File this one under "insanely simply tone tips." I'm at the local Meet-Up last night for the '89 Alpine Valley show film. Lots of Jerry picking close-ups - really close up and ""big screen. And I'm seeing how Jerry's almost always picking the strings between or around the neck coil of the bridge humbucker to the bridge coil of the middle humbucker.
I'm off work today so I plug in and pay close attention to where I'm picking my strings and damn if it isn't just a tad closer to the neck. So I adjust my palm placement to move my picking up closer towards the bridge and find that it does make a difference. Best I can explain it is the tone is a tad more acoustic/piezo-ish picking picking closer to the bridge.
This is going to be hard for me to adjust to after so many years of relying mostly on my Tele before copping my Tiger-style axe but what I'm hearing is that it's worth it. Anyway, thought I'd share this observation in case others want to look into it with your own picking (if nothing else, you can't beat the cost - $0 - to try it).
I'm off work today so I plug in and pay close attention to where I'm picking my strings and damn if it isn't just a tad closer to the neck. So I adjust my palm placement to move my picking up closer towards the bridge and find that it does make a difference. Best I can explain it is the tone is a tad more acoustic/piezo-ish picking picking closer to the bridge.
This is going to be hard for me to adjust to after so many years of relying mostly on my Tele before copping my Tiger-style axe but what I'm hearing is that it's worth it. Anyway, thought I'd share this observation in case others want to look into it with your own picking (if nothing else, you can't beat the cost - $0 - to try it).
My 1st album, Galvanic Samurai:
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/galvanic-samurai
My 2nd album, Traffic in the Moonlight:
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/traffi ... -moonlight
My 3rd album, So Glad I Came:
- coming Nov. 26, 2023 -
Jerry would be the first to tell us, "I never spent my life slavishly copying anyone."
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/galvanic-samurai
My 2nd album, Traffic in the Moonlight:
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/traffi ... -moonlight
My 3rd album, So Glad I Came:
- coming Nov. 26, 2023 -
Jerry would be the first to tell us, "I never spent my life slavishly copying anyone."