Cool trick Josh, i'll have to try that. I guess it's easier to move up and down the same string this way and easier to cross strings with pinches?
I notice another Rush fan here, "another toy.. to help destroy etc", 2112 has some of my favourite music in the world on it, I've loved rush since my bro got me into them aged 6, i'm 24 now and still love their stuff between '76 and '84. For anyone who doesn't know Alex Lifeson's a master guitarist, he violins pinches like it was easy and writes great melodic guitar solos with bits of shrapnel thrown in.