Sweep Picking Guitar Lesson

[MrKittles1123]

Considering most guitar instructionals on YouTube, you are very accomplished as a guitarist, as well as an idealist in terms of how concisely and eloquently you convey your points throughout your lessons. I personally have more trouble with good alternate picking than sweeping, but this was an intriguing and informative approach to remedying an age-old problem among guitarists. Keep posting! :D

[TiffuZeless]

If you make a book of how to play guitar i'll buy ^^

You're awesome!

[6EELZE6U6666]

i personally think this is a bit over the top, i mean i can sweep pick every major, minor, diminished and augmented inversion perfectly clean, yet i dont use this muting technique at all... strange

[MrTkdan]

Really good tutorial thanks man, but long videos get boring

[ibanezvai95]

best sweep picking lesson out! thanks so much! :D

[LifeForYoga]

Oh man! You are an amazing teacher,I would say that you are teaching yoga of a guitar in a sense that you are developing total awareness of an instrument in your students.Great job!!!

[Belleraphon100]

That was the most awesome sweep lesson ever! Tanx so much you realy realy helped me alot!

[ZombieBreak]

Your like superman, but a guitarist

[crovian1985]

you sound like dave mustaine man

[tweekedoutrabbit]

Your amazing dude no lie! And your voice just is so relaxing and cool haha

[JacksonGuitars100]

You are amazing. You should be famous dude!  You kick ass

[FlyingBugels]

I can't find that certain "sweet spot" no matter what I try.. Any advice?

I can "air guitar" perfectly fine.. My picking hand feels totally comfortable shaped in a picking position, but when I go to get my pick, it feels so awkward no matter how I hold it.

[mmim4]

what amp do you use?

[minib00mpola]

THANKS MAN YOU ARE SO GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT !!!!!!!!!

guys i tell you this is the best sweep picking lesson ever MADE!

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

Incredibly good vid

[nathan6t9r]

dude you seriously are Amazing dude you should be well known like steve vai,joe satriani,john petrucci,yngwie etc etc are you planing on doing any dvds?

[GuitarGnosis]

@nathan6t9r I do plan to release DVDs. My problem is having overhead to produce them. I've already got a lot of DVD video edited (unmastered), I just need financial backing to press them professionally. It's coming as soon as cash allows though.

[adamw98]

your vid helped alot but the big problem is that i hold a pic like a i do with a pencil or pen...appaerently it makes it harder to play i dont no or care because if i play it in time and note for note thats all that matters..but back to what i was saying your vids rly help ALOT!!! THANKS ;)

[njskate4death]

" Lets say your a football player. Your a Full Back and the Quarter Back tosses you the ball. Now Your doing Fine, in terms of speed and momentum, Until....Pow. Pow. Pow. Pow......You run into four defensive players Rape and Cream You xD

[Mattface101]

Oh my god, you have the answer to like, every question

[biqMAKnificent]

He reminds me of Dave Mustaine lol

[MWRiff]

Your hands down the best tutor ive seen on youtube, ill be watching your vids closely man, thanks alot.

[JAMESLeadGuitarist]

is it me or does he look and sound like "Edge".

[JackGillmer]

Hey You've Helped Alot =D Thanks heaps \m/

[winterSTU]

Hey man! I'm very new to guitar - I'm an experienced drummer, but literally have never picked up a guitar in my life and have absolutely NO idea what I'm doing. It's a bit embarassing haha...I'm not looking to be Joe Satriani or anything, just to jama bit and chug some sick riffs to myself haha - just wanted to say thankyou for what you're doing! Your videos are so helpful and uncondescending, please keep making them! Later dude! \m/

[laxdude67]

easily the best video on muting during sweeps.

awesome lesson man!

saw improvement immediately!

[BlakeBoseph]

ive tried to sweep pick in the past. I lost a lot of interest in it. sweeping is the one thing that came hard for me on guitar and i dont think im willing to put much time into it because it makes me lose interest in practicing. 

[Nelladagar]

@BlakeBoseph  practice man you can do it!!

[IzzacV]

Have you tried using a stubby? The 3.0 jazz ones are money for sweeping! This is an awesome video though, excellent teaching style!!

[Trondset]

Where is your mirror JEM ? I miss her!

[xdancewhiteboydancex]

genius ;3

got any tab D:

most of the stuff just blagged my head but i get what you mean

[GuitarGnosis]

@xdancewhiteboydancex I've got some but nothing tabbed out from this. It's just an Yngwie thing from Trilogy Suite and some other basic arpeggios.

[aces519]

What song was that yngwie run from?

[GuitarGnosis]

@aces519 Trilogy Suite

[aces519]

@GuitarGnosis Thanks the arpeggios sounded really hot.

Beautiful SL-1,I got a sl2h and it plays great!

[GuitarGnosis]

@aces519 I honestly would have rathered an SL2H than an SL1. Actually, I would have rathered a Soloist with a non-floating trem altogether. It's my main riffer. I'd leave the lead work to another guitar with a floating trem.

[aces519]

@GuitarGnosis

Well actually my sl2h would be perfect for you then since it has a rather funny flaw.

