how come no mention of the great chuck schuldiner in here.....and marty friedman......alex lifeson.....personally dislike solo artistes. o yeah DIMEBAG DARELL
8 strings?!!! i thought he had that ibanez sponsor for their 7 string guitar and emg 707 active pickups.. anyway it doesnt matter ... as you said .. he is lifeless and let me add ..tasteless gay robot ...
Shred tends to get boring.There's a link in these internet/washed up shredders in as their speed increases the melody and life in their songs decrease. Rarely can any shredders out there compose tasteful music.
Hmm you all have failed to mention the two guitarists from Cynic Jason Gobel and Paul Masvidal who play 220bpm songs which are like on big riff yet also do harmonies. But this topic is a subjective with alot of personal bias unless we all line them all up and see who is fastest.