Originally Posted by: Blues_ManYou are blind my boy! In blues its not just technique! ooo wow..vibrato...yay..
Its the feeling, the meaning of the note, the way they use the guitar to convey emotions! you try playing certain songs by certain artist like eric clapton or ac/dc! sure you can play it exactly right but it still wont sound the same why? because they put so much energy and feel into it that you just cant replicate it!

on the shredders side, not all but some (most people at guitar center) shredders all guitar is, is just seeing how fast you can play with technique.
Now some good shredders like YNGWIE can put some feel into it.
But my big thing is, theres a difference between guitar player, and guitar athlete, players use feeling, athletes just see how fast they can play and ooo! they can sweep pick,tap,do flashy pick slides!!! which are you?

Wow, all this coming from a guy with the word, "blues" in his name...Now then, I don't see why sooo many people stereotype shred as, "Oh nO!O Look aTttTT howWWW Fasttttt I caaaanananan plaayayayay!!!@#!@!" Are you kidding me? Shred isn't all about SPEED. Yes, you can say, "no man, look at michael angelo batio, rusty cooley, francisco farreri..." Sure, they are all about speed, but we all know that's boring as hell. Shredding is about how to make an interesting solo that can pump up the song, and yet make it tasteful. Shredding is NOT all about playing extremely fast. Oh, and Yngwie doesn't have emotions in his songs. If you think he does, no wonder you think shred is all about speed. All in all, shred is used to make a song exciting. Emotion? You can bend a note for 20 seconds with a nice feel to it and call it emotion. Would I like it? No. If you want to listen to good shredders, take a listen to people like Marty Friedman, Alex Skulnick, David T. Chastain, Michael Schenker, and much more. Shredders DO put feel and emotion in their solos. "OH OMFG!!@#@!@" Don't be so shallow and just say "it's the feel that only counts." Yeah, it does count, but that's not the only factor in a good solo. And if you're a blues extremist who can't see my point, go ahead and make your point. Not to sound disrespectful of course, being an ass on a thread sure beats the boredom of everyday life. :p