Apparently the fastest player....

[Davey]

Well as John Petrucci always says,

'If you can't play over 8,000,000,000 notes per second then just give up, because you simply arn't good enough, put your guitar on ebay or something because you will never be as good as me'

exactly.


8,000,000,000 notes per second is pretty slow too.

double that and people start dying for no reason whatsoever

[blue]

'kay, the first guy, that's impressive, if dull, but what's the thing with his boyfriend at the end??

the japanese guy, impressive too, especially that he's able to keep playing while experiencing some kind of seizure.

Adam Fulara, yeah, i've seen him before.  i think he's amazing, but his facial gymnastics do make gary moore look almost sensible.

( i feel ratty for being so bitchy!  but what the hell, i'm hung over)

on the adam fulara page there was a link to a young fella called zack kim.  i don't know how to post a link, luddite that i am, but take a look for him.  he does the same sort of thing, but with two paul gilbert ibanezes.  finally, the answer to those "you can't play them all at once" whines we all experience!

[Sekhmet]

Those JP clips where the best :-D

"i estimate that about 20,000 people will die at my gig tonight"

[Sekhmet]

Those JP clips where the best :-D

"i estimate that about 20,000 people will die at my gig tonight"

Kazuhito does look rather funny when he plays, and demonic in some ways. He's done the entire of Igor Stravinskis (spelling?) Firebird Suite, i've got movement 5, it's pretty insane aswell, especially since it's one guitar.

[Searcher]

Anyway I rekon any faster than say 16th sextuplets at 140bpm is too fast and this is what most shredders use as their upper speed without being sloppy.

16ths at 140 isn't fast for shred. 16ths at 160 is the beginning of fast, IMO.

[Searcher]

he does the same sort of thing, but with two paul gilbert ibanezes.  finally, the answer to those "you can't play them all at once" whines we all experience!

:lol:

[Davey]

bah..


if you cant play 16th triplets at 180 you should ask your grandma to teach you how to play guitar!

[Turbo Rico]

I think the first guy is gay. He looks gay to me.
But damn he could play fast! It didnīt sound good but it sure was fast.

[deg0ey]

if you cant play 16th triplets at 180 you should ask your grandma to teach you how to play guitar!

I disagree - I could probably play 16th triplets at 180 if i practised it and trained to play fast, but I wouldn't want to...

There's nothing musical about playing fast, it's just annoying to listen to. I'd much rather play something (relatively) slow and bluesy or rocky or something.

Any fool can teach himself a scale and practise it religiously until he can play it at a million miles a second, but not everyone has the creativity to pick out the notes from that scale and use them in a context where people can actually hear the notes you're playing

[Crazy_Joe]

'This rack actually controls the heat of the sun, i don't really use it, i don't see why i should have to'

'Welcome back guitar noobs!'

lol

[Peter Antal]

Yeah, those JP videos are priceless! The Malmsteen vid isn't bad, either. :lol:

[Sekhmet]

"There's nothing musical about playing fast, it's just annoying to listen to. I'd much rather play something (relatively) slow and bluesy or rocky or something.

Any fool can teach himself a scale and practise it religiously until he can play it at a million miles a second, but not everyone has the creativity to pick out the notes from that scale and use them in a context where people can actually hear the notes you're playing"

I disagree and agree with you.

[deg0ey]

"There's nothing musical about playing fast, it's just annoying to listen to. I'd much rather play something (relatively) slow and bluesy or rocky or something.

Any fool can teach himself a scale and practise it religiously until he can play it at a million miles a second, but not everyone has the creativity to pick out the notes from that scale and use them in a context where people can actually hear the notes you're playing"

I disagree and agree with you.

I think I took a more extreme example than necessary in my argument...

Playing fast does have its moments, and it can sound good in the right context - but it annoys me when people discount you as a guitarist because you can't play as fast as some other person. But lets face it, trying to play the blues in 16th triplets at 180 (to take Davey's example) just wouldn't work.

[Sekhmet]

Ahh now i agree with you :-)

Yeah it's really annoying when musicians not just shreaders do that. Aslong as your playing music you love it shouldn't really matter what you can and can't do.

And yeah blues at 16th note triplets at 180 bpm would suck any soul and life it once had and spit it in the drain.

[Searcher]

There's nothing musical about playing fast, it's just annoying to listen to.

There's nothing more inherently musical in playing slow than playing fast.  It's the context that's important.  Altering your speed to play different phrases is just one way of adding dynamics to your playing.  If you play constantly at a certain speed then your playing is lacking an important dynamic--probably the most straight-forward one to attain, since it only takes practice rather than any great creativity. </stating the obvious>