Fastest guitarist you know!!!
Check out the guys website, he has plenty of audio and video clips. Rusty Cooley, is the not a good composer, not the most origanal, But.... hes goes like s%&t off a shovel.
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yeah this thread really needs to be locked
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
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Just fastest? I don't really care... its about being fast AND interesting. Hell, I can sit there and sweep arpeggios, 16th triplets at well over 200 bpm.
But its boring, no one wants to hear it, and I certainly don't want to play it.
There are neoclassical guys like the above mentioned George Bellas, Rusty Cooley, etc..
But as far as being fast AND interesting I see either Shawn Lane or Marshall Harrison as tops in that category.
But yes, Angelo is lame, very lame.
And if only to put it down for once... yes Yngwie CAN play faster than Angelo. Don't check out his solo albums, even his latest one. Listen to say, his contribution to Derek Shereinian's newest solo album Black Utopia.
But its boring, no one wants to hear it, and I certainly don't want to play it.
There are neoclassical guys like the above mentioned George Bellas, Rusty Cooley, etc..
But as far as being fast AND interesting I see either Shawn Lane or Marshall Harrison as tops in that category.
But yes, Angelo is lame, very lame.
And if only to put it down for once... yes Yngwie CAN play faster than Angelo. Don't check out his solo albums, even his latest one. Listen to say, his contribution to Derek Shereinian's newest solo album Black Utopia.
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Of course I should also mention that Francesco Fareri, I believe, is not even human to begin with, so I don't think he should be counted.
Perhaps an elf or something magical like that.
Perhaps an elf or something magical like that.
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And danny joe carter. I pretty sure he is not human either. I thought people like michael angelo could pick fast but after seeing some danny joe carter vids i realised there was a definate speed difference.
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I think this has got to be the thread with the most replies ever, if not, it's up at the top of the list...
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I was thinking that too. I guess its an interesting subject. Very interesting who people think is the fastest.
Has anyone said that kirk hammet is the fastest yet ? :)
Has anyone said that kirk hammet is the fastest yet ? :)
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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Micheal Angelo Batio, to me, isn't only fast, but he takes a lot of his lines from the classical realm.
Fastestest guitarist I know personally is Rusty Cooley. I Talk to to guy every week. I know he isn't the fastest guitarist, but he is fast.
Fastestest guitarist I know personally is Rusty Cooley. I Talk to to guy every week. I know he isn't the fastest guitarist, but he is fast.
I can't help it. When I get an idea that excites me it's as if I can't breath unless I make it real.
-Steve Vai
-Steve Vai
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Lets add Francesco farerri to the list: http://www.francescofareri.com
I started learning guitar because of Randy Rhoads..but Yngwie J. Malmsteen is my biggest influence.
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Originally Posted by: lalimacefolleby the way, frank gambale has played with shawn lane and he said that his jaw hit the floor when he heard him play, and I guarantee you, it's totally true, shawn LANE beats any guitar player by 120 bpm!!! (no hype, just facts, try to grab an mp3 by shawn lane, and you'll see!!)
John petrucci is the fastest guitar player, and he plays pretty good notes arpegios, and patterns very fast noty just fast
take a look on hes dvd or live at boodokan instrumedly GOD !!! its insane
how can he do that
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Mr John Petrucci is the best
I wanna be like him
PETRUCCI WANNA BE
Mr John Petrucci is the best
I wanna be like him
PETRUCCI WANNA BE
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That guy is insane i am thinking is he an alien or something , cuz how can he figuered out how to write that kind of solos arpegios patterns lines passages progressions and mix them take a look on instrumedly God ! ! ! only God knows
he is the gratest guitar player i have ever seen and thats it period i am a big fan since images and words and ill be sorprise for this guy on every new CD
Thank u
That Guy oooooooooo God ! ! !
he is the gratest guitar player i have ever seen and thats it period i am a big fan since images and words and ill be sorprise for this guy on every new CD
Thank u
That Guy oooooooooo God ! ! !
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Mr John Petrucci is the best
I wanna be like him
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Mr John Petrucci is the best
I wanna be like him
PETRUCCI WANNA BE
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John Petrucci is fast, but hes DEFINATLY not the fastest.
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I think this conversation should be guided towards the fastest LIVING guitarists or guitarists who STILL play. While it is important to recognize the great ones who've passed away or succumbed to illness (R.I.P Shawn Lane and poor Jason Becker), it would be more interesting to speculate on who the current fastest guitarist is. Although, it's more or less impossible to tell, unless each candidate played the exact same passage in a competition or something and we used slow-motion camera work to count the notes in a given time. And that, my friends, is ridiculous.
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john petrucci is personally my favorite guitarist.and from what I've heard he's the fastest.
But you know what they say . "there is always somebody out there that is better than the best"
But you know what they say . "there is always somebody out there that is better than the best"
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Originally Posted by: Re2point0 But you know what they say . "there is always somebody out there that is better than the best"
fastest =/= best
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Originally Posted by: Hammurabifastest =/= best
so very true
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I disagree that fastest = best. What if you can play stuff at a blistering 10000000 bpm but at the same time you cant stay in tempo at 120 bpm...
What If you can play 100000 bpm and at the same time no nothing of scales or progressions and can only play the open E string?
What if you can play 1000000 bpm but can't hold a rhythm....
What If you can play 100000 bpm and at the same time no nothing of scales or progressions and can only play the open E string?
What if you can play 1000000 bpm but can't hold a rhythm....
Bass guitar is the answer to everything
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Originally Posted by: HambergI disagree that fastest = best. What if you can play stuff at a blistering 10000000 bpm but at the same time you cant stay in tempo at 120 bpm...
Well if I could do ANYTHING that fast,then I would be making some money whoring myself in the guiness book of world records.
Really though,fast complex and meaningful passages/licks/runs are not only impressive,but can really throw a shiver down your spine.If the musicianship dosn't excite me,the music probly wont either.
There is a lot of people who say 'so and so can say more with one note than a million notes by so and so'(yngwie himself too,about b.b king)but thats simply not true.
Technique should never be attained/practiced for the sake of technique.Its about having the capabilities to say anything you want with your instrument.Kinda like a tool...you can buy a super fancy table saw,but cutting through same old plywood will get tedious when theres so many different woods that can be cut and shaped...
I'm done philosophisising
Try once,fail twice...
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