I have always been a fan of guys like McLaughlin, DiMeola, Morse, Malmsteen, etc...fast picking has always been a major challenge for me. I have purchased multiple videos, books, and have perused videos that promised to make me a "shredder" to no avail. I have watched and enjoyed many of the free videos that Pebber has posted on YouTube. As I watched the Module 1 video, one of the techniques that jumped out at me was to alternate pick on one string without fretting.

Pebber what seemed to be a double dog dare to try the exercise for 15 to 30 minutes to an hour to half the day. I knew that all day would not work. So I have worked up to an hour a day per string, a different string everyday. I have to say; my picking speed and accuracy has increased exponentially. I have a long ways to go, but I am feeling much more confident in that ability.

I kind of rambled a bit, but I felt it is necessary to give credit to where credit is due.

Thanks Pebber you are the real deal...

Sounds great to me exactly what you need to be doing a few minutes here and there just won't cut it. When I first started the picking exercises. I would start as the kids left for school and still be picking the same exercise when they got home 6 hours later. Its the only way. Work work work.

birdsoffire: Thanks for sharing your experience. Can you tell a bit more about how you practice an hour on one string? Do you do different note divisions? Do you take breaks? Do you practice sarod and/or scalpel both?

There really is not much of a method behind my picking madness. It took me a long time to even build up the stamina for me to pick on each individual string; for what started at 10 minutes and gradually built up to about 45 minutes. I have begun to use a metronome now that I feel that I can now concentrate on timing, rhythm, and subdividing time. I am still working on very basic timing exercises; quarter notes and eighth notes.

It is coming along slowly, because I am really trying to hone those almost to perfection. One of my frustrations was that I have always tried to do too much without getting very far in any of the techniques I was trying to master. The thing that really impresses me about Pebber is that he really stresses a disciplined laser like approach to practicing one or two things at a time. That is what gets results. It takes a long time, but it really does pay off.

I have told and shared Pebber's YouTube videos with my guitar playing friends...At some point I should really start to subscribe to Pebber's online lessons...I wish I could get the money back from all of the resources that I have purchased and the lessons I have taken from those "professional" guitar teachers and give that money to Pebber...

I really am enjoying this forum...it is nice to see a place that people can talk freely about guitar without the negativity...

Adam: What metronome are you using that you can increase speed automatically? That sounds really useful.