Courtesy of our #ThomannShredDays special, this quiz is all about the art of innovative, extremely fast and technical lead guitar playing. Are you a true Shredder fan? How much do you really know about your axe-slaying virtuoso guitar heroes and their trusty gear? Put your shredder knowledge to the test and find out here!

What was the last album with Ozzy Osbourne that Randy Rhoads played in?

Blizzard of Ozz

Bark at the Moon

Ozzmosis

Diary of a Madman

the Ultimate Sin

No Rest for the Wicked

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Which of these amazing shredders joined the G3 tour together with guitarists Steve Vai and Joe Satriani in 2005?

John Petrucci

Paul Gilbert

Yngwie Malmsteen

Eddie Van Halen

Alexi Wildchild Laiho

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Yngwie Malmsteen was inspired to pick up the electric guitar on which particular day?

The day he turned 9 years old

The day he became an apprentice to a luthier

The day Jimi Hendrix died

The day he heard the album “Machine Head” by Deep Purple

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Which delay pedal does Paul Gilbert use in “The Echo Song”?

TC Electronic Flashback

Electro Harmonix Canyon

Boss DD-7

Boss DD-3

Strymon Timeline

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Herman Li’s Ibanez EGEN18 signature guitar comes equipped with pickups from?

EMG

Ibanez

Lundgren

DiMarzio

Seymour Duncan

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Which of one these amazing guitarists did Joe Satriani NOT teach?

Kirk Hammett

Rick Hunolt

Alex Skolnick

Brian Carrol - Buckethead

Steve Vai

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Which band’s legendary lead guitarist and inspiration was tattooed on Dimebag Darrell’s chest?

Anthrax

Exodus

Def Leppard

Kiss

Slayer

Black Sabbath

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Which plectrum does Shawn Lane, Eric Johnson and Michael Angelo Batio commonly use?

Dunlop .88mm Tortex

Dunlop 1.5mm Delrin

Dunlop 1.38mm Jazz III

Planet Waves .80 mm Bk Ice

Ibanez Heavy Celluloid

Dunlop .73mm Tortex

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Eddie Van Halen played the solo in which Grammy winning hit single by Michael Jackson?


Thriller

Black or white

Beat It

Dirty Diana

Bad

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John Petrucci’s signature pedal “The Dreamscape” is made by which company

HoTone

MXR

Boss

TC Electronic

Strymon

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What is this technology called?”

Scalloped frets

Zero fret

Fanned frets

Microtone

True temperament

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Which song first made Steve Vai decide to play guitar?

Ballad of Dwight Fry by Alice Cooper

Black Night by Deep Purple

Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix

My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama by Frank Zappa

Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin

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The Shredder often uses his technical skills... to defend himself against a jealous gang of …?

Turtles

Penguins

Pandas

Koalas

Monkeys

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Ritchie Blackmore switched from playing a Gibson ES-335 to a Fender Stratocaster, which he bought from the roadie of which legendary guitarist?

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

David Gilmour

George Harrison

Rory Gallagher

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What is special about the fretboard on Guthrie Govan’s Vigier guitar?

It’s scalloped and fretless

It is scalloped

It’s fretless

the inlays spell GG

none of the above

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Lawrence started playing the electric guitar because of his passion for rock music. Back in the day he played in a metal band, but now plays more for himself.

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