Just wanted to post a simple video of a 3 nps scale I’m working on. I think I’m a primary uwps, so I’ve been changing the slant just on the last note when I have to go to a dwps, and then back to uwps on the first note of the next string.
Please critique my technique. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks! 
Could you make another video in which you plug into the amp and use the amount of distortion you would use if you were say, having band practice? The video you posted is so quiet it’s hard to hear and there’s a lot to be said for being able to control distortion. Ritchie Blakcmore actually compared controlling distortion to holding back a wild elephant! What you want ultimately is a setting on the amp where you use a good amount of gain, but when you play, people think you have a clean sound or use very little distortion.
Listen to “Black Star” by Yngwie Malmsteen for a great example of that situation. It sounds very clean even though he’s using a lot of distortion and Yngwie says when other people pick up his guitar with the amp settings set the way he uses them, there’s wild uncontrolled feedback and all sorts of other unwanted noise because they don’t have the ability to control a distorted guitar, especially at a high volume.
The first thing i would do is, letting less of the lick stick out.
In your case i think your index finger is to high on the pick.
If you lower it you have much more control.
Look at players Martin Miller, Michael Angelo, Paul Gilbert.
The all use a grip where just the very tip of the pick sticks out.
Thank you guys. I will try to find some time this week to record through an amp. It was a late night recording…
2 quick questions:
I keep my pick further out sometimes because it feels comfortable for some reason. Can this limit how fast I can pick or is that a myth?
Something I didn’t realize before is that I anchor my finger a lot. Can that also limit my speed even if I’m primarily a uwps?
I believe you can play faster and more accurate when less of the pick sticks out.
I do not see you anchor a finger…
Contrary to common belief, I think you can make the pick stick out more or less as much as you like, and still play fast (dunno about doing a world record - but for typical shreddy speeds you should be fine). I for example like to have quite a lot of the pick sticking out.
Just as I suspected. Thank You for this info!
I’m referring to my pinky in my right hand
I don’t agree with Tommo.
The more sticks out the more the pick is able to make unwanted movements.
The great Guthrie Govan compaired doing this to writing with a pen whichb has a rubber tip, partly it will do what you want partly it will do it’s own thing.
Your little finger is not anchoring it still moves up and down which is perfectly fine. I do the same witjlh both pinky and little finger.
John Petrucci realy anchors his little finger under the bridge pickup.
Uhm, I see what you mean but maybe this becomes important only when you go really really fast. I rarely play fully-picked stuff beyond 16th notes at 180 bpm (12 notes per sec), and for that speed the amount of pick doesn’t seem to matter too much for me. Obviously I’m not a pro and nowhere near Guthrie (or even 10% of Guthrie).
But in the end, I think only experimental evidence matters. I think @Bluedude2000 could experiment with different amounts of pick, and see how fast he can get in each case.
Yes, youare right, it becomes more important at higher speeds.