TOP 10 Guitarists with WEIRD Picking Techniques!

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  • We count down the top ten guitarists who have GOOFY ways of picking! Some of them are just downright silly! Did I miss anybody???
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  • @dawson1787
    @dawson1787 Před 3 lety +3274

    James Hetfield: 👌⬇️
    Kirk Hammett: 🖕⬇️⬆️

    • @barackobama4838
      @barackobama4838 Před 3 lety +34

      @Iosif Mihai bruh what

    • @MikeHunt.420
      @MikeHunt.420 Před 3 lety +42

      Haha! (downpicking)

    • @curly_dunce
      @curly_dunce Před 3 lety +5

      @Iosif Mihai wth does that even mean

    • @zooommeme7542
      @zooommeme7542 Před 3 lety +4

      I can’t tell you what perv means kid if you are older you should know what pervert means

    • @SyrinWarner
      @SyrinWarner Před 3 lety +16

      Pat Metheny: 🤏⬆️

  • @RadioRayes
    @RadioRayes Před 3 lety +3611

    May Eddie Van Halen and his wierd picking technique rest in peace.

  • @kylonnihunt-gw6et
    @kylonnihunt-gw6et Před 10 měsíci +140

    0:53 Synyster Gates
    2:15 Kirk Hammet
    3:16 Tosin abasi
    4:27 Michael Angelo Batio
    5:44 JAMES HIMSELF
    6:55 Eddie-VAN-Halen
    7:56 Pat Methney
    8:56 (STEVIE T) STEVE MORSE
    9:49 Willie Adler
    12:04 Marty Friedman

    • @Salisboury
      @Salisboury Před 10 měsíci +3

      Thanks, but James Himself?

    • @user-mx5ey4xj9r
      @user-mx5ey4xj9r Před 8 měsíci

      @@Salisboury On 1 January 1992, the municipality of Sørøysund (population: 2,341) was merged with the town of Hammerfest (population: 6,909) to form a new, larger municipality called Hammerfest.[5]

    • @Offsecwrkr
      @Offsecwrkr Před měsícem

      MAB is my favorite guitarist EVH is second

  • @ishakadhianton.6346
    @ishakadhianton.6346 Před 3 lety +67

    The fact that stevie can do all the weird picking technique is amazing

  • @jameshetfield252
    @jameshetfield252 Před 5 lety +7417

    why did you make fun of my picking technique?

  • @ogboi4420
    @ogboi4420 Před 4 lety +2157

    If this dude had a stroke, no one would notice.

    • @chunchunmarupapachiru5425
      @chunchunmarupapachiru5425 Před 4 lety +8

      @@MJTXAZ OOOOO

    • @a.c.3070
      @a.c.3070 Před 4 lety +49

      @@MJTXAZ I think he just meant that he is so spastic that people would think a stroke is just him acting normal. Either way Stevie T is incredible and I love his personality

    • @a.c.3070
      @a.c.3070 Před 4 lety +1

      @@MJTXAZ Nope. I never said I thought his joke was funny or made sense lol.

    • @pieceofcard591
      @pieceofcard591 Před 4 lety +7

      Maybe a fit or seizure instead of a stroke

    • @gregorywaynemartin9613
      @gregorywaynemartin9613 Před 4 lety +5

      I suspect it's more cocaine than anything...or life long isolation...or both.

  • @cogumerlimgaming9803
    @cogumerlimgaming9803 Před 2 lety +124

    I got so happy when I found out Van Halen used his pick like I did. Since the very beginning I hold the pick with the middle finger and I always thought I was weird. When I watched a video of one of his live shows, he became more than the God he already was to me. I didn't feel alone in my weirdness anymore. RIP Eddie.

    • @bradyodell7103
      @bradyodell7103 Před rokem +1

      Me too!

    • @connorpayne2671
      @connorpayne2671 Před rokem +1

      He's not a God since there's only One God. He would just be a god in this case 👁️👅👁️
      It's unfortunate that he isn't here anymore though

    • @PolaroidLandCamera-cm8ke
      @PolaroidLandCamera-cm8ke Před 9 měsíci

      Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Screaming Trees holds his bass pick with his middle finger

    • @willem9688
      @willem9688 Před 4 měsíci

      Same 👍

  • @kaydenhart1219
    @kaydenhart1219 Před 2 lety +22

    What's funny is I play just like James Hetfield, I have my guitar low and I only down pick even in solos and master of puppets 😂

    • @jamespell1138
      @jamespell1138 Před 2 lety +7

      Only downpicking in solos is a terrible idea
      Edit: and In certain riffs like battery

  • @theehestia
    @theehestia Před 4 lety +1093

    When Jimi Hendrix’s picking technique is
    *teeth*

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l Před 5 lety +2258

    Marty Friedman was definitely the first person I thought of when I saw that title :D

  • @thecommenter9267
    @thecommenter9267 Před 2 lety +14

    Most people don't know this but one of the key factors that makes Marty's sound unique is his strange right hand. The flexed curvature is basically a modified form of the rare Gypsy Jazz style picking, which was invented to create a louder, more aggressive pick attack. He leverages a massive downward pickslant and uses circular thumb picking to get around the string change issue (for example when the pick is below the string and he needs to move to the string above). You can't reach as much consistent speed output with Gypsy style picking as you can with traditional picking but you get MUCH more power. Think of it like the difference between an AK47 and a metronome. AK47 shoots extra fast and clean in short bursts but then soon gets out of control if you keep shooting without rest, but the sound is dynamic and powerful while a metronome maintains consistent high speed, but the sound is rather weak and mechanical.

