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BangerTV, now this is what i call shredding ! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdp-a6irnJaRonk.html

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BANGERTV - All Metal.. that is unfortunate. I applaud you on the show, but a lot of us had no idea about it until now. Would've expected you to leave some slots open considering you're in the earlier stages of viewership. Hoping the quality of players grows, or sadly there won't be a season 2.

I couldnt disagree more if I tried to, really. Love that theyre sticking to the one genre. I think the show is called Shredders of Metal brah. And yes the playing wasnt phenomenal but I think thats what theyre going for. Regular Joe kind of thing. Lastly, they should have left slots open? Ill be watching this for as long as they show it.

No "Smoke on the Water" allowed!

Lmao. Great comment

Haha holy shit this is the perfect sum up

That is no shit!!! lol

nailed it

Very Yes oh fuck you, i looked in it

It might not have been done perfectly but he had some good melodies.

damn i see it when i read your comment lol

Same thought - and Mercyful Fate t-shirt, the band that played one of the most catchy solos in the universe

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

The only real guitarist is Frankie C, let's be honest 😁

Uncommon Nonsense nah they all played in key lool

Lol foreal

Akherousia502 I laughed. That was so "melodic"

You're correct, but even if I were particularly fond of basing my scales around harmonic minor - which I am - I wouldn't describe my style as 'harmonic' because that would imply, in this context, the excessive use of harmonies, not an actual reference to a particular scale. That's what makes it so silly. Also, to continue playing devil's advocate against myself, one could easily argue that melody can exist in arpeggios passing from key to key if those key changes imply a melody of their own. When tastefully done, it can be quite brilliant, and is the basis for a lot of classical compositions - as well as a trademark approach of Malmsteen, whom you've brought up. The thing is, that requires tasteful use, whereas this genuinely felt more like arpeggio runs in random keys. Hence, not particularly melodic. He's trying to emulate a style that can be melodic, but in a very robotic way that misses the point entirely.

Hahaha yes!

Akherousia502 yeah, he was clearly trying too hard to emulate Yngwie. I would prefer to see him something else.

I expected Children Of Bodom and got blasted with wanna be Dragonforce.

His face lol.

He has the best guitar faces.

Legendary guitar face.

Alex is a Warrior.

The third guy was good but the rest were bad.

That guy HAD to have been a troll

When scales takes over you🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Biggest troll in shred HISTORY! 🤣

This was probably the brain child of Blaine the rat face

Toto San haha exactly something sound better as an idea.

David Gómez But hes a hell of a shredder though. Lol

David Gómez LMFAO I was thinking of Alexi Laiho

The intro to 'Trail By Fire' was one of those defining moments on guitar for me. With the sweep picking arpeggios and speed run, the 14 year-old me was like 'a guitar can do that?'.

I was equally surprised by his Rachel haircut...

David Gómez same, a legend with so many...nobodys

3 was definitely the better of them. You felt good, so you must be pretty good. Keep in mind some of them are a bit awkward. I can't believe, seeing the shredders available on KZfaq, they actually couldn't find, maybe more musical players. Like Stevie T, Dines, and on and on... there is a fourteen years old girl I imagine would of been available that plays circles around some of these players. I saw a comment about this and Guitar Center, actually the average player here at Guitar Center would astound the audience here who are maybe impressed by these contestants.

Aylbdr Madison perfect example for sloppily fast is Richard Benson (thank you Stevie T.)

the main problem was the recorder clipping quite often

Is this a parody?

The big guys tone is horrible

I agree. Whoever dialed in the tone was terrible. Not sure if the contestants dialed in their own tone-if so, maybe they’re in bands and are used to their tone having in to sit in a band mix. Dialing in a stand-alone, non-accompanied guitar tone is totally different.

Terrible tones and poor sound production / clipping

Zachary Carroll well yeah when you turn the gate all the way up to ten what do you expect

her tone is terrible, but She was not bad

Filip Vašíček it’s hard to judge skill when every note gets choked off before she even plays it though

Noise gate or not, she was fucking terrible

That noisegate had her by the NUTZ

Another way is to give them a drummer who drums in odd time signatures and they have to make a solo around that.

