Shredder (e.g., Metallica, Alex Lifeson, SRV) or

a slow-bending, slide-up/slide-down Slowhand (e.g., Clapton, Knopfler, Gilmour, Townshend)?

or both (e.g., Jeff Beck, Page, Jimi, etc.)?

or neither (into synth stuff)?

Discuss...

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more slowhand than shred, but I like some fast runs from times to times (techically, those aren't the best!).

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I'm not 'both' but more like a clean cut split.

see What's your 'Blues' ratio?

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Fat Strat into a Soldano, always.

speed is not in my skill set.

i'm just lucky if i hit all the right notes.

i'm both id have to say...i lvoe nice slow licks that are really passionate and people can get into but then i liek to ttwist it around and get into a gut busting solo lick then slow it down into the passionate ending.

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lately i've been playing a lot of surf guitar, which is sort of shreddish

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I guess I'm leaning more towards being a shredder, but I always try to find a nice balance, because slowhand solo's kick ass too!

i know it's off topic, but can you recommend me some good surf bands and albums (other than **** dale) ?

Oh, yeah, and i'm a slow-hand (but a very precise grip ...)

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i guess i'm more "shred" than "slowhand." i dont' bend much, although when i do... it is normally paired with volume swells and done very slowly. sliding is something i don't do so much in my music, mostly because i don't like how it sounds with so much delay most of the time. when playing with less delay, i'll slide around a lot, but i really feel most at "home" in trem picking and slurs. that being said, i hate sweep picking most of the time. i can do it rather well, but i just don't think i like it.

i generally see my technique as being this: jazz influenced fretting and some jazz-style chording, blackmetal and surf influenced picking, and then random amounts of ska/reggae influenced chording mixed in.

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Good read

I'm more 'slowhand' because:

1) I can't move my fingers fast enough

2) I couldn't know If I was hitting the right notes if I wasp layign fast, I need the tiem to work out what i'm playing. And I still get it wrong

3) Shredding doesn't interest me. I mean I would lvoe to be able to do it, but I prefer slower solos.


I suck at lead anyway though, and mainly play rhythm so i'm not to bothered.

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I am a slowhand shredder(!). I can play like malmsteen and micheal angelo(seriously) but i prefer playing in a normal-to-fast way... Maybe like nuno Bettencourt or something....

We are talking bass right? I am still a shredder on bass though all the freakin way.

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I don't try to stick to some category of guitar-playing. I like to play everything that I can. My idea of a good guitar line isn't just a riff and a big lead, but a carefully constructed arrangement with loads of jazzy diminished chords, arpeggios and athmospherics - The Smiths/Church type.

The Smiths were pretty cool. I really like their song "Cemetary Gates", among others.

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My past gear:
1984 Electra Phoenix X135NA + Ibanez PF5BK (acoustic) / Dunlop Crybaby Wah / BOSS CS-1 / BOSS OD-1
Arion SDI-1 / MXR EQ (6 band) / BOSS CE-2 / Ibanez FL9 / DOD FX90 / Digitech PDS1000 / Fender Pro Jr

I'm both. I play "shedder" style whenever I'm jamming with friends (since we mostly play metal-type music) but whenever I'm sitting around the house, I play slowhand (becuase I'm lazy). Lately, though, I've been getting more into synth stuff.

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