Fastest Player. - Page 10

pawel · #**136** 02-07-2005, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini8026-2

i think ive heard / seen every bloody video out there

Shawn LAne and Rusty Cooley. I give an edge to Lane though because he does stuff much more complicated.

Go download his videos and tell me you disagree

(better yet buy them)

However, I cant listen to rusty's music, yet I can listen to Shawns. Unfortunately he is dead, but Shawn LAne was a prodigy among prodigies!

Agreed!

Ibanezmunky · #**137** 02-10-2005, 06:42 AM

Rusty Cooly i think.

sers · #**138** 02-10-2005, 10:06 AM

Michael Romeo??????

tone_connoisseur · #**139** 03-22-2005, 03:33 AM

My vote is Yngwie. And it's obvious from another post about picking from the wrist or elbow... Yngwie uses a combination of his thumb and wrist.

elwood hitch · #**140** 03-22-2005, 05:57 PM

michale angelo is proably the fastest but steve vai is defiantley a better player and writer

elwood hitch · #**141** 03-22-2005, 05:59 PM

tony macalpine is pretty fast hav u seen vai live at the astoria (dvd) ??

Flobanez · #**142** 03-22-2005, 07:49 PM

Tony MacAlpine is Fast! What about Vernon Reid, Eric Johnson and definately John Petrucci?

**elcid** · #**143** 03-22-2005, 10:59 PM

Im sure this has been mentioned, but wheres Paul Gilbert

lyconxero · #**144** 03-23-2005, 08:01 PM

I'd have to say that Rusty Cooley is definitely the fastest guitarist that I've ever seen. Right after him would probably be Michael Angelo and then the Malmsteen from the 80s.

Chud · #**145** 03-24-2005, 01:21 PM

Malsteen. Just because i've seen him play and even though he comes across as extremely ****y (which is justified i guess) he's a great player.

+ You don't see high kicking in rock music today

Ralsch · #**146** 03-24-2005, 01:33 PM

+ You don't see high kicking in rock music today

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More like middle of the road kicking

Tom Gilroy · #**147** 03-26-2005, 06:04 PM

The fastest a guitarist can go and sound good is Eric Johnson's intro to Cliffs of Dover. Why go faster than that?

Flobanez · #**148** 03-28-2005, 01:08 PM

Agreed! Eric Johnson rules. What a shame that he is not listed as a choice on this
poll.

Tom Gilroy · #**149** 03-28-2005, 04:35 PM

Thanks, when EJ gets going very few guitarists are faster than him.

wallopwallop · #**150** 04-12-2005, 01:06 PM

I realise I'm slightly late on the uptake here (when did this thread even start?) and I may have even posted a couple of years back but don't have the time to look through all the posts.

Anyhoo..... I just took the time to listen to some Marcus Paus on line........ The guy is certainly rather rapid and quicker than I could ever be if I practised for the next billion years but WHERE's THE FEEL? There was nothing there except a flurry of notes!!

If that's your bag then cool but IMO the fastest guitarists who actually put some feeling into it have to be people like Shawn Lane or Paul Gilbert.