Most Speedy Guitar Solo
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Topic: Most Speedy Guitar Solo
Posted By: TheLamb
Subject: Most Speedy Guitar Solo
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:11
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There are lots of great guitarists - techinical geniuses, with many impressive and amazing solos, but which is the solo that impressed you the most, in terms of SPEED.
What's the most techincal and / or fast guitar solo you have ever heard? ------------- 
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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:13
| I don't know for sure but it has to be something from Y.Malmsteen |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:18
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Yeah we all know and love (and if you don't, you're insane.) Yngwie, but which specific solo amazed you the most? -------------
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:21
| How is anyone meant to judge the fastest solo? Once it gets past Malmsteen speed, the only way to really tell is by counting the number of notes per second. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:23
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Malmsteen has lost his speed, JP is faster! |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:32
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Vai was the first guitarist to impress me with speed. He is also the best
guitarist in making fast playing sound good IMO. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Gomurisu
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:41
Steve Vai, Marcus Paus, Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Van Halen are the fastest. Some solos by Paus and Vai are just sick. 
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 16:46
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Marcus Paus is said to have been the fastest guitarist in the world (although how they measured it I have no idea.) There's a live song by him somewhere on the Internet. It's not very interesting, IMO, as you can't really hear the individual notes- it's that fast. Anyway, I heard that he's studying to be a classical composer nowadays and isn't interested in shredding anymore. The best really fast solos are IMO the work of John Petrucci. He can actually make them sound great even at this speed. The solos from "Blind Faith", "Paradigm Shift" and "This Dying Soul" especially. I heard that the late Shawn Lane could play more interesting solos even faster, but I don't remember hearing any. ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 17:46
| The fastest solo I know is on Rising Force by Malmsteen, but that's really the only solo from him I know. |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 17:46
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Fast guitar master=John Mclaughlin! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 17:55
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How about Michael Angelo Batio, I thought he was the fastest. Although he isn't the best in any other way than speed, he's probably the fastest I've heard. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 18:05
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Anything by Yngwie, Stach, Vai (at times), JP and almost all the DragonForce solos ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 18:21
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^ Satch fast? Isn't that JUST a bad joke? |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 18:34
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What's the fukking point in 'being fast'? Some practise can teach teach anyone with 2 hands to be fast at geetar playing, masturbation, solitaire etc... Just gimme good songs... -------------  |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 18:35
Agreed. Herman Li from Dragonforce is definitely up there, too, though. I'm pretty sure he won some award for world's fastest shredder or something like that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/"> 
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video vertigo wrote:Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 18:41
| ^ NO he didn't. All he did was claim to be the fastest shredder, there are probably 10000 other Music nerd guitarists who can play faster and better than he can. |
Posted By: zabriskiepoint
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 19:07
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Jason Becker's Serrana.
I can play it 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 19:51
| JOHN PETRUCCI in "Bombay Vindaloo" from the "LIVE AT THE MARQUEE" album. |
Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 19:59
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Well you all know it takes 100 guitarrists to change a light bulb. One to do the changing and 99 to say they can do it faster... Anyway, Yngwie and the guy from Racer X, Paul Gilbert top my list. |
Posted By: ldlanberg
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 20:03
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Guitar solo on Deep Purple's (studio) "Child in Time". 1970. Also my favorite guitar solo ever. Unusually fast playing, yet the solo is sufficiently long and satisfying. That solo by Ritchie Blackmore gets 6-stars on a five-star scale. Also, notice how the guitar solo on "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" - Genesis and three year later - sounds like an abbreviated spin-off of it. ------------- LDL |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 20:34
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Speed is overrated for me... I like fast guitarrist but in the vein of Slash, Page, Blackmore and Fripp...the ultra speedy Ibanez guitarist such as Vai are quite boring, for me that is! ...and Malmsteen is an asshole and plays the same solo over and over again...I saw him in the G3 dvd...could not take more than 2 songs ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 20:40
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^ Here we go again. Listen to Vai again ... he's NOT about speed. Just because one plays an Ibanez does not mean he's a mindless shredder. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 20:41
