As troyguitar said, Ted Nugent cranks those 5150's pretty loud and he can control feedback just fine. With a good EQ, you can probably EQ out frequencies that are especially troublesome. Also, make sure you're using high quality pickups that are potted, and perhaps not outputting like crazy. You...
Even if his song writing leaves a little to be desired at times, I can still respect the music he writes since he is easily the best guitar technician since Shawn Lane. Perhaps he could do different things with his talent, but I find his talent fascinating nonetheless.
Here's some more Guitar Pro stuff for you then. Some of those licks may be tough to play where they are tabbed out on the neck--I'd suggest moving some of the 4nps stuff for example.
He claimed he reached the speeds he was at when he died by the time he was like 14. Given the multitude of other things that made him different then us, I would not be surprised that he was wired much differently then the rest of us. I believe his muscles twitched faster then ours.
The simplest things can be very effective exercises if you try to play them very fast. Here's some 3 note per string patterns in F major. |---------------------------------------------------3--5--6------ |------------------------------------------3--5--6---------------...
For the closed fist picking, theres not much to do besides practice. When I play faster, I'll usually squeeze my whole hand to get a more stable system to hold the pick. If it feels unnatural to you though, there's no reason you have to pick like that. Conversely, I don't see why anyone...