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Old April 13th, 2006, 11:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
Zippo
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You may need to adjust your action a little higher and use heavier strings. At least 10 gauge. A pick with a little give is best, say a Fender medium.

Start by laying your hand over the strings and getting a rhythm going with your pick. Adjust your picking and left hand grip until you like the sound of the muted strings.

Now pick out a single note and try and play it while keeping the rest of the strings muted maintaining the established rhythm. Use the down and the up stroke to sound the note.

You may find that different strokes are required for the set of low strings and the set of high strings.

When you can do a single note try a multi note riff using a couple of strings.

Do this long enough and you should be able to play any SRV song you want.
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