| john mclaughlin and paco de lucia |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 20:59
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I'd go with Yngwie in terms of speed, but as a guitarist he's BORING as hell. I went to see him, and he just kept doing the same thing over and over again. It didn't even "get old," it was old from the second the concert started. I don't care about how technical it is, a flurry of one thousand meaningless notes in the space of a minute doesn't impress me. Music is all about self-restraint in my opinion, and that's Yngwie's huge failing. I've also seen Steve Vai in concert, and, like MikeEnRegalia said (and I do remember having agreed with him previously), I've seen Vai in concert, and he should not be ranked anywhere near people like Malmsteen or Michael Angelo Batio. I saw him at G3 with Fripp and Satch, and he was amazing. The crowd was giving him a standing ovation after every song. He expresses himself musically, and he isn't just about speed, as there were, believe it or not, quite a few slow songs. One ballad in particular was his finest moment of the night, incredibly expressive playing. While I would not buy his albums as it's not the type of music that I would listen to at home, he's one of the best live guitarists I've seen, and I've seen some of the most talented guitarists ever (Pat Metheny, Paco de Lucia, Fripp, Steve Hackett). Paco de Lucia scares the sh*t out of me because he can play faster than all the shredders, except on CLASSICAL guitar, using his fingers! The same thing with Pat Metheny, because he can also play faster than the shredders, except that he does it while improvising over extremely complex harmonies, and he plays things that are very awkward for the fingers, unlike your typical metal shred solo which uses scales that are pretty linear. He also uses guitars built for jazz, which are considerably harder to play than the types of guitars that metal players use. ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red"> 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 21:02
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^ which Pace de Lucia albums would you recommend? There are a few available on Napster ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 21:45
Yeah, on some parts, he might be fast. But usually I think he's going for "emotion" or something silly like that. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Mercury
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 21:56
| Eruption! |
Posted By: Shaman
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 22:01
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Talking about the fastest gun in the west...... Greg Howe Warren DeMartini Rusty Cooley Blues Saraceno Jason Becker Tony Mcalpine Marty Friedman Richie Kotzen Andy Timmons Michael Angelo
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Posted By: drumsandbass
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 22:04
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[QUOTE=Lindsay Lohan] Fast guitar master=John Mclaughlin! [/QUOTE] Amen! He's got my vote. Not a shredder but still... |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 22:24
Except he FAILS MISERABLY
He's pretty good when he tries to go fast though. |
Posted By: decypher
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 23:30
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by todays measures Malmsteen is absolutely average, even in his few
well practised shapes. there are so many b-class bands like symphony x,
adiago or whatever that have the same stuff I'm still impressed by Petrucci's speed in the solo in Afterlife, just before the key/synth harmonic part begins, just <2 seconds but it's incredible. "Mediterranean Sundance" by Al di Meola and Paco De Lucia is cool.... Ron Jarzombeks guitar playing on WatchTowers "Fall of Reason" has an extremely tight and steady speed, the intro, the riffs, hm... |
Posted By: ldlanberg
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 00:33
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From what I'd heard from Steve Vai and Malmsteen, I'd definitely agree with you. Sounded like very un-creative stuff - and the same old riffing over and over and over again. ------------- LDL |
Posted By: AbsentEnemy
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 00:46
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Ron Thal. Hands down. He's the only guitarist who can still impress me
solely by playing fast. Most shredders, you hear them once, you've
heard all they can do. But Ron manages to consistently push boundaries
of what is possible on a guitar. For an example listen to the song 'Real' off his new album. The solo is out of this world. If you google it you should a site where you can hear it. ------------- "If the company of tumbleweed is unexpected fun, you're a cactus..." 
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 01:15
| A lot of guys can play really, really fast; it's hard to say who's played the fastest. Besides, speed is only a portion of what makes a guitar solo great. John Petrucci, for example, plays ridiculously fast, but he articulates every note, and plays it with tons of emotion; he makes every note count. Mikael Akerfeldt may not be as fast as Malmsteen, but I find his solos way more appealing. He has a phenominal tone, and he too, like Petrucci, makes every note count. I find a lot of Malmsteens solos to be boring. |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 04:05
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TONY MACALPINE-QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT especially the part at 0:46 !!!!!!!! One of the fastest things I've ever heard! ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 05:17
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There are also many b class forum members these days. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 05:17
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Posted By: Suki
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 05:33
LOL. I hope you don't 'practice' masturbating in order to get speed..
