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Posted at May 27, 2016, 10:30 am:

So what category do you fit into?

Obviously if you can shred then you fit the solo category too.


I myself can only kinda play lead stuff.

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Intermediate.

what categories can I choose from? heh didn't see the poll also...

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I can solo - improvise, not much theory knowledge mind.

I can shred but I tend not to.

me too

I suck at lead.

I can shred.

Capable of uber shredding.

Theory or at least the basics for shredding can be learned alot quicke...

I'm competent enough to shred consistency.

I can kinda solo, although they almost always sound the same, either s...

I cant play fast unless its rythm

i cant shred and dont want to but i can solo in any blues or classic r...

123 I improv best at classic rock & blues style.

Who doesn't? It is the easiest by far but in my opinion it still so...

You don't really play that much lead.

I'd say I am between Playing lead and being able to solo and i am gett...

its hard for me to stay in key when i improvise a solo.

age doesn't matter Mozart was like 5 when he wrote his first orchest...

I love to shred

It isn't all that easy to create your own classic rock/blues solo that...

The Ballad of Zack is my first attempt at soloing .

I try to play stuff that sounds good to me.

o noes

Don't even say anything in this thread Eggo - it's nice and peaceful a...

i know it's like the calm before the storm

you're totally perpetuating the whole problem/arguement

I can improvise my own solos, but I'm no shredder.

I dissagree.

I can tear it up on lead, I never really learned much of other people'...

I suppose your right but I still get frustrated when I listen to other...

I suck at lead.

so, let me get this straight, 'shredding' is the pinnacle of lead guit...

I actually still don't really get what 'shredding' is

One time someone told me the name of a shredder "Rustey Cooley&qu...

Even my grandma writes better music then cooley does.

Emotional perfection

Capable of shredding

To find some awsome shredding listen to some stevie vai or eddie van h...

I can play pretty fast but I don't think I'm good enough to shred.

capable of playing solos.

Thats debatable.

I can solo well, but not shred.

I can solo confidently, my improv is ok and shred very slightly.

A writer good writer?

Wow.

There is a difference between playing fast and shredding you sillys.

I was serious.

Faulty logic.

The polls not gay it was quite a good idea but I agree that there coul...

I'm learning to shred, I know it takes years so I'm not rushing myself...

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shred isn't a "can or can't" thing.

You've ever heard me say that I write better songs that Cooley does ? ...

i can play solo's well too.

Well, people go calling him a "terrible" musician, but if he...

Non-proffesional musicians who don't make money with music yet, And ac...

With a mindset like that (You can only criticize people if you surpass...

I agree.

A storm be brewing.

I'm capable of playing lead quickly, but I'm nowhere near as fast or c...

I think Eggo just does forum searches for the word 'shred', then goes ...

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Exactly, Imo, some people's musical ear just isnt "fast enough&qu...

...I haven't even said anything about John in this thread?

I know, it seems like it's the ultimate thing to be able to say "...

he has a crystal ball.

yet

I think the guitar forum should have a banner saying " The Magic ...

Good going on handling that one, Dave.

I respect you so much moreafter hearing you say that.

well, it requires an understanding.

i guess i'm an ok soloer, never really asked anyone how i was, i'm rea...

hard to explain, Im sure i can comfortably say that i have pretty dece...

Hey Dave, you've got the respect of Stevie Ray Vaughan reincarnated.

I like how you refer to him as John, like he's your best buddy.

Just like how people refer to Yngwie or Rusty by their first name? :-\...

I will always argue about speed and Emotion, simply because I dont lik...

I'll agree with you but realize also that music is so insanely subject...

all i said was that to me, when you concentrate more on melody than te...

I hate how people talk about emotion in relation to note choice and st...

I like Rusty and Yngwie less because they think with their fingers ins...

I can play solos and play solo.

You havent heard alot of Yngwie I think emotion differs from per...

Tell that to classical and jazz music school juries.

At least I'm white.

I agree with you too, but I usually just disregard people who make sta...

no no.

I like the stuff Rusty cooleys did with his band :\.

I could shred but i'd rather play a normal solo with one or two fast p...

I've been playing 2 years and i suck.

shame.

i can play and shred and sound great to the non musician.

Yeah, I agree.

I have Yngwie's first three albums and "Attack" on original ...

i can solo, shred and play lead

I can shred, but I love melody, so I don't go crazy all that often.

I cant play jack sh/t, well, im I can do some smooth stuff with some f...

Can solo fairly freely in any key.

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i play lead but i dont go over the top and shred

\m/ Satchie babey \m/ I personally think it's good to be able to sh...

I managed to shred the other day, but I think it was a fluke.

i can play some lead.

Haha Explain this?

So shredding is the only form of lead guitar?

I can shred but recently i've been getting into some more softer slowe...

I can shred.

I avoid the 12th fret and beyond.

Wait, so what you're saying is that "shredding" is the all t...

thats wot i said tom

orly didn't see :-/

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:-\ well i didnt rly say it but u no i was tinkin it

Let me say this, I do not think that shredding is the pinnacle of lead...

Not everyone fits in those categories, I hope you know.

Not that great.

No shit, obviously someone would pick what they are closest to.

I'm still learning Rhythm guitars for stuff like punk rock and pop stu...

Half the people in here that say they can "shred" either: A...

yer

wot.

I can pick whole notes at over 400bpm.

that's 22 people so far jeez mx must be the stronghold of aspiring vi...

can solo like mad.

2nd one, 1st one soon, I hope.

just like that recording of mediterranean sundance right? hahahah

Oooooh yeah.

yawn

I can shred, but I rarely do.

You might say I could play fast enough to consider it 'shredding', but...

48 people on here think they can shred.

I can get around okay.

i dunno, i can like kind of shred but its like i dont really want to s...

I've started to work on lead teqhnique using cyberfret to get my start...

I like* how 96% of this forum thinks that being able to shred includes...

i can shred a little but its not too good imo everyone else likes i...

Yeah this.

My playing is almost at the point were I can consider myself a "s...

I can play solos.

Same, I can play solos, but if shredding refers to super high speeds l...

I cannot shred.

I can't shred worth my weight in gold.

I request- Nay, I demand recordings.

is it just me or is the word "shred" really lame? anyway ...

i've been workin on my sweeping for the last while and its **** near p...

Of what specifically?

I can solo, I have an alright knowledge of theory, just have to know h...

funny how you never hear of piano or saxophone or violin players refer...

Oh Amit let it go already.

no i'm just curious as to why only guitarists call fast playing shredd...

Because most of us are egotistical pricks.

and other musicians aren't?

But we don't have to carry ourselves with diginity like other musician...

hahah true

It's kinda the way the polls set up though.

didn't skateboarders in the 90's call skateboarding "shredding&qu...

yeah, and how come the villian in teenage mutant ninja turtles was cal...

brake horsepower? XD

Yup

I'muh lead player at heart.

I can play solos and go with the chords, but I am a fairly sloppy play...

I take everything I said in previous post's back.

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