Description
This simple trick changes everything. When you play chord progressions with your thumb fretting the sixth string, you open up the guitar to amazing possibilities. Sound too good to be true? Think about this. You're actually playing with all five fingers. That's not possible with the thumb on the back of the neck. A barre chord doesn't allow you to play notes to the left of the barre. This opens the guitar up to chord progressions that use voicings that can't be played using a barre. Fretting chords with the thumb on the sixth string opens you up to techniques that Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, and many other guitarists are able to perform.
Not convinced? Check out Eddie backstage https://youtu.be/aQtbKJTmUQA?si=2KxOnj8fajtHzDTD&t=210