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    I lost my Blue Chip pick (and a few others) when my case dumped in the parking lot before a gig on Labor Day.

    I've been mentally punishing myself ever since for losing a pick I paid $35 for. Never again.

    Lo and behold, I found it today tucked deep in the padding of my case. I still can't believe it was there the whole time.

    I am so happy, I believe my playing was extra good today.

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    Could it be said you no longer have a chip on your shoulder for losing your Blue Chip?
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    Paul, I just finished playing and had absentmindedly put my Blue Chip in my pocket instead of my case - your post just reminded me to rescue it from there before it ends up falling out with a handful of change or getting run thru the wash - thanks!

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    I can identify. I thought I left my Blue Chip at the music store yesterday. I was hoping to there early Monday to look for it. I found it in my shirt pocket, where I never put one. I'm usually a lot more careful with my better picks or so I thought.

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    That's why I have three extras!

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    Mine always, always, ALWAYS goes back between the fretboard and strings at the 2nd fret so I don't lose it...

    Did I mention I always put it there?

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    I lost mine for a week, and found it again in another case I forgot I had opened to play. Whew...
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    I was at a jam last friday, sitting next to a dark brown leather couch. I put my BC down on it and made a big mental note not to put it there again; if it hadn't had the writing on it, it would have blended in perfectly.
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    I mark mine on the back with my initials- use fingernail polish, or etch it in. So's they don't get picked up or mixed up by other people. I had a friend who I was picking with, an inadvertantly put his BLue Chip in my case. He called me when I was a couple miles down the road-and I was able to distinguish the difference. (had to turn around)
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    Glad it worked out, Paul, but I have to admit that my first reaction was: "He dumped his case in the parking lot and only lost a PICK!?" I take it that the mandolin was in your hands when the lid came open?
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    It seems that the common factor in all these tales is Blue Chip. My Tortex has never disappeared - time for you to change picks.

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    Glad it worked out, Paul, but I have to admit that my first reaction was: "He dumped his case in the parking lot and only lost a PICK!?" I take it that the mandolin was in your hands when the lid came open?


    I lost several picks, and found most of them the next day. never could find the Blue Chip---Until Sunday. And my mandolin came very close to hitting the ground, it was what I was reaching for as the case went crashing down.

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    At $35 for a pick they should come with their own case.

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    Lost my BC pick at a festival this weekend. Let someone else play my mandolin with it, and absent-mindedly neglected to look for it afterwards. He said he left it on top of the case. Apparently fell off without my knowing. Foey!
    I miss it alot! Guess I'll have to get another one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coffeecup View Post
    It seems that the common factor in all these tales is Blue Chip. My Tortex has never disappeared - time for you to change picks.
    LOL.
    What I wanna know is when the Blue Chip goes missing for good does it screw yer whole night having to play with a pedestrian tortex? Can you shift gears back to a cheapo pick quick enough to actually have fun playing?
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    I use one of these - problem solved

    http://teelguitarworks.com/pocket-pick-box

    If they were to make one shaped after the body of an F style....
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    Quote Originally Posted by bonny View Post
    LOL.
    What I wanna know is when the Blue Chip goes missing for good does it screw yer whole night having to play with a pedestrian tortex? Can you shift gears back to a cheapo pick quick enough to actually have fun playing?
    Sure I can play with another pick, the trauma of losing a BC is the expense!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Amandalyn View Post
    Sure I can play with another pick, the trauma of losing a BC is the expense!

    Well that, but also the suddenly tinny brassey sound coming out of what sounded so warm and creamy with the BC pick.
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    I've got two Blue Chip picks currently MIA....the good thing is I know they're in my house.....but I'll be darned if I can find them.......dagnabit.....
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    I also have a BC MIA in my house; annoying!

    Generally, I keep track of the BC and my Red Bears by putting them back into the leather keychain pickholders I bought from Red Bear. The holders are on a leather belt clip thing which stays clipped onto the instrument case handle.

    The system's been working well, because (being a pickloser) I made myself be compulsive about putting the picks only in the holders when not in play.

    Duh, I don't know what I did this time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sgarrity View Post
    That's why I have three extras!
    Yeah easy for you to say your LOADED and you also have $30K worth of mandos, a brand new Harley and a brand new Alvalanche! LOL!

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    I went to a jam and opened my case and my BC pick wasn't where it was supposed to be tucked in the strings! I freaked!

    Had to use an old TS pick I had tucked away in the compartment. It felt odd to play with it.

    The next day I tore apart the house, my truck, my SUV looking for it and couldn't find it! I gave up on finding it and just was thinking about getting another and then ... I lifted something up on my desk AND THERE IT WAS UNDER A PIECE OF PAPER FOR A WEEK!!!

    Made my day finding it! LOL! It was like finding money!

    And now I have an extra tucked away in case I lose it again!

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    This thread give me an anxiety attack. I'm outa here.
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    I'll admit that I'm something of a newbie on this forum, but I can't think of a single specific item of gear that has garnered as much verbiage -- as many threads, the length of each thread -- as had Blue Chip picks!

    I organize my picks in pill stackers (from Vitamin Shoppe, but lots of other companies make them as well).
    http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/e...jsp?id=VS-2702

    They're not as nice as some of the products made to hold picks specifically, but they are flexible, portable, and cheap.
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    I lost my BC for a few months. What I realized, later, was that it was in one of those fancy pick holders in the storage pocket in my case. Phew.
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