The first technically proficient shredding on a rock record?

[Joey]

Larry Carlton at the 2 minute mark, through the outro. He said it was the only spontaneous solo he’s done on record. IIRC, he did two takes, and Donald and Walter mashed them together…

Upvote since Kid Charlemagne is on my Mt Rushmore of favorite guitar solos. So is Peg off Aja.

But there's nothing "technically, proficient shredding" on any Steely Dan recording. Ever.

It's jazz based noodling and it's amazing, but does not "shred".

I actually listened, rather than roll my eyes at the thought of a Steely Dan shredding solo, and it definitely sounds like jazz rock you'd hear at the mall in the 90's while trying on your soon-to-be favorite pair of Dockers pants.

Steely Dan is way too outside your wheel house. It will never make sense.

If you buy a sail boat to moor on Lake Union, let me know and we'll you in the club.

These little yacht rock videos were so original and so fucking funny

They were fucking amazing. Just perfect.

Michael McDonald with Dre Dre and Warren G takes the cake.

Had me sold when Hall and Oates were the rebellious swashbuckling duo

 

[Bad_MotherDucker]

I'm in the same vein as @TheRoarOfTheCrowd for shredding definition. I'll add the solo should have multiple 16th notes and multiple scale runups and run downs.

I know this topic is about rock, but this classical piece is an excellent example of shredding. The run at 1:20 and the outro are infuckingcredible. You definitely hear this in Yngwie Malmsteen's solos....and it's esoteric enough that even @creepycoug has to approve

Quality post… @Bad_MotherDucker, i enjoyed the thought process behind your post

Here's a 15yr old girl shredding this piece (the pinch harmonics are a nice touch). I'm telling you @YellowSnow you would be the King of White Wakanda adapting classical pieces to electric guitar and playing in front of your neighbors. Would make those MILF panties super moist

 

[creepycoug]

I'm in the same vein as @TheRoarOfTheCrowd for shredding definition. I'll add the solo should have multiple 16th notes and multiple scale runups and run downs.

I know this topic is about rock, but this classical piece is an excellent example of shredding. The run at 1:20 and the outro are infuckingcredible. You definitely hear this in Yngwie Malmsteen's solos....and it's esoteric enough that even @creepycoug has to approve

Approval granted.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

I'm in the same vein as @TheRoarOfTheCrowd for shredding definition. I'll add the solo should have multiple 16th notes and multiple scale runups and run downs.

I know this topic is about rock, but this classical piece is an excellent example of shredding. The run at 1:20 and the outro are infuckingcredible. You definitely hear this in Yngwie Malmsteen's solos....and it's esoteric enough that even @creepycoug has to approve

Quality post… @Bad_MotherDucker, i enjoyed the thought process behind your post

Here's a 15yr old girl shredding this piece (the pinch harmonics are a nice touch). I'm telling you @YellowSnow you would be the King of White Wakanda adapting classical pieces to electric guitar and playing in front of your neighbors. Would make those MILF panties super moist

While this is fun to listen to, this is exactly why Transiberian Orchestra exists.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

I was thinking about this the other day, and the first example of "shredding" I could think of, was the 2:15 mark of Heartbreaker on Zep II.

A quick search on Wikipedia confirmed my hunch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shred_guitar

Zep II has never really been surpassed as "heavy" guitars record BTW.

Triple shit post incoming.

Kinda bluesy sounding, still. Shredding as an actual, intentional thing probably came around, what, 7-8 years after this album? Too revisionist to then run back and find the first precursor to actual shredding, IMO. If everything was invented and perfected by Zeppelin, rock was born and died in the 60's.

While I think Zep is certainly the greatest of the "heavy" bands of all time, plenty came after them- i.e., VH, Metallica, etc. They didn't everything. And you're right, Page hadn't fully left the blues behind here which I think you really need to do to be truly technically proficient shredding. But it's getting darn close right here. So maybe "proto shredding" is the better label, much like how "proto punk" laid the ground work for REAL "punk".

So is Eruption the birth of true shredding?[/b]

IMO it is the birth. No one had combined tremolo picking, two hand tap, and dive bar action like that.

Eruption is the genesis, IMO. A guitar solo as a standalone track and is epic shredding. I remember one of my two dad's (the long-time rock musician one) telling me about the first time he heard Eruption and how mind-blowing it was to hear as an aspiring musician.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

Larry Carlton at the 2 minute mark, through the outro. He said it was the only spontaneous solo he’s done on record. IIRC, he did two takes, and Donald and Walter mashed them together…

Upvote since Kid Charlemagne is on my Mt Rushmore of favorite guitar solos. So is Peg off Aja.

But there's nothing "technically, proficient shredding" on any Steely Dan recording. Ever.

It's jazz based noodling and it's amazing, but does not "shred".

I actually listened, rather than roll my eyes at the thought of a Steely Dan shredding solo, and it definitely sounds like jazz rock you'd hear at the mall in the 90's while trying on your soon-to-be favorite pair of Dockers pants.

Steely Dan is way too outside your wheel house. It will never make sense.

If you buy a sail boat to moor on Lake Union, let me know and we'll you in the club.

I could never get in to boat culture. And now you tell me I'd have to listen to Steely Dan the whole time, too?

Although believe it or not my second favorite genre of music after rock/metal is classical piano.

 

[YellowSnow]

Larry Carlton at the 2 minute mark, through the outro. He said it was the only spontaneous solo he’s done on record. IIRC, he did two takes, and Donald and Walter mashed them together…

Upvote since Kid Charlemagne is on my Mt Rushmore of favorite guitar solos. So is Peg off Aja.

But there's nothing "technically, proficient shredding" on any Steely Dan recording. Ever.

It's jazz based noodling and it's amazing, but does not "shred".

I actually listened, rather than roll my eyes at the thought of a Steely Dan shredding solo, and it definitely sounds like jazz rock you'd hear at the mall in the 90's while trying on your soon-to-be favorite pair of Dockers pants.

Steely Dan is way too outside your wheel house. It will never make sense.

If you buy a sail boat to moor on Lake Union, let me know and we'll you in the club.

I could never get in to boat culture. And now you tell me I'd have to listen to Steely Dan the whole time, too?

Although believe it or not my second favorite genre of music after rock/metal is classical piano.

My dude, I've got hella classical piano on audiophile vinyl. Arthur Rubenstein with the Chicago Symphony orchestra doing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 is one of the best.

 

[YellowSnow]

I'm in the same vein as @TheRoarOfTheCrowd for shredding definition. I'll add the solo should have multiple 16th notes and multiple scale runups and run downs.

I know this topic is about rock, but this classical piece is an excellent example of shredding. The run at 1:20 and the outro are infuckingcredible. You definitely hear this in Yngwie Malmsteen's solos....and it's esoteric enough that even @creepycoug has to approve

Quality post… @Bad_MotherDucker, i enjoyed the thought process behind your post

Here's a 15yr old girl shredding this piece (the pinch harmonics are a nice touch). I'm telling you @YellowSnow you would be the King of White Wakanda adapting classical pieces to electric guitar and playing in front of your neighbors. Would make those MILF panties super moist

Lol. I'll never be any more than a shitty rhythm guitar player. My fingers are just too clumsy to shred.

The only thing I can do to make the MILFs moist is tune the Strat to Open G and trying to pretend I'm Keith Richards.