TOP 10 Guitarists with WEIRD Picking Techniques!

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2018
  • We count down the top ten guitarists who have GOOFY ways of picking! Some of them are just downright silly! Did I miss anybody???
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 11 тис.

  • @dawson1787
    @dawson1787 3 роки тому +3261

    James Hetfield: 👌⬇️
    Kirk Hammett: 🖕⬇️⬆️

    • @barackobama4838
      @barackobama4838 3 роки тому +34

      @Iosif Mihai bruh what

    • @MikeHunt.420
      @MikeHunt.420 3 роки тому +42

      Haha! (downpicking)

    • @curly_dunce
      @curly_dunce 3 роки тому +5

      @Iosif Mihai wth does that even mean

    • @zooommeme7542
      @zooommeme7542 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @SyrinWarner
      @SyrinWarner 3 роки тому +16

      Pat Metheny: 🤏⬆️

  • @RadioRayes
    @RadioRayes 3 роки тому +3606

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

  • @kylonnihunt-gw6et
    @kylonnihunt-gw6et 9 місяців тому +135

    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
      @Salisboury 9 місяців тому +3

      Thanks, but James Himself?

    • @user-mx5ey4xj9r
      @user-mx5ey4xj9r 8 місяців тому

      @@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
      @Offsecwrkr 14 днів тому

      MAB is my favorite guitarist EVH is second

  • @ishakadhianton.6346
    @ishakadhianton.6346 2 роки тому +66

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

    • @landonschamel
      @landonschamel 2 роки тому +5

      Except for synysters sweeping lol

    • @andrelucas3804
      @andrelucas3804 Місяць тому

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

  • @jameshetfield252
    @jameshetfield252 5 років тому +7399

    why did you make fun of my picking technique?

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l 5 років тому +2257

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

  • @cogumerlimgaming9803
    @cogumerlimgaming9803 2 роки тому +123

    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
      @bradyodell7103 Рік тому +1

      Me too!

    • @connorpayne2671
      @connorpayne2671 Рік тому +1

      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
      @PolaroidLandCamera-cm8ke 8 місяців тому

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

    • @willem9688
      @willem9688 4 місяці тому

      Same 👍

  • @ryanguitar0517
    @ryanguitar0517 2 роки тому +5

    A list I never knew I needed. Thanks Stevie!

  • @theehestia
    @theehestia 4 роки тому +1090

    When Jimi Hendrix’s picking technique is
    *teeth*

  • @SunnyTheRic
    @SunnyTheRic 3 роки тому +541

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

    • @finlayyearsley_guitar
      @finlayyearsley_guitar 3 роки тому +8

      Good job it's not 90°c. 😰

    • @itz_a_boy1435
      @itz_a_boy1435 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 2 роки тому +6

      @@itz_a_boy1435 thanks I needed someone to dryly explain a simple joke.

    • @itz_a_boy1435
      @itz_a_boy1435 2 роки тому

      @@sorrenblitz805 ..... mmmmmm

  • @thecommenter9267
    @thecommenter9267 2 роки тому +14

    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.

  • @adambrazee3858
    @adambrazee3858 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @ogboi4420
    @ogboi4420 4 роки тому +2154

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

    • @chunchunmarupapachiru5425
      @chunchunmarupapachiru5425 4 роки тому +8

      @@MJTXAZ OOOOO

    • @a.c.3070
      @a.c.3070 4 роки тому +49

      @@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
      @a.c.3070 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @pieceofcard591
      @pieceofcard591 4 роки тому +7

      Maybe a fit or seizure instead of a stroke

    • @gregorywaynemartin9613
      @gregorywaynemartin9613 4 роки тому +5

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

  • @matt_Guitar0734
    @matt_Guitar0734 3 роки тому +393

    Willie Adler’s picking hand is a jazz chord

  • @tuxedofunk.
    @tuxedofunk. 2 роки тому +33

    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

  • @rotemharari1565
    @rotemharari1565 Рік тому +13

    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

  • @ameurstihn6610
    @ameurstihn6610 4 роки тому +1694

    I only use upstrokes.
    I play bass.