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Posted By: Emiaj
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 05:34
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went to a concert by Di Meola, De Lucía and McLaughlin 10 yrs ago I think..faster and at the same time mind blowing than what they played that night I've never heard or watched again on spanish and acoustic guitars..
unforgettable!.. |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 05:51
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Just to drive a point home... 'speed' kills 'emotion'? Even if we take rock and metal out of the equasion, we get... 1. Flamenco 2. Gypsy music 3. Bluegrass 4. A lot of jazz 5. Some classical 6. Irish folk music and so on... ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 06:06
Can we shift the conversation (now someone's mention Ron Jarzombek ) onto good guitarists who happen to play fast. Jarzombek and Mattias Eklundh get my vote 
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:05
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Guys, the topic is not "Who is the fastest Guitarist". It's "What is the fastest Solo".
And to the guy who said Eruption.. I haven't heard anything faster, therefor I agree. But I definitely WOULD LIKE TO hear something faster.
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:05
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Buckethead, is usually mentioned ahead of Vai, Satriani and other members of the shread virtuoso club. And for the ultimate mega shread stroke per minute album, check out Electrocution 250's Electric Cartoon Music From Hell |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:14
Eddie Van Halen is awesome, but speed and technical accuracy is not his foremost quality. Buckethead is really cool, but when it comes to extreme technicality I'd go for Eklundh and Thal. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:49
------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red">
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:50
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I always though Alvin Lee was damned fast... ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 13:34
| I dunno- maybe the guy from Green Day |
Posted By: BleedingGum
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 14:23
 ------------- ...this is called....BleedingGum ... ! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 14:39
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You guys should also check out Steve Morse. His solos might not sound too fast compared to Batio etc., but he picks every single note - I don't know any player how can top his speed at alternate picking while at the same time not sounding forced. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Emiaj
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 15:03
| Michael Schenker had his moments by mid and late 70s with bands like Scorpions and UFO..have read he was an inspiration for lots of other hard rock lead guitar players |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:33
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The legato run at the beginning of of the solo in "Lie" from Dream Theater's Awake has always blown my mind, personally.
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Posted By: troy
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:46
Has he lost his speed, or has he just gotten over it! ------------- SUNSET IS AN ANGEL WEEPING HOLDING OUT A BLOODY SWORD NO MATTER HOW I SQUINT I CANNOT MAKE OUT WHAT IT IS POINTING TOWARD |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:52
| Frank Zappa's solo on "Zomby Woof" - Overnight Sensation LP |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:59
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Bumblefoot - Guitars Suck. Great humour ... another great one is Steve Vai - Speed. It was just intended as a promotion track for Ibanez, if I recall correctly, and sound like leftover pieces from Kill The Guy With The Ball, combined with some Eddie Van Halen. And of course, let's never forget his incredible Eugene's Trick Bag! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Progfans
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 13:27
Why not Paco de Lucia I got a Dvd with Mclaughin De Lucia and Corryell: Meeting of the Spirits in 79-80 tour Just incredible. The fusion between the Jazz and the Flamenco... AMAZING  ------------- La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche |
Posted By: Single Coil
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 13:54
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Alex Lifeson's solo in Freewill is pretty fast and focused at the same time. Al DiMeola does some really fast passages in many of his solos, but they often only last a few seconds. Petrucci is just fast almost al the time (it seems) ! ------------- If it's worth playing, it's worth playing loud! |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 14:16
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Didn't have the variety of notes the modern guitarists can employed - but thank goodness he's stopped being technoflash and now plays some proper blues. |
Posted By: Shrump
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 14:35
| Not to be another one of those JP disciples but the solo in Under a Glass Moon off of Images and Words does a lot for me. It completely changed the way I aproach my guitar. |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 14:47
| The fastest solo I've ever heard is definetly Blitzkrieg by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. The solo is all 32nd notes at 140 BPM, holy sh*t. |
Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 15:59
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Probably something by Shawn Lane. All you people saying EVH and such are fools. ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 16:11
dud3 ONE bi kirk hamlet!!!111!!!!11!!11111!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 16:24
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Kirk Hamlet!? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 onehundredandeleven... ------------- |
Posted By: xjester
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 16:27
