"Another 30 Shredders" in One Guitar Solo — Video
Back in December 2012, a talented British guitarist named Ben Higgins posted a video called "30 Shredders in One Solo!"
As you can guess, the video, which was very popular with all you GuitarWorld.com readers in 2013, shows Higgins imitating the styles of 30 famous shredders in one epic guitar solo.
He started things off with some Yngwie Malmsteen-style runs, moved into Eddie Van Halen territory and then payed visits to Steve Vai, Slash, Dimebag Darrell, Zakk Wylde, Uli Jon Roth, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, John Petrucci and many more.
Anyway, Higgins has posted a sequel video! He actually posted it in October 2014, but we were sleeping at the time, so we missed it.
Below, check out "Another 30 Shredders."
This time around, Higgins imitates the styles of Nuno Bettencourt, Steve Stevens, Reb Beach, John Sykes, Vivian Campbell, Guthrie Govan, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, John 5, Herman Li, Warren DeMartini and several more!
"This track is just a bit of fun I cooked up," Higgins says. "The aim was to sound like the players in some way by either emulating some of their common phrasing ideas or referencing well known solos of theirs but not to directly cover or copy anything exactly."
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Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.
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