Marty Friedman Picking Hand. Anchoring is touching part of your picking hand to the guitar body close to the strings as opposed to an unanchored or floating style where the right hand does not touch the guitar. Popularly known as the former lead guitarist for heavy metal band megadeth marty friedman moved to japan in 2003 where his success has very much continued on foreign shores.
Here s a classic guitar world column by marty friedman. It s a secret about marty s right hand technique which is very unusual. As a right handed guitarist friedman has an unorthodox picking technique.
These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the august 2014 issue of guitar world.
2 500k volume pot 2 500k tone pot 1 stereo output jack 1 two pickup in out bus 2 pair mounting screws and springs. That s pretty much it. I keep my hand away from the strings so they ring louder and more clearly with more pitch. As a right handed guitarist friedman has an unorthodox picking technique.
