Originally Posted by: SebastBergKasperow, if I was you I would work on my picking before the speed. That's probably what you already had in mind but I'm saying just in case.
You might end up taking some bad habits if you work on your speed too soon.
Master the basics, then make them faster.
I would also start working on my legato's speed before alternate picking speed.
It sound less aggressive and flows nicer....to my ears atleast. Listen to Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Damn they are fast, but they dont pick that much. Legatos all the time !
But offcourse there's place for those aggresive fast alternate picking runs :)

Yeah, I was planning on improving my picking first, since SlipinLizard's post about how bad picking hand technique can ruin a guitarist for good scared me a bit. I don't want to lose my guitar-playing just because of bad technique or posture :)

I also think that I'll let my lead-playing get a higher priority than picking-speed. Fast hammer-ons/pull-offs/trills can easily compensate for slow picking speed. Especially after hearing myself try to play as fast as my right hand can. It sounded like a horrible mess, to say the least.

I'll keep going over Legato playing tutorials on this site until I can do it properly.

If I had a FireWire-port on my computer, I would have uploaded a quick recording I made earlier today using an older camcorder, so I could get some advice on what to improve (and hopefully a judgement of how much potential I have as a guitarist), but sadly, the camcorder is against me. I'll try shooting a quick video on my phone tomorrow :)