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John Patrucii-As I Am( the budokan one) |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 17:50
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Should we really care who has the fastest guitar solo?!?!? Speed doesn't equal quality. I could pick up my guitar and play some crap at lightning speed. It might be fast as hell, but it's still crap. Thankfully prog. music isn't about speed and flash and glitz. Speedy solos are for metalheads
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Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 17:57
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Though speed definately does not measure quality, I think the speed demons are... Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Paul Gilbert, Kerry King, Yngwie (though i think he gets sloppy) ------------- Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 18:02
| I tend to prefer 'speedy' guitar solos in the context of well written songs rather than just an excuse to play lots of complex solos, but 'Eruption' by Van Halen stands out as being perhaps THE pinnacle for me. I've not heard a solo personally that is as mindblowingly fast, memorable and impressive as this one is. Outside of that, 'Crazy Train' and 'Mr Crowley' by Ozzy with Randy Rhoads on guitar are outstanding also. I'd personally take Rhoads and Van Halen over the likes of Steve Vai, Malmsteen or Satriani anyday because they knew when not to play. I still like these 'virtuoso' albums but I feel a solo has more effect in isolation. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 18:04
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Definitely- Schenker is perhaps Number 3 in my list of favourite all time players, below Hackett and Blackmore yet above Rhoads and Van Halen. Schenker's solo on the live 'Strangers In The Night' album version of 'Lights Out' is just a masterclass. |
Posted By: xjester
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 18:07
it really only takes 1. he holds it up, and the world revolves aroud him. |
Posted By: Thufir Hawat
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 18:08
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Speedy Guitar solo ha? Well have a listen to “Second initial” by Setve Howe his finger move like lightning up the fingerboard. You can see him play it live on The Yes 35th anniversary DVD. ------------- "I can't see through my eye lids" |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 19:34
Doesn't every guitarist? I think he is one of the cleanest shredders out there, personally. |
Posted By: West End Ken
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 21:22
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As I was reading through was wondering when Randy Rhoads was gonna come up. I like solos in Crazy Train,Revelation Mother Earth. Blackmore-Child in Time (live). VanHalen. Schenker. But I think if there was a speedplaying standoff ...Malmsteen would be the fastest. ------------- Lyrics of the week Cast out a spell rendered for the light of day Lost in lights array I ventured to see,as the sound began to play |
Posted By: En_Schizophren
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 21:25
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Thats silly. Everyone knows you can't beat Allan Holdsworth. He's just the original, one of a kind. Everything else is rubbish. |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 21:32
Shawn Lane gives him a run for the money. |
Posted By: En_Schizophren
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 22:14
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Without Holdy Shawn Lane wouldn't exist......pun not intended. |
Posted By: En_Schizophren
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 22:19
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But speediest? Try Devil Take the Hindmost, or City Nights, or Non-Brewed Condiment |
Posted By: Toob-Wurm
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 22:28
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Anyone heard of "Sickening," a song from Meshuggah? The solo in the middle is deadly fast. ------------- 
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Posted By: En_Schizophren
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 22:37
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I love Meshuggah, I got to see them play in October and my neck is still seized The solo in Glints Collide! Hyper Computer Laser Death! |
Posted By: RUM26
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 00:18
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 02:47
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i like this speed thread! well, malmsteen is extremely fast that's sure! we must not forget too paco de lucia: he is extremely fast on the flamenco friday night album. as dick heath mentioned, electrocution 250 is extreme too. one of van halen's fastest solo is definitely on Fools and Eruption! i invite you to listen to the solo on the farewell to kings track (rush): it is quite fast too! an honourable mention are the solos on spastik ink's ink complete: quite comparable to malmsteen! vinnie moore can be really fast too!
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 03:02
About speed, Yngwie Malmsteen is amazing but, even though I like many of his songs, his solos definitely sound ALWAYS THE SAME!!! 
Coming to slightly slower but surely more inventive ones, we have John Petrucci's solos (for what concerns distorted and overdriven guitar playing) and some of Mike Oldfield's works (as regards "clean guitar" playing). About the latter, I'm referring in particular to Taurus III (from Crises) and The Sailor's Hornpipe at the end of Tubular Bells. ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: dolina vila
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 03:45
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I,m gonna give you several songs: Beggars Opera, " Act One" is the fastiest song ever played, guitar followed with pipe organ, year 70 th, Slayer," The final Command", with two guitars, Destiny,s End, "Rebirth" , Italian Band, fantastic burning, Megadeth, "Dread and the fugitive mind" , one of most exiting song. Unfortunately you hid your E-mail, that I can not send to you any of this songs, but I will send the first one (Beggars Opera) to prog.Arch. in MP3 format, right now.
