I always seem to default to economy picking, even when a guitar teacher tried to show me sweep picking... lol. After some practice, I got sweep picking down (at low speeds). Alternate picking would probably take some thought for me at first, since economy picking is what comes naturally.
... and that's all I have to say about that.
[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]
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