Yellow is the colour of safety:) stay safe on those strings:)

I will if you answer me this... what is that foot, stomp, drum trigger thing he is using? Thanks.

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The one and only uncle paps my Lord and master Paul Gilbert.

There's a part in one of the episodes of Troy Grady's Cracking the Code series where he explains how he tried to incorporate a hammer on (or pull off) at strategic places in a picking run to make it easier to play, but it ended up sounding too 'manneristic', too thought-out, and most likely felt a bit like 'cheating' as well. That got me thinking about all of this too, and very interesting to hear Paul raise that point in this video. I know Paul has said in the past that although he is renowned for his picking, he tends to play fast a lot more by combining picking with hammer ons and pull offs. I personally feel that HO's n PO's are essential in phrasing and expressiveness as you rightly say, and are essential for slower expressive 'chewy' gestural kinda playing, plus adding some 'grease' and fluidity. I tried ridding my playing of all left hand legato for a good long while, and it nearly completely destroyed my flow and playing and muscle memory. I do however think that the 'softer' left hand legato made possible by thinner strings, low action, compression and high gain of modern electric guitar styles can be a bit risky and lead you into a corner, one day someone puts an acoustic guitar on your lap with 13 gauge strings and your technique goes to sh*t (unless you're Tom Quayle it seems, haha!) Having a strong picking game as a foundation can help avoid this. I'll personally try a lick like the one in this video with the intention of picking every note. If it comes to it that it's just not gonna work though or be consistent, I'll use a HO or PO to grease things up, and at the end of the day, the listener doesn't care what technique you're using and it's a case of 'whatever gets the job done', :D. Apologies for the long reply but this kind of discussion interests me. Cheers, Leigh-C

Thanks for making me a stronger guitar player!

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I think he does it to really make people laugh and smile

obvious things and underpants too

@@rainmaru4757 yeh well he said that yellow is the color of learning so I guess everyday he's always learning

Its a Racer X thing.

@@worstestminipainter2391 thanks, it's actually pretty cool.

@@bgilley8199 No prob, it usually like a Astronaut's suit. He wears big ole 80s headphones, that go with it.

@@worstestminipainter2391 that's awesome, I knew about Racer X but have never seen any onstage or music video footage, I'll definitely look them up. Paul is great at communicating tips for playing.

Two people with some picking exercises to do.

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