Pick Blind Test...
 

...yes I can hear the differences. But would I pay $50 for a pick, are you crazy?

Here in the UK it costs $100 to fill an average car with “gas”.

$50 for a pick is nothin’.

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Ken, I've never played the Guitar Moose products, but here a lot of good things about that, from you and others.

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Love all kinds of picks and playing 50% of the time without them.
The CL Vespral for rhythm and the BC's are a tremendous sonic enhancement to plectrum playing.

I am glad they were developed before my acoustic days are over.
Really something these little buggers.
Definitely enhanced tone, and to a slightly lesser extent, feel.

Euphemistically speaking I have told my son I don't want to go.
I want to stick around to see my old hobbies get fully engineered.
Recently I got a GIANT Trance E +1 mountain bike and it is a game changer.

These are always fun, although I must say that I trust the guy in the vid more than my own ears. A one-inch computer speaker doesn't quite cut it. Also, there is the whole matter of FEEL, which to me and many other players is just as important as tone.

my three cents,
memmer

It's a personal decision. If you paid $200 for your guitar a $50 pick might seem crazy. But if you own a $5,000 guitar it might not seem so much.

Scott,

Just keep doing what you're doing as you're providing a great product at a great price!

Ken

Kenny, thanks. You've been a wealth of info on the amplification side for years now. Really appreciation your guidance and insight in that area.

Play On!
Memmer

Bingo and if I take the family out to a good steak dinner it's at least $350.00. Worse still because it's gone quicker then a tank of gas.

..my bottom line with pick price is a cost/value equation...(that applies to most any purchase actually)...so what is the value??..for me it’s about how much I will use it and how much I will enjoy using it....that after it fulfills it’s basic purpose...

....for me a great pick is great value...and although I have yet to spend more than 30 dollars on a pick..I get a lot of value from my spendy picks...like everything...as the price increases beyond a certain point the rule of diminishing returns kicks in...not sure a fifty dollar pick would seem much better to me than a thirty dollar pick...but the difference between a five dollar pick and a twenty dollar pick is substantial to me...and worth the cost because I like it better..

It was a cool test, but a little challenging because there were so many picks. I pick #1 in all instances. #6 came into play as well. There weren't any picks that were outright bad, but on several, the sound just thinned out compared to #1. #1 had the richness, articulation and tone with a minimal amount of string scratch.

I don't buy expensive picks as I lose them too fast. I recently picked up a 6 pack of the Taylor Thermex Ultra Pros ("The Blue Swirl") for $12 and that's the most I'd spend on a pick (they only come in the 6 packs so I had to spend more). I had to go thicker than I normally play to find the one I liked but then it was an easy choice. https://www.taylorguitars.com/taylor...e-swirl-6-pack

The link to see which pick is which isn't working for me. Does anyone know which one the BC is in the video? I liked 3, 4, and 7 the best.

Doesn't work for me either. I tried on PC and Mac, Chrome and Edge. I didn't try Safari, but I'm not optimistic. I am somewhat curious though.