Shredded back
 

How can I get a back that is wide and then has a V tapered look to it? What are some good exercises for making this happen?

The shredded part someone else should advise on, but to get the muscle to make it impressive:

Deadlifts - Will fill in everything
Power Cleans
Power Shrugs
Rows - barbell, t-bar, DB
Chinups/Pullups


The chins are going to help a lot with the v-taper by hitting your lats pretty hard
Shrugs will hit your traps and get that part moving
Rowing will make your back thicker

Deadlifts will make you look and feel like a boss. They will work every part of your back hard if you do them correctly and with heavy weight.

Once there is some good muscle back there, dropping fat will reveal it, or so they tell me.

:rockon:

wide grip pull ups, wide grip lat pulldowns, supported pullovers with back focus and huge lat stretching, db rows, T bar and supported rows, single arm barbell rows, reeves deadlifts, seated cable rows and dead hang stretching to pull those lats out.

the rest is diet.