need help

i've been playing guitar for 6 1/2 yrs and i need help on my picking hand control i try really hard to relax my wrist can ya pros give me some tips so i don't F**k up my forearm and elbow thanks :0)

I've heard those stylus picks from Dunlop are a really good way of improving your right-hand technique.
http://www.jimdunlop.com/picks/specialty.html
Apperantly they help you minimalize right hand movement, and increase your speed.

i need some advice on how i can stop my forearm from straining and how i can relax my wrist and crap thanks

Originally posted by metalbob69
i need some advice on how i can stop my forearm from straining and how i can relax my wrist and crap thanks

That's exactly why I mentioned the stylus.(it even comes with a booklet with instructions I believe)

If you don't feel like checking out that pick, just focus for a while on only using the very edge of the pick, and make sure your arm is relaxed at all times.
It's easier to get a good 'hit' on a string when you hit it hard. But if you practise on hitting the string perfectly with the edge of the pick each time, you'll need less power when picking. You'll end up playing faster and more relaxed.

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH i get it thanks i'll try and tell ya what i think peace :0)

I have same kind of problem especially when picking arps and classical pices like Crossroads movie stuff with alternate picking (16-notes around 130-150). I had a thread a while a go about this. Most agree that picking fast from elbow is not good. However I find it impossible to pick from wrist our fingers but lads on this site have told me that´s it´s easy to change if you give it a chanche. So I have decided to pick my way and if I would feel some pain, I´ll change it. Some players have been pickin´ from elbow for years and are fine. I personally think that risk is bigger to develop a injury in your left hand (if you pick with right) but it´s different from person to person.

I remember a doctor who told me that it depend a lot with your overall health. How often you are sick and how often you get inflamation (this is a swedish word but I hope you get it) ´cause stuff like tendonitis and carpal syndrom is simply inflamations wich can take time to cure.

Pick on man and hope that this sh*it goes around you. That´s what I do and as long as I´m well, I won´t complain.