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I thought for sure this was about TMNT.
(Oh and thnx to the spurstalkers concerned about my health problems a couple of weeks ago, i am doing great now)
Michael A Batio?
Buckethead?
Shawn Lane?
Yngwei?
I thought for sure this was about TMNT.
And I expected to see some high powered paper shredding. Not exactly sure why I was so excited, though.
Ahhh...that's more like it.
I thought this was gonna be about a snowboarder doing the half pipe at Mach II.
Me .. haha I wish.
I'd go with Buckethead. His playing is technically brilliant but the music he makes actually sounds incredible as opposed to a dying crow which is the sound some 'shredding' assumes.
I'm fully convinced at this point that Buckethead is the most talented guitarist of our times...if not ever. His body of work is unmatched and no one is even close to his diversity in volume or quality.
I'm not even sure he's human. His fingers are amazingly long almost inhuman. He's got speed but I couldn't say if he was the fastest ever.
yea i go with BH also...but MAB is ing insane, not sure he is a better guitarist, but he seems faster
Not that interested in shredders, which is why I would say EVH cause he sounds the best while doing it, but isn't the fastest.
Some of buckethead's stuff is good. I like King James.
Al DiMeola. And it's not close.
See this, I agree with, a lot of shredding is pure mindless droning, which is why it doesn't contribute too much to guitar playing. I really hate Yngwei's playing even though he is so talented. EVH is one of the top 10 guitarists of all time.
But my point in this thread was , what actually qualifies as good shredding. BH can actually get to sound good while palying super fast while others just play the same licks over and over.
prove it.
His versatility is what gets me.
Peppers Ghost is a pretty amazing album
Then his work with Travis on the Dragons of Eden CD was pretty unbelievable too.
Frankenstein Brothers is awesome and cornbugs is entertaining.
The list of quality work extends way past a few good albums top to bottom there are at least 12 very very good CDs out there. Most timeless artist spanning 2 or 3 decades can't attest to that.
Not even mentioning thatopsis or Praxis which are ing awesome.
You should check out a Real Diamond in the Rough, then. I think most, if not all of it, is on YouTube. The coolest thing for me about Dragons of Eden is the le, of course, and some of the track names come from the Carl Sagan book of the same name. Thematic consistency is great.
The cello work in Dragons of Eden was absolutely flawless.
I haven't had a chance to hear A real diamond in the rough. I'll definitely check it out.
Al is pretty sick.
Really all teh ones mentioned are.
Everytime I try to make a list of best shredders or best metal guitarists or best guitarists or whatever, it always changes.
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