  • @Romax-pg2is
    @Romax-pg2is 5 років тому +362

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

  • @thrashmetalhead88
    @thrashmetalhead88 2 роки тому +18

    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
      @thrashmetalhead88 2 роки тому +5

      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
      @eugeneimbangyorteza Рік тому

      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).

  • @kaydenhart1219
    @kaydenhart1219 2 роки тому +22

    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
      @jamespell1138 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @icemansxl
    @icemansxl 4 роки тому +484

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

    • @racc7805
      @racc7805 3 роки тому +13

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

    • @icemansxl
      @icemansxl 3 роки тому +30

      @@racc7805 just his thumb nail

    • @megkrish7568
      @megkrish7568 3 роки тому +5

      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
      @omersarcadeadventures2152 Рік тому

      Well they aren't the sultans of swing

    • @blenderleaf5516
      @blenderleaf5516 Рік тому

      i don't think zakk can do economy picking lol

  • @jacopoparenti9939
    @jacopoparenti9939 4 роки тому +1526

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

    • @Alexvspelx
      @Alexvspelx 4 роки тому +29

      This is illegal

    • @randydunson469
      @randydunson469 4 роки тому +3

      😘😾😾😾😾😾😾😾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😾❤️😾❤️❤️😾😾❤️😾😾😾❤️😾😾

    • @ncescher1
      @ncescher1 4 роки тому +35

      Slap like now

    • @austinosborne1999
      @austinosborne1999 4 роки тому +16

      Jacopo Parenti Weird slap techniques.

    • @wickhereticofficial7415
      @wickhereticofficial7415 4 роки тому +14

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

  • @jamesriameigmp
    @jamesriameigmp 2 роки тому

    Always fun to watch.. I hope Steve get 3M subscribers before 2021 ends.

  • @axel2525
    @axel2525 Рік тому +18

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

    • @dakotareynolds3049
      @dakotareynolds3049 Рік тому +1

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

  • @chgo1991
    @chgo1991 4 роки тому +282

    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
      @JohnVo423 Рік тому +9

      His picking hand, to me, strongly resembles zakk wyldes

    • @usuallyclueless4477
      @usuallyclueless4477 Рік тому +4

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

    • @LykanVarion
      @LykanVarion 10 місяців тому +1

      @@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
    @chrissijenkins6445 4 роки тому +324

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

  • @emehrkens9189
    @emehrkens9189 2 роки тому

    I’m so glad I found this video…the first thirty seconds are an exact scenario I just went through when I started doing courses on TrueFire….I don’t hold my pick like they were telling me I needed to…I hold my pick like you Steve T.

  • @ibaneztwo
    @ibaneztwo Рік тому

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

  • @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
    @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 3 роки тому +685

    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
      @zackpotter6363 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @kybamclane9357
      @kybamclane9357 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @thinkingaloud4777
      @thinkingaloud4777 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @dallows3235
      @dallows3235 3 роки тому +8

      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
      @dylanneumann873 3 роки тому +3

      That technique helped me alternative pick

  • @zer0_iz_d34d
    @zer0_iz_d34d 3 роки тому +588

    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
      @ender-ee4pf 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @ender-ee4pf
      @ender-ee4pf 3 роки тому +23

      i pick like james hetlield and tap like kirk

    • @diegosalazar5949
      @diegosalazar5949 3 роки тому +15

      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

    • @Princess.Kenny_
      @Princess.Kenny_ 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @nc3057
      @nc3057 3 роки тому +4

      @@diegosalazar5949 same

  • @Michael_sullivan26
    @Michael_sullivan26 2 роки тому +25

    How can you forget the G.O.A.T. himself
    The man, the myth, the legend
    The one and only Lil' Wayne

  • @martinlaporte2112
    @martinlaporte2112 2 роки тому

    You got amazing guitarists in that video. 😃👍🏻 Some of my all-time favorites.

