Shred!: The Ultimate Guide to Warp-Speed Guitar

With lessons covering more than a dozen sure-fire techniques, this book/CD combo is designed to light a fire under any player??s fingers. Shredding is difficult, but Shred! breaks it down by demystifying guitar solos that sound intimidating on record. The book is about technique first, with a fearsome roster of shred's biggest stars revealing their tricks. Each chapter tackles one killer technique in depth. Guitarists are walked through these skill sets with a hands-on approach, and are shown connections to the monster players who employ the technique. With this book, guitarists can switch gears from careful chord progressions by unleashing their inner shredder, ready to blister the paint right off the walls and annihilate any nonbelievers. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-01-2009

Shred

This book is what is says: a guide to warp-speed guitar. It includes tips for increasing speed as well as a list of some of the greatest guitarists to grace the scene. The musical examples are fast, very fast. If you are not ready for shred, you may enjoy listening to the cd, but frustrated...

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Posted: Jun-15-2007

Pretty Lame...I recommend plenty of alternatives.

Upon glancing at the synopsis, this book initially sounds pretty interesting. Beyond the expected sections on alternate and sweep picking, the book offers sections on "blues shredding" and "speed riffing", which both sounded pretty cool and unusual. However, as other reviewers have stressed,...

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Posted: Apr-17-2007

sorta good

This isn't the best it isn't the worst. I am a 14 year old shred wannabe. I bought this because it is a basic overview. They need more examples! They need to show you things like how to rest your hand. Stuff like that. I have improved from this book though. My speed is good. I can tap...

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Posted: Sep-05-2006

Not really a guide

Be careful with this book. It isn't a sherd guide, but a compilation of licks and some yadda yadda about guitar heros. Some licks are nice, but the book has no technical advise, so I wouldn't advise you to try it unless you have some technical guidance, becasue trying some of these licks without...

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Posted: Aug-16-2006

Improve your playing and play FASTER....

[From the October 2006 issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine] "Shred! includes practice lessons, techniques, TAB solos, and even a CD to help you hear the lessons. Improve your playing, play FASTER and articulate notes more clearly. This book will also help you understand the fretboard better."

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Posted: Aug-16-2006

Woodshedding with Shred! will definitely improve your skills

[From Sept. 2006 issue of Guitar Player Magazine] "Any shredder worth his or her weight in metronomes will tell you that you must put in serious time if face-melting chops are your ultimate goal. To that end, woodshedding with Shred! The Ultimate Guide To Warp-Speed Guitar will most definitely...

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Posted: Aug-16-2006

One of the best shred-guitar books I've found so far

This books rocks. I learned a million new shred licks in like a week. Very clear and easy-to-understand chapters. Great CD, too--these guys can really play. The authors, Pete Prown and Rich Maloof, have massive chops.

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Posted: Aug-05-2006

A very disappointing book!!!!

The phrase "the ultimate guide to warp speed guitar" can mislead you. First, the list of "the top 30 speed demons of rock guitar", well I guess each one of us have their favorite shredders, so is unnecessary. Second, this is not a book that cover in detail the "surefire techniques", there's no...

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Posted: Aug-01-2006

Not a good book.

This guitar 'instructional' book is bad. The contents of the book are just as comical as the cover and the persons that authored it wrote it in a very sloppy and unprofessional manner. Something that bothered me was all the unnecessary background information of famous guitarists...I bought this...

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Posted: Jun-02-2006

Great useful information

This is a cool book. I like the way the authors break down Shred into easy-to-understand chapter and TAB examples. And the playing on the CD is awesome. I'm stoked.

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