Best guitarist - Technique and speed...

 

So that's one other fan so far, anymore?

 

An academic friend was based in LA ten  years ago, and seemed to spend more time checking out the dumper bins in some of the bigger record stores in Hollywood. However, he did come out with some excellent shred albums each for a dollar(!), and sent me a number of duplicates he found, e.g. albums by Marty Friedman (on what I felt a strange chocie for a metal shredder the Kitaro produced Scenes album) , Ron Thal,  Michael Lee Firkins (more the country rock end of shredding?), Buckethead (also appeared with Hellberg/Shrieve on one of the most impressive acoustic jazz fusion albums of the 90's Octave of the Holy Innocents), Chris Poland (now with his band Ohm), Marc Bonilla (now with California Transit Authority), Gary Hoey (great version of Wipe Out on his Bug Alley) and Greg Howe (perhaps the one who has moved deepest in jazz rock fusion in the last 10 to 15 years).

 

 

I really liked Ron Thal's Hermit (for instance, I Can't Play The Blues works so well on a number of different levels, whilst the range of compositions allow for a range of styles to be laid down) - however, in the UK Ron Thal albums are either unavailable or outrageously overpriced on CD format (I managed to buy Bumblefoot last year after several years of waiting).

 

Also check out that other Swedish shredder, Mattias IA Eklundh's solos - would you believe he too can  be found playing with Jonas Hellberg, this time on Hellberg's latest album Art Metal -

 

 

 

Both albums have 20+ tracks, so instead of long solos you get to listen to him provide 2 to 4 minute snapshots of tunes, and therefore hear a much broader cross-section of musical styles in tight arrangements, for which his shredding has been adapted.

 

They put Get You Back and Grey Flying Pianos (the REH good quality vids) back on youtube!

 

In my opinion Batio isn't worth mentioning, he is a tad obnoxious with his "quad guitar". I do admit he's talented but he doesn't have to be THAT flashy.

 

If you don't know what I'm talking about take a look..

 

 

Chris Broderick

 

And of course...

 

Broderick is awesome It's a shame he didn't stay on with Nevermore.

Megadeth is probably the easiest gig his had so far, not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but unless he gets a solo spot with Megadeth, the full extent of his talent and technique won't get a chance to shine

I haven't been able to find anything about a contract, or much detail as to how long he has to stay with the band.

I personally love Megadeth, but they peaked with RIP in 1990 IMO. I'm also hoping Broderick will perhaps get his fame that he long been deprived of for such a great talent, and embarks on a solo project or perhaps a really cool Prog-Metal band where he could show his full capabilities.

 

That pic makes me laugh everytime

"Ohh this one's awesome, this is the Micheal Angelo preset right here, yeah, what happens is Michael Angelo Batio drops down from the roof with four guitars and slices your face open with each and every one"

 

I'd have to agree with you and indeed I don't like this sort of "extreme" show off in a guitarist but if you look at the subject most of these guitarist that have this sort of talent always do something to be flashy enough. But then again leaving his quad guitar out of the subject he is pretty good. I just like his solos. They are pretty intense.