  • @londonschabes8641
    @londonschabes8641 4 роки тому +356

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

    • @harrisontabor3335
      @harrisontabor3335 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @mauricelaffra5268
    @mauricelaffra5268 4 роки тому +786

    Don't forgett Brian May he picks with a coin

    • @pau.c_himself
      @pau.c_himself 4 роки тому +66

      Maurice Laffra using a six pence is not a picking technique

    • @coffinfeeder7732
      @coffinfeeder7732 4 роки тому +36

      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
      @0pher545 4 роки тому +9

      So do Billy Gibbons and Me

    • @luciel3893
      @luciel3893 4 роки тому +17

      @@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
      @thehater307 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @AlainaMiller-vp6hv
    @AlainaMiller-vp6hv Рік тому +1

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

  • @Sr20pw92
    @Sr20pw92 Рік тому +4

    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

  • @corvidwyrm4113
    @corvidwyrm4113 4 роки тому +1293

    James Hetfield really said “👌⬇️🎸”

  • @greekfreak1980
    @greekfreak1980 5 років тому +242

    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
      @johnredcorn1131 5 років тому +6

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

    • @2213klon
      @2213klon 5 років тому +1

      But it's not healthy at all!

    • @ef-u-ren9574
      @ef-u-ren9574 5 років тому +1

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

    • @MegaShredmachine
      @MegaShredmachine 5 років тому

      Tru dat

    • @TallicaMan1986
      @TallicaMan1986 4 роки тому

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

  • @brandontrotter4295
    @brandontrotter4295 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @sohampalodhy4214
    @sohampalodhy4214 2 роки тому +3

    8:18 hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @roadkillmoth5610
    @roadkillmoth5610 4 роки тому +75

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

    • @ingesorensen3817
      @ingesorensen3817 4 роки тому +4

      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.

  • @kurtcobain3426
    @kurtcobain3426 5 років тому +4092

    Where tf is lil wayne?

  • @ianjohnson7761
    @ianjohnson7761 2 роки тому +11

    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.

  • @wearenotundone
    @wearenotundone Рік тому

    this video deserves a part 2!

  • @jitterygta5558
    @jitterygta5558 5 років тому +146

    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
      @legoobi-wankenobi3080 5 років тому +3

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

    • @thomasreuter1614
      @thomasreuter1614 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 4 роки тому +8

      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
      @zakaria_009 4 роки тому +3

      I have a hitchhikers thumb my friends are terrified of me

    • @christophercombs7561
      @christophercombs7561 4 роки тому +1

      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

  • @markopegan568
    @markopegan568 5 років тому +756

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

    • @Spthomas47
      @Spthomas47 5 років тому +1

      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
      @eurictabadero2466 5 років тому +1

      Hi marko love your vids 🤗

    • @michaeldoughton5896
      @michaeldoughton5896 5 років тому

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

    • @_azu7
      @_azu7 5 років тому

      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
      @jeymdelacruz9410 5 років тому +2

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

  • @MarkToast99
    @MarkToast99 2 роки тому +7

    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
      @sorrenblitz805 Рік тому

      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
      @MarkToast99 Рік тому

      @@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

  • @jesussaddle
    @jesussaddle 2 роки тому +1

    This is one of your funniest videos - hilarious from start to finish. 14:05 was gold.

  • @houstonashley62
    @houstonashley62 3 роки тому +53

    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.

  • @oxsnxiwn7804
    @oxsnxiwn7804 4 роки тому +283

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

    • @MrBICKUS9
      @MrBICKUS9 4 роки тому +28

      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
      @sohamsengupta6470 4 роки тому +14

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

    • @andjustjizzforall
      @andjustjizzforall 4 роки тому +2

      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
      @mikehart6193 4 роки тому +1

      same🤘🏻

    • @neildunlea7282
      @neildunlea7282 4 роки тому +1

      Yes me too

  • @mrburns366
    @mrburns366 2 роки тому +6

    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!

  • @wulfrache
    @wulfrache 11 місяців тому +3

    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)

  • @D3adbatsarecool
    @D3adbatsarecool 3 роки тому +482

    The weirdest guitarist picking techinque is lil Wayne’s picking

    • @ufukaka7570
      @ufukaka7570 3 роки тому +6

      Joshua Williams not picking at all.

