Oh boy....

Super happy for everyone who made it. Everyone worked hard and deserves this equally. It was a great pleasure guys and thank you Jared for this huge opportunity for everyone. Lots of love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

Lwandile Prusent! They're all impressive, but I particularly love the uniqueness of his solo, tight technique, lovely melody and harmonies, the use of harmonics, all with an "honest" tone that doesn't disguise anything.

My votes : ) 1. Tramaine Jonathan 4:46 2. Noah Crenshaw 11:22 3. Louis Barras 6:57 4. Seth Grey 5:30 5. Oni Hasan 9:10

Tramaine Johnathan had an absolutely incredible take on the drive, tone, attitude, and overall mastery of the fretboard. The sweater was fun too😅

Louis barras was another level ... God damn what a perfect solo

4:46 Tramaine Jonathan, absolutely, for sure. The technical tightness and how well you can understand such a fast and algorithmic shred is just phenomenal.

Just to show some love and appreciation from myself for ALL of these absolute monsters: 2:34 Favorite Lick 3:19 Effortless Award 4:02 Best hair (including eyebrows) 4:46 Best Tremolo 5:31 Cinematography award/best "it hurts so good" face 6:14 Dave Mustaine?! 6:58 Best Slides 7:42 Best use of the high frets 8:26 Doing the most with the least 9:10 Best Branding 9:54 Encyclopedia of "classic licks" and "classic recipes" 10:39 Best Whammy/Best pinky control 11:22 Favorite Solo 12:06 "Hulking out"/Best right hand 12:50 Best color guitar/Best legwear 13:34 Best Shirt/Best taste 14:18 if Thundercat played guitar/bonus award: Best couch 15:01 sent from the future to kill you 15:46 Best facial expressions 16:29 Guitar I'd most like to have

100% Andy Xiong - Really tasty melodic choices and restraint that just makes him sound like a pro immediately.

Lwandile Prusent absolutely blew me away with that tone and technique 🙌🙌🙌

seth grey at 5:30 is my clear choice for first. jordan wynn at 7:42 oni hasan at 9:09 poh hock at 12:50 and syndrone at 15:01 are all a tied for a VERY close 2nd. i chose these submissions because i feel they fit the backing track the best; they sounded most naturally like they were part of a full song

WOW! Tramaine Jonathan. His melody stuck out so much that it's made me want to listen to it over and over again. It's quite beautiful. Very well constructed.

Noah Crenshaw was super unique. Made me rewind and listen again. I vote for him!

Top contenders for me: Spiro Dussias: Spyro the dragon spitting his careless whisper lick; but in all honesty really great playing and very interesting note choice. Corey Smith: more conventional note choice, but very nice tone, very good ear for melodies, buttery smooth. Luke Jeansonne: really interesting note choice, almost synth like playstyle/sound refreshing voice as a guitarist. Syndrone: Nice melodies, great harmony.

Seth grey, Dylan Reavey, and Luke Jeansonne were my top three! But every one of these guitarists were absolutely insane!

Spiro out here shredding and then hitting us with some careless whsiper mid solo 🤘

ALL of these guys deserve the win. That being said, there was a standout and I knew after the first watch through. All of these guys can shred your face off, but it was style of Tramaine Jonathan's bends, tapping and vibrato that got me.

Spiro Dussias and Lwandile Prusent both caught my attention the most due to how unique both sounds and approaches are.

They are all super amazing! But my fave entries from these 20, would be Oni Hasan, Tramaine, Pellumb Qerimi, Spiro Dussias.

N O A H ...hands down, was the only one to break the metal mold, and sounded unique. I want to hear more from this genius! Runner-up: SHAWN McNAIR

Tramaine Jonathan! Great guitar playing!

Lwandile Prusent is insane and adds a whole lot of flavor to the banquet of Vulvodynia’s music. Would be cool to see that flavor make the top!

Louis Barras, Lwandile Prusent, and Noah Crenshaw had some of the most unique and deserving solos Tramaine Jonathan is definitely there too so any of those four will definitely make the shred collab that much more enjoyable

Holy shit Tremaine Johnathen. That shit was so smooth and beautiful

Tremaine Johnathan and Seth Grey are definitely my favorites. Dying to see Seth in the Collab

So many amazing ones! Love Seth Grey for sure, WOW. Jordan Wynn is killer, as always!!! Landon Siebens… like cmonnnn, music to my ears. Corey Smith has to be up there in my top too! Love these guys

Top 3!!! Spiro Dussias, Tramaine Jonathan, Seth Grey

Louis Barras 6:57 Pellumb Qerimi 12:05 Poh Hock 12:50 Tramaine Jonathan 4:46 Seth Grey 5:30

It takes so much talent and hard work to become this good. People don’t understand the hours you have to practice to become as good as all of these players.

