilized egg!
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I see where it is headed… haha
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It’s a pet.
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Ok folks, so, this seems clever, but in reality it’s just a very poor attempt at creating a post hoc argument, ok the fact that you posted a picture of a rock in no way necessitates that peoplewillargue, okperiod.Andthe statementthatpeoplewillargueaboutanythingisevenmoreridiculous, ok, it literally in nowaycorrelatesto a picture of a rock, ok that’s just reality. So really, the notion that you posting a picture of a rock will somehow cause people to argue is absolutely insane. Ok gang and Mason Crone should really know this, given that he essentially lives under a rock, this is the same guy who said that Doyle Lawson’s band doesn’t have vocal talent. okit’sthesameperson! Like this guy is just absolutely nuts. Okwe’llget to more on Mason Crone and muchmuch more in just one second, but first
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What, are you stoned? (See what I did there? Rock – stoned). It’s tough being this clever.
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And you’re the guy who says buildings and cities are beautiful and barns are eyesores. That’s way worse than saying a bunch of howling men don’t sound good.
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I actually think the Dillards’ singing sounds pretty good. I forgot about them.
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