  • @adambrazee3858
    @adambrazee3858 Před 2 lety +10

    I always thought it was cool how Glenn Tipton stuck his pinky out even when he's doing those sick sweeps in Painkiller.

  • @ameurstihn6610
    @ameurstihn6610 Před 4 lety +1697

    I only use upstrokes.
    I play bass.

  • @SunnyTheRic
    @SunnyTheRic Před 4 lety +541

    Tosin: “I’m freezing.”
    Me: “but your fingers are like 90 degrees!”

    • @finlayyearsley_guitar
      @finlayyearsley_guitar Před 3 lety +8

      Good job it's not 90°c. 😰

    • @itz_a_boy1435
      @itz_a_boy1435 Před 3 lety +3

      It's a reference to the nintey degree angle of his thumb, and temperature.

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 Před 2 lety +6

      @@itz_a_boy1435 thanks I needed someone to dryly explain a simple joke.

    • @itz_a_boy1435
      @itz_a_boy1435 Před 2 lety

      @@sorrenblitz805 ..... mmmmmm

  • @tuxedofunk.
    @tuxedofunk. Před 2 lety +33

    I’ve been playing for years since I taught myself in high school, and only now am I discovering that
    (1) using three fingers to hold the pick is weird (feels the most comfortable / natural way to me)
    (2) I downpick everything, including solos (but sometimes strum on choruses)
    (3) I guess I play like James Hetfield and have never realized until now

  • @rotemharari1565
    @rotemharari1565 Před rokem +13

    I have always held the pick with two fingers, I never realized it was weird until recently. I think it just gives more control and makes it easier to grip the pick

  • @jacopoparenti9939
    @jacopoparenti9939 Před 4 lety +1528

    Steve: picking techniques
    Davie504: *we don't do that here*

    • @Alexvspelx
      @Alexvspelx Před 4 lety +29

      This is illegal

    • @randydunson469
      @randydunson469 Před 4 lety +3

      😘😾😾😾😾😾😾😾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😾❤️😾❤️❤️😾😾❤️😾😾😾❤️😾😾

    • @ncescher1
      @ncescher1 Před 4 lety +35

      Slap like now

    • @austinosborne1999
      @austinosborne1999 Před 4 lety +16

      Jacopo Parenti Weird slap techniques.

    • @wickhereticofficial7415
      @wickhereticofficial7415 Před 4 lety +14

      OMG! That's illegal. I'm calling the police now

  • @icemansxl
    @icemansxl Před 4 lety +484

    Everybody else: buys picks
    Zakk wylde: *laughs as he grows his own*

    • @racc7805
      @racc7805 Před 3 lety +13

      So your telling me Zakk Wylde can tremolo pick and economy pick with his finger nails ?????

    • @icemansxl
      @icemansxl Před 3 lety +30

      @@racc7805 just his thumb nail

    • @megkrish7568
      @megkrish7568 Před 3 lety +5

      I have long fingernails in my right hand, I hold my index and thumb together like I'm holding a pick and just use the index for picking (I mean I also use picks but the other one is just as efficient)

    • @omersarcadeadventures2152
      @omersarcadeadventures2152 Před rokem

      Well they aren't the sultans of swing

    • @blenderleaf5516
      @blenderleaf5516 Před rokem

      i don't think zakk can do economy picking lol

  • @axel2525
    @axel2525 Před rokem +18

    I always use 3 finger to hold my pick like James Hetfield

    • @dakotareynolds3049
      @dakotareynolds3049 Před rokem +1

      I've tried but when I do it I feel like I'm completely re learning how to play

  • @thrashmetalhead88
    @thrashmetalhead88 Před 2 lety +18

    For a few weeks I have been teaching myself to pick down as fast as James Hetfield, and I've gotten kinda close, but I'm not as fast as James yet. I even hold a pick exactly like him, too.

    • @thrashmetalhead88
      @thrashmetalhead88 Před 2 lety +5

      I have learned the open string part of Nothing Else Matters on guitar, and I am teaching myself to play parts of One, Creeping Death, and Master of Puppets on my guitar because I got a Kirk Hammett guitar lessons book for Christmas.

    • @eugeneimbangyorteza
      @eugeneimbangyorteza Před rokem

      Maybe you wanna try picking with your own style like using two fingers only. It works for me in playing Metallica's trash metal tracks (all downpicks and keeping up with the tempo).

  • @matt_Guitar0734
    @matt_Guitar0734 Před 3 lety +394

    Willie Adler’s picking hand is a jazz chord

  • @corvidwyrm4113
    @corvidwyrm4113 Před 4 lety +1295

    James Hetfield really said “👌⬇️🎸”

  • @Michael_sullivan26
    @Michael_sullivan26 Před 2 lety +25

    How can you forget the G.O.A.T. himself
    The man, the myth, the legend
    The one and only Lil' Wayne

  • @ryanguitar0517
    @ryanguitar0517 Před 2 lety +5

    A list I never knew I needed. Thanks Stevie!