Seth grey, and Oni Hasan as well as Syndrone. Those guitar tones and techniques while playing made my ears beg for more as a drummer. ❤

Seth Gray takes the cake for me personally. A wonderfully crafted solo with boat loads of techniques and musicality. Jordan Wynn had a killer one too. Very nice playing imo. I stopped the shred thing a while ago and every one of these guys could play circles around me (Wouldn't be hard these days! LOL) but something I did notice in this video is how limited the concept of "shreddy" playing really is to a lot of modern players. The same phrasing came coming up, the same melodies, super similar parts to the point of nearly being identical, you're almost watching it be paint by numbers for a lot of these guys. Whether that's down to the influences they share or what I have no idea.

Oh man... Tramaine Johnathan 4:47 killed it in my opinion. It wasn't about just shredding, but his note progression had melody and a touch of classic. I'm a huge fan of the classic. Just seemed like every note was exactly where I would have put it. I wanted it to go a certain way, and he just took it right where I wanted it to go. Plus everything was so clean, organized and on point. It was a flawless presentation. I couldn't wait to listen to the rest before commenting. If I change my mind after completing the vid, I'll change my comment. Edit: Okay, so many fantastic solos. Seems like each one had a moment that was stellar! Runners up: Landon Siebens, 8:27 for his "second half". So good. Syndrone, 15:01 for his killer melodic harmony.

I absolutely love these guys, they truly made it they’re own in my opinion. Tramaine Johnathan, Seth gray , Louis Barras ,Landon Siebens ,Corey smith ,Luke jeonsonne ,Noah Crenshaw ,Pellumb quermi

14:20 this dude is the best for me here. Its different, dynamic, and the sound is something else!

Tramaine all the way ….super technique…great choice of notes

Props to all who made it to the top 20...👏👏👏 Tramaine Jonathon and Lwandile Prusent are both my picks from the top 50 list. Both did an excellent job of using multiple techinques with melodic touch along with everything else needed to be at the top... I cant pick between the 2, love to listen to both...😉

Undoubtedly Oni Hasan has to be in the top three for the melodic shredding and flawless execution 🤘

#1 Tramaine Jonathan with room to spare. Incredible. #2 Oni Hasan #3 Seth Grey

Tramaine is amazing. So many different techniques and something else. He sounds very original.

Tramaine Jonathan 4:47 and Cory Smith 9:56

Luke Jeansonne is one hell of a guitarist, even though I don't like the type of music he plays, he still does stuff that blows my mind.

My favourite three solo's 9:10 Oni Hasan 8:26 Landon Siebens 7:42 Jordan Wynn To be honest, everyone was damn good.But listen to the Oni Hasan's solo(9:10) from any moment in the entire collaboration, and you'll immediately realize how beautiful the melody is. According to me, Oni Hasan deserves to enter the top three.Everyone else has done well but I have given my personal opinion. Love you Oni Hasan. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

I don't ever normally write comments, but Noah Crenshaw 11:22 definitely has this one in the bag. Everyone here is incredibly talented and such excellent guitarists. But Noah just completely stood out to me and was the most unique entry in the contest. His solo was not only shred-tastic and face-melting, but his use of space and emotion was incredible. I had chills watching his performance. Definitely deserves the win in my book, especially for taking the guitar to new heights.

So many killer performances, but my vote is for Tramaine. From the get go it's 100% perfectly executed and 100% vibes the backing track.

YOOOOOOOO thank you so much Jared for including my solo at 10:38 on this list! I feel absolutely honored to have my solo be considered one of the top 20 best entries out of over 1500 people along with many other FANTASTIC players! Congrats to everyone else that made it and I really hope my solo makes the cut for the top 3! 🤞🏻

Seth Grey for me! Amazing technique and such a musical piece. I wanted to hear more from this great player.

Noah or Tramaine. Both had me jaw dropped and rewinding. Sick stuff :)

Noah Crenshaw and Luke Jeansonne were straight 🔥! Love their versions, super great collab🤘🔥🤘

Dylan reavey did it for me, amazing guitar work

My solo is the one at 11:23. And also sick job to everyone else. I don't stand a chance but being compared to all of yall is incredible!!