    • @ayaanraazi1568
      @ayaanraazi1568 3 роки тому +28

      You could probably play better with a shovel

    • @masteryoda6988
      @masteryoda6988 3 роки тому +1

      It's actually his thumb

    • @AlfredHugecokk
      @AlfredHugecokk 3 роки тому +2

      Not guitarist (or musician)at all

    • @D3adbatsarecool
      @D3adbatsarecool 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @HECKproductions
    @HECKproductions 4 роки тому +163

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

    • @linaivanuta5943
      @linaivanuta5943 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @SuperFlyingGlydon74
      @SuperFlyingGlydon74 4 роки тому

      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

  • @davidportnoy3237
    @davidportnoy3237 Рік тому +3

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

  • @tomd.7325
    @tomd.7325 Рік тому

    Oh my gosh I had to watch that part twice when you made the goofy sound And face about the car wreck hand at about 11 minutes 10 seconds I laughed so hard that was so funny

  • @trimsk9283
    @trimsk9283 4 роки тому +366

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

    • @JacketCK
      @JacketCK 4 роки тому +16

      The ultimate down pick

    • @josechhakchhuak4061
      @josechhakchhuak4061 4 роки тому +14

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

    • @RyanDMoore
      @RyanDMoore 4 роки тому +4

      I only down stroke too, fuck an up stroke

    • @vaudvillevillain_
      @vaudvillevillain_ 2 роки тому

      @@RyanDMoore Upstrokes suck

  • @MrMan-sy4ev
    @MrMan-sy4ev 5 років тому +135

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

    • @kylemorrow6614
      @kylemorrow6614 5 років тому

      The 90 degree angle on his thumb killed me xD

    • @TNastyD
      @TNastyD 5 років тому

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

    • @danielm793
      @danielm793 5 років тому

      I can do that

    • @TNastyD
      @TNastyD 5 років тому

      Not as good as him

  • @user-en5rq7il9g
    @user-en5rq7il9g 8 місяців тому

    3:28 I can do the exact same thing, it’s called hitchhiker’s thumb. When your thumb has an extra joint in it and it’s one of my favourite features about me

  • @carson3135
    @carson3135 2 роки тому +1

    3:53 that face was hilarious 😂😂💀

  • @dogdaysunrise1970
    @dogdaysunrise1970 4 роки тому +62

    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
      @tantrispicks2440 4 роки тому +10

      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
      @evilcowboy 3 роки тому +2

      @@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
      @gabeaddisonmusic 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @joedewitwomey9627
    @joedewitwomey9627 3 роки тому +222

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

    • @badq.concerts
      @badq.concerts 3 роки тому

      @GBR and I wonder where he got that from

    • @creds3826
      @creds3826 3 роки тому

      @RLD he could beat only a couple times

    • @creds3826
      @creds3826 3 роки тому

      @RLD *but

    • @0iceman092
      @0iceman092 3 роки тому

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

    • @SuperSedingAngeL-yr0
      @SuperSedingAngeL-yr0 2 роки тому +1

      @@badq.concerts
      The chitling circuit

  • @fredyklug3512
    @fredyklug3512 3 роки тому +9

    @8:24 when I have a power-chord-section with palm-muted and sometimes picked notes, I up-stroke the normal-picked power-chords and pick the palm-muted down. the reason for that is that Dimebag did that quite a lot and I adopted it into my playing, it gives these chords a litte cremieness from the percussive sound of the blocked strings above them.

    • @fredyklug3512
      @fredyklug3512 2 роки тому +1

      by the way, Marty Friedmans picking-technique is so wierd bechause he is muting the open strings with his arm.

  • @michaelray5023
    @michaelray5023 Рік тому

    I modeled my Technique from Dan Spitz of ANTHRAX. I read a lot of his columns on Guitar World when I was a kid, he explained the pinch harmonic very well. 👍🏽

  • @akshaykumar_r
    @akshaykumar_r 5 років тому +35

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

    • @SoilentGr33n
      @SoilentGr33n 5 років тому +2

      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
    @andrewwhitmore8756 5 років тому +38

    Absolutely knew Tosin was making the list.

