“You’re not hearing the click of the pick as much, and I’m able to float across the strings a lot faster”: Guthrie Trapp shares the picking hack that could help you play faster – and sound better
The guitar is an incredibly personable instrument, and picking techniques are one of the most unique aspects of playing of them all – there’s no ‘official’ way of attacking the strings.
Joe Satriani picks in a way that means he’s had to add a pickguard to the horn of his recently modded EVH Frankenstein. The Edge and Billy Duffy, meanwhile, are known for using the shoulder of the guitar pick, and Jeff Beck and Matteo Mancuso are two players who ditched the pick entirely.
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