How do most people do triplets?

Hey Luke, I saw your recent post at AW 😉
I think using of the thumb and the hammer-ons is the best way, the only problem for me is the speed ))) When I comparied the different techniques of Rob, Andy, Jerry and Troy, it surprised me – each of them plays with a different approach, but still at the speed of light! Especially Rob and Jerry – they use thumb so much.

So, the most effective picking to me is:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12AcJ0B6npXL8EBgLCy3Vp6RPMEcoZCir/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EzJ9u6zQ4ujitsikS472yglINlkhKJrn/view?usp=sharing

• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Vladimir Sorokin.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Vladimir Sorokin.

I’ve also noticed that using the thumb gives its that extra power behind the pickin. I’ve been experimenting alot with different licks/phrasing substituting a thumb pick intstead of finger. I definitely hear alot more thumb picking on high strings in modern players.

Thank you, Vladimir! That’s a help.