dont change, for two reasons. one the way you do it is already more efficient. economy picking is like miniature sweeps, they obviously make it easier to play. plus, dont just change your way of playing cause peopel tell you otherwise. unless they serve valid points, then dont change. but... when you say that you lay 25% faster, are you still arrucate at all. are you more accurate if you do your way, or the strict alternate picking. because although speed is mega cool, it doesnt do justice to actually making the notes sound right, with clarity and voicing. sometimes, alternate picking makes it easier to control completely, but if you can master the economy styles, like what you do now, then you are problem free, for now that is.

jesse sutton