When working to get the art of shred guitar, choosing the best pick is most important. When I first began working at mastering shred guitar, I tried to use a thin pick which is what I started with as a guitarist. I kept watching and reading dvds from other shred guitar masters, and they continually instructed that you must use a thick pick.
Then I heard of a special shred guitar training pick known as the stylus pick. The stylus pick has a special diamond shaped tip. The stylus pick was created by a shred guitar professor from Berklee School of Music. The stylus pick is distinctly designed to keep new shred guitarists from extending the guitar pick to deep in the strings when they are working on their alternate picking excercises. If the guitarist sticks the pick too far into the strings, the pick gets hung up. When I first bought one of the Stylus Picks, it was really uncomfortable to use, but after several hours I started to get used to it, and within a week, my speed probably increased by twenty percent or more. But, this stylus pick is for practice only. The Stylus Pick is extremely rigid, and glossy. I soon found out that the rigidity and glossy finish had a large affect on increasing my speed.
After very committed practices with a guitar speed training software program, and the Stylus Pick for about twentythirty days, my speed literally tripled, and I can definetly state that, thirty days of systematic training with the correct tools turned me into a shred guitarist. I spent years trying to earn the coveted shred guitar status, and believe me, you will know the minute you achieve it, and no words can explain the level of self gratification you feel when you reach that level. After I reached that level, I had to hunt to find a every day pick that would give me the same rigidity, and glossy finish that I had with the stylus pick, but without having the diamond shape on the tip that was used just as a practice pick to stop bad picking habits. Thats when I found the Big Stubby. The big Stubby picks are extremely thick, and most of all, they are very glossy, and they hold their glossy finish forever. The glossy finish keeps the pick flowing quickly over the strings with minimal friction, and the rigidity keeps the pick from bending while working on those mega fast shred guitar licks.
So in conclusion, there are three tools that I spent months searching for that took me from fair guitar player to shred guitarist in less than thirty days. If you want to succeed at shred guitar, and not get slowed down, you absolutely must have the best tools that will make every practice count.
Practice can be tough, and a huge sacrifice. Don't waste your time practicing without the best tools at hand. Practicing without the right tools can even set you back, and you can wind up having to break bad habits later on that keep you from reaching that shred guitar pinnacle you desire.
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