Quote Originally Posted by sully75
I've been working on more or less pure gypsy jazz picking for a couple of years. I am not fast, but the motion feels natural to me. But it does limit the way you can play a lot of things, so I would like something that I can add to it.
You might like to check out Cecil Alexander's picking lesson from his website. If it still exists, that is, I think he may have taken it off.

Anyway, I mention it because he's someone whose base form is downward pickslanting but he has a few work-arounds. Which, actually are probably mentioned on the thread about him on this forum.
Which is here - Cecil Alexander picking technique