  • @Romax-pg2is
    @Romax-pg2is Před 5 lety +362

    My picking technique is using the whammy bar on my Guitar Hero controller

  • @chrissijenkins6445
    @chrissijenkins6445 Před 4 lety +324

    6:19 Stevies reaction:
    1st time: funny
    2nd time: confused
    3rd time: worried
    4th time: scared

  • @Sr20pw92
    @Sr20pw92 Před rokem +4

    Marty's technique isn't goofy when he's playing rhythm but when he's soloing, it looks like his wrist is in a headlock

  • @ianjohnson7761
    @ianjohnson7761 Před 2 lety +11

    Actually, StevieT, if you're familiar with Frank Zappa, he used upstrokes almost all the time as well with HIS guitar playing. Frank was a pretty good guitarist as well. Great right-hand speed and very smooth legato technique. AND he started the careers of big-time guitarist Steve Vai and percussion elite Terry Bozzio. I never knew Pat Metheny played with a lot of upstrokes and I watched this video a lot.

  • @mauricelaffra5268
    @mauricelaffra5268 Před 4 lety +788

    Don't forgett Brian May he picks with a coin

    • @pau.c_himself
      @pau.c_himself Před 4 lety +66

      Maurice Laffra using a six pence is not a picking technique

    • @coffinfeeder7732
      @coffinfeeder7732 Před 4 lety +36

      I tried using a quarter to pick with my acoustic when I first started playing guitar and it felt like shit. I knew using it would ruin my strings pretty fast, so I just used the celluloids lying inside the bag I got with the guitar. Props to him if it works for him.

    • @0pher545
      @0pher545 Před 4 lety +9

      So do Billy Gibbons and Me

    • @luciel3893
      @luciel3893 Před 4 lety +17

      @@coffinfeeder7732 Brian May doesn't pick with a coin as an alternative for a plectrum for any sort of technical reason. He does it for tone.

    • @thehater307
      @thehater307 Před 4 lety +2

      What dies he im Hauge Queen fan but i did not knew that

  • @zer0_iz_d34d
    @zer0_iz_d34d Před 3 lety +588

    I actually pick like Kirk, and it's really helpful
    Your middle finger is out so u can tap with it during solos

    • @ender-ee4pf
      @ender-ee4pf Před 3 lety +4

      i meen you'r not wrong but still....

    • @ender-ee4pf
      @ender-ee4pf Před 3 lety +23

      i pick like james hetlield and tap like kirk

    • @diegosalazar5949
      @diegosalazar5949 Před 3 lety +15

      i do both James Hetfield technique and Kirk Hammett technique and ive been playing for 2 years and i know almost every song except load and reload

    • @Princess.Kenny_
      @Princess.Kenny_ Před 3 lety +5

      I do the kirk because my my finger just goes like that but it is useful

    • @nc3057
      @nc3057 Před 3 lety +4

      @@diegosalazar5949 same

  • @MarkToast99
    @MarkToast99 Před 2 lety +7

    Interestingly, Misha Mansoor's way of holding his pick was sort of an important aspect of the sound he pioneered. He mostly holds it normally now, but he used to hold it with his index and middle finger on one side and his thumb on the other. It changed the pick angle to where it gave the note that strong attack that's associated with djent

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 Před rokem

      That's considered an abnormal way to hold the pick? That's what I've always done since I started playing back in 2002.

    • @MarkToast99
      @MarkToast99 Před rokem

      @@sorrenblitz805 yeah, it’s mostly considered “normal” to hold it with your index and thumb. Holding it with 3 fingers is technically considered poor technique, but honestly who cares? You play how you wanna play

  • @shawns628
    @shawns628 Před rokem +8

    0:53 synester gates (avenged sevenfold)
    2:11 kirk hammett (metallica)
    3:16 i forgot (idk)
    4:23 michael angelo batio (idk)
    5:46 james hetfield (metallica, what the fried chicken mr boiii is there metallica insane!?)
    6:57 eddie van halen (rest in piece!)
    7:54 Pat metheny (i dont even freaking know)
    edit: im getting sick of doing this so bye guys!

    • @shawns628
      @shawns628 Před rokem +1

      8:57 steve morse (i have no idea)
      10:07 willie adler (lamb of god)
      12:04 marty friedman (idk)

    • @boudreautom2907
      @boudreautom2907 Před rokem

      3:16 is tosin abasi from animals as leaders and Marty Friedman is from Megadeth

    • @boudreautom2907
      @boudreautom2907 Před rokem

      Steve Morse is from deep purple

    • @boudreautom2907
      @boudreautom2907 Před rokem

      MAB is a soloist and finally par metheny is from pat metheny group

    • @georgeprice4212
      @georgeprice4212 Před rokem

      @@boudreautom2907 Steve Morse was also in: The Dixie Dregs….Steve Morse Band and Kansas as well.

  • @greekfreak1980
    @greekfreak1980 Před 5 lety +242

    Quote from Joe Satriani:''There's no correct way of holding a pick,don't ever let anybody tell you that.You pick the way,it's comfortable for *you* . Look at Marty Friedman,people say he's not picking correct and I could never pick like this,but for him it works,he's obviously comfortable with it and is an amazing player.''

