Joe's 3 Note Per String Runs (Page 1 of 2)

I'm not an educated guitarist, so I cannot provide the notation or tabs for what he does.  The way I came about it was listening to Eric Johnson everyday for a year or two, and taking those boxy Clapton licks to hyperspeed.  If you watch Joe or EJ when they do it it's pretty much the standard box Major or Minor Pentatonic with a LOT of speed.  One video I can recommend is the Eric Johnson Hotlicks video "Total Electric Guitar".  He uses those types of runs a lot in the examples and they can be slowed down/looped which helps greatly.  Also, try playing pentatonic riffs out of your comfort zone and work on being fast there, then try linking your comfort zone to that area on the neck thus creating some flexability on where to go.  Good luck man I hope this helps.

What Would Joe Do?  He would practice 6 hours daily until he got it right.  Oh wait he did that already:/ Good Luck

It's really simple notes when you realize what it is. It was really a no brainer to find the notes, the hard part is to play them at the correct speed.

Don't get put down, you don't *need* to practise 6h daily to get it, just make sure you spend some time every day practising on your picking speed.

Something important when picking fast is always to keep down on hand movement. One thing John petrucci does, is when picking say 2 strings, it's common to use the pick on the outside of the string towards the center.
Lets call the space between the strings e and b for "center". You should pick from the center out, not from the other side of the string into the center.

Just start practising alternate picking speed every day and before you know it you'll be playing them just as fast as Joe

That sounds like a handy tool ,BUT forgive me for sounding negative but is it possible that
the speed restriction may lie in the player, for example I could practise running everyday but I
WILL never be an athlete surely everyone has their limitations. when you watch some of the shredders
the speed is phenomenal I know I could never play that fast.

LOVED YOUR TABS JBJHJM that must have taken some time and effort how did you manage to
   work some of those fast licks out ?

"Everybody's entitled to my opinion.

cool
      zampraz I take it you can play this ? ???

"Everybody's entitled to my opinion.

It's right, there are some restrictions, but if you'd only shred one note you'll see it's not very hard to play sixteenth notes at 180BPM... the big problem is, if you want to play more than one note ( xD ) you'll have to get a great timing and combination of your hands.

How to get the right notes out of the lick: turn up the volume, listen carefully and write down the lick note to note...
How to learn these licks: I have to admit - I can't perfectly play e.g. the 32th note runs at 90BPM in Just Got Paid, they are very hard to play, and they'll sound very sloppy if you don't pick every single note perfectly - but it's fun to train them...

But I only play electric guitar for 2-3 years now - before that I played classical guitar and never used a pick

Danny, you're right. To play that fast is mostly a thing of training and routine, and if you can train half a hour a day, you'll get faster (and every day). I promise it!

I like this tool very much cause it let you train not only chromatics or patterns (that would be wrong! You have to train chromatic scales, "geometry" scales, patterns, arpeggios, and even random licks to get a real success...

Here are my tabbed songs by "Smokin' Joe": http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7236
I LIKE MUSIC!

I used to use Windows Media to tab out Randy Rhoad's solos...that was before I discovered Winamp. I use Winamp with the Pacemaker plugin to slow things down, and even change the pitch if I like. When running a lick over and over and over again I use the Loopmaster plugin. You choose where you want the loop to start and end and then just let it go. Slow that down using Pacemaker and you're golden.

Hmm I'll check this out...