TOP 10 Guitarists with WEIRD Picking Techniques!

[@dawson1787]

James Hetfield: 👌⬇️ Kirk Hammett: 🖕⬇️⬆️

[@barackobama4838]

@Iosif Mihai bruh what

[@MikeHunt.420]

Haha! (downpicking)

[@curly_dunce]

@Iosif Mihai wth does that even mean

[@zooommeme7542]

I can’t tell you what perv means kid if you are older you should know what pervert means

[@SyrinWarner]

Pat Metheny: 🤏⬆️

[@RadioRayes]

May Eddie Van Halen and his wierd picking technique rest in peace.

[@entity_of_the_cosmos]

Rest in pease Eddie

[@samurai_entertainment]

r.i.p.

[@stnes0228]

Rest in rip

[@juju-lu9ib]

@@stnes0228 bruh

[@Stopelectriccars]

R.I.P

[@theehestia]

When Jimi Hendrix’s picking technique is *teeth*

[@GigaJinGaming3711]

God.. I hope that guitar was 18

[@jonnypayne598]

Fire 🔥

[@mighte8719]

666 likes

[@JenniferFunk33]

Sometimes tongue

[@joezegers]

Nah he just sets the guitar on fire and calls it a day

[@kylonnihunt-gw6et]

0:53 Synyster Gates 2:15 Kirk Hammet 3:16 Tosin abasi 4:27 Michael Angelo Batio 5:44 JAMES HIMSELF 6:55 Eddie-VAN-Halen 7:56 Pat Methney 8:56 (STEVIE T) STEVE MORSE 9:49 Willie Adler 12:04 Marty Friedman

[@Salisboury]

Thanks, but James Himself?

[@JarlStensson]

@@Salisboury On 1 January 1992, the municipality of Sørøysund (population: 2,341) was merged with the town of Hammerfest (population: 6,909) to form a new, larger municipality called Hammerfest.[5]

[@Offsecwrkr]

MAB is my favorite guitarist EVH is second

[@matt_Guitar0734]

Willie Adler’s picking hand is a jazz chord

[@hiroyukichiba3135]

You are so correct

[@nathanielbaker6884]

That's brilliant

[@thedragons8538]

True

[@ameurstihn6610]

I only use upstrokes. I play bass.

[@paytonbowling7259]

I do upstrokes with my fingers but alternate picking with a pick

[@thejamister929]

who are you? Davie504?

[@talhakarsloglu4278]

Impossible.

[@GreatGreebo]

Me too!!

[@ilnegrus576]

@Ameurstihn we don' t do that here

[@metfan4l]

Marty Friedman was definitely the first person I thought of when I saw that title :D

[@rickfeith6372]

Ya kinda gotta...hes a true weirdo

[@eddyshreddy2036]

Same

[@daveywiles6412]

Triple M same

[@adlerdefender8067]

Triple M same here...

[@Elviolli]

Me as well.

[@ishakadhianton.6346]

The fact that stevie can do all the weird picking technique is amazing

[@landonschamel]

Except for synysters sweeping lol

[@andrelucas3804]

​@@landonschamel I mean it's so weird 😂

[@Romax-pg2is]

My picking technique is using the whammy bar on my Guitar Hero controller

[@peepers811]

Lol

[@scjabe]

Same

[@saigeyoksh]

DragonForce technique

[@pchav7788]

Maximum Points: Activated

[@thrillgaming2939]

True

[@ogboi4420]

If this dude had a stroke, no one would notice.

[@chunchunmarupapachiru5425]

@@MJTXAZ OOOOO

[@a.c.3070]

@@MJTXAZ I think he just meant that he is so spastic that people would think a stroke is just him acting normal. Either way Stevie T is incredible and I love his personality

[@a.c.3070]

@@MJTXAZ Nope. I never said I thought his joke was funny or made sense lol.

[@pieceofcard591]

Maybe a fit or seizure instead of a stroke

[@gregorywaynemartin9613]

I suspect it's more cocaine than anything...or life long isolation...or both.

[@zer0_iz_d34d]

I actually pick like Kirk, and it's really helpful Your middle finger is out so u can tap with it during solos

[@ender-ee4pf]

i meen you'r not wrong but still....

[@ender-ee4pf]

i pick like james hetlield and tap like kirk

[@diegosalazar5949]

i do both James Hetfield technique and Kirk Hammett technique and ive been playing for 2 years and i know almost every song except load and reload

[@Xx_bread.sticks]

I do the kirk because my my finger just goes like that but it is useful

[@nc3057]

@@diegosalazar5949 same

[@cogumerlimgaming9803]

I got so happy when I found out Van Halen used his pick like I did. Since the very beginning I hold the pick with the middle finger and I always thought I was weird. When I watched a video of one of his live shows, he became more than the God he already was to me. I didn't feel alone in my weirdness anymore. RIP Eddie.

[@bradyodell7103]

Me too!

