WHERE does your right hand pick?

WHERE does your right hand pick?

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Rainmaker

Rainmaker

Bee Bee King
You know when you strum/pick near the bridge you get a twangier sound, but when you strum near the neck you get a mellower sound.

Well, tell us what you do!

You have the option of multiple choice but you should only vote twice:
one, to respond to where you strum/pick for leads
AND
two, to respond to where you strum/pick for rhythms.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

umm.. that's a subconcious thing withme.. but i guess rythm nearer to the bridge from the middle and leads somewhere in the middle
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

i'm exactly the same, i do my leads right smack on top of the middle pickup, rhythm slighty more bridgewards..

tom
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

depends of the effect I´m trying to achieve...palm mutes are always near the bridge, but as soon as I´m playing a string I´m not muting the pick could contact anywhere between the 12th fret and directly on top of the saddle ;)
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

I used to rest my hand on the bridge when I played, but once I got the Jackson I had to break myself of it because I'd always push the strings out of tune. It's really hit or miss where I pick now, but it's usually somewhere near the middle.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

I honestly don't think about it that much or watch my hand for that matter. But when I do I'm generally in the middle.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

My right hand takes care of my right nostril, never the left.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

I never really thought about from a sound point of view I just picked. The other day I looked down and I was picking right about the 22 fret. It works for me.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

I pick all over the guitar, from the bridge to the 22nd fret, depending on the sound I'm trying to achieve. I don't really think about it - it's more like how your mouth and tongue move to form vowel sounds... just part of the vocabulary.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

seafoamer said:
My right hand takes care of my right nostril, never the left.
Click to expand...

Haha

Anyway, I move my hand all over the shop.. Depends on what I feel like, the guitar I'm playing, if I purposely want the guitar to sound a certain way..
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

For most styles, rhythm is usually just south of where a Strat's middle single coil would be. Leads are usually between the neck and middle single coils.

When playing punk I usually play everything somewhere between the nut and saddles.
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

rhythm playing is always near the bridge. leads are usually closer to the neck, with the occasional shift to the middle area to pull off a screeching harmonic. biiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNGGGG!!!!
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

i voted middle for each, but that is only an approximation as i move around to get different effects that fit what i'm trying to do ... i usually end up rest my hand on the bridge / tailpiece area which ends up with my fingers / pick in the area between the pups

<-- my avatar picture looks pretty typical to me

t4d
 
Re: WHERE does your right hand pick?

I pick all over the place. If you listen closely as you pick the same note from different positions, you can hear slight changes in the overtones (pinch-type harmonics)...and depending on mood/need/etc...I wind up consciously or subconsciously moving to where the pick attack produces the desired result. Damn, I had a clip at one point where I picked the same bent note on a "b" string at the 15th fret....and moved my picking hand within a span of about 5 inches so some guys over at Guitar.com could hear the difference in tone and dynamic.

Maybe I should re-record it??

Dave
 
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