This Technique Matters More Than a Pedalboard #shorts

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[kalvinbaxter]

"The right hand can work wonders for your guitar tone"

*shows Albert King, a left handed player*

[colamola]

I mostly play metal so my hand is basically glued to the bridge position so I'm always ready to go into palm muting 😭😭😭

[alecstuckeyguitar]

This is why John is so insanely good, because he doesn’t purely pick by the neck. Look at all the videos of this last Dead and Company tour. He almost exclusively picked by the bridge the entire tour. He knows exactly how to play for each situation and for the tone he’s going for.

[nikdrown]

Really knowing when to move is a good trick too. I do that all the time. Makes a whole new timbre and dynamic possibilities

[aodh]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but that smile when you were younger is just wholesome. I hope I have a son that smiles like that one day, and yes I will get him a Telecaster

[dagiansterp]

the clip of young mikey was so wholesome for some reasona

[agtronic]

You do not need to define “the” sweet spot. You will develop a feel for different areas of the picking area the more you play, and it will vary while you play depending on what sound you’re going for in that moment. It should happen naturally and not necessarily as the result of deliberate thought.

[brysonwood]

Most guitarists, myself included, usually play every position possible between the bridge and neck pocket. One must in order to find the right tone for the right note/ chord
Pinch harmonics (squeals) at the right place can change the emotional tone of your music. They can be achieved anywhere in between the bridge and neck, but it is better when you know your instrument and where to find the “one” to convey what you are feeling and hearing in your head

[Ryan_Wiseman]

I often play around the last few frets of the fretboard, and the reason is so I don’t accidentally hit my volume pot, since that happens more often than not when I fingerpick and get really into the music.

I could do a better job with my picking placement on acoustic guitar, since I feel that my electric guitar playing style isn’t ideal for acoustic.

[DTPVH]

Should point out that in both cases the “sweet spot” is right over the active pickup. Eddie only had a bridge pickup, while Mayer usually uses his neck pickup.

[enablerx]

I find its all about the tone you want. For me sweet spots mostly come in handy when I'm doing pinch harmonics

[teewan]

guitar is amazing cause there is no wrong way as long as what you're playing sounds good

[kimberlykairo]

John Mayer is truly a ‘guitar man.’ We are all so lucky for this

[thegamingdave]

I learned about this by watching Johnny Cash playing live. He would move his picking hand often and get a different tone. I understand acoustic is different from electric, this was just what opened my eyes to pick placement.

[BrettSmithDaniels]

I play with my fingers… and lately, I’ve been playing with a coin instead of a pick when one is needed. Largely because I’m always running out of picks, but also partly because I idolize Brian May and he uses a sixpence. And similarly, Billy Gibbons has some of the best punch harmonics and he uses a peso.

[moe]

Satch: "There's a sweet spot" 👀

[aqualung]

This is incredibly important and similarly overlooked.

[adrirb]

Changing the tone of the guitar with the position of de right hand is an essencial in classical guitar, I recommend everybody to play both electric and classical guitar cause most of techniques are valid and interesting for all stiles of guitars

[myautobiographyafanfic]

I've only seen your shorts, but this is the first video of yours where I didn't feel conned into watching it. I actually learned something.

[JustWhyFFS]

The sound you're going for and whether you're playing rhythm or lead, are how you'll decide what pick-up(s) you'll play over. If you watch any of SRV's live performances (and no, that 2 sec clip doesn't count, ) you'll see that where and how he picks, change constantly.
Closer to the neck for solos and anything he wants to make sure is heard clearly over the rest of the band, then when he's strummin out chord progressions, he goes more towards the middle and/or near the bridge.
Dude definitely used the space around all of his pick-ups. Doubt he'd have a custom built with three if he wasn't planning on using them all lol