The Birth of Shred

[* velcro-fly *]

1977.... a pair of 100 watt Marshalls and a Les Paul....all the ingredients were there + the flaming chops.

Race with the Devil on a Spanish Highway

 

[SpiderWars]

Badass! Is that a DiMarzio in the bridge?

 

[Markedman]

That's not shred, this is shred -

 

[alund]

1977.... a pair of 100 watt Marshalls and a Les Paul....all the ingredients were there + the flaming chops.

Race with the Devil on a Spanish Highway

The intro reminds me of heavy metal fatigue by holdsworth…. Bad ass.. I met Al dimiola in 90 at GIT in Hollywood.. maybe it was an off day. But he was a dick. Acted as if he was the next coming. Late.. blazee about the class tutorial. Still had greezy suntan lotion on from the pool (why he was late). The instructors at MI were even bitchin’. At the time I didn’t care because he was the shit. But the older I get and realize time is our most precious commodity, I have come to the conclusion he was a dick. Having said that, if I could play like him I would be a pecker too

 

[Devin]

I watched Rick Beato's interview with Al recently and he talked about dropping acid and eating xanax for his first ever gig with Chick Corea. Gave me newfound appreciation of him

 

[Fusionbear]

In my opinion, John McLaughlin really brought it out first... 1972

 

[DanTravis62]

Al's a beast, but that scorpions set is soooo good.

 

[japetus]

 

[Techdeth]

I always cite this as birth is shred but also Uli Jon Roth . He was playing yngwie type shit in mid 70s .So i those are my 2

 

[Devin]

Les Paul was shredding in the fuckin 40's or something

 

[Exo-metal]

Then that makes Uli the king...

 

[* velcro-fly *]

Then that makes Uli the king...

Sails of Charon..... Tokyo Tapes....

gimme a break

 

[* velcro-fly *]

I met Al dimiola in 90 at GIT in Hollywood.. maybe it was an off day. But he was a dick.

Yep, legendary for being a dick......and not just sort of a dick

Neil Shlong was pretty shreddy too...he just sent sent dick pics

 

[cragginshred77]

Funny what non musicians or hack musicians call 'shred' play some fast hammer on/pull offs and they think that's 'Shred'

Like the term 'metal' it meant something totally different in the the early 80's than it does today.
My take is Jimi took basic blues soling and took it up 10 notches then of course EVH turned everything sideways -Forever.

Yngwie did his neo thing, then Vinnie Moore brought the modal happy melodic shredding that I really dug! Just my 2 cents!

 

[japetus]

Funny what non musicians or hack musicians call 'shred' play some fast hammer on/pull offs and they think that's 'Shred'

Legato is hammer ons and pull offs, and the basis of shred.

 

[Hamer95USA]

Badass! Is that a DiMarzio in the bridge?

Yes, it is! Al Dimeola also owns a '59 sunburst Gibson Les Paul that he painted black. I'm not sure if that Les Paul in the video is the '59 Les Paul that he owns.

Guitar George

 

[Greazygeo]

Some different shredding.

 

[thegame]

Al Dimeola also owns a '59 sunburst Gibson Les Paul that he painted black.

That confirms it. Al is a dick of the highest order.

 

[ElectricVoodoo]

Ritchie Blackmore was the birth of shred imo

 

[* velcro-fly *]

Well, then there's this to consider... this guy was Ritchie Blackmores favorite guitar player:

1954
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