Shred This Too - The Results!

The Truth in Shredding "Shred This Too" Competition has come to a close with a staggering 300+ entries, and I'm delighted to report that I have the great honor of sharing a spot in the top 5 with some real monsters in this worldwide rock guitar extravaganza - as well as being the only guitarist in the Americas to make that list!

Check out the video above to hear what Marco Sfogli has to say about the winning entries, and see my video in it's entirety below!

As always, thanks for watching!

Postcards from the woodshed

Transcriptions of my licks & lesson material in the works http://ping.fm/kfweG

Peterson iStroboSoft Tuner

My new favorite tuner, and the one I relied on to get me in tune for my Shred This Too video.

Strobe tuners are widely regarded as the most accurate tuners out there, and they are usually also the most expensive.  The biggest name in strobe tuners is Peterson, who not long ago released two affordable

Shred This Too Competition

My entry for the Truth in Shredding "Shred This Too" Competition!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS7UzjSvCE00

Perfectly Frank Words of Wisdom

"I think everybody who does gymnastic guitar and looks at other gymnastic guitarists sort of goes, "How fast is he movin' his fingers?" It is a competitive thing.

... Really, though, if you take away the gymnastics, you have to say, "What's the message here!" It's like, uh, a pissing contest [laughter]."

- Frank Zappa, 1987

All this and more, from the man who helped put Steve Vai on the map! I've had this great interview from Guitar Player Magazine tucked away in the back of my head for a while now, and decided to rediscover it and share it here. Hope you enjoy it.

Get the full interview.