Eric Maldonado is a young shred guitarist born in California in 1995. He is best known for winning 1st place in the Lincoln Brewster "Show Me What You've Got" guitar contest and was picked by Lincoln himself. At the age of 8 he started playing the guitar and playing songs that his father taught him. After not feeling any improvement, he quit playing the guitar. At the age of 12 he picked it up again and never stopped. During this time he was influenced heavily by 80's guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Randy Rhoads. He would practice up to 10 hours a day learning Van Halen, Steve Vai, Whitesnake, and Racer X songs by ear. Eric is entirely self-taught. Discography At 15 years old Eric released his debut instrumental album entitled Into The Moonlight on October 10, 2010. The album was a big success with guitar and instrumental music fans. The album was entirely produced by Eric with him playing all the instruments and programming all the drums. Again at 15 years old he released his follow up album Against Time on May 14, 2011. A very big hit with guitar fans. This album features the Dutch guitar virtuoso, Joop Wolters in a guest solo. And again, Eric produced the whole album playing all instruments and producing every song himself. * 4 Seasons Pickups * Awe-In-One Picks * Rock Plug * Sonuus * Morley * Guitar Pro 6
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