What Do You Think About "Shredding"?

[PLX]

Speaking of shredding on an LP (with soap bars no doubt)...

That's a fun one to play !

 

[Rock Chalk]

Speaking of shredding on an LP (with soap bars no doubt)...

Not in love with the wooly sound of the P90's, but damn that boy can play.......

 

[FuzzyAce]

Not in love with the wooly sound of the P90's, but damn that boy can play.......View attachment 35135

Yeah, and there's probably too much gain overall, but I'd never say that to Satch's face.
He's earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants!

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

If shredding is akin to cars, then here's my (proper) version (with "go faster" stripes):

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

"Go faster stripes"

It's a scientific fact that stripes and stickers make your vehicle (whatever it may be) 6% faster.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Almost as laughable as someone saying you can’t shred on a Les Paul……View attachment 35132

/John Sykes has entered the chat

 

[Eagle]

If shredding is akin to cars, then here's my (proper) version (with "go faster" stripes):

As cool as American muscle cars are they actually illustrate the point I was making. They are fast by putting a huge engine in not thinking too hard about weight, handling and aerodynamics not really like the vast majority of European ones .

 

[la szum]

The common thread with all the greats is that they are melodic despite playing a gazillion notes.

Michael Romeo has got to be the smoothest player alive.




When I was younger I was into Vai, Satriani, Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman...all that good stuff. I had way better chops back then when I had time (and above all, will!) to woodshed, but that kind of stuff requires constant maintenance so I can't do it anymore.

Yup. Like any form of fitness. If we don't exercise it religiously it is not staying with us.

I am not as proficient as I was in my 20s. I could give a fuck less, though, because there
are an whole host of other areas of being a musician where I am much more proficient.

Maybe.

 

[PLX]

Yup. Like any form of fitness. If we don't exercise it religiously it is not staying with us.

I am not as proficient as I was in my 20s. I could give a fuck less, though, because there
are an whole host of other areas of being a musician where I am much more proficient.

Maybe.

 

[metropolis_4]

Yup. Like any form of fitness. If we don't exercise it religiously it is not staying with us.

I am not as proficient as I was in my 20s. I could give a fuck less, though, because there
are an whole host of other areas of being a musician where I am much more proficient.

Maybe.

Same, for the past 5-10 years I’ve been much more interested in learning more harmonization techniques than gaining more speed.

I kind of regret all the hours I wasted building speed when I was younger. They would have been better spent learning other aspects of playing.

 

[megametal7]

i like tasty shred... like they did it in80s...


modern shred its too robotic for me.....

i want to shred sooo bad but i cant.... ill always be pentatonic geezer...

 

[Eagle]

i like tasty shred... like they did it in80s...


modern shred its too robotic for me.....

i want to shred sooo bad but i cant.... ill always be pentatonic geezer...

Just practice three notes per string modes of the major scale in G and you will be able to play most 80s shred.

 

[david57strat]

And acoustic shred with musicality anyone?

Playing this style seriously sorts out the theory and makes you dump all the cliches ( possibly in favour of new ones) but seriously good for your playing because there’s nothing to hide behind.

I'm not able to open the link.

Would you please mention which song it is, and by whom it was played, and maybe the date the performance was played/posted? Would like to look it up on YouTube and view it.

I'm a huge fan of acoustic work (as well as electric) and would love to check this out.

Thanks!

 

[maguchi]

 

[Sascha Franck]

Would you please mention which song it is, and by whom it was played, and maybe the date the performance was played/posted? Would like to look it up on YouTube and view it.

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Joscho Stephan After You've Gone CAAS 2014​

But you can really look up anything by Joscho Stephan. This is good for some jaw dropping:



And if you want it the really hard way, check him out with Matteo Mancuso:

 

[david57strat]

Thanks for posting this, brother. Will have to check out more of Stephan's work.

Contrary to popular belief, shredders aren't necessarily just hard rock/metal players. They come in many forms and play in a multitude of musical genres.

Gotta keep an open mind.

Let's take Matteo Mancusso, for instance (Who we saw, in the previous video, above). Here's this kid from Italy, with talent, for days. I wouldn't doubt he could play in pretty much any style he chose and play brilliantly, with the best of them - and in fact, he has. He played live with DiMeola in a video you can probably easily find on YouTube. Even DiMeola was taken aback by the enormous talent this guy has - enough to ask him to share a stage with him.

He guested on a Bonamossa tune in Berlin, last year. His lead is around 3:40, in the video.



Not too many people can shred, on an electric guitar, with just their fingers - especially playing clean (no drives). You can find this, not in the videos I'm posting, but in countless others.

It's astounding to watch - defies belief.

Here, in the clip below, he's paying tribute on "Fred" - one of Allan Holdsworth's pieces. He took an incredible song and made it his own. It's quite the combination of styles he incorporates into his playing - not just cookie cutter shit that's so common to hear.



World-class technique and chops, combined with extremely tasteful phrasing.

It's never just a wankfest. It always serves the song, rather than his ego.

I'll bet Allan would be proud.

R.I.P. Allan.

 

[Eagle]

I'm not able to open the link.

Would you please mention which song it is, and by whom it was played, and maybe the date the performance was played/posted? Would like to look it up on YouTube and view it.

I'm a huge fan of acoustic work (as well as electric) and would love to check this out.

Thanks!

Click on the “watch on YouTube” bit it should work.