[@connorpayne2671]

He's not a God since there's only One God. He would just be a god in this case 👁️👅👁️ It's unfortunate that he isn't here anymore though

[@PolaroidLandCamera-cm8ke]

Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Screaming Trees holds his bass pick with his middle finger

[@willem9688]

Same 👍

[@SunnyTheRic]

Tosin: “I’m freezing.” Me: “but your fingers are like 90 degrees!”

[@finlayyearsley_guitar]

Good job it's not 90°c. 😰

[@crazy-i-was-crazyonce]

It's a reference to the nintey degree angle of his thumb, and temperature.

[@sorrenblitz805]

@@crazy-i-was-crazyonce thanks I needed someone to dryly explain a simple joke.

[@crazy-i-was-crazyonce]

@@sorrenblitz805 ..... mmmmmm

[@Hsvehsbaaspj-calalalalala]

Nice dad joke 👍

[@jameshetfield252]

why did you make fun of my picking technique?

[@achau5914]

Oh hi james hatfiel

[@SyedAli-pv1yt]

The actual fuck mate

[@terrianneee]

@JamesHetfield

[@destroyernoah]

You're not James. Tables can't type.

[@nikkoennix]

👌

[@mauricelaffra5268]

Don't forgett Brian May he picks with a coin

[@mah_lick67]

Maurice Laffra using a six pence is not a picking technique

[@coffinfeeder7732]

I tried using a quarter to pick with my acoustic when I first started playing guitar and it felt like shit. I knew using it would ruin my strings pretty fast, so I just used the celluloids lying inside the bag I got with the guitar. Props to him if it works for him.

[@0pher545]

So do Billy Gibbons and Me

[@luciel3893]

@@coffinfeeder7732 Brian May doesn't pick with a coin as an alternative for a plectrum for any sort of technical reason. He does it for tone.

[@thehater307]

What dies he im Hauge Queen fan but i did not knew that

[@tuxedofunk.]

I’ve been playing for years since I taught myself in high school, and only now am I discovering that (1) using three fingers to hold the pick is weird (feels the most comfortable / natural way to me) (2) I downpick everything, including solos (but sometimes strum on choruses) (3) I guess I play like James Hetfield and have never realized until now

[@icemansxl]

Everybody else: buys picks Zakk wylde: *laughs as he grows his own*

[@racc7805]

So your telling me Zakk Wylde can tremolo pick and economy pick with his finger nails ?????

[@icemansxl]

@@racc7805 just his thumb nail

[@megkrish7568]

I have long fingernails in my right hand, I hold my index and thumb together like I'm holding a pick and just use the index for picking (I mean I also use picks but the other one is just as efficient)

[@omersarcadeadventures2152]

Well they aren't the sultans of swing

[@blenderleaf5516]

i don't think zakk can do economy picking lol

[@jacopoparenti9939]

Steve: picking techniques Davie504: *we don't do that here*

[@Alexvspelx]

This is illegal

[@randydunson469]

😘😾😾😾😾😾😾😾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😾❤️😾❤️❤️😾😾❤️😾😾😾❤️😾😾

[@ncescher1]

Slap like now

[@austinosborne1999]

Jacopo Parenti Weird slap techniques.

[@ViktorDimovskiGtr]

OMG! That's illegal. I'm calling the police now

[@corvidwyrm4113]

James Hetfield really said “👌⬇️🎸”

[@tobyhowe6259]

Lars ulrich really said he’s 👉of the FOOKING BAND!!!

[@viniciusfrota8350]

lmao

[@radioactivian]

he got us all

[@themercycatalog]

translation: YEAHEAH

[@MissJenniferVlog]

Kirk hammett said 🖕

[@adambrazee3858]

I always thought it was cool how Glenn Tipton stuck his pinky out even when he's doing those sick sweeps in Painkiller.

[@chgo1991]

marty freidman has always stuck in my head as the wierdest looking technique. its great to see how other people play as it can inspire so much

[@JohnVo423]

His picking hand, to me, strongly resembles zakk wyldes

[@usuallyclueless4477]

@@JohnVo423 My picking hand naturally goes Marty Friedman style as well. Downside is that palm muting is tricky.

[@LykanVarion]

@@usuallyclueless4477 Marty has plenty of times explained he doesn't like palm muting all that much, his picking allows for a lot of openness and he can easily still mute due to amp compression and whatnot.

[@chrissijenkins6445]

6:19 Stevies reaction: 1st time: funny 2nd time: confused 3rd time: worried 4th time: scared

[@nathancabiles796]

Chrissi Jenkins l m a o

[@kreshnikhhoxha5220]

Ok

[@theqguyrockee9482]

Nathan Cabiles slapp like now

[@riffrocker7401]

I love watching this part over and over lol

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I hold my guitar pick sideways ( so the pointy end if facing upwards ), so I'm picking the string with the shorter, rounded end instead of the sharp end. Then I file down the edge of my guitar picks with sandpaper to give it a bit of a 'grip' on the strings when picking. Works great for me, not sure if anyone else picks this way.

