Randall Padilla
Google: “26.5 notes per second” for starters. Randall learned music as a teenager through 5 yrs of advanced classical violin study in an orchestral setting & string ensemble performance group. Padilla began playing guitar on Sept. 11th, 1997 and today, he is considered globally in the music industry as a ‘six string guitar wiz that can play anything’. The level of technical playing in his solo work is jaw dropping, blindingly fast, and mesmerizing, yet at the same time, deeply rich in emotional content, feeling, and full of passionate energy. A phenomenal solo artist with demanding tastes and multi-genre requirements, Padilla plays a Kona Pro Series KE60JB, and KE60GSBK.
In his own words, Padilla says: “I have been an Ibanez fanatic and believed wholeheartedly that I would be for life. The Kona Pro Series? No comparison, it’s night and day, literally it plays, responds, and feels like an Ibanez Prestige and a Jackson morphed into one. Take that literally. The clean looks, and fast action & playability are something that you only see on expensive upper-end models. Trust me, I know this for a fact because I play at NAMM every year and I get to see first hand what every major guitar company has to offer: I get to play it, I get to hear it, test it, see it, smell it for 4 days straight! - So I know first hand at the start of every year what each guitar company has to offer. As a solo artist and professional instructor of every major style at advanced levels, I need something that is versatile and that can produce with authenticity and ease. Know this in your heart: the Kona Pro Soloist delivers hands down and still has more to offer. Awesome guitar!”
When not melting frets and blowing minds on stage with dazzling displays of technical wizardry, Padilla is a full-time Professional Music Instructor for Modesto Advanced Guitar Instruction, which he owns & operates in Modesto, CA. Padilla is recognized and highly respected globally as an instructor, and is also an online columnist/instructor for the highly respected and famed www.shredacademy.com. Randall produces and hosts his own weekly prime time TV show broadcast throughout the entire California Central Valley on Comcast CH26 TUE 8pm in where his goal is to provide guitar lessons to the public for free for a half hour. Padilla is a solid supporter of our troops and armed service members and does volunteer fund raising events for Veterans organizations, as well as his local school districts and SPCA. Padilla is also leader of the power instrumental group RPG [Randall Padilla Group] which is nothing short of a World Class guitar showcase/spectacle! Kona Guitars is proud to have such multi-genre, world record setting raw talent in its ranks of Artists!
Watch for his emotionally charged solo debut album titled 1st Take, as well as his shred guitar instructional DVD and book titled Randall Padilla - The Tao of Shred, both available Fall of 2010.
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