Favorite Shredder

[Endrik]

Re: Favorite Shredder

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Friedman (not a true shredder...

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anyway my favourite shredder is Steve Vai.

[LexLuthier]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Uli Roth
Holdsworth
Bucket
DiMeola
Lynch
Yngwie
Greg Howe
EJ
Schenker

[TheSteveMan]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Satch, Vai, Paul Gilbert, Akira Takasaki...

The list could go on, for sure....

[axeman81]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Gilbert
Malmsteen
Vai
Satriani
Moore
Rhoads

P.S. - skorb: Adrian Smith, a shredder? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] surely he's one of the greater song writers in hard rock history, but shred? what part of the Iron Maiden catalogue are you referring to?

[TheUntalentedOne]

Re: Favorite Shredder

George Lynch

[AfterForever]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Yngwie Malmsteen
Jason Becker
Steve Vai

[sonicsamurai]

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ok well i'll include george lynch then - it seems there's a lot of big fansd here i didn't realise [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[NickCormier]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Marty Friedman -- He may not totally shred now, but he definately still can! I refer to him as god.

Skolnick, Alexi Laiho, Gilbert, Vai, the usual heh

[Top Jimmy B]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Eddie Van Halen
George Lynch
Michael Schenker
Uli Roth
Tony MacAlpine
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[neilli]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Paul Gilbert is the only one I ever listen to.....

[NickCormier]

Re: Favorite Shredder

OMG how did I forget Tony! His Chopin songs are amazing, hes got some definate keyskills

[shredmonster]

Re: Favorite Shredder

So many guys are just fantastic.

To me the determining combination of factors are technique of course, speed, feel, vibrato, expresiveness and their music.

Jason Becker.

[MBreinin]

Re: Favorite Shredder

Well, to me there is only one choice:

EDWARD VAN HALEN

Then, I would offer up:

Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Yngwie
Al DiMeola
Eric Johnson

I am not including blues guys, because this is a different genre. Even including EJ is pushing it for "shredders".

Mike

[SEEGERMANY]

Re: Favorite Shredder

<font color="red">THE MAD AXEMAN </font>

[kmanick]

Re: Favorite Shredder

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Friedman (not a true shredder...

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anyway my favourite shredder is Steve Vai.

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I only said that "Not a true shredder" because in my opinion he really reached his peak when he was playing with Megadeth and during that period he wasn't putting out instrumental shred albums. He was just playing great lead for Dave.
I've listened to his solo albums and I don't think of him as a shredder, just a really really good tasteful guitarist.
right now he's one of my favorites [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]