Best shredder

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Best shredder

  • Yngwie Malmsteen

    Votes: 20 21.3%
  • Steve Vai

    Votes: 23 24.5%
  • Joe Satriani

    Votes: 7 7.4%
  • Marty Friedman

    Votes: 14 14.9%
  • Eddie Van Halen

    Votes: 21 22.3%
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Votes: 5 5.3%
  • Nuno Bettencourt

    Votes: 4 4.3%

  • Total voters
    94
Out of that list? For absolute shredding insanity? Vai, w/out a doubt.

My favourite on the list is Nuno, tho. He owns!!
 
Wow, another Yes fan too, how cool! I was gonna mention Steve Howe, but he has slowed down a lot lately.
 
Mincer said:
Wow, another Yes fan too, how cool! I was gonna mention Steve Howe, but he has slowed down a lot lately.

My dad is a yes fan and yes is one of my favorite bands that he listens to. Everyone finds it weird that i listen to some classic rock and progressive rock, because i am 16 and everyone sees me as the hardcore/ emo kid. haha
 
I gotta say Randy Rhoads, from his days with Quiet Riot, through his days with Ozzy. I hear a lot of Randy in EVH's playin :)
 
I totally agree Rhoads, Morse, and Petrucci should be on the list...I'm not sure SRV counts as a shredder...I think he is one of the greatest to walk to the earth, but shredder doesn't make me think of him.

My vote is for Vai. Passion and Warfare is the best shred/instrumental rock album of all time. Vai has all the chops you'd ever want, but can really write beautiful, interesting music(at least he used to). Petrucci takes the cake for me on raw facility, but he is missing the composition Vai has(same goes for EVH in my book).

Mike
 
Maybe I would have voted if you listed guys like, George Lynch, Zakk Wylde, Jake E Lee, Kirk Hammett and other heavy hitters in metal.
 
i don't think it's possible to have one of these polls without having diputes about who's on the list, kinda funny. anyway, i dig malmsteen's classical sound.
 
NO Uli Jon Roth ?? Yngwie pretty much cliped his style from Mr Roth:17: Don't believe me?? Listen to some old Scorpion records.
TOYKO TAPES
VIRGIN KILLERS
TAKEN BY FORCE
ELECTRIC SUN
 
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I think there are many people missing from the list, Alvin Lee apparently got shred started in the late 60s with some mad solo in 'I'm going home' at some festival. People like Zakk, Petrucci, Lynch, Gilbert and Becker should be on that list aswell. But to me Vai is THE MAN! He is a true virtuoso and can write some nice stuff, not just widdle.
 
mrid said:
I picked SRV, since he said he could shred, but chooses not to. :D

.........AND I DON'T DOUBT A WORD OF IT !!!

Morse & Petrucci are definitely worlds apart in my book. I can't stand Malmsteen & his "type"...those who just play fast for the f*ck of it.
 
TwilightOdyssey said:
Out of that list? For absolute shredding insanity? Vai, w/out a doubt.

My favourite on the list is Nuno, tho. He owns!!

Another Nuno fan excellent!

I dunno ... he's probably got the most tasteful chops of them all IMO with the exception of EVH
 
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