Speed Picking concepts / Alternate vs Economy picking

[@hutch3d]

Thank you Gus for your time and sharing this video. It’s awesome to have such talented humans such as yourself that are willing to share their blessings and talents in teaching others.

[@stefanokrivtzoff1593]

Couldn’t agree more about putting in the work!! Great video Gus!!

[@leroymelon7323]

Awesome. Who would give this a thumbs down? Metronome is extremely useful.

[@GARYIKKILUIZ]

Really cool! Gus G's scale runs sound very clear, I dig that so much. Could you please show some of your tapping licks? And the solo from We Defy, that would be amazing! Thanks!

[@JackRainfield]

Fantastic playing and teaching!

[@passionsoup3788]

Would love some videos explaining your writing process.

[@ДмитрийУваров-ы5ч]

Great lesson as usual! I just soak every single word. Why am I so old to become a better musician and try to follow the dream with your briliant lessons which inspire me not to let the dust settle on my Jackson SL... \m/

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Just saw this.. it's a year old, but it's so true. You have to practice. Great video sir..

[@cmonsterz]

Excellent explanation of how these two techniques work. I'd like to see you teach people some different sweep licks...some that use 6 strings and others that use less. For me, 3-string sweeps are easy. 4-string sweeps are pretty doable. 5 and 6 become strangely more difficult. Maybe you can show me (us) some tips for cleaning up the 5 and 6 string sweeps.

[@Blacksoul444]

practice

[@nickapostolopoulos8792]

I can hear the bouzouki influence in there, nice!

[@stathisiliadis2847]

Great lesson !!! Could you please make a video about your pressets???

[@firetv]

ISTRIX2004 Istrix thanks! Ok will try to include this for the future videos

[@theausdog]

you practice and practice and practice and think hmm I'm starting to get pretty good then you watch Gus for 5 minutes lol. Back to the drawing board!!! honestly tho it's inspiring to see how good you could get!!

[@KiriFigueiredo]

Great lesson Gus. Greetings from Brazil!!!

[@douglaslima2749]

Conseguiu pegar o exercício meu amigo de Curso? Rs. Ele não usa o dedo 4 nas duas digitações, reparou?

[@KiriFigueiredo]

@@douglaslima2749 hauhauhaua fala Douglas.... Noix mano. Então eu já conhecia esses fundamentos, eles são ótimos para o desenvolvimento da palhetada alternada. Eu uso a Economy Picking nos arejos com 3 notas numa corda e 1 ou 2 nas outras cordas, acho mais fácil. Eu não tinha reparado que ele não usa o dedo 4. O Andy James também é assim vc já reparou?

[@SK43853]

thanks Gus, could you possibly discuss the decending phrasing you do? from High E to low E. thanks Steve

[@cer_ruzz]

When I've started playing guitar (15 years ago), I went the economy picking rout. But after 10 years of practice I didn't get any better or faster. It hast to click, if you understand what I'm trying to say. The problem was, that at a faster tempo I was thrown off when I had to change strings. Also If you don't mute the strings properly they will ring out. All these problems went away when I switched to alternate picking.

[@godwinbssdd]

Same here, alternate picking cured all my problems

[@cer_ruzz]

@@godwinbssdd It didn't cure my relationship problems... 😔

[@mridulm89]

To me economy picking comes naturally and I can play at a faster tempo when I use economy/directional picking instead of alterate picking. Alternate picking has more attack and aggression though.

[@marciosantoss5150]

Thank's for share Gus. I would like know if you used to pratice just outside picking or inside picking too.. Congratulations [...]

[@dimitris_nektariospap2350]

Ευχαριστουμε για το free content παικταρα μου. Πραγματικα το economy συνειδητοποιησα ποσο χρησιμο ειναι τελικα , οσα bpm και να παιζεις alternate υπαρχουν καποια σημεια που απλα το economy ειναι πολυ πιο χρησιμο.

[@tomasrusso2285]

Great Lesson Gus, could you upload more exercises on alternate picking? and some sweepicking i'm trying to work that! Thanks you are the best! Greetings from Argentina

[@backhandok]

"You need to practice.." *alright then keep you secrets*

[@headbangermaniac]

Hey Gus, could you please share in the future brief tips for beginners who want to take seriously on the guitar? Thanks :)

[@georgiosvasiliadis5392]

Really helpful lesson! Any tips about arpeggios or maybe an excercise? Thanks anyway...!

[@chrisloud1976]

This IS how it’s done ✅

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

Brilliant, thank you. Can I ask, what picks do you use? I've seen a lot of fast players using jazz III picks. Still, some use standard ones. What's your preference?

[@firetv]

I use Jazz 3XL / 1mm

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

@Gus G cool, so that's the larger jazz picks, yes? I've just gone to the small ones, to try to improve my technique.

[@mikeboat0191]

I would love to see a video about your vibrato with the bends,mind are somewhat good just tend to lack the effectiveness it could have

[@Nate-qb8ws]

Love tutorial vids like these, please keep 'em coming! Got any more staple practice licks that sound awesome in most applications while improvising/soloing?

[@chrisking6695]

Your picking technique is really interesting. You're basically just movijg your fingers and the wrist only slightly.