    • @johnredcorn1131
      @johnredcorn1131 Před 5 lety +6

      greekfreak1980 One of the best, most well rounded players on the planet

    • @2213klon
      @2213klon Před 5 lety +1

      But it's not healthy at all!

    • @ef-u-ren9574
      @ef-u-ren9574 Před 5 lety +1

      You just saved me the trouble posting this. Theres a difference between wrong and different.

    • @MegaShredmachine
      @MegaShredmachine Před 5 lety

      Tru dat

    • @TallicaMan1986
      @TallicaMan1986 Před 4 lety

      @@2213klon different bodies. This is similar to telling others how to eat.

  • @D3adbatsarecool
    @D3adbatsarecool Před 3 lety +482

    The weirdest guitarist picking techinque is lil Wayne’s picking

    • @ufukaka7570
      @ufukaka7570 Před 3 lety +6

      Joshua Williams not picking at all.

    • @ayaanraazi1568
      @ayaanraazi1568 Před 3 lety +28

      You could probably play better with a shovel

    • @masteryoda6988
      @masteryoda6988 Před 3 lety +1

      It's actually his thumb

    • @AlfredHugecokk
      @AlfredHugecokk Před 3 lety +2

      Not guitarist (or musician)at all

    • @D3adbatsarecool
      @D3adbatsarecool Před 3 lety +5

      You could run over 50 flaming toaster ovens with a monster truck and it would sound better than lil Wayne

  • @jamesriameigmp
    @jamesriameigmp Před 2 lety

    Always fun to watch.. I hope Steve get 3M subscribers before 2021 ends.

  • @ibaneztwo
    @ibaneztwo Před rokem

    You are a funny guy. The scene in the car looking at the “accident” was genius!😂😂

  • @trimsk9283
    @trimsk9283 Před 4 lety +366

    Dont forget james hetfield picks like that for 2 hours every other night

    • @JacketCK
      @JacketCK Před 4 lety +16

      The ultimate down pick

    • @josechhakchhuak4061
      @josechhakchhuak4061 Před 4 lety +14

      He had the hybrid-cyborg right hand 🤘🏾🤘🏿🤘🏽🤘🏼🤘🏻

    • @RyanDMoore
      @RyanDMoore Před 4 lety +4

      I only down stroke too, fuck an up stroke

    • @vaudvillevillain_
      @vaudvillevillain_ Před 2 lety

      @@RyanDMoore Upstrokes suck

  • @londonschabes8641
    @londonschabes8641 Před 4 lety +356

    Steve:
    Shreds some insane sweep picking thing that most people can’t do.
    Also Steve:
    I can’t pick like this!

    • @harrisontabor3335
      @harrisontabor3335 Před 3 lety +3

      i was surprised he just picked it up and played cafo like that lol

  • @emehrkens9189
    @emehrkens9189 Před 2 lety

    I’m so glad I found this video…the first thirty seconds are an exact scenario I just went through when I started doing courses on TrueFire….I don’t hold my pick like they were telling me I needed to…I hold my pick like you Steve T.

  • @AlainaMiller-vp6hv
    @AlainaMiller-vp6hv Před rokem +1

    I still dont understand how he doesn’t at least have 5 mil stevie t you are my favorite CZcamsr. Real guitarists don’t get enough love 🙏

  • @chgo1991
    @chgo1991 Před 4 lety +282

    marty freidman has always stuck in my head as the wierdest looking technique. its great to see how other people play as it can inspire so much

    • @JohnVo423
      @JohnVo423 Před 2 lety +9

      His picking hand, to me, strongly resembles zakk wyldes

    • @usuallyclueless4477
      @usuallyclueless4477 Před rokem +4

      @@JohnVo423 My picking hand naturally goes Marty Friedman style as well. Downside is that palm muting is tricky.

    • @LykanVarion
      @LykanVarion Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@usuallyclueless4477 Marty has plenty of times explained he doesn't like palm muting all that much, his picking allows for a lot of openness and he can easily still mute due to amp compression and whatnot.

  • @roadkillmoth5610
    @roadkillmoth5610 Před 4 lety +75

    Now, Brian May doesn't necessarily have a "Strange Picking Technique", but he does pick with a coin.

    • @ingesorensen3817
      @ingesorensen3817 Před 4 lety +4

      Keevx , actually he uses the coin as a pick and at the same time alternates ring and middle finger, sounds like two hands. A bit strange.

  • @mrburns366
    @mrburns366 Před 2 lety +6

    Marty was the person i immediately thought of! lol I'm starting to think there is no "proper" picking technique because it sure as hell didn't slow any of these guys down!

  • @martinlaporte2112
    @martinlaporte2112 Před 2 lety

    You got amazing guitarists in that video. 😃👍🏻 Some of my all-time favorites.

  • @HECKproductions
    @HECKproductions Před 4 lety +163

    stevie t: makes fun of batios hair
    also stevie t: used to have hair like batio

    • @linaivanuta5943
      @linaivanuta5943 Před 4 lety +1

      batio wears this ′′hair ′′ since the 80s though haha I really think its a wig :D

    • @SuperFlyingGlydon74
      @SuperFlyingGlydon74 Před 4 lety

      I have hair like that and I get questions about whether or not it's a wig and the answer is no its my real hair

  • @oxsnxiwn7804
    @oxsnxiwn7804 Před 5 lety +283

    I just realised I use the same picking style as James hetfield and didn’t even notice😂

    • @MrBICKUS9
      @MrBICKUS9 Před 4 lety +28

      Not gonna lie i was always doing this and thought it was wrong, kept trying to hold it the "correct" way but always sunconciously reverted to the hetfield. Now i know he uses that technique, i aint gonna worry about it so much and just play what feels comfortable.

