As guest editor of TG’S one-off ShredSpecial, uber-shred lord Paul Gilbert expressed his view on the “one deadly conflict” that all shredders must face…
“This is the fact that the goal of shredding is to play guitar with ferocious speed, deadly accuracy, piercing tone and crushing intensity,” Paul says.
“But in order to accomplish these goals, the guitar player must use small, delicate, controlled and patiently honed motions that are generated from one’s wee fingers.”
Now, though Paul was mostly concerned with fine-tuning our most precise finger movements and helping us all to become better players, it’s fair to say he likes to have fun on guitar, too.
Here, we’re taking a look at an exclusive lesson from 2008, when Paul offered up his secret to the slickest, fastest tremolo picking technique possible.
All you need is Paul’s preferred picking tool: the Makita power drill with four picks attached to the end. We’ll start with the obvious caveat… Perhaps don’t actuallytry this at home. We think it might be dangerous.