Strumming

[GDan]

Does it make much of a difference if you strum a distorted chord upstroke/downstroke or just with downstrokes?

I'm trying to clean up my playing and to my ears the upstroke/downstroke method sounds a little messy but just downstrokes makes my are tired cos you have to move it twice as fast. Does it really matter?

[VaiRules]

yes. you have more strength on downstrokes which makes it sound chunkier. Pretty much every guitarist would tell you that and i find it true

[Hasting]

I find the down strokes to be more tireing but more powrfull when you need you sound to stand out for a part