Dunlop again!

Yep i heard there were some Ultexs in town, went there and i found a pick that i prefer over it. Dunlop stubby 1.0 mm :D. A true successor to my old Alice, less noise and more comfy to grip. Also it is just a lil less rounded so it seems easier to sweep with this pick

Its been at least two weeks since i got this pick along with the dunlop triangle. I bought that one simply becos it looks cool xD.

Now my strings have really worn and are showing the effects of it. Cant play a damn thing without background noise.

Speaking of noise now that i am able to play 6 string arpeggios properly and somewhat at speed, i observed a few things

1) I have a rather odd way of learning new licks or riffs, first id play it till i get the fingering right at slow speed, then immediately attempt to play it fast and struggle for a long time until i play it smoothly and cleanly, and right after that i attempt to play it at hyper speed, and when i eventually do get there i want to learn a more advanced version of it._. Its not really voluntary, this same pattern has been repeating ever since i started playing guitar in the first place.

This is not exactly the best way to learn techniques but its just how i roll *shrugs*

2) Palm muting is even harder with six string arpeggios. I have this problem of raising my right hand up so much when i sweep across the thick strings that i do not maintain contact on the strings with my palm, its just easier for me to sweep if i raise my hand to that position just above the strings, guess its easier to apply more and constant force to the pick, which is crucial to get a smooth sweep >.<. The issue is as my left hand fingers leave the thin strings to go for the thicker ones there is nothing to mute those strings thus make a small hum which is a bitch when i play at higher distortion levels.

3) my thickest string, makes a totally unrelated sound compared to the other strings, i didn't notice this until i realized i was sweeping perfectly and the thick string still makes a 'thunk' sound which sounds almost comical compared to the rest of the strings played. I cant tell for sure if that is the sound that string is supposed to make, or its an issue with my pickups, guitar rig or guitar itself. But i do know that ppl like jeff loomis who do a lot of 6 string stuff have a custom gauge set and the thickest string they use is far far higher a gauge compared to the standard gauge sets sold in shops, for example jeff used .10 on his older 25.5" scale guitars but where the 6th should be a 46 he used a 52 as i remember. Maybe it is to address this thunk sound and ofcos to get a tighter riff sound.

With those things observed i did notice my song learning speed has increased dramatically, before id have trouble just syncing the left and right hand if it was a new song. Now its like, a few days practicing and i can get the song dead on xD. Guess the guitar has stopped being such a new thing to me i spose. Not like ive been sucking in theory so much that i know how phrases are supposed to go without really bothering about what it says on the tabs. But i can hear and imagine the song and what im supposed to play and what does what on the guitar more i spose. Its not like i have reached the "can tab stuff by ear" level just yet O_O, hell i dunno how ppl do that, its amazing in my opinion O_O. But i spose its not THAT hard or its a gift or something...when someone talks nearly anyone can copy the accent simply by listening, guess i am not that in touch with the instrument just yet. Or rather, im not too sharp in the language of the guitar :P

One of my good friends, i showed him no boundaries by Michael Angelo Batio, and just by listening he managed to figure out the tabs real time...though he could not keep up to speed he could definitely tell what exactly Batio was doing, i was pretty much shocked for words O_O. Well i spose there is nothing much else to write here, besides maybe how gamefest is probably gonna suck away whats left of my practice time, commitments are such a bitch. Also, note to self, never keep a string set on for this long...its just bleargh to be blunt >.<

Also one last note, tuned back down to Eb simply becos i have no trouble sweeping in that tuning now and its just so much easier to do vibrato in this tuning XD

Well back to practice, lots to do, so very little time.