  • @daultondavid3422
    @daultondavid3422 2 роки тому

    Just found out I do the Eddie Van Helen lol... just wish I sounded like him..thanks for the vid man!

  • @shawns628
    @shawns628 Рік тому +8

    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
      @shawns628 Рік тому +1

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

    • @boudreautom2907
      @boudreautom2907 Рік тому

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

    • @boudreautom2907
      @boudreautom2907 Рік тому

      Steve Morse is from deep purple

    • @boudreautom2907
      @boudreautom2907 Рік тому

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

    • @georgeprice4212
      @georgeprice4212 Рік тому

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

  • @angus9165
    @angus9165 3 роки тому +165

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

    • @evilcowboy
      @evilcowboy 3 роки тому +8

      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
      @angus9165 3 роки тому +5

      evilcowboy I agree

    • @nihilusobscurio8380
      @nihilusobscurio8380 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @angus9165
      @angus9165 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @masterklaw4527
    @masterklaw4527 4 роки тому +69

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

    • @TheFamousMockingbird
      @TheFamousMockingbird 4 роки тому +1

      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
      @mossmacarthur504 4 роки тому +1

      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
      @shanelittle8303 4 роки тому

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

    • @lhommedesbois639
      @lhommedesbois639 3 роки тому

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

    • @jacksonpalmer8955
      @jacksonpalmer8955 3 роки тому

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

  • @EchonYT
    @EchonYT 2 роки тому +1

    I didn't really know there was a proper way of picking when I first started to play, but once I did find out I was already in habit of doing it and couldn't break it. I pick like you, I pinch the pick with the pads of my fingers.

  • @lebebop1682
    @lebebop1682 2 роки тому

    I'm happy because I saw all the guitarist with strange picking technics I wanted to see.
    Especially Morse, Metheny and Friedman.

  • @ladyjulia4038
    @ladyjulia4038 5 років тому +27

    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.

  • @guitarist6494
    @guitarist6494 5 років тому +180

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

    • @legaciestr
      @legaciestr 5 років тому +1

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

    • @giltyakhtar
      @giltyakhtar 5 років тому +1

      Guitarist6494 man,we miss you on UA-cam.

    • @warhammer8403
      @warhammer8403 5 років тому +2

      NO LIL WAYNE IS NUMBER ONE

    • @ericeeshan
      @ericeeshan 5 років тому +1

      Guitarist6494 hey love your vids

    • @silverrey7379
      @silverrey7379 5 років тому

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

  • @Stenfeldt111
    @Stenfeldt111 2 роки тому

    awesome vid! :D

  • @aenema22
    @aenema22 Рік тому +1

    I've always gripped the pick with the thumb and middle finger, using the index finger for support and control in angling the pick mid phrase.

  • @Carolina-gu4kf
    @Carolina-gu4kf 3 роки тому +53

    RIP Eddie 😭

  • @chob8223
    @chob8223 5 років тому +353

    Jimi hendrix: "I uSe mY tEeTh"

    • @PixieMinie
      @PixieMinie 5 років тому +5

      That must taste weird

    • @sneppysnack809
      @sneppysnack809 5 років тому

      Pixie Minie tried it and it does taste weird.

    • @vaishnavplays203
      @vaishnavplays203 5 років тому

      E

    • @infesticon
      @infesticon 5 років тому +5

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

    • @dumbr2098
      @dumbr2098 5 років тому

      I use my caps properly.

  • @victorloquendoful
    @victorloquendoful Рік тому

    stevie you should do a video on guitar maybe a daily grind routine or the basics would be great

  • @MegadethFan9000
    @MegadethFan9000 3 роки тому +103

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

    • @swiar_d7057
      @swiar_d7057 2 роки тому +1

      Hes not

    • @MegadethFan9000
      @MegadethFan9000 2 роки тому +2

      @@swiar_d7057 HE IS TOO!!!!!

