Picking Angle Options

[coffeeman]

Hi Mate,

I've seen that you talk a lot about picking angle when fast picking. I noticed that when I try to increase my speed my pick is in a very flat position, so I've been practicing with an angle like you've showed in your videos. Now the thing is that I use a Jim Dunlop stubby 3.0mm pick and I don't know if it's the pick but it doesn't sound that good. I don't know how to explain but it sounds like if I weren't picking the string, the sound does not have a good body. Do you think I should use a more flat pick like a Jazz 3 or maybe it's the way I'm picking.

Thanks for all your help and all your time and effort commenting my REC takes, it has helped me a lot and I'm really grateful.

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[Darius Wave]

Hey man! Nice to know You make some experiments with Your picking hand. Of course it's all very subjective as long as we see manydifferent people using a lot of different picking varations but...it's worth making experiments. Yes - pick thincknes realtes to the angle. It is possible that very thick stubby pick doesn't sond well when the pick angle is too big. But also there is one more thing - picking strength. When Your pick is angled You have to play a bit harder to get beter tone. Otherwise You'll have to harsh sound. I do play with straight pick while playing soft - because of the tone. Usually straight pick has nice a nd full tone while gitting the string. But at some speeds it might be stucking between strings. That's probably themost important reason for making it angled.

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