    • @sohamsengupta6470
      @sohamsengupta6470 Před 4 lety +14

      Same here mate... Thumb and two fingers for life

    • @andjustjizzforall
      @andjustjizzforall Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah I was always the same but was never really bothered about it cause it works. Now I know Hetfield does it and that makes it cooler

    • @mikehart6193
      @mikehart6193 Před 4 lety +1

      same🤘🏻

    • @neildunlea7282
      @neildunlea7282 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes me too

  • @brandontrotter4295
    @brandontrotter4295 Před 2 lety +2

    Ohhh man, I haven't laughed this good at a video in a while.

  • @wulfrache
    @wulfrache Před rokem +3

    I have always preferred my thumb to picks and recently started trying thumbpicks instead I like that they don't hinder fingerpicking at all like a pick does (hybrid picking)

  • @jitterygta5558
    @jitterygta5558 Před 5 lety +146

    3:21 this is called hitchhiker’s thumb, it technically counts as being double jointed, the thing is that you are born with joints that can bend 90°

    • @legoobi-wankenobi3080
      @legoobi-wankenobi3080 Před 5 lety +3

      do you know the name of the song he's playing?

    • @thomasreuter1614
      @thomasreuter1614 Před 4 lety +6

      @@legoobi-wankenobi3080 Tosin is playing Mindspun, Steve is playing CAFO

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 Před 4 lety +8

      All hitchhiker's thumbs are not created equal though, lol. Some curve much more extremely than others. I have a hitchhiker's thumb too, for instance, but it's nowhere near as far extremely bending as Tosin's. Tosin has a long thumb AND it bends back extremely far, even for a hitchhiker's thumb.

    • @zakaria_009
      @zakaria_009 Před 4 lety +3

      I have a hitchhikers thumb my friends are terrified of me

    • @christophercombs7561
      @christophercombs7561 Před 4 lety +1

      I jave a friend with that "mutation" and it and his obsessive personality makes him a monster at 2d fighting games especially King of Fighters and Street Fighter

  • @kurtcobain3426
    @kurtcobain3426 Před 5 lety +4092

    Where tf is lil wayne?

  • @fredyklug3512
    @fredyklug3512 Před 3 lety +9

    @8:24 when I have a power-chord-section with palm-muted and sometimes picked notes, I up-stroke the normal-picked power-chords and pick the palm-muted down. the reason for that is that Dimebag did that quite a lot and I adopted it into my playing, it gives these chords a litte cremieness from the percussive sound of the blocked strings above them.

    • @fredyklug3512
      @fredyklug3512 Před 2 lety +1

      by the way, Marty Friedmans picking-technique is so wierd bechause he is muting the open strings with his arm.

  • @sohampalodhy4214
    @sohampalodhy4214 Před 2 lety +3

    8:18 hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @joedewitwomey9627
    @joedewitwomey9627 Před 3 lety +222

    Jimi Hendrix picks with his teeth😂 he would be on here

    • @badq.concerts
      @badq.concerts Před 3 lety

      @GBR and I wonder where he got that from

    • @creds3826
      @creds3826 Před 3 lety

      @RLD he could beat only a couple times

    • @creds3826
      @creds3826 Před 3 lety

      @RLD *but

    • @0iceman092
      @0iceman092 Před 3 lety

      he only did it a couple times and he wasn't even that good at it

    • @SuperSedingAngeL-yr0
      @SuperSedingAngeL-yr0 Před 2 lety +1

      @@badq.concerts
      The chitling circuit

  • @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
    @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy Před 3 lety +685

    I hold my guitar pick sideways ( so the pointy end if facing upwards ), so I'm picking the string with the shorter, rounded end instead of the sharp end. Then I file down the edge of my guitar picks with sandpaper to give it a bit of a 'grip' on the strings when picking. Works great for me, not sure if anyone else picks this way.

    • @zackpotter6363
      @zackpotter6363 Před 3 lety +11

      Oh yeah I do too and everyone thinks it’s weird

    • @kybamclane9357
      @kybamclane9357 Před 3 lety +9

      I do. It seems to be the only way I can trem-pick.

    • @thinkingaloud4777
      @thinkingaloud4777 Před 3 lety +2

      Purple plectrums makes one just for you it's called the blade look into it my man

    • @dallows3235
      @dallows3235 Před 3 lety +8

      Haha, I’m exactly the same. Played this way for 16+ years, haha. I was self-taught in bedroom reading tab books without the help of videos. so I guess that probably played a major part in it.

    • @dylanneumann873
      @dylanneumann873 Před 3 lety +3

      That technique helped me alternative pick

  • @davidportnoy3237
    @davidportnoy3237 Před rokem +3

    When you showed how easy it was to do Kirt Hammett's picking style I laughed my ass off 🤣.

