This may be what your talking about. The wrist straight is for playing by keeping your thumb resting along the side or slightly over the top of the neck. Very popular with old time players who fretted the bottom strings with their thumbs. Notice it puts the neck in the palm of your hand. That means your fingers are slanted at the fretboard which is great for sloppy blues and doing double stops. Hendrix and SRV did this a lot though when they played intricate riffs the thumb would start to creep around behind the neck. A bent wrist gives you better accuracy for single note playing. Classical guitarists, shredders and finger pickers tend to do the thumb behind the neck for that reason as well as it is much easier to reach for notes or chord notes over a wide span. You will find over time,you will probably do bits of both as needed without thinking. I would start with the bent wrist since it is easier to go to the thumb over later than the other way around. Hope I am answering the question your asking.LOL I am sure Nelsonite can go into more detail about this.
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