JohnWaynesTeeth
New member
I've mostly played acoustic guitar and usually rhythm guitar at that. Sometimes I'll throw some runs or walkdown's in between chords or do some Dave Matthews type stuff. The last few years I've been working on blues scales and licks trying to increase my soloing speed and tone, and I've recently moved up to some bluegrass licks as well, but I fear that I have hit a speed plateau.
I know that my problem is mostly my left hand position, after about 10-15 minutes my wrist is killing me. I also know that my fingers are too high above the strings, I really hammer down on the acoustic (I am in the process of convincing the wife to let me trade in on a mex strat and a small tube amp from the LMS but that's for another day).
My question is, do any of you have any stories of how you broke through and found that comfortable left hand position that let you just flow through those long runs fluidly (I feel like I'm real choppy). And, do you have any links to websites about guitar technique that have actual pictures of hand position, etc, not just scales and exercises?
I'm sure there are others in the same boat as me.
Thanks for the help,
Pete
I know that my problem is mostly my left hand position, after about 10-15 minutes my wrist is killing me. I also know that my fingers are too high above the strings, I really hammer down on the acoustic (I am in the process of convincing the wife to let me trade in on a mex strat and a small tube amp from the LMS but that's for another day).
My question is, do any of you have any stories of how you broke through and found that comfortable left hand position that let you just flow through those long runs fluidly (I feel like I'm real choppy). And, do you have any links to websites about guitar technique that have actual pictures of hand position, etc, not just scales and exercises?
I'm sure there are others in the same boat as me.
Thanks for the help,
Pete