    • @swiar_d7057
      @swiar_d7057 2 роки тому

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

    • @salvey3737
      @salvey3737 2 роки тому +1

      @@swiar_d7057 EVH is a legend, Pewdiepie is dogshit

    • @swiar_d7057
      @swiar_d7057 2 роки тому

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

  • @rickfeith6372
    @rickfeith6372 5 років тому +28

    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!!

  • @radredmusic5865
    @radredmusic5865 Рік тому

    What’s funny is that my picking technique is similar to Steve Morse. I was never comfortable with a pick (I’m mostly a finger picker), so I naturally just started keeping my pinky on the guitar as an anchor to help me stay in place so I’m hitting the right strings, since I’m not a natural at using a pick lol

  • @qua1ntZz
    @qua1ntZz 8 місяців тому

    3:23 its frkn double joint dude, haha a nice insert afterwards))

  • @cristianmoreno2807
    @cristianmoreno2807 3 роки тому +32

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

  • @PDXguitarfreak
    @PDXguitarfreak 5 років тому +50

    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
      @yes-fq6jd 5 років тому +16

      Maybe he uses his hair

    • @malachijaymes
      @malachijaymes 5 років тому +3

      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
      @yes-fq6jd 5 років тому +3

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

    • @rickfeith6372
      @rickfeith6372 5 років тому +3

      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
      @jsviktor5 5 років тому

      roflll

  • @nilavdutta6901
    @nilavdutta6901 28 днів тому

    Steve , after seeing this video i came to one conclusion is that you're an amazing shredder and a riffing machine. Love from India 😊😊...

  • @blazingscarabs-yt6696
    @blazingscarabs-yt6696 2 роки тому

    I rest my hand on the guitar bridge then I hold my pick with three fingers: thumb, pointer, and middle finger. And lastly the weirdest part, I have my third finger right up against the high e string, for stability, and the pinky underneath resting against the pickup or just the guitar surface for a point of reference. And keep in mind, I also favor playing downstrokes.

  • @laurieterreberry616
    @laurieterreberry616 5 років тому +73

    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.

  • @gregoryl.levitre9759
    @gregoryl.levitre9759 5 років тому +76

    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
      @dougarnold7955 5 років тому +8

      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
      @DeathBringer769 4 роки тому +2

      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 ;)

  • @beekeeper8474
    @beekeeper8474 2 роки тому +1

    I learned the same way as James for two years and when I played with some friends they thought it was odd and bad that I couldn't do it for long. But I could go for a long time.

  • @LucarYT-zm1rp
    @LucarYT-zm1rp 2 роки тому +2

    i use my fingers aligned in an odd order: thumb (pick) index... ring, middle, pinkie.. anyways, after steadying my ring finger with my middle i can double pick much easier...
    ...also it is probably worth noting i am left handed XD

  • @kurtaxlcabanilla2532
    @kurtaxlcabanilla2532 4 роки тому +709

    I use pick like this
    👌

  • @liamevans9815
    @liamevans9815 5 років тому +44

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

    • @forestghost7
      @forestghost7 5 років тому

      exactly, see my comment up there somewhere

    • @aidanlarose6901
      @aidanlarose6901 5 років тому

      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

  • @justinecaps7766
    @justinecaps7766 2 роки тому +3

    I can't help but laugh all the time. You really can relate your facial expression with the weirdness of their picking styles. Really enjoyed this video. 😄😉😜

  • @GreatOldOne9866
    @GreatOldOne9866 2 роки тому

    3:00
    Oddly, I actually found his little therapy shrink joke soothing 😂😂😂

  • @yarbsacoustic
    @yarbsacoustic 5 років тому +31

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

  • @BiRDiEHere
    @BiRDiEHere 5 років тому +261

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

  • @urilevy1
    @urilevy1 2 роки тому +3

    The way Marty Friedman picks is the Oud picking technique.

  • @katelynnmccune1696
    @katelynnmccune1696 5 місяців тому

    Wow I thought i was the only one who "held" the pick incorrectly lol glad its not so wrong after all?? Lol thx for making this video. I recently discovered I did this same thing

  • @thejoeyaffliction9768
    @thejoeyaffliction9768 4 роки тому +53

    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.