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GMC Forum _ PRACTICE ROOM _ Pick Scrape

Posted by: steve25 Mar 5 2008, 02:36 PM

Hi guys i can't seem to do a pick scrape properly it just sounds like crap how are you supposed to do this? Any chance of a short lesson on it or something because i've heard different ways of doing it.

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Mar 5 2008, 02:40 PM

There are no different ways. Just scrape your pick down the string. Stick gain up and practice. It is a simple but effective technique

Posted by: lavendell Mar 5 2008, 02:48 PM

QUOTE (OrganisedConfusion @ Mar 5 2008, 02:40 PM)

There are no different ways. Just scrape your pick down the string. Stick gain up and practice. It is a simple but effective technique

Yeah, that's the only way I know of as well

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Mar 5 2008, 03:01 PM

Watch vids of other guitarists doing it. One of the famous ones is at the start of Talk Dirty To Me by Poison

Posted by: DeepRoots Mar 5 2008, 03:04 PM

Certain types of pick are better than others for this- the main picks i use Dunlop 1.38 are awful for pick scrapes- they sound hideous.

The picks i can get for really really cheap with the cool design on etc. sound realy good- (they get quite mangled after just one scrape though)

Posted by: Rodnator Mar 5 2008, 06:09 PM

I guess I have the same question as basic as it may seem. Is the basic technique to push the pick against the string like "/" moving toward the headstock or to drag or pull the pick like this "\" toward the headstock. Thanks for your input. Rod

Posted by: steve25 Mar 6 2008, 10:50 PM

Well i've never been able to do it right. The tab says do it on the D and G strings but the G strings doesn't seem to make a noise at all when you scrape is across that. I don't know which direction or where to start from or whether you've got to wriggle it or something

Posted by: bham Mar 7 2008, 09:27 PM

it's absolutely important that you do it with a certain kind of pick- it's terrible for me to do with the pick i normally use (jazz III).

a pick with a graphic or a grip near the edge works well, and i find it works best on the bass strings (i could never get a sound out of the treble strings).