Inconsistency

This is becoming a habit now, one day i can play arpeggios perfectly, the following day i totally screw it up O_O. I traced down this randomness to my picking hand...to go even further the exact way i hold the pick. Depends on how warmed up my hand is and how the pick is held i can either rip thru arpeggios and shreds or keep snagging at notes over and over in a sloppy messy heap of rubbish O_O. Ive played nearly all day, till i figured which position is perfect for me. The way i hold is that the pick is slightly at an angle that points towards the bridge of the guitar. The stiffest area of my thumb tip at the line of pick that hits the string.

Hard to describe in words. really shud put a photo but in no real mood for that :P. Also how i make contact with the string is also vital O_O. I can play the fastest when i tap the string, even when sweep picking.

Have further refined my picking really. Ive gotten even faster than ever before in both alternate picking and sweeping. And just for amusement i put some lubricant on the part of the strings that the pick comes into contact with, in my case its just behind the neck pickup. It actually reduces the scratchy sound and helps to really glide the pick on the strings.

Since ive further lightened my picking style, i needed more sensitivity from my guitar setup. So increased the height of the pickups. Now it makes quite a lot of noise when i play with my yamaha amp. But with guitar rig its still just as smooth and even more responsive to my picking and also legato playing.

Right now im not really sure how long it would take to really get fast picking techniques under my fingers (literally :P ). But its nice to see a steady improvement from day to day even with the occasional retardation >.<. I might as well start 6 strings now, 5 strings I am tearing thru really.

The real fun can begin when i get proper pickups honestly, i have to squeeze my rig and guitar to get the right amount of sensitivity without blowing up the guitar tone. If i upped the gain or overdrive any further the single notes break up O_O.

Oh and also learning chord playing now. Thats the area i lack most in right now, in my rush to gain lead guitar technique ive really neglected that part of guitar playing. So really going back to it. Its a few times easier to play chords now than when i started since my fingers got faster and far more flexible than before. Not to mention overall stamina. I can play all day now without signs of cramping up.

Well that being said, back to practice