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haha, i used to do exactly the same thing with my picks, rubbing them on a carpet. i think someone mentioned that trick in a guitar magazine.

Because it's probably the hardest thing to do right on the guitar. Vai can't do it. Gambale can't. And it's not limited to 3 nps. Talking about natural talent, you have to discern between innate motor skills and musicality. What guys like Bireli Lagrene just bring to the starting line, you can...

The Stone's success is a perfect example for the dumbness of the masses - or, more politely - the Gauss Curve.

You make it sound like technique and musicality are two disparate or even mutually exclusive things when in fact the former is a powerful enabler. Especially on the guitar with its relatively limited harmonic capabilities it''s important HOW you play something. (Cf. chords can attain new feel...

Thanks for calling me a spammer. Well, i also put the link in as sort of a reference. It's all about how much time and effort you can put in. With time you discover that your former demi-gods all cook with water and you set the bar higher. That McLaughlin link is fine, but still, compared to...

Ok, of the examples listed here, i'd accept Malmsteen, Michael Angelo, Joe Stump... the others may be popular but don't have top notch technique. Vai sounds quite virtuoso, but i've never seen him properly speed pick. For me, shred particularly encompasses precise timing and right hand...

As you are probably all aware, it takes a LOT of time to get decent technique. Ars longa, vita brevis. What are your thoughts on how long (short) the window of technical prowess a professional technical player has? I've been looking on youtube to find some decent recent licks of John...

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don't have a seven-string. Hope you're allowed to hang around here nevertheless... myspace