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Question: ok.who is the greatest shred guitarist of all time :: Total Votes:25 Poll choices Votes Statistics Steve Vai 4  [16.00%] Yngwie Malmsteen 2  [8.00%] Zakk Wylde 0  [0.00%] Paul Gilbert 1  [4.00%] Joe Satriani 3  [12.00%] Mark Tremonti 0  [0.00%] Kirk Hammett 0  [0.00%] What the hell is shred!? 15  [60.00%] Guests cannot vote

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The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: July 07 2005, 09:17 My friend Jack wishes to know which shred guitarists the Mike Oldfield fans on here respect and admire the most......... -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: July 07 2005, 09:24 I admire anybody who can do a few party tricks but I consider these people to be more like circus attractions than musicians. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: July 07 2005, 11:40 Are you telling me that as well as shoving my bank statements through a shredder to avoid identity theft, I have to do that to my Martin as well, now? It'll never sound the same, will it? Back to top

Satyagraha Group: Musicians Posts: 103 Joined: June 2003 Posted: July 07 2005, 13:30 Better dead than shred. -------------- Byrði betri berrat maðr brautu at en sé mannvit mikit Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: July 07 2005, 18:26 Quote (Alan D @ July 07 2005, 16:40) Are you telling me that as well as shoving my bank statements through a shredder to avoid identity theft, I have to do that to my Martin as well, now? It'll never sound the same, will it? Or could it have anything to do with covering your guitar in marmalade? . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Luca Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: July 08 2005, 04:14 Please, your tarnishing the board by putting 'Kirk Hammett' on it. He can't even do vibrato, let alone shred.... anyway there are some glaring omissions here if you are after fast guitarists. Pat Metheny? John McGlocklin? (spelling?) Al DeMiola? Pfftt. Anyway... Satch gets my vote out of that lot. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 09 2005, 03:55 Strangely enough, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Kirk Hammet have played some of my all time favourite guitar solos: Always with Me, always With You from Satriani, For the Love of God from Vai and Metallica's Fade to Black. I find them all wonderfully tender and emotional, although they certainly don't do that sort of thing often enough for me to rank them near Mike as a guitarist. I'll go with Steve Vai. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Bubular Tells Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: June 2002 Posted: July 28 2005, 13:53 Is this what you mean by shred? http://alexandre.aitammar.free.fr/JimmymeetsYngwie.wmv Back to top

algenicus002 Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Aug. 10 2005, 07:10 Steve Vai. He can play incredibly fast, he can play soulfully and slowly, has excellent guitar tone and, unlike Joe Satriani (who shares the same qualities), he actually writes entire songs and compositions rather than merely solo over a bunch of pre-programmed sampled or sequenced chord progressions. And there's a great omission here: Ritchie Blackmore. The man who paved the way for Eddie Van Halen (another omission) and was copied slavishly and pathetically by that tone-deaf psycho Yngwie Malmsteen. THE pioneer of the whole thing. And there are other omissions too: Robert Fripp Pat Metheny Neal Schon Allan Holdsworth Gary Moore Vinnie Moore Steve Lukather Adrian Belew Steve Hackett Brian May Frank Gambale Zachary Breaux John McLaughlin Jeff Beck Back to top

far above the clouds Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Sep. 16 2005, 16:21 Oh my! Interesting to see all these choices. Now coming from a lifelong metal maniac my favorite "shredders" are: Donald (Buck Dharma) Roeser (oh yes he can shred! Glenn Tipton Dave Murray (shreds with such precision) And of course Satriani. -------------- Tell me how does it feel......when your heart grows cold. Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: Sep. 17 2005, 14:02 I haven't voted as the list doesn't include Robert Fripp. He would be my choice. His stage persona belies an amazing technical ability. It also belies his penchant for bearing his arse to fellow Crimson members when they are recording their contribution in the studio. It's a full moon tonight then chaps...... -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: July 10 2006, 12:26 Eric Jonshon   -------------- Take the Time Back to top

captainjjb Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: July 10 2006, 14:56 Ah Shredding is old hat.  Sweeping is really where it's at.  Look at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTiwFLtuIVE of Jim Brodie, who says he's anti shred (?).  It's his sweeping technique that is truely amazing.  I bet Mike would kill for a technique like this! The Video is here Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: July 10 2006, 18:13 I don't mind guitar shredding music when I'm in the mood for it. Unfortunately, the nearest thing I'll listen to resembling a G3 performer at the moment would be Eric Johnson and possibly Robert Fripp (if it's within King Crimson). Mike's guitar playing is completely different. Rather than dribbling a million notes a second, he plays one note and means it. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: July 12 2006, 11:28 What defines shredding? Not a term I am familiar with. Is it anything like what Mike does in the middle of "Ommadawn" in that cascading section, where he does dribble "a million notes a second"? -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: July 12 2006, 15:26 I suppose so, yes, that cascading effect maintained throughout a 'shred' solo. Shredding is like a F1 car though, extremely fast and very technical, but completely lacking in 'soul'. IMO Vai and Satch are like robots, Marcel Coenen *thumbs up*   -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: July 12 2006, 19:50 Quote (hiawatha @ July 12 2006, 16:28) What defines shredding? Not a term I am familiar with. Is it anything like what Mike does in the middle of "Ommadawn" in that cascading section, where he does dribble "a million notes a second"? Quote The Bell(end)   Posted on July 12 2006, 20:26I suppose so, yes, that cascading effect maintained throughout a 'shred' solo. Shredding is like a F1 car though, extremely fast and very technical, but completely lacking in 'soul'. But both Brian May and Mike play with soul, so I don't see how they can be "shred" .  When I first heard "Brighton Rock" off Queen's Live Killers album,so beautifully haunting , and the Ommadawn part 1 climax , again sooo beautifully emotional,I thought WOW!!!  I still think WOW   , everytime I hear these, but if I hear a piece by say  Satriani or Vai it just doesn't come close to Mike or Brian .  I like the occasional Satriani piece, but I find his style more about technical wizardry than playing with emotion. -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: July 17 2006, 06:43 hehe, at first I too didnt know what shredding is... but I would mention Jimmy Hendrix here... metallica guy maybe -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: July 17 2006, 08:55 Having a penchant for shredding guitarists probably lends itself to playing the electric guitar youself. They are more musicians' musicians whereas Mike and a few others have a greater appeal. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: July 17 2006, 09:45 I think that the shaggy Mike of the "Ommadawn" era probably had an easy time of shedding, anyway. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

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