pinky plant on electric, wrist rest on acoustic, is this wrong?
I discovered some strange technique problems after getting my new electric.
Without realizing it I had switched to a pinky plant.
And I never realized I wasn't pinky planting on acoustic until I went back to try to get rid of it and it wasn't there.
Instead, on the acoustic I am resting the side of the hand (the part under the pinky, on the strings above the tailpiece, but only for fast single-note passages. I didn't realize I was doing this until I really examined why I didn't need to do a pinky plant on the acoustic.
Somehow, for fast single note passages, I am using fingers and not wrist, and have grown to needing the wrist anchored, either by the strings above the tailpiece, or (on the electric) by a pinky plant. The electric bridge shape and position doesn't allow for a wrist rest.
I don't know if any of this is good, but for sure I am not liking the pinky plant, the pinky slides around and I have to move it back, which means missed notes, it actually feels like a crutch, and one that doesn't entirely work. But anchoring the wrist a bit on the string above the tailpiece on an acoustic feels good, maybe it shouldn't, I don't know.
The thing is, I can play a lot faster and more controlled when anchored.
So what do I do?
One possibility is to put a bridge cover on the electric, given the right size and shape I am reasonably certain it will work ok. I ordered one I think I can make fit just in case.
But should I try to wean myself altogether from the anchors? I have been trying to play without them all week and I lose a lot of control and speed.
The thing is I like delicate playing, I have no need to get power for what I do, I just want speed and control (think classical music very lightly played, I am a pickup guy, no need for raw power at all). I think this is why I gravitated to the anchored playing, I just don't if I should stick with it or not.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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