[@zackpotter6363]

Oh yeah I do too and everyone thinks it’s weird

[@kybamclane9357]

I do. It seems to be the only way I can trem-pick.

[@thinkingaloud4777]

Purple plectrums makes one just for you it's called the blade look into it my man

[@dallows3235]

Haha, I’m exactly the same. Played this way for 16+ years, haha. I was self-taught in bedroom reading tab books without the help of videos. so I guess that probably played a major part in it.

[@dylanneumann873]

That technique helped me alternative pick

[@kaydenhart1219]

What's funny is I play just like James Hetfield, I have my guitar low and I only down pick even in solos and master of puppets 😂

[@jamespell1138]

Only downpicking in solos is a terrible idea Edit: and In certain riffs like battery

[@D3adbatsarecool]

The weirdest guitarist picking techinque is lil Wayne’s picking

[@ufukaka7570]

Joshua Williams not picking at all.

[@masteryoda6988]

It's actually his thumb

[@ElvisPriceless]

Not guitarist (or musician)at all

[@D3adbatsarecool]

You could run over 50 flaming toaster ovens with a monster truck and it would sound better than lil Wayne

[@ElvisPriceless]

@@D3adbatsarecool Yup !

[@londonschabes8641]

Steve: Shreds some insane sweep picking thing that most people can’t do. Also Steve: I can’t pick like this!

[@harrisontabor3335]

i was surprised he just picked it up and played cafo like that lol

[@kurtcobain3426]

Where tf is lil wayne?

[@SteveTerreberry]

Probably somewhere failing at guitar...

[@insertmainstreamandnormien1276]

Kurt Cobain In the mood, just like you Kurko crazy Shotguns Bain \m/

[@cavespider6665]

Kurt Cobain that was what I was thinking

[@billiejoeeyelash]

He uses his thumb, not a pick.

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

He’s too skilled for picks

[@thrashmetalhead88]

For a few weeks I have been teaching myself to pick down as fast as James Hetfield, and I've gotten kinda close, but I'm not as fast as James yet. I even hold a pick exactly like him, too.

[@thrashmetalhead88]

I have learned the open string part of Nothing Else Matters on guitar, and I am teaching myself to play parts of One, Creeping Death, and Master of Puppets on my guitar because I got a Kirk Hammett guitar lessons book for Christmas.

[@eugeneimbangyorteza]

Maybe you wanna try picking with your own style like using two fingers only. It works for me in playing Metallica's trash metal tracks (all downpicks and keeping up with the tempo).

[@markopegan568]

*Before watching I bet Marty Friedman is in the top 3 at least!*

[@Spthomas47]

Same, but, to be fair, I got the name of the style wrong(yet I kinda figured I would). I'd been hoping it was the Bob Dole. >_>

[@eurictabadero2466]

Hi marko love your vids 🤗

[@michaeldoughton5896]

Marko Pegan Didn’t expect to see you here. Really enjoy your vids.

[@_azu7]

But his picking style doesn't seem so ughhhh wyaak to me like its weird but its okay it seems smooth and just not disgusting like that Log guitarist , also marty can play some real mind boggling shits :)

[@jeymdelacruz9410]

Before reading the comments I bet that Marty would be on the top comments

[@jitterygta5558]

3:21 this is called hitchhiker’s thumb, it technically counts as being double jointed, the thing is that you are born with joints that can bend 90°

[@legoobi-wankenobi3080]

do you know the name of the song he's playing?

[@thomasreuter1614]

@@legoobi-wankenobi3080 Tosin is playing Mindspun, Steve is playing CAFO

[@DeathBringer769]

All hitchhiker's thumbs are not created equal though, lol. Some curve much more extremely than others. I have a hitchhiker's thumb too, for instance, but it's nowhere near as far extremely bending as Tosin's. Tosin has a long thumb AND it bends back extremely far, even for a hitchhiker's thumb.

[@zakaria_009]

I have a hitchhikers thumb my friends are terrified of me

[@christophercombs7561]

I jave a friend with that "mutation" and it and his obsessive personality makes him a monster at 2d fighting games especially King of Fighters and Street Fighter

[@trimsk9283]

Dont forget james hetfield picks like that for 2 hours every other night

[@JacketCK]

The ultimate down pick

[@josechhakchhuak4061]

He had the hybrid-cyborg right hand 🤘🏾🤘🏿🤘🏽🤘🏼🤘🏻

[@RyanDMoore]

I only down stroke too, fuck an up stroke

[@vaudvillevillain_]

@@RyanDMoore Upstrokes suck

[@rotemharari1565]

I have always held the pick with two fingers, I never realized it was weird until recently. I think it just gives more control and makes it easier to grip the pick

[@josecarlosramolete6109]

Even Carlos Santana uses two fingers while picking.

