by Artanis9652 September 28, 2020
a style of guitar playing characterized by extremely fast flurries of notes and extremely distorted tones. rusty cooley's style epitomizes shred playing. some other famous shredders are steve vai, joe satriani, and yngwie malmsteen. most shredders use ibanez or jackson guitars becasue of their thin flat necks, tremelo systems, very high output pickups and agressive looks among other factors. though loved by some, shredding is often attacked for being "unmusical" or just for show. some techniques commonly employed by shredders are tremelo picking, sweep picking, pinch harmonics, extremely wide vibrato, tapping, two handed tapping, and a myriad of whammy bar tricks.
"dude jimi hendrix totaly shreds it up!"
"wel acctaully, jimi's improvisational style is very melodic and has a strong bassis in the chords being played behind it, he is not shredding"
"wel acctaully, jimi's improvisational style is very melodic and has a strong bassis in the chords being played behind it, he is not shredding"
by michael langdon August 12, 2006
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by dat dere cell tech September 3, 2011
v. snowboarding
by JackieC January 26, 2004
The act of being a bodybuilder or Gym Nut. The constant diet that most athletes put themselves on so that they are able to shed their excess fat. Eg "He is shredding it in the gym". This is not something that is done occassionally, this is a lifestyle choice for those who are A1 Personal Trainers!
by KarlieOrexi. August 25, 2010
vi.
1. music: to play distorted electric lead guitar in a manner which is at once so extremely cogent and rapid that listener experiences the sensation that the production of the sound should be impossible or nearly impossible.
2. surfing: performing a series of cutbacks requiring seemingly impossible adeptness.
3. going every-which-way at once
1. music: to play distorted electric lead guitar in a manner which is at once so extremely cogent and rapid that listener experiences the sensation that the production of the sound should be impossible or nearly impossible.
2. surfing: performing a series of cutbacks requiring seemingly impossible adeptness.
3. going every-which-way at once
Garcia was SHREDING so hard in the middle of Shakedown, i thought my head would explode.
compare: ripping
compare: ripping
by mainframe November 1, 2003