Tagged: picking technique
8 articles we've published with this tag.
Why your picking hand decides whether your pedalboard sounds goodYour pedals react to how you pick, not just how you set the knobs. Here's how picking dynamics shape fuzz, delay and reverb response.By Martin- Palm mute pressure: why your chug sounds different every takeSame riff, same gear, different chug every time? Palm mute pressure is the variable most high-gain players never actually control.By Daz
- String skipping under gain: why fast riffs turn to mush liveYour string-skipping riffs sound tight at home but collapse live. Here's why gain amplifies picking errors and how to actually fix it.By Daz
- Pick hand accuracy at low gain: why practising clean exposes your riffsPractising riffs on a clean or low-gain tone strips away the compression that hides sloppy picking, and it's the fastest way to fix what's actually wrong.By Daz
- Alternate picking vs economy picking for palm-muted riffs at high gainWhy the picking style you choose for muted riffs matters as much as your gear. A high-gain player's take on alternate vs economy picking.By Daz
- Picking hand synchronisation: the real reason your palm mutes sound sloppySloppy chugs usually aren't a gear problem. Here's why picking hand sync, not your amp or pedal, decides whether your palm mutes actually sit tight.By Daz
- Palm muting technique: why your chug falls apart at higher gainLoose palm muting gets exposed by high gain fast. Here's why the chug falls apart and the technique fixes that actually hold under drop tunings.By Daz
- How pick attack technique changes what high-gain rig you actually needYour picking hand shapes high-gain tone more than any pedal or amp setting. Here's how attack angle and force change what gear actually works for you.By Daz