Decent equipment helps – but, according to Foley, the picking hand is the crux of achieving a great guitar tone ...

who was hand picked by Robert Fripp to perform his guitar parts, which Steve himself admits is a challenge of the tallest order. Each of our examples is played with strict alternate picking in ...

But the real secret about tone is that it comes from your picking hand,” she tells Guitar Player. “Your fretting hand is doing one kind of work, but for the most part it’s flowing in the ...