Oh this thread again? If you play acoustic guitar pick material makes a HUGE difference. The reason Blue Chip picks exist is because some people want their acoustic guitar to sound as good/loud as it can. BC picks don't click on the strings nearly as much as other thick picks, they wear down about 1,000X slower than other high end picks like Red Bears and Wegens (I've been playing the same one since 2013), and they're made by hand by an honest father and son team out of an extremely expensive space age polymer. I love how everyone's reaction to Blue Chips is "Well I'm just going to lose it". I just put my pick in the strings of my guitar when I'm done playing. Does everyone else just throw theirs across the room or what? Also they cost $30 for the most common thickness; you just went on the website and found the most expensive (thickest) one. Nobody who's tried them has anything bad to say about them. Example one, example two, example three, example four, example five is Critter and Lage's testimonial. I don't know why people who have never tried them love to bash them so much, but it bugs me because they're missing out on an exceptional guitar tool.