Controlled Burn: The Basics of Economy Picking
One aspect I’ve noticed many players overlook in their quest for “ultimate shred-dom” is the ability to control their instrument. I’m all about blazing through scales and sweeping like hell, but a gratuitous display of such can compromise the melodic development of a line. And when we’re programmed to simply run up and down patterns while taking a solo, our lack of control can get the better of us when we run into speed bumps (pun -- sort of intended).