Re: Anyone NOT like Blue Chip picks?
We all have some point where a pick is just too expensive. I don't think any of us would pay a thousand dollars for a pick no matter how much we liked it. If the $35 is too much for whatever reason, it's too much. Fortunately as I mentioned earlier, an awful lot of great music has been made with picks that cost a few cents.
I'd add, likewise with mandolins. If someone looks at a $2,000 mandolin and says that's more than they would spend they're fortunate that it doesn't take $2,000 to get a great sounding instrument. But that doesn't mean the folks who do spend $2,000 or $20,000 or whatever are being stupid.
Nor does spending $35 on a pick say anything bad about a person, any more than spending 35 cents does.
The first man who whistled
thought he had a wren in his mouth.
He went around all day
with his lips puckered,
afraid to swallow.
--"The First" by Wendell Berry
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