nice sound

of late ive been trying a new technique 4 me, i was watching a few stevie ray vaugan clips and noticed him picking notes with a pick way up from the sound hole where i used to strum and pick from always but now i pick and strum near the start of the fret board and get a nice echo sound and nicer tone anyone no the name 4 this style of playing?.thanks

Yup, when you pick notes on the fretboard its called "tasto", and when you pick them by the bridge its called "ponti". That's the Italian name for it anyway. I do that technique quite a bit. It has a similar effect to changing the pickup - playing near the bridge gives a really bright cutting tone, just like the bridge pickup, whereas picking further up the neck gives a deeper, fuller sound.

thanks i love it for solos on acoustic as you said"deeper and fuller sound i feel hendrix used this method alot on little wing especially.