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As if he hadn't done enough, at about 2:30 he shows off a new technique "Joint Shifting"
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That's not new. Due to lack of a better term, I always categorized that same technique as the "spider crawl" for my guitar students. Because a girlfriend said it looked like my hand was a spider crawling around the fretboard.
As if he hadn't done enough, at about 2:30 he shows off a new technique "Joint Shifting"
It's like controlled improvising.That fuckin' guy's not human...
I think Kiko invented it.That's not new. Due to lack of a better term, I always categorized that same technique as the "spider crawl" for my guitar students. Because a girlfriend said it looked like my hand was a spider crawling around the fretboard.
"joint shifting"?
I wonder how he came up with that term. I suspect that it's marijuana-related.
It's like controlled improvising.That fuckin' guy's not human...
He actually transcribes this stuff and plays the songs
live the same way basically. Maybe something that morphed into
his style from the Zappa years ? He's made a small fortune from Ibanez for sure.
He's truly a genius , but I personally sort of prefer the more
'traditional' shredders, if there's such a term, like Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci...... I place Vai in a separate galaxy of his own like Malmstein.
There's no substitute for practice, but you can pay for really goodI’m not a big fan of “shredding” but as a hack guitarist myself these past 50 years or so I’d like to be able to do it.
Sorta like getting into a Lamboghini Countach and driving 200mph. Not that I’d want to do it all the time but once in a while it might be fun.
Oh, I totally agree. I would never pay to see a G-3 wank-fest.Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Guthrie Govan's another monster player...
As if he hadn't done enough, at about 2:30 he shows off a new technique "Joint Shifting"