On my gravestone, hopefully it will read: “Here lies Shane, he could shred.”

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

:D

@peterkelly8357

3 ай бұрын

Shred or Dead

@MainPrism

2 ай бұрын

Yea... I'mma need one of them too 🤣😂

I play guitar since 1995 and still can't shred. I'll give it another month

@marcoalexanderwinthermikke9132

6 ай бұрын

I believe in you! Put in as much time as you can everyday and practice mindfully and with purpose. Happy Practicing!

@impossivel2006

6 ай бұрын

@@marcoalexanderwinthermikke9132 Thanks man.

@luca_milla

6 ай бұрын

Ayo good luck, come back next month and let us know how it went!

@impossivel2006

6 ай бұрын

@@luca_milla Come January I'll be the Fred Astaire of the fretboard

@Sirtmen

6 ай бұрын

Come on! It’s impossible.

Shouldn't this be named "How I learned to tap in a month"?

A local library with Eruption tab? Where do you live? In Shredland?

@MrPolevaulter

4 ай бұрын

Haha :D

If you don't have a high gain amp I'd also recommend a good COMPRESSOR pedal.

@ibzmav

3 ай бұрын

except an Overdrive pedal is a better "compressor" pedal. You'd learn it later on.

Yeah, tapping is definitely a bit of a "hack" when it comes to playing fast, basically you get an extra independent finger for free, which means you can play certain patterns much faster instantly, especially as usually they would also involve string changes. I used to be a little bit snobbish with tapping and considered it a "cheat" but I got wiser over the years and nowadays I consider it a very important tool in the toolbox. Helps that I got a lot more into Van Halen about a decade ago too.

.....Sir, thank you, from the Philippines, for you kindness for sharing how to shred.....

Thanks Elmo, very inspiring and a good practice ,have a great day

Thank you ❤

Wow...Love the disappearing Pyramids Ibanez!!! Awesome

@scottgroves5204

6 ай бұрын

Elmo...I got this message in my email to text you via Telegram, that you wanted to chat with me? I can't get Telegram to work! Hmmmm Anyways...Did you really wanna chat with me??? You know how the internet is . I would be honored to chat with you ! Until... -Scott PS...Just noticed it today so I'm not sure how old it is!!! Sorry E :)

Hi Great video , Thank you Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

Thanks for the review Elmo 🎉🙏✌️❤️🎶🎵🎼

what a nice fellow, i will give this a go

Awesome green guitar!

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

It sure is!

@Blackout0O0

4 күн бұрын

Is that a Steve Vai Universe Ibanez? It looks like it glows in the dark: really cool guitar

Ottimo! Grazie, Elmo.

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

Grazie!

That is beatifully colored guitar. I like when guitars have odd colours and multiple different colours in them.

Good one, bru!

Thanks Elmo, very inspiring video. I was wondering is it easier to do it on an ibanez-like guitar than a stratocaster or a telecaster?

this is shred? :D This is tapping :D

Beautiful guitar! I love the 80s shred style Ibanez RG x70 series and the Jem models. Great tips as always!

@algreen1231

6 ай бұрын

I'd like to know the model. I can tapping but shredding is another league. Nice video as always.

A fabulous - and rare! - Universe UV777GR you have there 👏 I recently bought a UV777P-BK to (finally) replace one I regretfully sold nearly 20 years ago. Fantastic guitar. Absolutely loving it. Back to tapping....

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

It is really a good guitar 😊

Обожаю эту гитару, храни её друг!

i always struggled to mute the high E when playing that B string

Nice one! 😎👌 I tap the exact same way - middle finger pulling inward. Most people I've asked, use index finger pushing outward. but that feels weird to me. I bit like pouring custard in my ears - which I probably do too often. 🤔

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

🤣

I always enjoy Elmo's excellent videos that usually contains certain levels levity, from light to hilarious. Hence, starting at about the 2:40 minute mark, the two notes Elmo played sounded nearly identical to a German Polizei Vehicle's Siren ... Hilarious! Thank you Elmo for both the excellent instruction AND levity.

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

Danke 😀

@zerep11

6 ай бұрын

@@MrPolevaulter Bitte Schön 😁

Wow that almost sounds cooler slow.

