• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Topic: THE BEST GUITAR SHREDDERS in your band = PROBLEMS

It took me a while to figure out what the meaning of "shredding" was.
Guitar players trying to play as fast as they can.
IS IT:
- an art
- a skill
- do you need to be a "classical" guitarist like Yngwie Malmsteen?
- or is it WORKING VERY HARD, by playing hours and hours on your guitar?

I believe it started end 60ties with JIMI HENDRIX
I need to add JIMMY PAGE, RICHIE BLACKMORE, CLAPTON and BECK + A LOT MORE VERY FAST GUITARISTS. (Alvin Lee on WOODSTOCK, I'm going home.
- the G3, with JOE SATRIANI, STEVE VAI and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, this concert I have on DVD.
SATRIANI is the CONSTANT factor and he is accompanied by the worlds finest guitarists like VAI, ERIC JOHNSON, PAUL GILBERT, JOHN PETRUCCI and some more.

Having a SHREDDER in your band has to be OR A DISASTER or a BLESSING.
That's why they play ALONE I think but surrounded by big names.
So WHAT IS YOUR TOP 5 LIST OF SHREDDERS?
1) A woman = THE GREAT KAT
2) MICHAEL ANGELO
3) YNGWIE MALMSTEEN
4) JOE SATRIANI
5) STEVE VAI

[color=blue]- GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: TO CONQUER DEAD, YOU HAVE TO DIE[/color]   AND [color=blue] we are born to die[/color]
- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
[color=blue]Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.[/color]

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2 Reply by 06sc500 (edited by 06sc500 2008-05-04 19:51:32)

  • Registered: 2007-04-25
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Re: THE BEST GUITAR SHREDDERS in your band = PROBLEMS

The term "shredding" generally refers to metal, however I would consider Eric Johnson in this category.  Just watch him play the live version of Cliffs of Dover, and there's my point.  More along the lines of metal, Herman Li of Dragonforce might be tossed into the mix, though he's probably not as good as some of the ones you mentioned. . .

"A steering wheel don't mean you can drive, a warm body don't mean I'm alive"
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  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Re: THE BEST GUITAR SHREDDERS in your band = PROBLEMS

06sc500, you're right, the list is a lot more longer, but you should see that woman named KAT, or THE GREAT KAT, astonishing that's why I give for the first time a woman place number one.

[color=blue]- GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: TO CONQUER DEAD, YOU HAVE TO DIE[/color]   AND [color=blue] we are born to die[/color]
- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
[color=blue]Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.[/color]

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