Pickslanting Archives - Unlock the Guitar

The Most Versatile Yet Underused Picking Technique

May 7, 2018October 22, 2018Graham TippettLeave a Comment

What do Steve Morse, bluegrass and 10-year-old Japanese guitar prodigy Li-Sa-X have in common? The answer is that they’ve all mastered crosspicking, the most versatile picking technique available, yet one that’s barely used outside of the realms of bluegrass guitar … Read more

How to Finally Master Downward Pickslanting

September 21, 2017December 2, 2018Graham TippettLeave a Comment

Have you ever watched a Troy Grady video but didn’t really get it? I know I have. You’ll be surprised to know that this is not due to Troy’s rambling nature of explaining things – you’ll never get a short … Read more

How to Crack Your Picking Code

April 12, 2017February 8, 2019Graham TippettLeave a Comment

If you’ve ever seen any of Troy Grady’s Cracking the Code videos, which dissect and reverse engineer (mainly) shred guitarists’ speed picking techniques, you may have been left wondering how to incorporate it into your own playing, or even what … Read more