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Posted by: Ben Higgins May 25 2012, 10:29 AM

There was something that I was trying to explain a long time ago in a video chat and in this video MAB sums it up perfectly. 'There are more differences in players than there are similarities.'

The more you scratch the surface, the more you realise that people are doing things differently to the next guy.. and the next guy.. so don't get too hung up on needing your picking technique to look like some famous guitar players. It's the differences that make us unique and lead us to our sound

Posted by: JTaylor May 25 2012, 10:44 AM

Great video! It reminds me of Todd Simpson's chats!

Posted by: Ben Higgins May 25 2012, 12:06 PM

Yeah.. both are good fun and very, very speedy !

Posted by: JaxN4 May 25 2012, 02:08 PM

Great Video. He has a great technique, and he explained that really well

Cheers

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 25 2012, 02:29 PM

MAB is a very modest and cool guy! ...And what a player!

Posted by: Ben Higgins May 25 2012, 03:09 PM

Yeah, you just know it would be great to hang out with him don't you ?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 25 2012, 03:36 PM

I had the opportunity to talk to him back in 2010 at the same clinic where I met Greg Howe, Andy Timmons and Brett Garsed and he was like a granny somehow I mean, that's the exact feeling he gave me: 'Would you like a nice warm piece of pie while I explain a few things about my blistering alternate picking technique?'

Posted by: Ben Higgins May 25 2012, 03:44 PM

Yeah but it would be a pie that was cooked really, really fast !!!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 25 2012, 03:53 PM

Posted by: Mudbone May 25 2012, 04:46 PM

This is really inspirational for me because I'm also left handed MAB is a really great instructor!

Posted by: DeGroot May 26 2012, 03:24 AM

This is interesting to see. I'd tried the same thing recently with tremelo picking on one string and just watched to see what my right hand/arm was doing naturally. I know the idea sprung from a Higgins lesson, but I don't remember where or when.

Posted by: maharzan May 26 2012, 03:37 AM

True. I have studied a lot of players and have tried to copy. And ultimately, you just land up in your own style as it feels much more comfortable. well said.

Posted by: TuckerG May 26 2012, 06:53 AM

Haha, crack me ^ Cosmin! Like myself, you seem to be the type of person who's interest to a high degree is drawn to the contextual paradigm of the communicator, rather than just the message. This trait is beneficial in that by nature, you can interpret the meaning and intention of the sender's message with a greater scope of understanding, which is also a tool of the "fast learner," also, it makes observing people while under the influence of "enhanced beverages" much more entertaining. Haha!

-Tucker

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 26 2012, 07:03 AM

Wow what an analysis I think I agree with you

Posted by: rocko May 26 2012, 08:33 AM

That's a cool video. Thanks for sharing it Ben! It motivated me right away I'll work with that today!

Wow - that's a good start in a free day I just have breakfast

regards
Andreas

Posted by: Azzaboi May 26 2012, 08:36 AM

Yeah, this technique really helped me go from slow blues to shred, use it all the time! Well explained.
"Now that we have learnt the tremolo, lets move onto something a bit more advance" - after he's shredding the crazy out of it! lol

Posted by: Ben Higgins May 26 2012, 06:03 PM

It was probably from a post I made rather than an actual lesson itself. How did you get on ?



I'm glad to hear that Andreas.... sometimes these nuggets of wisdom from the guitar greats give you freedom to be yourself on the guitar and not worry about what everybody else is doing !

Posted by: DeGroot May 26 2012, 08:00 PM

[quote name='Ben Higgins' date='May 26 2012, 05:03 PM' post='586329']
It was probably from a post I made rather than an actual lesson itself. How did you get on ?


It just made me realize that I really don't have change the core of my technique. It more of a matter of developing it to get things more in sync. I was concentrating too much on what other guitar players were doing for a while.

Posted by: Dinaga May 26 2012, 08:24 PM

Yeah, sometimes you need to change the technique because it has a serious flaw, but other times you just need to take time and practice, to make your own technique perfect

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 27 2012, 03:18 PM

True, but there are times when you can't spot the problem that easily. I was thinking that people might get frustrated for not being able to achieve progress in a certain amount of time and they might think they are doing something wrong, when the technique is correct, only the time invested is not sufficient.

I am probably just ranting, but I think this could be a possibility, although even when you are not putting in THAT much time into a certain technique, if you are practicing in the right way, the results are there. Now timing is different for each person, so this is a very open discussion right?