Hey - I've been getting this a bit more together recently - sorry this is kind of home-noodle bollox - but it's coming together slowly (or quickly) whatever - some of you might dig it
but, i cant really see your plucking hand to get a jist of how its working. instead of the angled view, maybe a squarely shot vid from right in front of you would help?
Here's a quick video I just made for those wanting to see the straight on view: Straight-on view (.wmv file about 5mb)
I actually shot it a bit from below. The problem with viewing it straight-on is that since your fingers are really curled under, you can't see much. This vid shows how lightly I use my thumb when plucking- it just barely goes through the string, so you often have to look close just to see it plucking- while Mike uses a more straight-out thumb, which probably is more beneficial if you want to intergrate double-thumping into the technique.
One problem that I have when I use this technique or try to at least is that I my volume suffers quite a bit. I don't normaly dig in or anything it just seems my volume takes a drop if I switch to this technique. Do you guys find this as well? Any idea's on a remedey?
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Yes volume is a problem but that's all part of the process of bringing this into a band context - I've used it on solos and it definitely works - but it's also great for exciting fills when you get the chance.
I've added a new better quality video the My Sapce page: see here
instead of the angled view, maybe a squarely shot vid from right in front of you would help?
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