Garage Spikes

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Troy pointed out the garage spikes problem in my "No Thumb Contact" video. Although I have much to work on, garage spikes are the sole focus here. The tremolo section sounds smoother than my last video, so I think improvement has been made. Also, there seems to be less inaccuracy of upstrokes (--carrying through the lower adjacent string). Two things I've noticed (-problems for another day but worth mentioning): 1) right hand muting is difficult (okay, practically impossible) with this hand position, and 2) when I play on the high E string, I often accidentally turn down the volume knob. Doh! I'll have to improve my left-hand muting. Funny thing: when I watch the video, this is clearly upward pickslanting, but when I'm playing, the pick looks to me like zero pickslanting. Weird. I tried several grip adjustments and this one seemed to produce the best result. It's tricky keeping the pick point spot on----too much variation and I'm back to the garage! ;o)

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Garage Spikes

Garage Spikes

Troy pointed out the garage spikes problem in my "No Thumb Contact" video. Although I have much to work on, garage spikes are the sole focus here. The tremolo section sounds smoother than my last video, so I think improvement has been made. Also, there seems to be less inaccuracy of upstrokes (--carrying through the lower adjacent string). Two things I've noticed (-problems for another day but worth mentioning): 1) right hand muting is difficult (okay, practically impossible) with this hand position, and 2) when I play on the high E string, I often accidentally turn down the volume knob. Doh! I'll have to improve my left-hand muting. I tried several grip adjustments and this one seemed to produce the best result. It's tricky keeping the pick point spot on----too much variation and I'm back to the garage! ;o)
Uploaded: Nov 1, 2022 12:00 AM
Breakthrough???

Breakthrough???

I slightly changed my wrist position. It seems to make me more consistent. (With one caveat we'll come back to later.) The wrist motion is less of the hammering-a-nail motion and more beckoning someone to "come here." Or, when you're directing someone who is backing into a parking place that they still have room to come back. But not that exaggerated. Still having some trouble on the high E string (-hitting the volume knob and turning it down.). Tommo has suggested three ways to deal with that and I'll see which one works best for me. I think this is better than before. One concern I have is that it lacks punch. (It doesn't help that I keep accidentally killing the volume.) I guess it's hard to be smooth and punchy at the same time. At least, it is for me. For now, I care more about fast, fluid playing than dynamics. I want to get my grip together and solid before adjusting it to it.
Uploaded: Nov 4, 2022 12:00 AM

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Closed on Nov 8, 2022 1:59 PM

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