Guitar virtuoso... how to do it?

So i am 14, and have owned a guitar since i was 10. I have played it seriously (every day) since this time last year and am playing a lot of lead guitar.

I use a metronome every day, and i also ear-train alot by working out my favourite songs for myself.

Well where do i go from here? I watch loads of Gilbert, Satriani, Petrucci, Marty Friedman and stuff like that... guitar lessons online.

Any more real helpful guitar lessons on youtube (don't say shred academy. None of the teachers have any melody to their shred).



Also am i doing the right thing? i sometimes solo over sogs, but only fast-paced blues soloing like if i play over Whitesnake or stuff.



and is there a way to learn more theory (i know not every guitar player with a good success knows theory, but Eddie Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Satch and more all know it) without boggling my mind? I love pentatonic soloing and the blues scale and i do think i can make a career as a shredder without knowing every other scale there is.



Advice please?Guitar virtuoso... how to do it?
yes sir you are doing the right thing, read up on theory as well thts how they got so good, please buy a book about theory you really need to read and understand that if you want to be a truly successful musicianGuitar virtuoso... how to do it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLVwUf-e鈥?/a>



Here you go my friend. Sit, watch, wonder and enjoy. This is the best you will ever see.



It's by the original virtuoso Mr Ritchie Blackmore.



I add the link because his style was second to none and he's also very different to all the other guitarists you mentioned that have a tendancy to be pre-dominantly fret shredders as opposed to showing melodic virtuosity, however, they have their moments, but Blackmore made this style of classical and rock his own. You can certainly learn a lot about guitar playing from this man's style.