30 years on from the original heyday of the shred machine, many of us still hold these clichés to be self-evident.
Three: thou must equip said beast with overwound humbuckers that would challenge the magnetic field of an exploded supernova. Two: when it comes to the neck, anything thicker than a splinter shall be considered excessive. One: the whole guitar shalt not exceed the weight of a newborn Daddy Long Legs.