[@HECKproductions]

stevie t: makes fun of batios hair also stevie t: used to have hair like batio

[@linaivanuta5943]

batio wears this ′′hair ′′ since the 80s though haha I really think its a wig :D

[@SuperFlyingGlydon74]

I have hair like that and I get questions about whether or not it's a wig and the answer is no its my real hair

[@greekfreak1980]

Quote from Joe Satriani:''There's no correct way of holding a pick,don't ever let anybody tell you that.You pick the way,it's comfortable for *you* . Look at Marty Friedman,people say he's not picking correct and I could never pick like this,but for him it works,he's obviously comfortable with it and is an amazing player.''

[@johnredcorn1131]

greekfreak1980 One of the best, most well rounded players on the planet

[@2213klon]

But it's not healthy at all!

[@ef-u-ren9574]

You just saved me the trouble posting this. Theres a difference between wrong and different.

[@MegaShredmachine]

Tru dat

[@TallicaMan1986]

@@2213klon different bodies. This is similar to telling others how to eat.

[@oxsnxiwn7804]

I just realised I use the same picking style as James hetfield and didn’t even notice😂

[@FxnWaySheGoes]

Not gonna lie i was always doing this and thought it was wrong, kept trying to hold it the "correct" way but always sunconciously reverted to the hetfield. Now i know he uses that technique, i aint gonna worry about it so much and just play what feels comfortable.

[@sohamsengupta6470]

Same here mate... Thumb and two fingers for life

[@andjustjizzforall]

Yeah I was always the same but was never really bothered about it cause it works. Now I know Hetfield does it and that makes it cooler

[@mikehart6193]

same🤘🏻

[@neildunlea7282]

Yes me too

[@axel2525]

I always use 3 finger to hold my pick like James Hetfield

[@dakotareynolds3049]

I've tried but when I do it I feel like I'm completely re learning how to play

[@roadkillmoth5610]

Now, Brian May doesn't necessarily have a "Strange Picking Technique", but he does pick with a coin.

[@ingesorensen3817]

Keevx , actually he uses the coin as a pick and at the same time alternates ring and middle finger, sounds like two hands. A bit strange.

[@joedewitwomey9627]

Jimi Hendrix picks with his teeth😂 he would be on here

[@badq.concerts]

@GBR and I wonder where he got that from

[@creds3826]

@RLD he could beat only a couple times

[@creds3826]

@RLD *but

[@0iceman092]

he only did it a couple times and he wasn't even that good at it

[@SuperSedingAngeL-yr0]

@@badq.concerts The chitling circuit

[@houstonashley62]

I always found that the one with the grounded pinky was most effective for me. If I keep the pinky grounded on the body below the strings, I can just use muscle memory to make sure I'm picking the right string without having to watch my right hand. The pick gets held like Cartman's Jennifer Lopez and the middle and ring just fend for themselves. I've been told it's weird, but it just works.

[@thecommenter9267]

Most people don't know this but one of the key factors that makes Marty's sound unique is his strange right hand. The flexed curvature is basically a modified form of the rare Gypsy Jazz style picking, which was invented to create a louder, more aggressive pick attack. He leverages a massive downward pickslant and uses circular thumb picking to get around the string change issue (for example when the pick is below the string and he needs to move to the string above). You can't reach as much consistent speed output with Gypsy style picking as you can with traditional picking but you get MUCH more power. Think of it like the difference between an AK47 and a metronome. AK47 shoots extra fast and clean in short bursts but then soon gets out of control if you keep shooting without rest, but the sound is dynamic and powerful while a metronome maintains consistent high speed, but the sound is rather weak and mechanical.

[@vintagerealityvr]

what about an ak47 metronome? That's how they keep time in the Middle East

[@thecommenter9267]

@@vintagerealityvr Facts

[@dogdaysunrise1970]

I use 3 fingers too, that's because I hold a pen the same way. Tried to correct it to the "right" way, but just doesn't quite work for me.

[@tantrispicks2440]

A lot of players change up their grip depending on what they're playing at the time. They might have one technique for playing string-skipping arpeggios and another for shredding. The right way is whatever works for you.

[@evilcowboy]

@@tantrispicks2440 What this guy said is right. Personally I play sweep picking with the pick directly pointed towards the body of the guitar and use a .056 pick. If I need the pick to be sturdy I choke the pick to barely a tip. The reason I use that thin of a pick and point it towards the strings is because it provides the most clarity, the pick is thin enough to just flop off the string to the next one. If you're gonna slowly strum a chord then it makes sense to use the same type of pick you would when strumming a chord and thin picks are popular among chord strummers. The thin pick coupled with a picking style like Steve Morse is just a great way of gaining speed. I naturally pick like Steve Morse so I get why he picks that way.

[@gabeaddisonmusic]

I’ve always used 3 fingers (Thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger) it makes my strumming technique look weird sometimes

[@guitarist6494]

Before I watch Synyster Gates & EVH is gonna be here and Marty Friedman for #1

[@legaciestr]

Guitarist6494 hey man huge fan can you make top 10 emo or post hardcore or metalcore riffs or something.

