Hello,
I’m unfortunately on a fixed budget (I’m disabled), so I just can’t afford the subscription. I am thinking about purchases the Pickslantiing Primer. For those who have it and have been through it, how would you rate it on a 1-10 scale for:
My picking is probably my worst issue with my playing, so any feedback on the course is much appreciated. Thanks for any help.
Daniel
Both 10. I bought the Primer ages ago when I was a grad student without much income to consistently subscribe. It’s been HEAVILY overhauled since. Amazing purchase.
Thank you Eric. That is very encouraging. Did going through the course immediately help your picking improve? I don’t know how good you were before you started. 
You don’t know how good I am now, either! 
I think it depends heavily on where you’re at. It’s very easy to get sucked in and overthink, when IMO the core insight is “start at medium-fast speed.” I would not be where I am without it, though, and think it’s the best pedagogy of its kind available.
I can PROMISE you picking is way better than mine. lol
Thanks for the insights!
I think there are scholarships.
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Thank you so much, friends. I will definitely look into this. I already appreciate this community.
Both 10 here too, bought it a month or two ago and it really did help me with the concepts in it.
Also i have a shoulder injury (pinched nerve) where the pain goes all the way down to my thumb when it gets bad,so that’s another problem it helped me work around.
Really do recommend getting it,best of luck man!
Thanks Evothal,
Sorry to hear about your shoulder injury. My pain is also nerve related in my neck. Decades of pain leading to a neck surgery, countless attempts to hope ease pain. I did get two ablation treatments late last year which has helped, but it won’t ever be perfect.
I’m really glad this site is helping you out. It seems like a great place and solid methods for helping to reach goals.
the Pickslanting Primer is a game changer. Nuff Said. Seriously, I credit both the Primer and the Forum community with me having pretty much all of my current picking chops.
Hello,
10/10.
A Game changer. One of the best purchases on my guitar journey so far. The content is pure Gold.
Highly recommend.
Too many videos in it. An over-abundance of material. Way too much to download. Just because you can tremolo pick fast doesn’t mean you can pick that fast using multiple string changes.
10/10
I found the whole video series binge-worthy and highly entertaining. I didn’t expect them to include cliffhangers — I couldn’t wait to watch the next episode! - (I’m a geek, I know 
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All the techniques he showed were eye opening to me and had an almost instant effect on my playing.
Despite playing guitar for a long time, I was unaware of even basic mistakes like string hopping. I’m definitely not one of the ones who figured this out for themselves!
The video quality, animations, slow-motion breakdowns, and detailed analysis are all very well presented.
It’s well worth subscribing in my opinion.
10s. Best investment I have ever made in guitar instruction.
10/10
It is head and shoulders above everything else.
Most instructional material for guitar is basically just a bunch of exercises, which you can get in abundance everywhere, for free (or even make your own!)
When they do discuss technique, it’s heavily opinion-based with very little evidence, “The pros all do this, but NEVER do this, it kills your speed.” “The secret to speed is (forearm rotation) (pick depth) (a certain pick grip) (etc.)”
Basically, it’s usually just some guy teaching you his specific technique, and sometimes teaching it wrong without realizing.
Contrarily, the Primer is refreshing and descriptive. It just examines and describes a bunch of different things about picking, while never making a judgment on the value of these things. It never says what you should or should not do (aside from a few things like stringhopping).
I wanted to shout out a massive thank you to all that responded to this thread. I was able to get a partial scholarship and just signed up for the subscription. This generous offer has made the program affordable for me and this forum was a huge push to help get me going.
Many, many thanks to this awesome community!