I agree

Agreed

Headbanger's Kitchen I reckon they should of been able to play there own backing track. Solo's on there own are very boring.

Yeah, I think if there were a backing track their solos would make more sense

Steely Phil he was good sounded like a video game lol

He will kick some serious ass hehe

@@yair_pupe imagine if Jason Richardson was not know till now, and he was one of the contestants? 😂

Though to write than scrolled to find if someone probably noticed already.

For sure! We're fans of those players and bigger budgets permitting would love to fly 'em in!

Fuck yeah! Well don't worry my monthly contribution won't stop any time soon!

People could livestream to the show. When I first heard about this I thought it was really cool until the fly to canada part. Not hard to organize a live show from multiple places.

deathmattkiller put Robert Baker in here

We enjoy watching Shred videos but for this show you gotta be able to get up in front of the judges in person and play! It's a big part of the challenge.

T. B. Hatecraft yeah. Made me cringe

Or practiced bends or vibrato...they are faster than me but i have better bends and vibrato at least.

They got their own pedals, so I guess they now about their tone, I think is the crappy mixing + just a Marshall pre-set

Yeah, plugging into an unfamiliar amp can be a bitch for sure.

T. B. Hatecraft exactly

100%

It started out ok. After that her noise gate was kicking in too hard and cutting off notes. That probably threw her off too.

Nah if she didn't gate her tone it would have flowed much better. I think she was afraid of feedback or overtones taking over her actual note flow and tried to eliminate them.

As I said...

@@stimpsonjcat26 that was in response to Stephen

Yeah, he probably does need to be told twice lol

haha personally I don't mind some shredding but the shredding is more impressive when it's balanced out with some melodic stuff too

Good shredding also has some style

hahahaha this made me laugh

fauxmosmexual Shredding doesn't have to be a contest for mindless speed. Satriani and Petrucci are shredders too, you know.

fauxmosmexual just because you can play fast doesn't mean you can shred. To me shredding is much more than just playing notes fast

Thanks for watching and for feedback. There will be challenges with backing tracks coming so you'll get your wish there!

worgegramsci105 I agree with all of these statements.

I do agree with the mixing; however, they are probably trying to give you the most honest feedback from the playing without post processing which can completely change someone’s tone.

its good to hear that they will have backing tracks because some of them needed it :s other than that I think the judge opinions were very informed and honest.

I don't remember eruption having a backing track. If it's good enough for Eddie it's good enough for them.

Welcome Will!

I'm also from Edmonton lol and I thought his performance was awesome!!

What band is he in by the way he looks familiar

They said he went off the rails a bit with the tapping but honestly I think the tone just made it sound not as full as it could be and as for the rest I thought it sounded pretty inventive he was playing with some cool sounds and carried it out quite nicely throughout

I loved his vibrato and note selection idk why everyone is being so hard on him

Matthew May Best comment on here lol

Scooped tone works great if you're _playing by, or with, yourself._ But as soon as you're in a band setting, mids are your best friend (no matter what genre). I still play with a somewhat scooped tone in metal bands, certainly more than I would in any other genre, but saying _almost no mids_ is just earless nonsense, or someone who's never gigged and recorded professionally. For starters, remember that adding bass to a mix is easy, but adding mids, _and especially treble,_ to a mix creates noise. So give the sound engineer some room to help your band sound great, instead of giving them a mushy signal that they struggle to make sound heavy and well defined. I suppose for some bands sounding muddy is what's wanted, but for most metal bands, you need tightness and definition for it to sound heavy. And that's why mids are so important . . . A typical good tone for metal when playing alone: Bass 8-9, Mids 2-3, Treble 5-8. A typically good tone for playing in a band: Bass 7-9 (this setting depends a Lot on what the bass player is set to), Mids 3-6, Treble 6-8 (still a scooped tone, but with far superior definition). Also, when playing in a band, dial back the distortion _crutch_ some (don't get me wrong, I love high gain metal, maybe too much). Of course these settings all change because of the differences in amps, and especially guitars, but mids and less distortion become increasingly important depending on how many other players in a band and what their actual instrumentation is. Remember, it's not _all_ about the guitar, it _is_ all about the mix. For other genres, especially country, crank the shit outta your mids. It may sound awful when playing alone, but in a band it sounds far far better. And unless you play very badly, you'll thank me. It's the same thing most bass players fail at, they often think that the bass tone setting is the only one that matters, but the best metal bass tones have some boom ofc, but also sound like someone dropping a car engine onto an anvil. That means there is a Lot of low mids, and some highs also. This helps the bass player to cut through the mix, especially if you want an extra heavy bottom end on the kick drums. But if you want the band to sound muddy as a whole, and for no one to be able to hear all the guitarists mistakes, then by all means, lose the mids and crank the gain all the way up. Some of the tones in this video were achieved that way. You can hide the bass players mistakes by not using mids also.