[@giltyakhtar]

Guitarist6494 man,we miss you on KZbin.

[@warhammer8403]

NO LIL WAYNE IS NUMBER ONE

[@ericeeshan]

Guitarist6494 hey love your vids

[@silverrey7379]

EMINEM by looking at your profile pic, I thought that WE are number one

[@ladyjulia4038]

Stevie T your videos just brighten my day, tickle my fancy and butter my egg roll. Your faces, jokes and personality just make me happy thankyou.

[@ianjohnson7761]

Actually, StevieT, if you're familiar with Frank Zappa, he used upstrokes almost all the time as well with HIS guitar playing. Frank was a pretty good guitarist as well. Great right-hand speed and very smooth legato technique. AND he started the careers of big-time guitarist Steve Vai and percussion elite Terry Bozzio. I never knew Pat Metheny played with a lot of upstrokes and I watched this video a lot.

[@JaOzrenRadovanovic]

I was waiting for Zappa too 😁

[@BiRDiEHere]

*When James Hetfield becomes a haunting to your dreams* (6:20)

[@kurtaxlcabanilla2532]

I use pick like this 👌

[@trimsk9283]

Same

[@leonardoleal5092]

Is Steve Canadian? 🇨🇦

[@kurtaxlcabanilla2532]

Sentinel hhahah language bro

[@joescripilliti2038]

Me too

[@daxter69420]

Ha goteem

[@Carolina-gu4kf]

RIP Eddie 😭

[@Sr20pw92]

Marty's technique isn't goofy when he's playing rhythm but when he's soloing, it looks like his wrist is in a headlock

[@MrMan-sy4ev]

3:19 “it looks perfectly norm....OH MY GOD!” I haven’t laughed that fucking hard in a while

[@Shade4117]

The 90 degree angle on his thumb killed me xD

[@TNastyD]

I think i missed it the first time cause im dead hahaha

[@danielm793]

I can do that

[@TNastyD]

Not as good as him

[@masterklaw4527]

What about Mark Knopfler? He uses his thumb, pointer, and middle finger in place of a standard pick.

[@TheFamousMockingbird]

Thats called finger picking and its very common. All blues guys did it. The south had a lot of that with the banjo being a popular instrument as it was invented by slaves in the 17th century in the Caribbean

[@mossmacarthur504]

i think he used a pick to amplify the sound or something but also im pretty sure lindsey buckingham didn't use a pick either which probably comes from him starting as a classical player wheras with knopfler (as the previous person has stated) it comes from blues.

[@shanelittle8303]

I came here to make a Mark Knopfler comment...kudos

[@lhommedesbois639]

It isn't that weird, it's just that some of his songs are impossible to play with a pick

[@jacksonpalmer8955]

I think it might be because he doesnt use a pick so his picking technique is nonexistent?

[@cristianmoreno2807]

R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen will there be a tribute video Steve.

[@MarkToast99]

Interestingly, Misha Mansoor's way of holding his pick was sort of an important aspect of the sound he pioneered. He mostly holds it normally now, but he used to hold it with his index and middle finger on one side and his thumb on the other. It changed the pick angle to where it gave the note that strong attack that's associated with djent

[@sorrenblitz805]

That's considered an abnormal way to hold the pick? That's what I've always done since I started playing back in 2002.

[@MarkToast99]

@@sorrenblitz805 yeah, it’s mostly considered “normal” to hold it with your index and thumb. Holding it with 3 fingers is technically considered poor technique, but honestly who cares? You play how you wanna play

[@gregoryl.levitre9759]

Hetfield's down-picking technique became the standard 80's metal picking technique. When you need to chug on those strings there's no better picking technique.

[@dougarnold7955]

All through high school in the early eighties I only down picked and I love the power of it; actually got fairly fast and accurate shipping strings and so on but then I started feeling limited by it and wanted the light fluttering sound that Randy Rhodes used to get and I got away from it. (switched to alternating strokes)

[@DeathBringer769]

He was always up there, but I always thought of Kerry King from Slayer back in his prime as the "King of Downpicking" to be honest, lol. And yea, downpicking is definitely useful to aggressive riffs, but there's no need for you to also hold the pick in the screwed up way Hetfield does (unless it's weirdly comfortable for you.) Might as well learn with the proper way of holding the pick, and then practice your downpicking ;)

[@akshaykumar_r]

Lil Wayne's picking style is probably the best

[@danieldemayo6209]

Akshay Ravi Kumar that’s some advanced shit...

[@merttalay9702]

Akshay Ravi Kumar Lol😅

[@laptubus]

i'd said it's perfect :-)

[@MultiRainday]

Well, he's not a guitarist

[@akshaykumar_r]

Dane Mark Jo r/wooooosh

[@chob8223]

Jimi hendrix: "I uSe mY tEeTh"

[@PixieMinie]

That must taste weird

[@sneppysnack809]

Pixie Minie tried it and it does taste weird.

