Guitar Superstar is a yearly competition hosted by the Guitar Player magazine in which 10 finalists compete for the title of Guitar Superstar or Guitar Hero for the year. The competition started in 2005 as the Guitar Hero Competition but was changed in 2008 to the current title, probably to avoid confusion with the Guitar Hero video game series.
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Held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 10, 2005.
Judges: Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Trevor Lukather, DJ Munch, and Jude Gold.[1]
Held at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California, on September 23, 2006.[2]
Video of the competition on Guitar Player TV
Finalists[3]:
Judges[3]: Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Richie Kotzen, Rafael Moreira, Shredmistress Rynata, and Steve Read.
Held at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California, on October 12, 2007.[4]
Finalists[5]:
Judges[6]: Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Nuno Bettencourt, Elliot Easton, Greg Howe, and Mike Varney.
Host[6]: Brendon Small.
Guitar Hero 06 winner Trey Alexander also came back to battle Guitar Hero III expert Mark Johnson. Johnson played Lay Down by Priestess on GH3 while Alexander played the riffs with his Peavey HP Special.[4]
Was held at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California, on September 13, 2008.[7]
Finalists:
Judges: Joe Satriani, George Lynch, Steve Vai, Elliot Easton and Brendon Small.[8]
Host: Andy Summers