Early obsession with Al DiMeola and John Petrucci led me to alternate pick just about everything in existence that didn't have one note per string over more than three strings; I can say that even after plenty of work with economy picking like he does, I find more to be tripped up on in his picking style than in the actual sequence. My problem is mainly with the bloody slides - if you don't have new strings on your guitar the fingers tend to stick and then it doesn't sound nearly as good, so rather than sliding I just play three notes per string on the G and E strings in the diminished arps. Anyone else try this? Makes it a lot easier - I can post a clip and tab if requested.
Jeff