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The T 
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:13 |
yes... this is NOT the thread for the Hacketts, the Fripps, and so on. Here some unholy names like Malmsteen or Petrucci are welcomed..... So, from your knowledge of the instrument or from what you hear and say "how the hell will I do that", who is the best guitarist in terms of TECHNIQUE< SPEED, FINGERING, and all of that??
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:22 |
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:25 |
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Joe Satriani comes to mind
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:29 |
Well I guess you're going to get the answer you want since you made the guidelines so rigid.  .
Micheal Romeo (Symphony X) - Don't quite understand how he goes from crazy speed picking to some legato riffs then right into sweeping and sweeping+tapping arpeggios is beyond me. Extremely versatile when it comes to the technical parts of soloing.
Also he isn't over technical about it like Micheal Angelo or Rusty Cooley.
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:40 |
 The T wrote:
... who is the best guitarist in terms of TECHNIQUE< SPEED, FINGERING, and all of that?? |
George Benson
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 18:33 |
It has been proven that Shawn Lane is the fastest guitar player in the world. I think he can pick something like 19 notes per second or some such number. Search for him on youtube and watch the sick lick video. It is mind blowing, especially that lick around 2:36.
Edited by Endless Wire - January 22 2008 at 18:38
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 19:52 |
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Technique? Jason Becker used to be great but he was diagnosed with ALS. Malmsteen's good. Michael Angelo Batio is probably the most technical, but he's kind of a knob.
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 20:08 |
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As a thirty year veteran shredmeister, I'd have to say that the guys who most blow me away (at least right this moment), would be:
1. Guthrie Govan
2. Allan Holdsworth
3. Michael Romeo
4. John Petrucci
5. Tony MacAlpine
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 20:19 |
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Sing hymns, make love, get high, fall dead.
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 20:45 |
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gonna go with an odd choice and say buckethead.
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 20:50 |
I can't pick between these guys: Rusty Cooley (believe it or not, he has feeling in his playing) , Shawn Lane ( A monster at wide intervals) Buckethead (seen those tapping skills anyone), Jason Becker (sweeping like that at the age of 17!) The Great Kat (mega fast, but music mega sucks), Chris Impellitteri, Jeff Loomis (7 STRING SWEEP PICKING ANYONE , plus an amazing ability to combine techniques into runs, seemlessly going between tapping, alternate picking, tapping, and legato, plus his solos are so emotive ), Bumble Foot, Paul Gilbert, Jasun Tipton (from Zero Hour ) plus Petrucci, for having improved so much over the years in technique.
Michael Angelo is actually less technically proficient than most people realise (as well as a prog fan, I'm an avid follower of the shred guitar scene).
Plus i love Micheal Romeo, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, Tony Macalpine, Marty Friedman, Guthrie Govan and Randy Rhoads, but perhaps at least most of these guys are just a tiny step lower in technique then the guys in the above list, but that hardly says much, because all these guys are virtuosos.
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 21:10 |
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2 words: Allan Holdsworth
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 21:45 |
Endless Wire wrote:
It has been proven that Shawn Lane is the fastest guitar player in the world.
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he may have been when he was alive for sheer speed, Vivian Campbell in his youth - with an Irish metal band called Sweet Savage no one remembers - has some of the fastest that I've heard ..but some of that is 'bluff' for solid all around technique and facility, I'd say Holdsworth or Satch mentions to Jarzombek, Eric Johnson, and for blues knowledge and technique no one came close to Stevie
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 22:26 |
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AL Di Meola AND Steve Morse
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 22:37 |
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Steven Rothery AKA God
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 22:39 |
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Michael Romeo has the most taste in his shredding, and he's in the best band
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 00:05 |
Endless Wire wrote:
It has been proven that Shawn Lane is the fastest guitar player in the world. I think he can pick something like 19 notes per second or some such number. Search for him on youtube and watch the sick lick video. It is mind blowing, especially that lick around 2:36. |
While I love Shawn Lane and find him to be one of the most tasteful guitarists that can play that fast (many of his songs bring me to tears), as absurd as it may seem to some people that have watched him on youtube (or live if you were even luckier, i never got that privilege), there are many guitarists out there faster than Shawn Lane, in fact some people significantly so. An Australian guitarist, Jeremy Barnes, did a guitar clinic in Melbourne two years ago, and he performed 16th note alternate picking at 400 bpm, approximately 26.7 notes per second. It's been reputed his clocked over 500bpm, although it seems like a fantasy, so im only willing to go with what i saw with my own eyes, 400bpm in 16th notes (quite jaw dropping stuff if you ever see this guy).
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 02:00 |
For me, Vinnie Moore is the best Guitarist in terms of technique & speed
After him i'd give my vote to: Steve Vai, Neil Zaza, Andy Timmons, Jorn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind), Kiko Loureiro & Axel Rudi Pell
& we might as well mention the late Criss Oliva of Savatage, this guy was light years ahead of his time
Edited by Ahmadbarqawi - January 23 2008 at 02:01
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 02:38 |
Uh, Blackmore? For combing speed, technique, memorability and emotional resonance, the last of which is tricky as hell, 'cause it's all personal and crap.
But what TRULY earned me Mr. Blackmore's eternal trust was a video I saw of him doin' "Burn" at the California Jam, doing all them speedy solos, for which he only needed one hand...and he was looking down at said hand with DISGUST, with a face that said, "Oh come on Ritchie! You can get to that note note .0037 seconds faster! What's WRONG with you man! This is awful!"
And truly, it was the best day ever.
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 02:38 |
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Vai.
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