[@vaishnavplays203]

E

[@infesticon]

I thought every one tryed this at least once...

[@dumbr2098]

I use my caps properly.

[@thomas-s09]

i love metallica so much that i accidentally use kirks technique for soloing and james technique for riffs

[@akshaykumar_r]

8:23 Fun fact: When Paul Gilbert started learning guitar, all he used were upstrokes :P

[@SoilentGr33n]

Damn. I will always remember the first time I heard the song "I understand completely" from some guitar world sampler disc. I thought they were fucking with me but no, he's actually playing that shit.

[@andrewwhitmore8756]

Absolutely knew Tosin was making the list.

[@robertsparling917]

6:54 Press F to pay tribute! Eddie Van Halen died today.

[@relser187]

Pffft forget PRESSING, how about TAPPING to honor him even more! 🤘

[@deddehyahntown9918]

F

[@verundus9500]

F

[@DannyBoi2112]

F

[@syahminorizan8064]

F

[@ilovepdiddy-k3w]

I still dont understand how he doesn’t at least have 5 mil stevie t you are my favorite KZbinr. Real guitarists don’t get enough love 🙏

[@rickfeith6372]

As soon as the video was rolling I was thinking Marty...I absolutely LOVE his grab every note like its the last note EVER technique. Yay Friedman!!

[@mikesbadopinions9671]

Rick Feith so true man

[@paincakes7693]

Same

[@Jacksmusicshack]

I guess he's PICK-y about this list. I regret NOTHING!!!

[@humb1s3rvant]

Jack's Film Orchard your pun both satisfies and sickens me

[@Kris-de2ox]

This guy's a personified caps lock and it grates on me

[@BruceWayne-zj1kw]

It’s truly exhausting

[@RacecaR08]

indeed, but I love it.

[@mightytom1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXXKlq1uhql0gdE

[@ShaunPrince]

best comment

[@pedroleal7118]

Yep, Steve Kapslock Forever. Can't watch the end of the video...That voice is like a kid wanting attention.

[@ryanguitar0517]

A list I never knew I needed. Thanks Stevie!

[@hughcaires7434]

What about the nik-knee techniques? 😁

[@SyntaxAlex]

Hugh Caires I love this 😂

[@marcod7347]

The greatest technique EVER.

[@PercabethLovernot]

yēś

[@lennycat_114]

Nick... *NÑEEE*

[@angus9165]

Smug guitarist: you’re not holding a pick correctly Me: show him this video

[@evilcowboy]

lol in my opinion you hold that thing any damn way you please and what is comfortable to you because if you are not comfortable playing guitar then it hinders the creative process and most will want to just not play.

[@angus9165]

evilcowboy I agree

[@nihilusobscurio8380]

Well in my opinion every single guitarist finds his best way of playing if he tries his own picking style.

[@angus9165]

@@nihilusobscurio8380 absolutely. If a guitar player wants to be comfortable playing, he’s gotta play in whatever way he wants.

[@liamevans9815]

We all hold the pick differently, it's just about comfort.

[@forestghost7]

exactly, see my comment up there somewhere

[@aidanlarose6901]

I started off holding picks with 3 fingers kinda like Het but then I saw how my favorite guitarist played the way you see most people holding a pick and i was like “damn I wanna be that good!” And I forcefully changed my picking style and it actually helped so much lmao

[@shawns628]

0:53 synester gates (avenged sevenfold) 2:11 kirk hammett (metallica) 3:16 i forgot (idk) 4:23 michael angelo batio (idk) 5:46 james hetfield (metallica, what the fried chicken mr boiii is there metallica insane!?) 6:57 eddie van halen (rest in piece!) 7:54 Pat metheny (i dont even freaking know) edit: im getting sick of doing this so bye guys!

[@shawns628]

8:57 steve morse (i have no idea) 10:07 willie adler (lamb of god) 12:04 marty friedman (idk)

[@boudreautom2907]

3:16 is tosin abasi from animals as leaders and Marty Friedman is from Megadeth

[@boudreautom2907]

Steve Morse is from deep purple

[@boudreautom2907]

MAB is a soloist and finally par metheny is from pat metheny group

[@georgeprice4212]

@@boudreautom2907 Steve Morse was also in: The Dixie Dregs….Steve Morse Band and Kansas as well.

[@MegadethFan9000]

RIP Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) you're a legend.

[@swiar_d7057]

Hes not

[@MegadethFan9000]

@@swiar_d7057 HE IS TOO!!!!!

[@swiar_d7057]

@@MegadethFan9000 no legend is david gilmour and pewdipie but ill aceep your eddie van halen on maybe a master guitarist not a legend

[@salvey3737]

@@swiar_d7057 EVH is a legend, Pewdiepie is dogshit

[@swiar_d7057]

@@salvey3737 wtf did you say bout pewdipie if you dont like pewdipie you can pewDIEpie hes a legend

[@joedalton155]

Lil wayne would never be on this list because he got such a superior picking technique that he doesn't even need a pick, thus putting him above all

[@Usernameisavailabe]

Truly a god amongst men!

