Andy James - Metal Edge Series - Sweep Picking Lesson Part 1 - Guitar Interactive Issue 16 

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Eishu Verma it honestly depends on the notes you are sweeping however a good combination of both is always good

+Zuiax I have the same problem, my hammer-ons are too quiet and I get lots of noise aswell. I also think this is kinda an amp problem. The good and expensive amps have a very good noise gate (and my Podfarm 2 just sounds good with a lot of distortion), I recommend you just use a hairband around your fretboard to mute played strings... If you are not comfortable with sweeping you should just sweep I guess :D I practised both hand individually with the easy minor and major patterns. Not very diversified but just do this while watching TV or something. I started to learn sweeping when I just played for 3 months because I just wanted to play some Avenged Sevenfold solos (especially Afterlife) I think you can be able to sweep a little bit after half a year. When youre going to the higher notes mute played strings with your picking hand (just the latest string u played should ring, not two) and when you go back to the low string try to mute with the fingers (this seems way harder for me). and just hold your pick how you feel the most comfortable. I hope you understand this shit and no english ripperino? :D

He has emgs, which have very much compression which makes it more the same, so idk what more to do more than to hammer on as hard as possible and also don't pick to hard or else it will be high contrast between hammer on and picking.

I thought the EXACT same thing when I heard it man!

mute the string you wont to skip i guess

aj-1 his signature model of esp/ltd

Thanks. Great guitar

+acacar ignjatovic Practice with distortion to get the notes separated properly. Practice it clean to improve your volume consistency.

Thankss

acacar ignjatovic You're welcome ;)

jesus lozano Taking it slower and working on getting a more clean sweep is very important. It is hard but si se puede

jesus lozano Hair-tie at the head of his guitar

TriviumAnterior What's the hair tie for.

jesus lozano It stops the string noise. Have you noticed when bands tie cloths around the headstock for recording. Same thing here

TriviumAnterior Oh that's pretty neat also do you know books or good websites top learn scales or arpeggios I'm having difficult times looking for correct scales or arpeggios 

It's the Esp AJ-1...his signature guitar:)

which part?

Because he's British ;D