Tramaine Jonathan - Landon Siebens - Syndrone... but hell yeah, a lot of them were so close it's hard to pick favs

Great all of them, all played fantastic!!! For me 8:26 Landon Siebens is the best solo contributing to the song. Perfectly composed

Omg! I can't believe I made it this far, crazy to be part of this alongside these scary amazing players My solo is at 14:18 Good luck everyone!!!

1st choice definitely 6:14 Edoardo Taddei with those classical vibe absolutely crushing it 2nd Jordan Wynn at 7:42 \m/ 3rd Louis Barras at 6:58 \m/

For years now, this series is by far the best content on youtube, if not at the whole internet. Thx!

So much insane talent on here! Almost makes me want to quit playing altogether. It's hard to call, but if I have to pick one Tramaine Jonathan is my MotM.

Spiro Dussias needs to be in it, just for quoting Careless Whisper in the midst of his solo. Dylan Reavey, Pellumb Qerimi, Louis Barras, Oni Hasan. Tramaine Jonathan, Lwandile Prusent - I dunno man, there are so many incredible players!

7:42 Jordan Wynn just kills it everytime! 🔥🔥🔥😍🖤

Before I looked at everyone's vote, I said Tramain Jonathan... it's really hard to pick just 1 when every one of these guys' technique is virtually flawless... sound, tone and melodic creativity stick out when it's so close like this technique wise. I'd be thankful with half the skill any of these guys have, without a doubt.

Spiro Dussias is my ABSOLUTE favorite of all. His contribution stood out clearly to me also from the top 50 entries, so I had to head over and subscribe to his instagram (I couldn't find him on YT...). His entry has technique, finesse, cool phrases, harmonically interesting (without sounding forced) and even that epic quote:) 100% badass!

My favorite is Corey Smith Top 3 Seth Grey, Oni Hasan, Corey Smith Top 5 Tramaine Jonathan, Seth Grey, Jordan Wynn, Oni Hasan, Corey Smith

Toss up between Spiro Dussias and Poh Hock for me. Absolutely insane entries. Crazy to see how many cracked guitarists are actually out there in the wild.

Noah Crenshaw with Louis Barras as a very close second.

Seth Grey straight wearing out that fretboard! Tremaine Jonathan has my pick tho!

Spiro Dussias was flawless. Loved the quote to "Careless Whisper," and the use of chords. Not to mention the general phrasing was amazing.

Yo Lwandile Prusent's solo is definitely the one that stands out for me, really unique tone and colorful playing style, love it!

Tramaine Jonathan. Played too clean 🔥

Louis Barras what a solo!! KILLED IT! That was mind blowing! Louis Barras 6:57 Tramine Jonathan 04:47 Oni Hasan 9:10

Wow! Had a look through all of these comments and I am genuinely overwhelmed! Once again, a huge thanks to Jared for firstly making these things happen, and also taking the hours/days to go through every entry to help us out. It really means a lot, Jared 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

My favorite is Spiro Dussias 2:34 His playing is technically rich and still musical and catchy. He reminds me to Kiko Loureiro style. I can't fail to mention Lwandile Prusent 14:18 His solo is very interesting and different from the average.

No rules - I’m voting for 3: Tramaine Jonathan, Luke Jeansonne, and Noah Crenshaw

They're all so good, I can't decide which solo was my favourite. Whoever wins, congrats to all of them, even the ones that weren't picked to these finals. BTW, Jared, this is awesome !

I am speechless... thank you Jared! 7:42 I can't believe I advanced to this point! Thanks for the love everyone! Definitely feeling it! ❤️❤️Top 20 is an amazing achievement for all of us!!

Gotta go with Oni Hasan, great note selection and sense of melody! It was the only solo I had to keep replaying!

Noah Crenshaw with that whammy action was my favorite part of the whole thing. Absolutely awesome sounding.

I'm so damn blown away by each and every one of these peeps. BRAVO! I'd say they ALL earned it, but if I had to pick one - I'm going with Tramaine Jonathan!

9:10 Oni Hasan, I am in love with his bit literally! I really hope he makes it to the final cut!

#3 Oni Hasan @ 9:10 that was just beyond beautiful #2 Seth Grey @ 5:30 was technical and loved the absolute passion put into that #1 Luke Jeansonne @ 10:38 that was the one that made my jaw drop and go WTF did I just watch.