[@charesu8]

Also Nick Jonas. What a fucking god also!!

[@kevinrocha4879]

Me: alright , no cringe Steve: "movement" Me: o shid

[@ibaneztwo]

You are a funny guy. The scene in the car looking at the “accident” was genius!😂😂

[@thejoeyaffliction9768]

The way Eddie Van Halen holds his pick is literally the exact way I used to hold my pick when I first started playing guitar lmao.

[@jackkenny8204]

oh my god 8:34 Stevie T with the Napoleon Dynamite reference 😂😂

[@almamartyr1]

I'm pretty sure that this guy played as the mouth on that Annoying Orange show.

[@mrburns366]

Marty was the person i immediately thought of! lol I'm starting to think there is no "proper" picking technique because it sure as hell didn't slow any of these guys down!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

LOL I knew both EVH (for his tremolo picking technique) and Marty Friedman would be on this list. I have to wonder how Marty keeps string noise down (that is, muting unwanted strings), since most guitarists use both hands for that... it must all come from the left hand.

[@yes-fq6jd]

Maybe he uses his hair

[@malachijaymes]

i read on a forum once that marty sometimes needs help muting when tracking in the studio lol not sure if it’s true

[@yes-fq6jd]

yea sometimes in the studio someone held their hand softly on the 1st fret to avoid open strings going boing.

[@rickfeith6372]

Thats what hair ties, scrunchies and Fret Wraps are for. Marty is something else though, he doesn't have a clue about gear, but my goodness can he play. Very powerful player that attacks the guitar like few others. Look at how he busts in like the cops on Captive Honour...lol

[@jsviktor5]

roflll

[@ranajoyshil]

Synyster gates changed his picking technique 6 years ago from now when he started playing Gypsy jazz, he told this to his Synyster gates school website. That he needed a much stronger picking technique that's why he changed his technique. And Steve as far as I know, in one Interview with Troy Grady on his channel Batio said that he was actually left handed when he used to play piano, so at the time when he was learning guitar all by himself on Chicago there wasn't any left handed guitar and wouldn't want to play a right handed guitar upside down so he decided to play right handed and just because he is left handed he just locks his right hand and flick it anyway to control is as best as possible.

[@Yuki-oi1cs]

That's right, Michael Angelo Batio said himself that it's pretty odd for him to play like a right handed as a left handed, but I gotta say I do the same thing ( also because I don't have a left handed guitar ) also self-taught since he started, and now he's known as the man with the double guitar and the fastest guitar player in the world. Also I wonder what's the name of the music used when Stevie introduced him in the video. Do you know it? :)

[@gothadelic9396]

Wheres Jimi Hendrix he can play with his teeth

[@DG-lz6fw]

Zakk Wylde can play with teeth too

[@luiscadcam1]

Play with teeth is just show-FX, not useful for hi speed or different sounds that u can get changing picking style as u play.

[@guitaranddrumsisgreatness4966]

Buddy Guy can play with his teeth

[@TragedysHalo]

Some would consider this odd picking.. Stevie is not of these.

[@awesome420ication]

A lot of people can. Joe Satriani can do it with his lips.

[@davidportnoy3237]

When you showed how easy it was to do Kirt Hammett's picking style I laughed my ass off 🤣.

[@BaenaCarcosa]

You could have just @ me

[@trooperodst6880]

YEAH DUD! MEMES DNA OF THE GUITAR SOUL!

[@memebigboy1946]

I pick like that 2. So Does Misha Mansoor

[@realdirtyrat]

I was going to say he missed you.

[@RudyAyoub]

Misha's technique is close to Baenas

[@MattDotsonMusic]

I was about to say, Andrew sure is one weird Picky Boi

[@yarbsacoustic]

His thumb is gonna spit venom at me. LMAO!! You're a trip bro!! Great video as always.

[@aaronhanks2547]

The broken thumb teknique killed me

[@ninnghizhidda93]

Same here, I'm crying 😂

[@eshuplays4276]

I also have a 90° thumb

[@maranathashalom9402]

That 90° degree illustration was golden :D

[@justarandomdude1998]

Trinity Force Same

[@yeti.o2w]

Ohhh man, I haven't laughed this good at a video in a while.

[@laurieterreberry616]

Funny stuff there Steve. Those guitarists were pretty talented. So what it the name of your technique. I guess it would be called the Stevie T Technique. Guess that kinda of rolls of your tongue nicely. Good job there Steve.

[@SteveTerreberry]

Incorrect. My technique is called the "Calalala" technique...

[@aNIShGhaLE]

Haha.. Yeah ;) Calalala

[@TimmyTickle]

The Stevie T Echnique?

[@laurieterreberry616]

Of course. How dumb of me.