[@joshgoldberg166]

Thanks for the tips G! You da man!

[@timothyholmes4588]

when I'm very warmed up I just do economy picking naturally it just happens when it's necessary. not really a conscious decision.

[@doomcote2651]

Tres bien explique,je le met en pratique,merci Gus!!!!!!

[@marclucas1683]

GREAT ! GUS !!! 🤘😺

[@jimmycrabtree-tb6jc]

Great info!!

[@Greg-rd8qr]

Thanks Gus!

[@xy914]

I just can´t find a thing that motivates me to learn alternate picking. My economy picking works. And the onlyst song where i needed alternate picking until now was fade to black, the clean part by Hammett, after the first solo... And that´s so slow that you don´t need to practice it a lot. Is here anybody who can give me a cool example for a song where you definitly have to use alternate picking instead of economy for a good reason??

[@douglasnisbet1189]

I really wouldn't say Gus plays particularly fast, or particularly clean. For that I'd listen to someone like Rick Graham or Anton Oparin. Gus is moderate speed at best.

[@Hitemwhereithurtss]

Goat G

[@nethbt]

Damn Gus, I'd love to buy your signature guitar... But I'd get lost easily without those fret markers

[@firetv]

Ken T haha that’s just the custom shop version. Was weird for me as well in the beginning. The JS & X series have the classic Jackson inlays

[@CHOPERUS23]

I'm sure there's side markers on the neck.

[@albikapidani]

I love your guitar😁 Great lesson!

[@asylum6579]

I love you Gus

[@othrerir_jussi]

Thanks. Master G!

[@dscraig512]

I skip all the alternate picking and just do hammer ons and pull offs. 😆

[@Timmy_1011]

Can play kn yours video the gary more Fender. 2 I want to know how you change in live show.. use a distortion chanel to clean chanel. Thanks

[@pzdipuing]

This man is amazing 🤟🤟🤟

[@dragtr0n]

Which pick do u use?

[@ΧρήστοςΚακαμούκας]

Επειδή είμαι λίγο αρχάριος ακόμα όσον αφορά τις τεχνικές, το economy picking σε σύγκριση με το alternate με ποιο ακριβώς τρόπο συμβάλει στην διευκόλυνση ως προς αύξηση της ταχύτητας; Μέχρι τώρα χρησιμοποιώ μια παρόμοια άσκηση του Gilbert αλλά με alternate και δεν κατάλαβα τι ακριβώς θα προσφέρει το economy picking

[@metalzzzx]

Do you do economy picking on up strokes as well?

[@firetv]

Lucas Baião Pires not really, unless it’s a specific part that requires it

[@metalzzzx]

@@firetv Is it because you do not like it, or because you think it actually damages the playing?

[@firetv]

Lucas Baião Pires I haven’t found much use for it, it definitely doesn’t “damage” anything ;)

[@metalzzzx]

​@@firetv In some phrases, using economy picking on the upward strokes leads me to less outside picking. Outside picking gives me some hard times. Thanks for the answer, dude. Very cool of you. :)

[@christ4613]

badass.

[@ChrisKadaver]

I've always used economy picking since it's the most natural way for me as a fast player. However when I encounter something like 5 notes over 2 strings that is meant to be played with alternate picking strictly I get totally lost. Some stuff I just can't play even though I played guitar every day the last 20 years. I'm a lazy player when it comes to specific rules I know. But now I have a really hard time learning to play stuff it's meant to be played. Here's one example. The top gun anthem. The part between 3:01 to 3:06 I simply cant play. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrUZqtuYrZ_Y9E Any suggestions on specific exercises to start handling strictly alternate picking between strings where the first time on one string you start with an upstroke and the second time moving to that string starting with a downstroke and vice verse?

[@stanislavmigra]

There is Steve Vai solution to this ... play it twice, so you have 10 notes over 2 strings, so it is even number and your alternate picking world is saved :D

[@mridulm89]

I use directional picking i.e. sweep picking combined with alternate picking i.e. when changing string if you are going down you down pick and when you are coming up you up pick and then you alternate pick on that particular string

[@UlissesReisofficial]

Great!!

[@ДаниилВетров-ю8и]

Tabs!!!!where

[@PerryCodes]

Thought this was an ad for Blackstar...

[@kaihiwatari9406]

His economy picking is faster than my sweep 😂😂

[@franklespaul7150]

😆😆😆

[@evanjames4760]

alot of people ask me many times how do i get my hair so beautiful

[@Prometheus4096]

If you switch from alternate picking to economy picking when alternate picking and economy picking are no longer the same, why call it alternate picking? Alternate picking means picking up when you go down a string and picking down when you go up a string. So that means first jumping over the string, then hitting it from the opposite end. It costs you an additional motion. I have never heard a convincing argument why avoiding hitting the string you want to pick by jumping over it, then hitting it from the opposite direction has an advantage.

[@GeminiChile]

Great video but the tone of that guitar is shit sounds like a zoom 505

[@me-bk9er]

damn..I forgot all about those zoom pedals..lolol

[@douglasnisbet1189]

True

[@mavisser3211]

If you're in 2019 and still don't know what the difference between alternate picking and economy picking is..