Fastest guitarist you know!!!

Originally posted by ozzfreak
This is my first time on so don't yell at me if I do anything stupid OK. If you ask me I think the best solo'ist was Randy Rhoads. he play for Ozzy & he started Quiet Riot at age 16 he was born in 1952 and he died in a plane wreck in 1982.

Welcome Ozzfreak!!! I won't yell at you, don't worry!!

Hi all! I searched for the fastest guitar player in the world and found this thread:)
I have actually met Marcus Paus at a Dream Theater consert in Oslo Norway(Where i come from) One thing that made me smile a little was that he had actually brought his guitar to a consert(to show off?:) and my friend asked him to play a difficult part from one of Dream t... songs.
ok he said and i laid my ear on the neck of the guitar only to be blown of this earth astonished!! Ok that he played the riff perfect but also four times as fast or somth and he swithed his hand gripping the neck normally and from above just to show that this was no big deal at all:)
Just about then i looked at my friend and shook my head thinkin this "guy isnt normal at all" I have also heard that Paus has a case of Hyperactivity in the motorics of his body or somthing that makes his "out of this world" shredding possible.. Somthing i can understand after i have met him.. he could simply not sit still:)

In my search i also "fell into" The Great kat`s home page, This is a English chick who claims to be the fastest guitarplayer in the world(surely the most psycho:) she is a virutous violin player who suddenly found out she`d freak out and convert her classical self into a speed metal s&m ...thing:) way to go! (she also thinks she`s the reincarnation of Beethoven and speaks of herself in third person form:) http://greatkat.com/ and laugh ure ass off!

I had seen that stuff, I thought she was a guy!

Alvin Lee and Yngwie, I think
but the fastest guy I know is Buki :)

whats with that kat chick?

Originally posted by Rudi
I have also heard that Paus has a case of Hyperactivity in the motorics of his body or somthing that makes his "out of this world" shredding possible.. Somthing i can understand after i have met him.. he could simply not sit still:)

Shawn LANE in his REH tapes talks about that kind of stuff but for Art TATUM, the piano player... I'm gonna do some research about this...

I don't think I'm hyperactive but I used to fidget something rotten until I started playing guitar,
I used to pick things up piss around with them a bit, wnader off with them and then loose them! Perhaps I've just grown out of that now but I think playing guitar got me out of the habit, perhaps I just don't have time for mindless fidgetting now!

On a different note I have a shredder to recommend; VINNIE MOORE, the guy is somewhere between Malmsteemious neo-classical stuff and bluesy rocky/satchy stuff. He's very versatile, a top musician and has fabulous technique, thought I'd better mention him since nobody else has. he' one of the few to have a style of his own and is one of my favourites.

Fast is definitely pleasing for guitar fans to hear and guitar players to accomplish but if the speed approaches that place where indiviual notes blur -- what is the point?

As a guitarist (since 1967) and music reviewer with a deep penchant for ultra-speed, smooth legato, time changes, stop-n-go acrobatics, and all that -- I still find my ears most pleased and falling back to the work of Allan Holdsworth. He is the master of effortless lightning -- hands down? fingers down? I dunno . . .

And I see nobody here has mentioned the new guy on the block -- Scott McGill. Trust me, that guy is fast, blisteringly fast and best of all he keeps it going and going and going. I saw him live once playing balls-to-the-wall fusion with a serious crunch factor as well and he was unbelievable. When people started clapping during his solo he just kept going until everyone stopped and had to sit in unbelief. Jaws on the floor . . .

Now here's another few points. How is the speed done? Picking, tapping, pull offs, sweeps or all of the above? What of phrasing? For me, speed with predictable phrasing is not very interesting to hear. Certain scales, runs, and phrases are very overused. What of the musicality of note speed? What of the listenability factor? What of the soul of the piece? First, last, and always -- the musicality must be honored above the technique.

You can only stand so much speed and flash and then your brain says, "Okay, way cool, that's impressive but howzabout some music now. Show is over dude."

If the fastest axe person just riffs into oblivion without touching the listener's soul he has completely missed the deeper language of the medium. It is robotic, muscle memory and reflex versus music.

Speed is good, def good but it needs balance, with direction, and MUST contribute to the song. Otherwise it is just revving the engine with no race to be won.

http://www.EER-MUSIC.com

PS: The world's fastest guitarist is very likely some unknown kid somewhere whanking in a Japanese pawn shop or playing in an obscure bouzouki band in some Grecian village.

Buckethead burns all . Like him or not he's the fastest out right now.

who's this buckethead? Where can I hear some?

Scott McGill

I'm from the philly area and Scott McGill has been playing around here for a long time. In fact my friend played bass for him for a short while before he got hooked up with Michael Mandering(sp?).
I always thought he sounded a little too-much like Holdsworth though.
Listening to someone play like Holdsworth is like listening to someone play like Van Halen, it's impressive at first, but then you kind of feel like "hey, that stuff is sacred, stop doing that and come up with your own thing".
Just my opinion.

Fastest guitar player is Chris Impelliteri

Okay, everybody...these guitarists are starting to get monotonous. The speed is just driving into my brain like a burning drill. About 3/4 of these guys pretty much sound alike. Just different scales or styles or whatever. A lot of these guitarists are definitly the top shredders...but now it's just boring. Speed can only go so far.

Originally posted by TimE.
Speed can only go so far.

How far, that's the point of this thread, I'm back by the way!!!

I don't know how far speed can go, but I was wondering how far this thread can go, every player on the planet that can play over 60bpm has been named and denounced by somebody, Lalimacefolle, you sure know how to kick the hornet"s nest ole boy

Yeahhhhh!!

the fastest guitarist with no doubt is the lead guitar of a famous black metal band from finland by the name of children of bodom. his name is alexi laiho and he kicks yngwie in the ass.

I had heard about the guy!!

http://www.cobhc.com/sound/Children_of_Bodom_01_Follow_the_Reaper.mp3

GEORGE LYNCH........


AND HE IS ONE OF THE MOST SINISTER MELODY MAKERS.....

....SOMETIMES I THINK THAT GOING FAST IS A SUBSTITION TO ORGASM...


... YOU BETTER START THINKING ABOUT PLAYING FAST, BE HONEST TO YOURSELVES, MAYBE YOU GO TO FAST FOR OTHER THINGS........