[@billiejoeeyelash]

CALALALA

[@drusky8949]

I pick exactly like James Hetfield 😂

[@dannylopez1890]

Me too

[@dannylopez1890]

I find it very comfortable

[@neptuneflower9156]

Same!

[@Psyfonify]

Half-same...Finding this video just now had me think about it for the first time...I also hold with three fingers but at the same time its also somewhere in between tosin abasi and marty friedmans technique. Where my arm isnt swooping down nearly as much as marty's but i angle my thumb more than him to compensate, just not anywhere near as harsh an angle as tosin lol...like right halfway in between their techniques, with 3 fingers like hetfield...so i guess its angled backwards compared to most peoples forward slicing..as for holding it with 3 fingers, the middle is like extra support for the pointer finger so that the pick doesn't move and so i can pick harder Sucks though cause i heard that angling the pick backwards like that instead of slicing forwards, makes for a less "djenty" sound and more effort required for fast tremelo picking, and that 3 fingers also hinders speed compared to 2 fingers somehow. But at least hetfield can reassure me on the 3 finger thing, and i just realized that backwards angled pick is the perfect funk strumming technique anyways and tbh i used to play a lot of funk when i started out on guitar idk why i just did. Maybe thats where Tosin got it from too, since he's pretty funky. Noticed that when watching Vulfpecks madison square garden thing - that pick angle just makes things chop hard even on upstrokes (which i use a ton unlike hetfield), like a funky machine

[@floridianthrasher5426]

Same since I was 14

[@zebes2694]

Where is zakk wylde!?

[@nemvallalomanevem7798]

Zebes 26 the bleeding technique

[@Slam_man_bill]

Zebes 26 I was thinking the same thing

[@CriPastChannel]

Chicken picking

[@Remmy0930]

Im guessing his technique is a little too similar to Friedmans, maybe he didn't want to put 2 of the same styles in the same video?

[@tbrhunter]

Riffin' Remmy that’s what I was thinking.

[@urilevy1]

The way Marty Friedman picks is the Oud picking technique.

[@hirkkammett4361]

Brian may doesn't even play with a pick he uses a coin

[@offspringmega-fan9114]

Marty Friedman is truly inspiring. He didn't give up despite his broken wrist. Dont let ur dreams be dreams, dont give up

[@infiltrationwayne6772]

Yes from 1944

[@benjaminwoodrowmusic6070]

Have to make a separate video then called guitarists who use a coin and not a plectrum and hold it in a weird way etc etc 🙄

[@FreddieHg37]

He also has a weird technique while tapping and soloing, you can check it out in the "Don't Stop Me Now" video, in the "Resurrection" video from Brian May's KZbin channel or in the instructional video where he teaches how to play "It's Late" it is uploaded either yo his KZbin channel or Queen's channel… Also you all should check out Brian May's "Cyborg", it features a lot of tapping and all of the singing is him as well…

[@adamfrost5580]

I ALWAYS tell my students, “this is just a guideline, everyone’s hands are different, and you will find what works best for you by exploring different forms for different sequences and passages you are playing” then I proceed to show them cracking the code for examples. I lastly mention that Jason Richardson’s guide to picking hand muting is basically the best possible lol.

[@amapyr2021]

6:09 James' face matches perfectly with the picking. Seing the whole body would be something like this😂👌

[@wulfrache]

I have always preferred my thumb to picks and recently started trying thumbpicks instead I like that they don't hinder fingerpicking at all like a pick does (hybrid picking)

[@NateBuker]

I'm of the Hetfield school. You missed Marty's circular sweeps.

[@danieln6613]

I expected Marty to be number one on this list before I even clicked the video, and I bet I wasn't the only one

[@jacoblopez517]

I pick like Kirk Hammett when I’m soloing, but I pick like James Hetfield when I’m riffing.

[@MenaceMetal]

My guitar teacher told me that in his first 5 or so years of playing, he didn't alternate, he didn't downpick either, he only up picked. I have no idea :/

[@nemoatkins7328]

Not sure if my technique is "weird", but I've always preferred the hybrid picking grip when playing guitar, even before I actually started using it as a technique. I was always a fan of folk fingerpicking, though (one of my all time favourite tracks is actually "Streets of London" by Ralph McTell, believe it or not), and still quite enjoyed putting my pick down to fingerpick, so this one does make a lot more sense if you view me as a fingerpicking guitarist who also uses a pick instead of a pick player!

[@vantreuhardt9646]

1)So you hold the pick like this ...see? 2) But i´m holding it like this! 3) You have a Pick?

[@ryanbowman9980]

12:21, when a little kid comes up to me and shows me a new toy he got

[@nathancabiles796]

Ryan Bowman l m a o

[@davidkekstroll5836]

Wo w

[@tomhodgkinson7046]

At 7:58 i thought that Stevie T was ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAY JAZZ, but no, that would be irrational Just saying, you should totally do a video about jazz guitar or something!

[@tweed0929]

Yes, do that ya-doo-dat!