  • @markopegan568
    @markopegan568 Před 5 lety +755

    *Before watching I bet Marty Friedman is in the top 3 at least!*

    • @Spthomas47
      @Spthomas47 Před 5 lety +1

      Same, but, to be fair, I got the name of the style wrong(yet I kinda figured I would). I'd been hoping it was the Bob Dole.
      >_>

    • @eurictabadero2466
      @eurictabadero2466 Před 5 lety +1

      Hi marko love your vids 🤗

    • @michaeldoughton5896
      @michaeldoughton5896 Před 5 lety

      Marko Pegan Didn’t expect to see you here. Really enjoy your vids.

    • @_azu7
      @_azu7 Před 5 lety

      But his picking style doesn't seem so ughhhh wyaak to me like its weird but its okay it seems smooth and just not disgusting like that Log guitarist , also marty can play some real mind boggling shits :)

    • @jeymdelacruz9410
      @jeymdelacruz9410 Před 5 lety +2

      Before reading the comments I bet that Marty would be on the top comments

  • @chob8223
    @chob8223 Před 5 lety +352

    Jimi hendrix: "I uSe mY tEeTh"

  • @jesussaddle
    @jesussaddle Před 2 lety +1

    This is one of your funniest videos - hilarious from start to finish. 14:05 was gold.

  • @urilevy1
    @urilevy1 Před 2 lety +3

    The way Marty Friedman picks is the Oud picking technique.

  • @MrMan-sy4ev
    @MrMan-sy4ev Před 5 lety +135

    3:19 “it looks perfectly norm....OH MY GOD!”
    I haven’t laughed that fucking hard in a while

    • @kylemorrow6614
      @kylemorrow6614 Před 5 lety

      The 90 degree angle on his thumb killed me xD

    • @TNastyD
      @TNastyD Před 5 lety

      I think i missed it the first time cause im dead hahaha

    • @danielm793
      @danielm793 Před 5 lety

      I can do that

    • @TNastyD
      @TNastyD Před 5 lety

      Not as good as him

  • @Carolina-gu4kf
    @Carolina-gu4kf Před 3 lety +53

    RIP Eddie 😭

  • @wearenotundone
    @wearenotundone Před 2 lety

    this video deserves a part 2!

  • @MrTwatwaffle007
    @MrTwatwaffle007 Před 2 lety +1

    Michelangelo went to home depot, got a mop- dyed it brown and super glued it to his head. Facts!

  • @MegadethFan9000
    @MegadethFan9000 Před 3 lety +103

    RIP Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) you're a legend.

    • @swiar_d7057
      @swiar_d7057 Před 2 lety +1

      Hes not

    • @MegadethFan9000
      @MegadethFan9000 Před 2 lety +2

      @@swiar_d7057 HE IS TOO!!!!!

    • @swiar_d7057
      @swiar_d7057 Před 2 lety

      @@MegadethFan9000 no legend is david gilmour and pewdipie but ill aceep your eddie van halen on maybe a master guitarist not a legend

    • @salvey3737
      @salvey3737 Před 2 lety +1

      @@swiar_d7057 EVH is a legend, Pewdiepie is dogshit

    • @swiar_d7057
      @swiar_d7057 Před 2 lety

      @@salvey3737 wtf did you say bout pewdipie if you dont like pewdipie you can pewDIEpie hes a legend

  • @BiRDiEHere
    @BiRDiEHere Před 5 lety +261

    *When James Hetfield becomes a haunting to your dreams* (6:20)

  • @saintmarcuss
    @saintmarcuss Před 2 lety +3

    Bro, if a guitarrist, your left thumb is a broken thumb, lmao.

  • @carson3135
    @carson3135 Před 2 lety +1

    3:53 that face was hilarious 😂😂💀

  • @angus9165
    @angus9165 Před 3 lety +165

    Smug guitarist: you’re not holding a pick correctly
    Me: show him this video

    • @evilcowboy
      @evilcowboy Před 3 lety +8

      lol in my opinion you hold that thing any damn way you please and what is comfortable to you because if you are not comfortable playing guitar then it hinders the creative process and most will want to just not play.

    • @angus9165
      @angus9165 Před 3 lety +5

      evilcowboy I agree

    • @nihilusobscurio8380
      @nihilusobscurio8380 Před 3 lety +2

      Well in my opinion every single guitarist finds his best way of playing if he tries his own picking style.

    • @angus9165
      @angus9165 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nihilusobscurio8380 absolutely. If a guitar player wants to be comfortable playing, he’s gotta play in whatever way he wants.

  • @dogdaysunrise1970
    @dogdaysunrise1970 Před 4 lety +62

    I use 3 fingers too, that's because I hold a pen the same way. Tried to correct it to the "right" way, but just doesn't quite work for me.

    • @tantrispicks2440
      @tantrispicks2440 Před 4 lety +10

      A lot of players change up their grip depending on what they're playing at the time. They might have one technique for playing string-skipping arpeggios and another for shredding. The right way is whatever works for you.

