Shred Guitar
3 Must use items needed to Master Shred Guitar...
1) The Pick...
This is the Big Stubby pick by Dunlop. What makes the Big Stubby so Affective for Shred Guitar, is for starters, it's THICK, and I mean thick. It feels almost like a Bass pick, but many Shred Guitarists use them including myself. The Big Stubby will have an amazing affect on your Guitar Speed. The main feature that makes the Big Stubby Guitar pick affective for Shred Guitar is it's TEXTURE. You see the majority of thick Guitar picks have a mildly rough or grainy texture, this slows the Guitar Pick motion Down substantially. The Big Stubby has a glossy smooth texture that tends to just glide right over the strings with lightning fast speed. For some reason, most of the guitar stores can't seem to keep enough of these in stock, so I learned to just order them online, plus I get them a whole lot cheaper.
If you can't get these at your local music store, you can get the Big Stubbyhere, I would get at least 2.0mm.
The Magic Pick that will have you flying with Alternate picking in a week...
One of the biggest mistakes people make early while learning Speed Guitar or shred guitar, is that they tend to dip the Guitar Pick to deep into the strings. this habit substantially slows down a shred guitarists alternate picking, and can almost be an impossible habit to break without the use of the right tool. The idea when a shred Guitarist is utilizing the Alternate Picking method, is that they only use the first 1/8" tip of a pick. In other words, you do not want to dig your pick more than 1/8" into the strings.
Now here's what I refer to as the Magic Pick. This pick is for Guitar Speed Alternate picking TRAINING only. This will not be a regular pick that you use all the time. Although it is very nerve racking, and feels like it slows your Guitar Speed down initially, you get used to it within about the first hour. I forced myself to use this pick for alternate picking practice every day for about a month. And yes, along with practicing good patterns and sequences with the Ultimate Metronome I broke the walk fast on the fret board concept, and found myself running on the fret board, in fact very quickly my Guitar Speed was up to a full sprint.
The concept is that the tip is shaped like a diamond, and essentially keeps you from using anymore than the first 1/8" of the pick. Learn More about and purchase the Stylus Pick This is the only place you can buy these...
2) The DVD
I am a firm believer in taking Guitar lessons when needed, but once you have the basics down, you can spend years just learning from players that have put out training DVD’s.I personally used the Paul Gilbert Intense Rock Volume 1 and 2, and found that it was literally months and months worth of Guitar Speed and shred guitar training. Learn More Buy it. Many local music stores do sell this at their stores but the price is insane, and you can get it here much cheaper, and have it usually within a day or two, and it's literally hours of awesome shred tips, patterns, and picking techniques including alternate and sweeping.
3) The Ultimate Metronome...
I would not even start a true practice without this. See the problem with most metronomes, is that they lack the ability to be set for a automatic continual speed increase which allows the guitarist to just sit continually for hours on end and repetitvely repeat a riff as the metronome speed gradually increases without having to stop to increase the speed. Click here for instant download.Mastering Shred guitar is not a science, but it does require having a few basic tools on hand to get started, and practice with everyday. Shred Guitar is all about speed. The bottom line is there are just a few picking techniques you need to master. If you are just getting started, or have been working at it for a while, utilizing the items below will literally shave years of frustartion off your goal...
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