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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.

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 21:10

2 words: Allan Holdsworth

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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 20:45

gonna go with an odd choice and say buckethead.

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Posted: January 22 2008 at 20:19

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Posted: January 22 2008 at 20:08

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 19:52

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 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 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 17:29

Well I guess you're going to get the answer you want since you made the guidelines so rigid.

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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 17:25

Joe Satriani comes to mind

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Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:22

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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??