| Author |
Topic: 35 years + and I finally accomplished high speed pickin |
Greg Lambert
From:
Illinois, USA
|
Posted 1 Apr 2017 2:58 pm |
|
IT just hit me all at once about how to do palm blocking for speed pickin. I tried it on rocky Top and it works beautifully.
I could always do speed on the C6th but never on the E9th to my liking. Amazing how things just seem to work when you least expect them to. |
|
|
|
Bob Bestor
From:
Ashland, OR
|
Posted 1 Apr 2017 4:15 pm Congratulations!
|
|
Now I have something to look forward to when I'm 88.
_________________
Keep on truckin' |
|
|
|
Larry Hobson
From:
Valley Grande (Selma) Al USA
|
Posted 1 Apr 2017 5:35 pm
|
|
| Is today April 1 ? |
|
|
|
Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 6:18 am
|
|
The older I get, the slower I get.  |
|
|
|
Greg Lambert
From:
Illinois, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 10:02 am Re: Congratulations!
|
|
| Bob Bestor wrote: |
| Now I have something to look forward to when I'm 88. |
Thats just 35 years of practicing.. I've been playing longer than that. So add about 10 more years to your calculation ...LOL  |
|
|
|
Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 12:29 pm
|
|
What Erv Said!
_________________
Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
|
|
|
Allan Haley
From:
British Columbia, Canada
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 1:02 pm
|
|
| Very interesting. What was the change? Were you practicing a particular lick or passage? Tried a new hand position? |
|
|
|
Greg Lambert
From:
Illinois, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 2:01 pm
|
|
| Allan Haley wrote: |
| Very interesting. What was the change? Were you practicing a particular lick or passage? Tried a new hand position? |
Actually a new hand position did the trick.
I tried everything and nothing seemed to work the way I wanted it to. I could do some speed but the faster I played the worse my blocking got. I hope this works out.
I played in a bluegrass band for a few years a long time ago. A fried of mine showed me how to burn the strings up. I tried and it just fell into place. About the same way steel speed did. |
|
|
|
Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 4:45 pm
|
|
| Greg Lambert wrote: |
| Actually a new hand position did the trick. |
I hope this thread doesn't end with that. You've got some 'splainin to do, Mr. Lambert... |
|
|
|
Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 5:03 pm
|
|
| So if I keep at it, somewhere about age 98 it will all fall into place. Great! |
|
|
|
Greg Lambert
From:
Illinois, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2017 5:32 pm
|
|
| Fred Treece wrote: |
| Greg Lambert wrote: |
| Actually a new hand position did the trick. |
I hope this thread doesn't end with that. You've got some 'splainin to do, Mr. Lambert... |
Let me do a little studio work and I'll post it. |
|
|
|
Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
|
Posted 3 Apr 2017 3:21 am
|
|
I'm curious also.
_________________
Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
|
|
|
Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
|
Posted 3 Apr 2017 10:46 am
|
|
Well I'm the perfect example of the BELL curve speed syndrome...
_________________
Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website |
|
|
|
