I think that's exactly how he makes living, showcasing gear at exhibitions and similar activities. There is no place for him on big stage or anywhere 'big'.
You can put a bikini girl in your booth or MA Batio, it has the same effect, the point is to catch the eye.
That's how it works:
btw that's Dan Fastuca, Moser and Jackson custom shop endorser.
Yeah, he earns his living by being a kind of shred "guru" in guitar mags, penning columns and doing little clinics, etc.
He has chops, no one can deny him this. And his "one-trick-pony", as someone mentions, is no more so than those displayed by many other legendary guitar players. Everyone has his thing. His is shred chops and that whole Shrapnel legacy from the era from which he first sprung.
Good for him for making a nice life for himself doing something he loves to do.
A cat like Gilbert is sorta the same. But the difference is, Paul had a talent for forming bands that featured actual songs and emphasis on something
other than only shred and freak-out alternate picking and sweeps. (Not that Racer X didn't have a tonne of this, as well, of course.)
All the technique and chops in the world won't get you far if you also don't have songs in which to feature said fireworks. Guys like DeMartini, Lynch and Beach are serious six-string weapons but never were hurting for classic riffage and hooks to enter their equations.
Today, there are countless extreme metal bands that are BONKERS technical, but won't amount to much in any real sense, simply because, as much technical music is, it's just not palatable for the everyday Joe who wants a hook and is all like,
Don't bore us get the chorus. And I am not trashing on these groups, because I am a HUGE fan of many of them.
Oh, and this Fastuca dude can play, sure, but from your video, he doesn't offer much that thousands of others can't also provide.