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

👍

I have a Mesa Boogie amp that's almost exactly like the one in the background of this video. I have sn 212 and I believe it was made in 1972. I get the feeling yours is a year or 2 newer. Mine has a beige mesh instead of black. I've had it for 30 years and, until now...I never saw another one like it. Awesome amp, right?

How do you have your notes ring clearly and loudly like that? That and how you keep it ringing for that long? I'm assuming it's amp settings as I've gotten the tapping pretty down pat but I've always been lost on this part.

i am happy of my playing when i do riffs and melodic slower solos but i've never shred. i will try for sure these tricks with tapping. sweep picking is too much for me but i think tapping is possibile even for a crappy player as me :D

Im not a shredder yet but I’ve been playing for about 5 months and I can play decently fast for how long I’ve been playing I can pick 16th notes at around 100-110 bpm

How do u make it sound like that

could you please tell me, what do you think is the best electric guitar under 200 US dollars???

I seen the thumbnail and yelled to my wife "come quickly, they've made a video about you".

🤘🤘

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

😊

🎉

OMG! It looks so easy, but it is impossible for me. However, i can speak Thai fluently though. 🙂

When I do tapping I flick downwards instead of upwards on my right hand is that a bad habit?

@MrPolevaulter

2 ай бұрын

If it works, it works.

O waw.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣amazing.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

But you are Elmo the fast! 😅

That ibanez is gorgeous but i"m confused i thought Gem models had a monkey grip , is it a modded RG550 or a different model? Thanks, and thank you for a great lesson!

@user-by6eb6zo7g

2 ай бұрын

that's a universe

@mattdylan664

2 ай бұрын

@@user-by6eb6zo7g Thanks for that info, i had never heard of that model before, i just now looked them up on Reverb, specifically Ibanez UV777 GR 1991-1993 Steve Vai Signature - the asking prices are between $6,913 USD (+ $145 more for shipping!) all the way up to $20,000 , think i'll be satisfied with my RG550 Gensis for now 🤘

@mattdylan664

2 ай бұрын

@@user-by6eb6zo7g thanks i wasn't familiar with this signature model before,seems they sell on the used market for between 6-20 thousand...think i'll just be content with my RG550 for now 🙂

Cool! Can you play the rest of eruption? Me: Yeah…i just need to get something from my car first though. I better take my jacket and guitar. Back in a minute…

@JohnFenlon

3 ай бұрын

🤣

Is that an RG 550?

@ev25zv

6 ай бұрын

It's a UV777

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, a Universe.

@WorldsOkayestSorcerer

6 ай бұрын

@@MrPolevaulter It’s gorgeous! That neon green has a special place in my heart as someone who grew up in the 80s.

Scrubt dubby

After one month I have to learn guitar first and then I can probably shred in one month. The tone is very important, how to bend correct, some scale safety (that I have from bass, but on guitar is it different). What I don´t like are studied teacher who told what is the perfect right hand technique for shred and give you not the simple things to learn more efficient. They often criticize Malmsteen, Jake E Lee, Van Halen for their bad technique... I don't want to play like Michael Angelo. Playing very fast, but not a good guitar player.

@ComboNinja06

3 ай бұрын

Personally bends for me where easy to perfect and the Michael Angelo joke made me laugh

I've always stuck to legato. The cheaters method. 🙄

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

:D

u lied, there is no such thing as tab in a library, you made it up

Bruh... it's not shreding... It's actually tapping

Holy click bait. Tapping is NOT shredding.

@MrPolevaulter

2 ай бұрын

Likes vs dislikes ratio is 97% likes, so most people seem to disagree with you.

@bigdaddyfilmmaker

2 ай бұрын

@@MrPolevaulter Irrelevant. Most people also think there is an invisible man in the sky watching every thing you do.

But it's not a shred, dude. Show how you can shred using alternate picking or at least compine it with tapping

Ehh... how to learn... tapping??

I disagree. Not everyone is as talented as you.

@MrPolevaulter

6 ай бұрын

Talent has very little to do with it. Hard work has much more to do with it.

@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399

6 ай бұрын

@@MrPolevaulter That's %100 true too, but hard work can give better results if the person has "the right stuff". I'm not arguing with, you, it's just my personal observation.