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 04:22
(sigh) ... and for flamenco players, gypsy musicians, jazz musicians, fusion musicians, classical musicians, bluegrass musicians, Irish folk musicians, many other folk musicians etc. etc. etc. Basically for musicians many prog musicians are inspired by. ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 04:58
Yeah, same way as Genesis totally ripped off Purple's 'Smoke on the water', when they made 'One for the Vine'. Practise listening, for you own sake. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 05:43
Didn't it include a lift from the most copied English folksong by rock bands of the early 70's: The Keelroll(sp). Used by others including Wishbone Ash through to Status Quo.......and there is at least one American band who did used it......... |
Posted By: Charles
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 11:23
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I can't believe no one here mentioned Al DiMeola... It took many years before he would tone down his act, and learn to play softer and slower...
Charles ------------- G'day |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 12:48
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Quite a few people listed DiMeola. He's got great technique, but he's never appealed too much to me as he's basically only ever learnt one lick. Although "Elegant Gypsy" and a few of the RtF albums are great. The thing about Van Halen is that he uses a lot of tricks and shortcuts. I wouldn't put him in the same league as people like Holdsworth who have mindblowing technique without using too many tricks (Van Halen is a big Holdsworth fan, as a matter of fact). I don't think Van Halen could pull off JP's solos on Train of Thought. They have the fastest articulation I've ever heard from a guitarist. What I like about JP is that he's got taste and his own distinctive style, but he also listens and learns from great guitarists. The part at 9:06 in "Beyond This Life" is a Zappa reference, and 8:36 of "In the Name of God" is a wink to Holdsworth. There's quite a few moments during "Octavarium" that sound reminiscent of Steve Hackett, too. ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red">
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 14:52
have you heard spanish fly? ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Marwin
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 15:30
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Chris Impelitteri |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 22:46
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Maybe not the fastest, but my favorite of the fast solos. La Villa Strangiato - Alex Lifeson I saw Holdsworth a couple of times, on the I.O.U. and Road Games tours both up close in small clubs and I don't think anyone can touch him in terms of quality at speed. Although JP is sure trying. ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 22:56
That was just hilarious. |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 22:59
lmfao! I was going to point out the same thing earlier, but I was like forget it. I just disovered Al Di Meola's music last night. He's f**king amazing. |
Posted By: yesman72
Date Posted: January 16 2006 at 23:02
| Jeff Hanneman is wy better than King IMO |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 00:25
| Listen to Steve Morse picking on the cut "I'll Just Pick" on the Dregs album Unsung Heroes. It's not hard and ferocous, but it's cleanest and sweetest fast flat-picking I've ever heard. |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 03:33
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I don't like all that Vai/Malmsteen widdly-widdly
shredding at all (perhaps it's my age!). My favorite "fast" guitarist is Jan Akkerman. Love his sound and the solos on Hocus Pocus (Moving Waves version, not the US single) and towards the end of Eruption just smoke the competition IMHO. ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 03:35
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Tony MacAlpine-Quarter to Midnight (live solo) -------------
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Posted By: Xymphony
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:20
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Is MAlmsteen really that fast? I must have some problem with my ears then Or time may slow down everytime i listen to his stuff; he makes me feel out of this world, space and time; does he?
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:27
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They do not have much in common. Vai may have played some fast parts (even faster than Malmsteen), but they're way more imaginative.
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:42
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John Mclaughlin has speed, and his solos makes sense. Robert Fripp - master at work Jimi Hendrix is complete guitarist, singer and composer Paco de Lucia sensitivity, speed, hearth |
Posted By: T-BONE
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 08:16
| HOW ABOUT ALVIN LEE (LIVE ON "IM GOING HOME) FRANK MARINO ULIRICH ROTH... |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 08:28
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Everything what Alvin Lee have to say with 25 tones BB King can do with 3 Speed is not most important thing in music (ask your girl) |