No, this isn’t a competition for the Guitar Hero video game. We’re talking about real guitars in a competition at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco that is to be judged by six celebrity judges, i.e. Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Ritchie Kotzen, Rafael Moreira, Shredmistress Rynata and Steve Read.

The 10 finalists are:

  • David Powers (Brewster, New York)
  • Sergei Roudzinski (Russia)
  • Patrick Woods (Winona Lake, Indiana)
  • Joe Cefalu (Boise, Idaho)
  • Ed DeGenaro (Seattle, Washington)
  • Trey Alexander (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
  • Josh Karickhoff (New York, New York)
  • Anton Tsygankov (St. Peters, Missouri)
  • Ron LoCurto (Kenmore, New York)
  • Nathan Hahn, (Waxahachie, Texas)

If you’re interested in watching the event, you might want to book tickets online.

[News via Guitar Player]

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