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)