Who is the FASTEST guitar player?

**Ac3Dunk** · 12-13-2007, 04:52 AM

Malmsteen is so melodic thats even my mom enjoy listen to him

i like also to listen to Symphony X, Adagio and some old school Guitarist.

**trevor2000** · 12-17-2007, 12:22 PM

Slowhand (Clapton)

**Tarniz** · 12-17-2007, 11:13 PM

Well i watched a recording from competition in shredding from the 70s with several famous guitarists. Yngwie Malmsteen won that one, competed with e.g. Van Halen and Clapton if im right.

But hey, its impossible saying who is the fastest. However, i would put my vote on Steve Vai! I think Joe Satriani was Vais music teacher or the other way around, he's fast as hell also anyhow.

@Luchohhh Flea plays the bass, I strongly like you if you count the bass guitarists as simply guitarplayers, i sometimes do as well. If so i throw one in for Flea and one for Jonas Hellborg.

DragonForce · 02-15-2008, 10:07 PM

herman li, nuff said

**Deathless** · 02-15-2008, 10:32 PM

Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton

**digmen1** · 02-17-2008, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by Deathless

Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton

You obviously don't know much about guitarists or music.

Clapton's knickname was Slowhand, and Jimi Hendrix wasn't very fast either. They were/are both very good guitarists, but neither was fast.

Regards

Digby

**krunktastic** · 02-17-2008, 07:20 AM

There is a discrepancy as to who the fastest guitar player is, as even when measuring speed there are multiple factors to take into consideration. I think Michael Angelo Batio is considered the fastest, but there are some other guys who are really pushing the limits of speed. John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Herman Li, and Joe Satriani are some brilliantly fast musicians, although I usually don't dabble in said music.

Originally Posted by digmen1

Originally Posted by Deathless

Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton

You obviously don't know much about guitarists or music.

Clapton's knickname was Slowhand, and Jimi Hendrix wasn't very fast either. They were/are both very good guitarists, but neither was fast.

Regards

Digby

Just for the record, Clapton's nickname "slowhand" was an intentionally erroneous nickname as he was so fast (for the time period) that they, the public, considered it ironic to call him slowhand, kind of like the cliche mafia thug named "Tiny". Jimi Hendrix was incredibly fast as well, and brilliantly creative.