Here’s why I’ve STOPPED using guitar picks forever, and I’m using THUMB instead for electric and jazz guitar.
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“Forever” is a pretty serious word, I know…but here goes 🙂
After years of playing with a pick (and doing endless technical exercises), I still had musical problems I could not solve.
By switching to the THUMB, the 3 biggest problems I had with a pick simply VANISHED.
I’m not “copying” Wes Montgomery. It’s just that he laid the solution out in plain sight…and after trying it, I can say that it works for me.
(There’s more than one way to play, this is very personal. There are many pick players whom I absolutely LOVE!)
I hope you enjoy this video walkthrough of how switching to the THUMB and ditching the pick solved several of my musical problems. Enjoy!
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TIME STAMPS:
- 00:00 Intro – Just Groovin’ on G-7
- 00:46 Welcome!
- 02:14 My Jazz Guitar Influences
- 02:43 Playing “Impressions” with a pick in 1993
- 03:16 Musical Weaknesses I found with the pick
- 03:31 Reason #1 – The Tone
- 03:58 Reason #1 – The Timing (Bebop Phrasing)
- 05:47 Jazz phrasing demo (Tea for Two)
- 06:52 Reason #3 – The Pocket
- 07:17 Thumb Pocket demo – “Comin Home Baby”
- 07:42 Conclusion & thank you!
GEAR USED:
- Guitar: Gibson ES 135, built 1996
- Strings: Flatwound D’Addario 12’s strings
- No Amp, Just DI signal then mixed in Apple Logic
Lots of Love & hope you dig this jazz guitar video!
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