Marty and EVH both do a weird thing when they tremolo pick. They sort of arch their hand over the strings and flutter their wrist like a hummingbird wing. If you try it, it’s the most awkward thing ever.
*Sorry I wasn’t being clear. I was talking about the thumb position behind the neck as you playing chords. When I first started out my hands looked this but now it looks like this. I’m trying to get my thumb a little lower but it causes a lot of strain on my wrist. I can get it lower but I have to move my thumb so it lines up more with my index finger instead of being placed towards the center of my palm.
I play electric by the way. *
The first picture is what many guitarists do when playing chords/huge bends, the second is just an ok position, personally I would wat to move my thumb down a little and have it “locked in” rather than “locked out” so your hand is in more of a claw shape.
My picking? I don’t anchor anything but I do have my hand gently on the strings just behind the bridge so instead of having to move my hand, I can just apply pressure and my skin will mute the strings on the bridge. I do a lot of muting in most of my stuff so it help with efficiency. For the actual picking I sort of do a motion half way between the waving your hand gesture and turning a door knob. Probably most efficient if you do one or the other, but I find this the most comfortable and controllable for me. I pick fairly flat on with the strings, but when I need to go fast/tremelo pick I will angle the pick slightly by rolling my thumb rather than change my picking motion.
Squier '51, repainted and headstock redone for a friend.
Das purdy.
Really thinking of becoming “one of THOSE guys,” and putting up a bunch of videos on Youtube of me playing bass.
Shrugs I’m bored, want to practice.
Thats how i keep my thumb at all times, its either at the centre or sometimes lower. Makes it a hell of a lot easier to scale and jump from chord to chord.
i will teach u how to paint one day, goodm0urning.
my baby, an Ibanez RGA32-TYF.
I did this, they are old and extremely terrible. Thinking of doing actual play throughs of my songs though.
I’m learning on my own, you vacuous turd.
See? I made this one pink.
can anyone suggest a pair of humbuckers for my Ibby? I’m leaning towards an Air Norton neck and D-Sonic/Tone Zone bridge. what sounds good? been wanting to get a tone similar to Petrucci’s since it sounds amazing both clean and distorted, especially the neck pickup post-12th fret. probably will get coil tapping later on for jazz/funk, though I already have a hollowbody for that so it might not be necessary.
If you’re going for that Petrucci tone, I guess you’re on the right track with those Petrucci pickups.
Picked this info up from sevenstring.org:
The last one sounds kind of suspect to me, since it seems like you’d have to do a lot of tweezing/engineering to get those pickups to sound anything like Images & Words, but yeah. Obviously this guy is specifically talking seven string pickups, but it’s useful info anyway.
stand on the shoulders of giants… to be come gianter
http://www.superb-villains.com/images/test.gif
http://superb-villains.com/images/bass/before%20and%20after.jpg
Nothing better than a freshly strung bass.
2 of my favourite buckethead songs
[media=youtube]pUHkREPzagg[/media]
[media=youtube]Qo9Hs4NkSkA[/media]
This thread needs more bass players IMO.
i thought we already had more bass players than guitarists.
man its confusing when people use other people avatars.
edit: lol, or slightly modified versions of other people avatars.
i keep my wrist loose and my ring, pinky and middle finger curled inwards and spread slightly apart for hybrid picking. i position my palm at the top of the bridge for the majority of time and on my fretting hand i keep my thumb behind the neck at all times.
Riff(s) of the Week
this whole song
[media=youtube]gKkn-YjYmCA[/media]
:u: Ron Jarzonbek (Blotted Science) re-scored this scene in King Kong to exactly match the action. eat a dick.
:d: this one teaches you the process he used to create the score. pretty interesting.
[media=youtube]IVyUHFl0iB8[/media]