-Tramaine Jonathan - Seth Grey - Louis Barras

Luke Jeansome 10:39 - super clean tapping, fun tone. Noah Crenshaw 11:22 - insane style. cardio 100. Lwandile Prusent 14:18 - crazy phrasing, unique tone & technique, Guthrie-spec licks. Edit: Seth Gray 5:31 & Oliver Christian 4:02 were awesome as well.

4:46 Tramaine Jonathan 5:31 Seth Grey 9:11 Oni Hasan 10:38 Luke Jeansonne 15:01 Syndrone I mean, it's really hard to single out, all the performances here are nothing short of amazing

This run of guitarists was music to my ears: Tramaine Jonathan 4:47, Seth Grey 5:30, Edoardo Taddei 6:14, Louis Barras 6:58, Jordan Wynn 7:42, Landon Siebens 8:26, Oni Hasan 9:10 Such a tough choice, but I'm picking Jordan Wynn. I'd be happy to see any or all of these dudes make the cut, I really enjoyed all of them!

This gives me big hope and excitement for the future of guitar music. Everyone here is insanely talented.

In this, not only technique is important to everyone, but the choice of notes. So Tramaine Jonathan choice of notes is simply outrageous, his creative language will be clear even to those who do not understand the technique of performance. sorry for my English.

Tramaine!!! Never seen anything like his. Best composed, best technique skills and best execution. Second would be Syndrome for the composition and musicality.

I loved Lwandile Prusent’s chops and his creative use of harmonics, that solo stood out to me the most

Goddamn!! Tramaine with Oliver Christian a close second, but everyone has serious skills, I had to stamp on my hands screaming why can’t you do that, after watching these f#%*ers play!! Well done all of you, my hat is tipped!

It’s an incredible collection of genius shredders. It was mind blowing watching the final action sequences that you just watch and repeat. Everyone was so unique, memory betrays. But it was a great start by Mr Dussias, specially careless whisper, ultimate speed and melody by Mr Oni Hassan, he made shred speed Melodie’s that were amazing, a number of guitarists were great shredders. I salute Louis. Finally, it has to be Mr Oni Hassan because of his impeccable speed and melody composition. Cause in the end how many melody blocks were magical, matters. I thank Mr Jared Dines for such initiative. Best of luck, Mr Oni.

Spiro Dussias 2:36 - Absolutely phenomenal playing. Out of all the solos, his solo can be used as a soundtrack for a movie. It just has so much character, is not repetitive at all, all executed by top notch technical ability. The solo just told the story no one else did

Lawandle, Wynn, termayne, barras stuck out to me above the rest also Noah was great as well. I would be happy to see anyone of the ones I mentioned.

So much good stuff !!! *Really* enjoyable and *super* inspiring! Right now I'm picking every single one... 😁

Great entries! So much talent! Noah Crenshaw did it for me, great punctuation and staccato. Tasteful and controlled use of kill switch and great trem work on the bar. Noticed alot of vai-esque bar swells which isn't bad but it was nice to see something a bit different with the trem. Peace and love!

Seth Grey, Tramaine, and Shawn McNair stood out the most to me. Great playing guys.

I'm honored to have made it this far(top 20) 9:54 Thanks everyone! 🙏

Wow this is a hard one. Tramaine Jonathan has such a good tone, so do most but for me he would be my choice

NOAH HANDS DOWN! WHAT A TASTY JAM! Luke Jeansonne's was really really good, my second fav!

Tramaine Jonathan 4:47, Seth Grey 5:30, Lwandile Prusent 14:18 are my favourites

Tramaine, 100%. He is technical, super clean, tone nailed down, and most importantly he has FEEL and melody in the face melting solo, which is the perfect merriment of shredding in my opinion.

Totally understand how hard it is to narrow down, Ive got 4 out of these picked and anyone that was in this video is absolutely qualified. Very tough BUT Tramaine Jonathan 4:48 Edoardo Taddei 6:15 Landon Siebens 8:28 Corey Smith 9:55 Thoes are my picks for top 4, i could not shave one off for a top 3....... this is TOUGH. Fkin great stuff

🤘🏼 Jared, you’ve created a monster. The artists on this are so good,I I can’t choose. I’m so amazed by the amount of talent What you said about so many entries 👀 Holy @&$! Thank you for all the hard work amigo