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Yeah, they should check how fast someone can shred something with some tune/melody instead of blindly picking strings, like typing tests where they measure the speed based on typing some words/passages instead of blindly tapping keys.
I think michael angelo is the fastest shredder, but I like buckethead the most because of his soulful shredding (not true for all his songs though)
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Originally Posted by Quarter
The thread starter said fastest, I can play as fast if not faster than slash cann(last time I checked Slash didn't do sweeps, so yes, I can play faster than he can in some aspects), I don't get why people are so obsessed with a GnR guitarist, yea he was great and probably still is, but no where near the fastest. Not even on the top 1000 list (for fastest), there are a lot of guitarists out there....
Angelo isn't the fastest, stage antiques are his forte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morer
Buckethead, shit forgot about that guy, not in the top 5 for fastest, but damn he can play, probably ranked number 6 or 7 if the list was a top 10.
And your idea about playing a passage is kind of flawed, if a test similar to the one you're suggesting was administered to a bunch of guitarist the results would be worthless. Every guitarist out there has a different learning curve for learning a short (or long) piece of music. So I'm not sure how one would devise a "speed" test for guitar.
I think someone already mentioned him but Alvin Lee from Ten Years After has to be one of the fastest guitar players in Rock. I would imagine there is someone faster (there is always someone faster) but Alvin probably had the greatest critical acclaim of the really fast guitarists.
Clapton, Hendrix, Page, even Peter Green and numerous others probably have a greater stake in the all time greatest guitarist claim but Lee certainly was quicker.
I know whom you talk of, and I agree. He was the pick of the crop from the guitarist you listed, he wasn't by any means "great", but he sure was fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biggles
It's a shame not many people know of him and instead always talk about how Van Halen was/is god.....Alvin Lee can play circles around Halen, Clapton, Hendrix or Page, and those guys were guitar gods (of sorts), so that's saying a lot! I was watching "night of the guitars" on youtube a few weeks ago, great great guitarist.
Malmsteen
It's definitely not Herman Li... Dragonforce can't play live period. I have no idea how they originally got the intro to through the fire and flames recorded (let alone the solos), but in concert they have to dub it on a synthesizer. I suspect they did multiple takes until he finally successfully hit the pattern, and then just looped it a few times to complete the intro sequence.
I'd agree with Michael Angelo... and John Petrucci definately has some quick moments.
two of my all time fav hendrix & eddie van halen
Wrong thread. Fastest post swapper.
I really like this lad.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGujRQh1FBU[/youtube]
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One of the fastest, and best in metal today has to be Zakk Wylde.
For Alt., I gotta give to Mike Einziger. He may not play the fastest, but he's one of the most creative. :P
The solos' on "Inhuman Rampage" (album) were all sped up, they played them at about half to 3/4 speed then just sped them up. A lot of people will argue that if you speed up the original recording then it would become high pitch, this is true. But if you increase the "tempo" then it's not a problem, heck I can record a slow sweep pattern at about 100bpm on a program called Audacity (freeware) and then speed up the tempo without messing up the pitch of the audio.Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
I've seen em play live twice, my god they suck, there are some parts (not even solos/leads) that they stumble on like simple power chord tremelo picking/etc. They get so wasted it's unbelievable how they manage not to fall over drunk. The only solo that Herman can do live is the one from "Valley of the Damned" and even then he can only do the intro to the solo, once the whammy pedal part comes in he just kinda improvs and it sounds like utter shit.
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Van Halen is not the fastest, neither is Hendrix, great guitarists though.
@M3dium: Zakk Wylde is a pretty cool guitarist, by no means the fastest though. Michael Amott can play circles around him and M.A. isn't the fastest either.
allrite, but who teh fattest?
Lars Johan got close couple years ago...
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Originally Posted by Afronaut
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Yngwie is the fastest in my opinion..
The best however are Gilmour , Clapton And Page...
Rusty Cooley
Yeah, hows these:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=98y0Q7nLGWk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ydZeU0jovCA
Chip Monk
Tommy Emmanuel doesn't suck.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_P_-cFbGbU&feature=related
Tommy Emmanuel is very good
Here's one of my favorite players, Leo Kottke; this isn't so much fast as, well...there's just a lot of stuff going on at once - you decide:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gJthGsBB5YQ
I also failed to mention my awe of classical players, Slinger...they're on another entire plane, ability-wise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Afronaut
BTW-
I still have your clips archived, and will show them to my grandchildren. :)
i ll go for the fastest rhythim guitar player...it would be max cavalera for sure...check out the beneath the remains album
kirk hammet is really awesome
John Butler
I don't know if he's the fastest, but is most definitively my favourite :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VAkOhXIs...eature=related
Chris Impellitteri
John Butler
he is very good
Brian Carroll (Buckethead) is the fastest imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86DEKFissl4
John Butler is amazing in Ocean
I love his playing. The song is beautiful. Nice choice, lad.Quote:
Originally Posted by copacabana
Peace, brotherdoobie
Apparently,Michael Angelo's the fastest. Malmsteen,Gilbert,Becker,they're all really fast but what matters is if you appreciate that type of music. I'm into the smooth stuff like Knopfler,Page so I'm not into neoclassical.
Wow that was quite a performance. Prob the fastest i've heard on acoustic guitar. Great songQuote:
Originally Posted by Kallileo
Nice, really nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kallileo
Super, in fact. :)
FLEA of course :P
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Originally Posted by FLEA
Well.
That was easy.
i would say buckethead
he must be very very fast to play the solo of jordan
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Originally Posted by Afronaut
Easy, Dino from Divine Heresy, check out vids on youtube, too funny for words lol (he kinda just "sits" there playing haha)
nuno bettencourt or at least one of the best guitar players ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaMcf63f7Ic
Not the best at all, just good music, thought I'd share:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HFQOZ8...eature=related <--zakk wylde, amazing, nuff said
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=jryd6X...eature=related <--chris amott, his solo to vultures
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd_P1-zRUNA <--loomis, born solo, masturbation for guitarists
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=34Rp55...eature=related <-- best cover of engines of hate solo on youtube I think
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs9XjpjmrXY <-- solo from "beyond the dark sun" by wintersun, great sweeps imo
once heard the fastest guitarist was canada's flamenco player jesse cook, he's freaking fast on a classical guitar
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-mus...e7#post2874778Quote:
Originally Posted by mirkanWow that was quite a performance. Prob the fastest i've heard on acoustic guitar. Great songQuote:
Originally Posted by Kallileo
Agreed.
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