The trem route was not cut deep enough, So right now I have the floyd so deep that its sitting on the wood in the route. So its essentially a hardtail, but the action is so low and damn good! the floyd doesnt budge at all, and the tone and sustain improved alot too.

[GuitarGnosis]

@aces519 I lock mine down from time to time as well, but even then, there's still just a tad of detuning that happens when palm muting heavily by a few cents or so. Actually, I think I might go with another style that Jackson offers. There's this 'thing' about these guitars I've tried that just doesn't feel right....

I think it's time to make a video about that actually.

[aces519]

@GuitarGnosis

Yeah just go with one of the hardtail models i guess.

But I play with a soft touch so the floyd doesnt detune so much for me for the heavy chugs. Cant wait to see what Jackson you get next man!

[demigod325]

if you want to manipulate the players just show them a picture of boobies

[dimiutube]

Great lesson and a good explanation of what to do to get an accurate tone. Thanks!!

[Physc0o]

i have had so much trouble with this!!! thank you!!!

[25jonathan]

your playing is unbelievably clean!!

[RUOCCOLOCO]

i love your lessons... and btw, the new background it's just great!

[rustedbrandy7]

damn ! ur a scientist !!!

[AvengedTimes]

now this is the type of teachers the world needs

[santosony1]

dude it would be so badass if you could have a demonstration of some sweeps. I need to find some new ones to practice with.

[GuitarGnosis]

@santosony1 I should probably do that more often, but I don't want to give away my best licks :P

[D0bb024]

I must say I was starting to worry a little when you were talking about American Football and stuff, but it worked! It's all good you made a good point! Great video once again! Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more!

[hellman03]

my down stroke is fine but i have problems in my upstroke..any advice?

oh can you post a video like your daily practice/exercise in sweeping to make you fast..thanks! more vids! ^^

[GuitarGnosis]

@hellman03 I find the opposite actually. I guess it's different for every guitarist. The only solution here to me is practice downstrokes more. Actually, just skip downstrokes altogether for an entire week. After that you'll be grand.

I'll see what I can do...

[georgesrechparis]

really helpful

[avielp]

I really like the new background and proper camera angle ! congratz :) love you attitude about teaching guitar, keep being awesome!

[dlr113w]

And I palm mute almost every time I sweep, unless I want it to sound horrible.

[dlr113w]

Dude this really helped. A LOT. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

[darkstarfear]

you should have a lesson where you teach us how to phrase with arpeggios

[SicSolution]

Great lesson :) once I get a new guitar I will try out your palm muting technque on my sweeps. I must ask, does the V-pick make your playing/tone noticeably better?

[GuitarGnosis]

@SicSolution Definitely.

[Hillgaard84]

Great lesson man! I think it´s the best lessons on the tube. So thanks here from Denmark :)

[Hillgaard84]

Great lesson man! I think it´s the best lessons on the tube. So thanks here from Denmark :)

[JohnnyMrChaos]

I always new I was really good at sweep picking. Now I'm even better.

Feels weird though at the beginning.

[Deylan06]

sweet lesson dude. you really covered the palm muting well! no one ever does!

[englundisgod]

I love the background, hilarious it look like youre going for grade 10 class pictures

[Alvingston]

What v-pick are you using, is it the normal Dimension or the Junior Dimension model?

And do you find them as silent as the Jazz III's? (meaning do they have less chirp noise?) BTW amazing lesson !!(once again)

[GuitarGnosis]

@Alvingston It's an ultra-lite small.

[MinginEngine]

Were you using your dual rectifier in this video cause your tone sounds great!!! Also Great lesson!!!

[GuitarGnosis]

@MinginEngine *laughs*... I personally thought the tone was terrible after listening when editing. When in front of the backdrop, it's an old line 6. In the studio part where I show closeups, it's the dual rec. the dual rec sounds better I think.

[glassprisoner417]

beleive me, i subscribed for a reason, and of course the one guy that helped me with my sweeps plays a Jackson...the real shredders guitar

[glassprisoner417]

i used this exercise today...and it cleaned up my playing by 50%!!! thanks a lot \m/

[GuitarGnosis]

@glassprisoner417 Glad it helped. There's over an hour of this in the mechanics of sweep picking course. it'll be up in the future...

[lobyte]

Jackson guitars are so good lookin :) to bad my new dk2 is being repaired right now :( good lesson!

[GuitarGnosis]

@lobyte Yeah, they look great. I wouldn't mind a 'flat' version that doesn't have the clear coating. If you hit the guitar from the right angle and light isn't shining on it in a particular way, it looks great.

[rgjmce666]

I actually naturally adjust my pick position for solos, i can't sweep pick, mostly cause i'm not too bothered to learn but also cause i wanna let it come to me. As you say in this video, i have my natural position and then solo position with less pick sticking out. is this okay?

[GuitarGnosis]

@rgjmce666 If it helps, sounds better, and feels better, do it. Don't let anyone tell you you're doing something wrong =)

[rgjmce666]

@GuitarGnosis thanks i will and hopefully i'll get the hang of sweep picking eventually but since i'm not a massive shred fan as i said before not to bothered.