Marty Friedman “Inferno” Guitar Solo Contest: Winners Announced!

The results are in: Marty Friedman has picked his favorite submissions for the “Inferno” Guitar Solo Contest!

Here’s a special video message from Marty announcing the winners, followed by each winner’s own versions of the guitar solos in “Inferno” below. Thanks to everyone who entered — there were a lot of quality submissions (check them all out here), so much so that Marty felt compelled to select one additional runner up than previously planned — and we’re grateful we didn’t have to choose the winners ourselves!

Here are the winners. If you’re just interested in hearing each entrant’s own additions to “Inferno,” listen to the intro, then skip to 1:49, then 3:29, then 4:25 through the end of the song.

Grand Prize (Dean Wells) 
– A signed Marty Friedman postcard
– a copy of Inferno on both CD and LP
– a Marty Friedman logo t-shirt
– Boss ST-2 Power Stack pedal (video)
– a MetalSucks t-shirt
– a video call-out by Marty himself

Runner-up (ProspektOxford [aka Lee Luland]):
– A copy of Inferno on both CD and LP
– a video call-out by Marty himself

Second Runners-up (Carlos Percefone, Dr.Essam Faisal)
– A copy of Inferno on both CD and LP
– a video call-out by Marty himself