Brilliancy/Collings MF/BlueChip Pick Demo

[ghsr82]

what if you spend 10000 hours doing something wrong? then you'll fail to achieve mastery

[nomorepushingusdown]

Nice triplets!

[cottagefarmer]

I think I agree with the concept - of course the 10,000 as a fixed number is a variable - I know that with my mandolin study, if I intentionally target practice time with new techniques then of course I will master something new, and quicker - versus just practicing the same thing over and over. Either way, the theory is sound at its core.

[earlgrey626]

My guitar student read this book and explained the theory to me. I think there are too many variables to make these general claims, and it depends on the complexity of a task. Someone can put a couple minutes into learning to zip up plastic bags and master it, or try 80 years to run faster than a jet and never get there. IMO, mastery is a combination of natural gift, opportunity, effort, context of information, and falling into a perfect line of all these, which you could call destiny.

[loggyness]

Good job, I am not a big fan of the Blue chip Picks, neither are Richard Or Tony for that matter xD, I asked Rice what he thought about him and this is what he said, " Might as well be playing with a Clorox bottle". But for some they are really good picks, I guess it might be because I didn't let mine break in, but I got mine for free so xD, but any ways great picking buddy, I will put up my version of this song soon ^^

[Fstpicker]

It must be the best sounding clorox bottle then! I've tried all the picks out there, and the BC is my favorite. It sounds every bit as good and often better than my TS picks.

[EricDMyers]

I'm hooked. Lost one, felt like I was going through withdrawal heheh. Bought a special pick holding keychain ring. I love the way they stick in my hand. I use the rounded edges. Really has changed the way I play. Felt good to shake things up.

[freshthreat]

love the message...I saw a very famous guitar player at a clinic once and someone asked him "gee how did you get so good?" and he said "everyone at once....PRACTICE!"

[SPACEFACE70]

Great vid loved it.

[flatpikinguitar]

are the picks thin for their stiffness. ive been looking for a pick that is thin but stiff.

[jocwalk]

I tried them out and didn't like the sound. They're about 1.5 mm thick (give or take) and very, very rigid (which is a good thing.) Still, my guitar sounded muffled with one. That said, I've only been playing about five years. I don't have the right hand drive that more experienced players do. If you drive through the strings really hard, this is probably a good pick (at $35 each.) I went to the Clayton Ultem 1.20 mm (filed a bit at the leading edge) and am extremely happy with the sound.

[jocwalk]

Oh, one more thing, I mentioned that I didn't like the sound on my guitar. I have found that picks are often completely different on mandolins. I use a pick for my mandolin (a Dunlop Gator 2.0 mm) that sounded terrible on my guitar but great on my mandolin. Go figure.

[timmonsisbest]

You want ultem. Jim Dunlop makes ultex (same thing) and Steve Clayton makes them.

[adamschmalenberger]

good message. i am about 1000 hours in and the more i learn the more i realize how little i know. the fun part is the journey not the end result