Aylbdr Madison actually a solid comment. And pretty accurate

Thanks man. We are trying to give metal guitarists the respect they deserve!

Riffin' Remmy agreeeeed

This shit again.

I salute them for having the balls to go to the show. Maybe some of them were nervous. The shit tone they gave them probably didn't help. But this is called "shredders of metal". With a title like that great players are expected.

Yeah, I actually thought this was going to be a documentary when I clicked

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This made me think that they just grabbed people off the street. Like most of these guitarists tone was AWFUL. And their vibrato and general intonation and ear were all horrendous. Alex looks like hes in physical pain listening to most of these

Ha! We could all go home pretty fast if that was the case. :)

I lold

He would fucking destroy everyone.

No.

He could be the final boss

I’m sorry but Stevie T.... come on

The competition was over right there.

Frankie is an amazing guitarist man you’re fucked

The first guy is from one of the best bands in Canada currently.

Agreed. Instead of the cycle of fifths alot of the youngsters use the cycle of the plastic button. The guitar hero generation. No heart or soul.

I been learning how to play for a cpl yrs now...and i hope i never sound this bad...thats noise...i want to play music...

Finally a critique from an expert

Ginger guitarists, am I right?

Dude can you read? Look at the name of the show again

Some people let their guitars do the talking. :-)

Then he had literally no melody in his playing hahaha

jeramy576 Agreed man. Love the concept of the show though. Thank you Banger TV

"Melodic." Proceeds to have no melody in his solo.

Yeah, solars are cool! I actually have a Washburn Solar Custom Shop that doesn't have a logo. The US factory got closed so they didn't have time to put a logo on, everything else is perfect on it. It looks really good with just a black headstock, probably is the only one of it's kind.

Zebes 26 THANK YOU!! That last guy SUCKED!! I hate to be that dude But cmon man!! Spare some of these people of the embarrassment!!

The melodic dude was good from a theory perspective, but his tone sucked ass, and his playing was pretty much following a set pattern of sweeping, which I’m not ragging on, I can’t even sweep pick yet, but for a show about the supposed best of the best he seems like a head scratcher,

Fun Ocean732 he had the melodic idea in his head and I was hearing where he wanted to go but the execution and tone kind of just drowned the idea prematurely

Way too much mid cut out on several of them.

Zebes 26 they were all terrible except that bald dude

It would help if there were backing tracks....

Kinda like a few of them were really good at Guitar Hero and decided to try and play a real guitar!

i agree , what is the criteria for entering this competition?!! ,this is the level of talent that Simon cowell trashes on got talent!

@ josh greene : Over 50% of tone comes from the fingers, and that's just on electric.

The second one had an ear splitting tone. It was hard to listen to. What more if you're there. The 5th was as well had a bad tone.

9andabovge call it master better

I know right! LOL!

policarma i would crack if stevie would suddenly do a nervous laugh while shredding.

It will never happen. They are busy making their own videos. Not to mention they are sponsored already.

Maybe if we all chant collectively: "Stevie T, Stevie T, Stevie T" the mysterious powers of the universe will make it so.

Yeah or Jason Richardson..... But he has already won guitar

Please god no do not bring Stevie onto the next season.