    • @evilcowboy
      @evilcowboy Před 3 lety +2

      @@tantrispicks2440 What this guy said is right. Personally I play sweep picking with the pick directly pointed towards the body of the guitar and use a .056 pick. If I need the pick to be sturdy I choke the pick to barely a tip. The reason I use that thin of a pick and point it towards the strings is because it provides the most clarity, the pick is thin enough to just flop off the string to the next one. If you're gonna slowly strum a chord then it makes sense to use the same type of pick you would when strumming a chord and thin picks are popular among chord strummers.
      The thin pick coupled with a picking style like Steve Morse is just a great way of gaining speed.
      I naturally pick like Steve Morse so I get why he picks that way.

    • @gabeaddisonmusic
      @gabeaddisonmusic Před 3 lety +1

      I’ve always used 3 fingers (Thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger) it makes my strumming technique look weird sometimes

  • @MenaceMetal
    @MenaceMetal Před rokem +1

    My guitar teacher told me that in his first 5 or so years of playing, he didn't alternate, he didn't downpick either, he only up picked. I have no idea :/

  • @nyhtopossu4858
    @nyhtopossu4858 Před rokem +1

    I have a Tobin Abasi thumb (only on right hand for some reason), hold pick with 3 fingers like James Hetfield and have little finger pointing like Steve Morse. The Steve Morse thing came from having little finger under the pick-up.

  • @houstonashley62
    @houstonashley62 Před 3 lety +53

    I always found that the one with the grounded pinky was most effective for me. If I keep the pinky grounded on the body below the strings, I can just use muscle memory to make sure I'm picking the right string without having to watch my right hand. The pick gets held like Cartman's Jennifer Lopez and the middle and ring just fend for themselves. I've been told it's weird, but it just works.

  • @akshaykumar_r
    @akshaykumar_r Před 5 lety +35

    8:23 Fun fact: When Paul Gilbert started learning guitar, all he used were upstrokes :P

    • @SoilentGr33n
      @SoilentGr33n Před 5 lety +2

      Damn. I will always remember the first time I heard the song "I understand completely" from some guitar world sampler disc. I thought they were fucking with me but no, he's actually playing that shit.

  • @user-en5rq7il9g
    @user-en5rq7il9g Před 8 měsíci

    3:28 I can do the exact same thing, it’s called hitchhiker’s thumb. When your thumb has an extra joint in it and it’s one of my favourite features about me

  • @tomd.7325
    @tomd.7325 Před rokem

    Oh my gosh I had to watch that part twice when you made the goofy sound And face about the car wreck hand at about 11 minutes 10 seconds I laughed so hard that was so funny

  • @robertsparling917
    @robertsparling917 Před 3 lety +172

    6:54 Press F to pay tribute! Eddie Van Halen died today.

  • @gregoryl.levitre9759
    @gregoryl.levitre9759 Před 5 lety +76

    Hetfield's down-picking technique became the standard 80's metal picking technique. When you need to chug on those strings there's no better picking technique.

    • @dougarnold7955
      @dougarnold7955 Před 5 lety +8

      All through high school in the early eighties I only down picked and I love the power of it; actually got fairly fast and accurate shipping strings and so on but then I started feeling limited by it and wanted the light fluttering sound that Randy Rhodes used to get and I got away from it. (switched to alternating strokes)

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 Před 4 lety +2

      He was always up there, but I always thought of Kerry King from Slayer back in his prime as the "King of Downpicking" to be honest, lol. And yea, downpicking is definitely useful to aggressive riffs, but there's no need for you to also hold the pick in the screwed up way Hetfield does (unless it's weirdly comfortable for you.) Might as well learn with the proper way of holding the pick, and then practice your downpicking ;)

  • @EchonYT
    @EchonYT Před 2 lety +1

    I didn't really know there was a proper way of picking when I first started to play, but once I did find out I was already in habit of doing it and couldn't break it. I pick like you, I pinch the pick with the pads of my fingers.

  • @stever5746
    @stever5746 Před 2 lety +3

    Me wondering whether he's roasting or toasting 🤣

  • @guitarist6494
    @guitarist6494 Před 5 lety +180

    Before I watch Synyster Gates & EVH is gonna be here and Marty Friedman for #1

    • @legaciestr
      @legaciestr Před 5 lety +1

      Guitarist6494 hey man huge fan can you make top 10 emo or post hardcore or metalcore riffs or something.

    • @giltyakhtar
      @giltyakhtar Před 5 lety +1

      Guitarist6494 man,we miss you on CZcams.

    • @warhammer8403
      @warhammer8403 Před 5 lety +2

      NO LIL WAYNE IS NUMBER ONE

    • @ericeeshan
      @ericeeshan Před 5 lety +1

      Guitarist6494 hey love your vids

    • @silverrey7379
      @silverrey7379 Před 5 lety

      EMINEM by looking at your profile pic, I thought that WE are number one

  • @akshaykumar_r
    @akshaykumar_r Před 5 lety +396

    Lil Wayne's picking style is probably the best

  • @dimitrisvill1411
    @dimitrisvill1411 Před 2 lety +2

    I personally have my hand closed (like a fist) and hold the pick with my thumb, index and middle finger. Never seen anyone else hold a pick like this but it gets the job done

  • @Stenfeldt111
    @Stenfeldt111 Před 2 lety

    awesome vid! :D

  • @masterklaw4527
    @masterklaw4527 Před 4 lety +69

    What about Mark Knopfler? He uses his thumb, pointer, and middle finger in place of a standard pick.

