That sound he's talking about is actually how a lot of guitarist get that scratchy/crunchy sound into their music. It works out well for some. All depends on what sound ur lookin for.
Exactly my thought when I first saw this. It's personal preference, and people have different sized hands that might not feel comfortable picking perpendicular to the strings. I tend to play with more of a 30 to 45 degree angle, but I barely graze the string when I'm tremolo or alternate picking. I also hold the pick with a lighter grip the faster I play, eliminating the scratchy sound he's referring to. I like Dave, but he's always been the kind of guy that thinks his way is the best and only way because he's full of himself. News flash Dave, there's more than one way to solve practically any problem or hurdle lol
yea but sometimes I have heard when listening to a metal guitarist or some metal album and they are playing open palm mute or a solo and you can hear the pick hitting the string making a sound that is as loud as the note. maybe pick ups have something to do with it, plus what dave said about not holding pick parallel to string. but I get what your saying too. maybe If you listen to albums from 80s and 90s you can find example. that sound used to annoy me.
yeah I started thinking and think maybe it was the soft thin picks I would use cause I had nothing else or didnt know that there is a difference between using hard and soft picks. even when held parallel to string the soft picks bend and slide off string creating that sound. and/or pick ups and their hieghth.
@@godgetsmehigh-kjv2835 yeah some picks totally change the sound. I use a 3mm Jim Dunlop big stubby for metal cause of the sound it makes. Also Alice makes some smaller 3mm picks that are pretty nice. As everything else, depends on the sound ya want.
Notice how his hand is also parallel with the strings, i started using this form on my own recently, and switching between down strokes and gallops is much more manageable.
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D minor might have been the saddest key back in the day when we used meantone temperament, but in equal tone temperament which we use today the distances between the notes are the same no matter what key. Today it really depends on timbre that the instrument produces in the position that you play. Eg. Open string sounds different on violin and guitar than if you play something by fretting. If you think Dm is the saddest for you fine but it is not a proven fact. Might just be preference or you tell yourself that because someone said it eons ago.
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The reason he picks like this is because unlike James he doesn't straight down pick when chugging. He keeps the pick fairly straight at nearly a 90 degree angle to the strings. that way his upstrokes grab as much string as the downstrokes. Usually when alternate picking on chugs the upstroke can sound weaker. If you hold your pick and get into it the same up as down it's less noticable.
Two game changers for me: - finding out I always loved and used the same Dunlop pick as Dimebag Darrell - then finally learning to tilt my pick like Fave is explaining here. If you use too thick of a pick then you can’t play other licks or strum well, but using the adequate thinner picks come with delayed notes and added noise (like Dave is trying to explain). So you use the thinner picks, gouge some exes in them, and then tilt them, and voila.
I used to use the pick like that, but every single video of picking lessons that I ever saw said that picking with the pick perpendicular to the string was wrong. They say that you must have some angle in the pick. It's a relief to hear Dave saying that
Because it technically is wrong, but when playing faster passages of metal you kind of have to use improper technique to hit the speed. It's like a right and a wrong thing lol. One person once told me rules are good to follow but sometimes rules were meant to be broken. This is one of those times
@@graftongodofmemes perpendicular means not at "right angles", it means at 90°. And it's impossible to play with the pick parallel because on this way the point of the pick would be pointing at the ground
Great lesson here! Best description of how to thumb a pic I've ever heard! 30yrs in music, mostly as a Vocalist this is one of THE BEST Guitar explanations
@@scottashe984 he's not going to tell me anything I've been playing Fenders for 30 years and I have a 1978 Gibson flying V. Everyone's different and has their own beliefs and what suits them their style and what feels good in their hands. It's like Les Paul's I can't stand them they're too heavy and I just don't like the way the neck feels I've owned several.
@@badmonkey2222 If you want a good comfortable and affordable strat, don't buy a fender. If you want a good comfortable and affordable lp, don't buy a gibson.
The reason many are having difficulty understanding this is they are expecting it to be something profound and innovative. This is the equivalent of a mechanic saying "lefty looosey, rightey tightey". This is basic and obvious guitar technique.
Basic and obvious but most people I see playing do it wrong, with that stupid screech screech sound and the tone being not stronger than the noise, it makes a weak sound.
And somehow he never realized that a lowB or lowG with heavy ass strings and an Invader pickup makes this concept jet powered. He would be really happy to feel that power
that's actually the reason i like to use picks with a pointed tip. you can keep that picking angle (which is more comfortable for me) without that scratchy sound he talks about.
I first saw this maybe about a month after I got my own electric guitar. This is how I use my pick 9 years later. It just feels right and there’s no lag in between when my hand passes over the string and when the pick does. For me it’s exactly what I want in playing. I only really pick with the pick “standing” when I’m doing acoustic guitar or need chords that sound large and messy thru my pedals. I HAVE to play with my pick as he describes with my bass or I basically can’t use a pick. Fingers usually, ofc
I still need to check it out but I introduced my daughter to Megadeth years ago and she just called me up all excited telling me there was a new Megadeth album released
Yea, cuz it makes no sense that what he's doing that's being amplified through 15 stacks, makes no sense anyone would hear it. Lol ARE you kidding?? Not to mention it's just good to get these sort of chops engrained into you so when u record it's automatic. And yes, most likely, what you're playing, how you're playing, is gonna transfer through the amps since it's the strings and how hes playing being magnetized and amplified through the amps lol. Besides him having some of the most expensive, I imagine, and articulate amp and gear setups around. He's pretty picky on his sound. And you CAN hear the difference of where u pluck the strings and how through a # of stacks dude. Unless you're playing out of a pile of Spider 15's cranked to 11 on the "insane" setting.
He threw it in to a crowd in 91 and lost it. The person that found it brought it to a show in 2002 and he signed it. Later he realized it was his old prized axe that he had tuned just the way he likes iand he turned around and bought it from the guy and continues to play it today
also dave: i invented picking before guitars were invented. now everyone’s doing it. except metallica. man i hate metallica. you know they kicked me out of their band?
we all know Dave wrote all Metallica albums but st anger Garage and Hardwired. He also was nice enough to write all of Stephen Kings book and the Bible and how could we forget he was the writer for the very hungry caterpillar
The peddling avoids that hitting the nut type sound. And palm mute. The perfect remedy for archaic Stairway to Heaven players. Dampen your cabinet and your hand, raise the presence if need be. Attack is short but committed. More of a pick scoupe than a pedal, depends on the action.
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For some reason, his palm-muted chugga chuggas have always been more higher-pitched than the rest of the Big Four (and pretty much all other metal bands). I'm not sure if it's his choice of gear, how he twiddles his EQ knobs, or where he places his palm for muting. But, it's the one part of his playing that spans all of the Megadeth catalog which I would change if I had the power of God. It sounds wimpier than everyone else's chugga chuggas.
@@lordfarquadz8113 but you know what I'm talking about, right? I always thought it was because he was scraping the edge of his pick too much, but this video has him saying the exact opposite.
I remember getting conpliments about my palm mute technique. I had no idea what the dude meant since i thought it was just palm muting 🤷🏻♂️ turns out years watching mustaine play and i can vary the mute alot & apparently not everyone can do it 😅. Cheers dave
