Bluegrass Guitar Pick Showdown - BlueChip / ToneSlabs / Tortoise Shell / Casein

Thanks to ROMP for having us out to the festival and to Danielle Yother for joining us on this shoot. Also, thanks to Hayes for not coming to this shoot. We had so much fun without him!
It's worth saying that we weren't sponsored by any of these pick companies but here are some relevant websites if you'd like to snag some of your own:
shop.bluechipp...
toneslabs.com/
www.drherringb...
(You can find Fender Mediums on your own, I'm not putting a link here)
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[@mandohat]

I'm gonna say, the dr herringbone sounds great over the phone speaker

[@LuckyInCards]

You all are so geeky 😊 BUT at the end, when you're all playing together, you all sound SO good!

[@johnr8820]

Prime tone guy right here 😌

[@btpearce]

Awesome Video 😀3 Great Pickers cant go wrong with that .

[@RickCalhounplus]

Love these blindfolded videos.

[@MariJu1ce]

Wow danielle has soo good tone!

[@CareyCutler]

You do know that’s a Wayne Henderson, right?

[@TRONOFTHEDEAD]

@@CareyCutlertone is in the fingers my friend.

[@matthewatkinson7558]

Danielle’s guitar just sounds better too. Tone master indeed.

[@CareyCutler]

You do know that’s a Wayne Henderson, right?

[@jasondonovan-oo3dx]

Kinkiest Bluegrass video I've ever seen

[@RuggedlyCuddly]

Great video! Now I have to go put myself in debt buying a few of these picks

[@user-crazyduke007]

我喜欢用Bluechip TP48，手感适中，很不错

[@1977jazz]

That was super fun to watch! 😄

[@FiddlePickinGood]

You can find Fender Mediums on your own…I’m not putting that link in here Best description haha

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

Good Times! Danielle sounds so good in her demonstrations

[@CareyCutler]

You do know that’s a Wayne Henderson, right?

[@Ruseagle-nb4gx]

Guess Marcel has to choose a new pick since he did not like his on the blind test.

[@stephenstrader9284]

Great content as usual, Marcel! Would love for you to restock the TR 58957 hats on your merch site!

[@tannerhutton5888]

I've already lost a few primetone picks, i can't imagine spending so much on a bluechip or something like it and possibly losing that too 😂 I probably will though, if im honest....

[@lasshrugged]

I've used both the primetone and the blue chip (among a host of others), and the primetone is my favorite. Picks can be a very personal choice, though.

[@cmcapps1963]

Love this video but as a primetone user who's trying to justify my cheapness I would have loved everyone to try one blindfolded and say it was a blue chip. Not saying y'all would...but if y'all did...the vindication!!

[@lasshrugged]

I'm of the opinion that the primetone ranks among the best picks money can buy.

[@cmcapps1963]

@@lasshrugged They're the only "boutique" picks I've tried so far but I'm really enjoying them!

[@travisroyer7113]

I have used the primetone pics a lot! My only gripe is they wear out and don’t stay the same shape on the bevels, my blue chips look like they did when they were new, (and I play a lot)

[@ejtonefan]

@@lasshrugged Not hardly

[@Mandoslicer]

Hey now! I agree. And…depending upon the individual tonal requests/demands of whatever instrument I am holding, I have found the solid color blue chip style Primetone picks to be a little darker and more grabby and still totally workable. Sometimes I choose them because I don’t want to lose a harder to replace pick in the dark of the campground. That being said, I’ve just learned to keep up with my blue chips better. The caseins tend to break. I like them too. But, I always choose a blue chip TD-60, CT-55, or a TAD-1R60 depending on the instrument. Still, after all that wordiness, the only other pick in my stash box is a primetone. Love this content y’all.

[@alexhage4935]

Fender Heavy!!

[@LuckyInCards]

California clears

[@TRONOFTHEDEAD]

Sam Bush approves this comment.

[@OldMcDnald]

Hey Marcel. You think you could add Old McDonald had a farm to Strum Machine?

[@Flatpickmastery]

Love your playing and channel very much. I wanted to ask since I'm just starting out with my channel....how can I get a better sound quality? I want to mic up guitar into the videos but I don't know what to buy and how it all works. I'm just doing videos with my cell phone and I need to step my game up. God bless you

[@tomandmarley]

Hey dude! Love your work. I was wondering why you don’t add the guitar pro tabs to your website? Only the pdf :( It would be great to get the gp files to practise with. Any chance? Pretty please

[@imikewhitaker]

I use Fender XTRA heavy triangle picks. Seems like for this to be fair you’d need to use a thicker fender.

[@michaelharacopos6550]

Jazz 3 for me

[@RSNflatpickn]

I sorry I missed meeting you all at romp

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

Next time!

[@tablature6121]

I have a tendency to go through a lot of cheap reading glasses, usually by breaking them. Wondering what could possibly be done with them once broken, I hit upon the idea of making my own picks from the hard plastic lenses, On a belt sander, you can shape them to any desired thickness or shape. Being very pleased with the results, my pick buying days are over. Still enjoyed the video, though. Oh, and as a side note, if you want a "legal" tortoise shell pick, you can do what a friend of mine did: go to any antique auction site and bid on cosmetic cases and such that were made before the ban, then cut them up into your desired pick shape and thickness.

[@badscrew4023]

Not loved much by "community" for some reason but inexpensive and (in my opinion) very good: Dunlop Ultex. Really close to the Blue chip by how it feels and plays from my experience.

[@BucketTedd]

Awesome video! Would anybody be able to tell me what Danielle was playing when it was her turn with the fender medium. I know I've heard it before but can't think of the name

[@joekagerer]

seems to me that when you can't see the price tag, you can't pick the "better" pick...

[@Flatpickmastery]

Fender medium work great for me

[@joelsobreirasobreira4028]

How many millimeters is the pick you are playing bluegrass?

[@imikewhitaker]

Anyone know what arrangement of Salt Spring Danielle was playing?

[@samurai-samurai]

where can I get a tortoise shell pick at

[@BradleyMcTaggart]

Great video Marcel. I think the conversation should’ve been kept to a minimum while playing. You guys unintentionally biased each other. Maybe each guess should’ve been kept secret too and then the answers shared with everyone at the very end. To do that right everyone probably would need to be separated and filmed one at a time though.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

We try to balance the goofing off with our rigid scientific protocol. Plus, Danielle needs someone there to keep her cheating in check.

[@lonelyhashbrown]

Where the Wegen’s at?

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

I had a few of them in my car/wallet/case but they all had holes...

[@samsneed7979]

Danielle looks like a throwback cholo

[@candera]

This video contained an obvious plant. 🪴