Tosin Abasi teaches his incredible selective guitar picking technique

The word guitar trailblazer isn't one to be thrown around lightly in playing circles but Animals As Leaders founder Tosin Abasi continues to be its definition in the contemporary progressive scene.

His advanced selective picking technique is a case in point. "It's a term I use to describe producing notes on the guitar, where I divide my left and right hand up," he explains in the first of two tutorial videos on his YouTube channels.

Tosin is planning on upping the frequency of his video output on there so it's well worth keeping an eye out for more.

Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of hi waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear and making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing a Floyd Rose guitar.