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Originally Posted by distressed_romeo
I have actually experimented with the Steve Morse style quite a bit, i.e. pick at a reverse angle and gripped with two fingers and a thumb. I've found it's great for cross-picking patterns, and gives a hell of a lot of projection and volume on acoustic guitar, but makes fast picking along the strings much harder, and makes sweeping and economy picking virtually impossible. I still mess with it occasionally, but decided the elements of my style that I'd have to sacrifice if I worked at making it my default style far outweighed the benefits to be gained. Nowadays I just break it out occasionally to get a different tone.
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I pick that way pretty much exclusively (minus the two fingers part -- just thumb and index finger), unless I'm strumming chords. I also economy pick pretty much exclusively, and sweep (sort of -- usually 2-1-2-1-2 patterns) a lot.
The big problem isn't sweeping, or economy picking, I've found, but rather, pinch harmonics. I can't do them that well. But I can't do them with a normal pick grip either, so meh.