I finally looked at that site. It claims to be a forum for "real" guitarists. From what I read here and saw on the site, it is just one guy with multiple accounts complaining about guitar forums and trashing people. Is that correct?
I came here because the information seems more accurate than other guitar forums. Also absent are the pissing contests and dick-measuring bullshit I see on other forums.
I thought it was bizarro because the subject of this thread just got the permaban on another guitar forum I visit here and there. I guess the guy has some issues.
Nuno is undoubtedly talented. I think the problem with Nuno and a bunch of other shredders is they write songs to be platforms for their solos. Instead of writing solos that accent the songs. After a while everything sounds very similar with little variety and change from album to album. Nuno...
I bounce between a Strat and a Les Paul all night long. Just don't overthink it and just play. I think the challenges are more in a person's head than it is in the scale length.