    • @TheFamousMockingbird
      @TheFamousMockingbird Před 4 lety +1

      Thats called finger picking and its very common. All blues guys did it. The south had a lot of that with the banjo being a popular instrument as it was invented by slaves in the 17th century in the Caribbean

    • @mossmacarthur504
      @mossmacarthur504 Před 4 lety +1

      i think he used a pick to amplify the sound or something but also im pretty sure lindsey buckingham didn't use a pick either which probably comes from him starting as a classical player wheras with knopfler (as the previous person has stated) it comes from blues.

    • @shanelittle8303
      @shanelittle8303 Před 4 lety

      I came here to make a Mark Knopfler comment...kudos

    • @lhommedesbois639
      @lhommedesbois639 Před 3 lety

      It isn't that weird, it's just that some of his songs are impossible to play with a pick

    • @jacksonpalmer8955
      @jacksonpalmer8955 Před 3 lety

      I think it might be because he doesnt use a pick so his picking technique is nonexistent?

  • @liamevans9815
    @liamevans9815 Před 5 lety +44

    We all hold the pick differently, it's just about comfort.

    • @forestghost7
      @forestghost7 Před 5 lety

      exactly, see my comment up there somewhere

    • @aidanlarose6901
      @aidanlarose6901 Před 5 lety

      I started off holding picks with 3 fingers kinda like Het but then I saw how my favorite guitarist played the way you see most people holding a pick and i was like “damn I wanna be that good!” And I forcefully changed my picking style and it actually helped so much lmao

  • @PietroPaparella
    @PietroPaparella Před rokem +2

    Reminds of Jim Furyk's golf swing-there is no such thing as "proper".

  • @justinecaps7766
    @justinecaps7766 Před 2 lety +3

    I can't help but laugh all the time. You really can relate your facial expression with the weirdness of their picking styles. Really enjoyed this video. 😄😉😜

  • @thejoeyaffliction9768
    @thejoeyaffliction9768 Před 4 lety +53

    The way Eddie Van Halen holds his pick is literally the exact way I used to hold my pick when I first started playing guitar lmao.

  • @andrewwhitmore8756
    @andrewwhitmore8756 Před 5 lety +38

    Absolutely knew Tosin was making the list.

  • @LucarYT-zm1rp
    @LucarYT-zm1rp Před 2 lety +2

    i use my fingers aligned in an odd order: thumb (pick) index... ring, middle, pinkie.. anyways, after steadying my ring finger with my middle i can double pick much easier...
    ...also it is probably worth noting i am left handed XD

  • @spamsee
    @spamsee Před 2 lety +3

    Steve laughing with James Hetfield is the funniest thing

  • @Jacksmusicshack
    @Jacksmusicshack Před 5 lety +41

    I guess he's PICK-y about this list.
    I regret NOTHING!!!

    • @humb1s3rvant
      @humb1s3rvant Před 5 lety

      Jack's Film Orchard your pun both satisfies and sickens me

  • @kurtaxlcabanilla2532
    @kurtaxlcabanilla2532 Před 4 lety +709

    I use pick like this
    👌

  • @un4xpected136
    @un4xpected136 Před rokem +1

    Oh Steve… I have double jointed shoulders. I can stick my arms up over my head, wrap around, and touch my armpits

  • @nilavdutta6901
    @nilavdutta6901 Před měsícem

    Steve , after seeing this video i came to one conclusion is that you're an amazing shredder and a riffing machine. Love from India 😊😊...

  • @cristianmoreno2807
    @cristianmoreno2807 Před 3 lety +32

    R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen will there be a tribute video Steve.

  • @joedalton155
    @joedalton155 Před 5 lety +99

    Lil wayne would never be on this list because he got such a superior picking technique that he doesn't even need a pick, thus putting him above all

    • @reubenseldo1048
      @reubenseldo1048 Před 5 lety +4

      Truly a god amongst men!

    • @charesu8
      @charesu8 Před 5 lety +1

      Also Nick Jonas. What a fucking god also!!

  • @aenema22
    @aenema22 Před rokem +1

    I've always gripped the pick with the thumb and middle finger, using the index finger for support and control in angling the pick mid phrase.

  • @Bravo-Too-Much
    @Bravo-Too-Much Před rokem +1

    It’s pretty natural for a lot of people to pop a middle finger out when trem picking. It’s actually an example of “The Rigidity Principle” or “The Principle of Rigidity” in Newtonian physics. However, what’s strange is that Kirk doesn’t deviate from the principle when playing at any point. This could help to define his very one dimensional soloing style and four knuckle arthritis he has, hence the knuckle tape.

  • @Kris-de2ox
    @Kris-de2ox Před 5 lety +270

    This guy's a personified caps lock and it grates on me

    • @BruceWayne-zj1kw
      @BruceWayne-zj1kw Před 5 lety

      It’s truly exhausting

    • @RacecaR08
      @RacecaR08 Před 5 lety +8

      indeed, but I love it.

    • @TomRyanMKE
      @TomRyanMKE Před 5 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/oDgez8QDAKo/video.html

    • @ShaunPrince
      @ShaunPrince Před 5 lety

      best comment

    • @pedroleal7118
      @pedroleal7118 Před 5 lety

      Yep, Steve Kapslock Forever. Can't watch the end of the video...That voice is like a kid wanting attention.