While I am not that much of a shredder anymore. I entered a contest on youtube for shredders. If you do not know what the definition of shredding is on guitar. Shredding= playing so many notes so fast that there's no room for any feeling to sneak in? Because, gee whiz, who has time for any of that pesky emotional stuff?
Whoever plays the fastest can get to the end of the song quickest!
Anyway, my take on it was to take a more blues feel in sound and feel. I am sure some kid who has time to play all day will win.
Disclaimer I make some weird faces when I played this and don't realize until I go back and check it out. So sorry.
If you want to view the other amazing entry's in this competition, go here. http://www.youtube.com/video_response_view_all?v=fXpJ4C8xKk0