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  • This list is not correct in any way... Speed is not an opinion... either someone is faster than another player, or they are not... Just saying.

  • tiago della vega is the worlds fastest guitar player, this is fucking stupid.

  • @KornIsGreat69 Actually, John Taylor now holds that title.. 620 BPM GWR official record... He has a video with wired magazine of FOTB at 800 BPM. Vega can't touch him.

  • @ShredIsNotDead1986 for real? thats fucking insane!

  • mike flores should be up here. oh wait... hes a bassist

  • rusty cooley#7 ?? He should be the one!

  • yngwie #3 ? paul gilbert #4 !!? fucka shitoloe assholehoe #1!!!! thats not right at all

  • SPEED=/=BETTER

  • why dont i see becker?? you know shit and dicks when it comes to guitarists

  • Where the fuck is Jason Becker?

  • These are the FASTEST guitarists I understand that, but JP at 9? What the hell is wrong with you? I bet you know nothing about guitar, drumming, bass, ect. You just have to lay off the guitar hero and listen to some real music.

  • 1:58 wtf is this?

  • @AgurkTomatGulerod buckethead shreading a guitar banjo style. it wasnt a great choice tho. ive heard way faster from him

  • @KornIsGreat69 Yeah, it's not even fast - but it sounds nice :)

  • WERES SYNYSTER FUKIN GATES?!

  • @evilmonkeykillbot the guy is using the 2005 Guitar One Magazine reader's choice so this really isn't even his opinion or just coincidence

  • @91Foolhardy kirk hammett's not rlly a shredder/ neither r lamb of god. point is that being very good at guitar z a good thing whether ur an amazing songwriter or not. I write 90's style alt rock songs (manic street preachers, cure, pixies, nirvana style) but in my free time i luv 2 shred. I think most ppl who say that shredding sucks on youtube forums r the ppl who can't shred at all, and write shit whiny "mature" songs that their mothers tell them r great

  • @91Foolhardy Whatever, dipshit.. Zakk Wylde is the best guitarist that ever walked this Earth. He's better than the stupid guitarists you listen to in your emo music. Good day.

  • dood i agree that the point of playing music should b for the song but sumtimes its fun just to shred: btw petrucci is actually a good songwriter

  • This video must've been created by a 12-year old because it's another "my daddy is faster/stronger/whatever than yours"- video. Speed is not the objective if you truly focus on guitar practicing. It's a natural "side effect" if you've been practicing for many years. Serious musicianship is not about shredding but virtuosity which includes writing, interacting with other musicians and improvisation. Shawn Lane understood that and hated being labeled as a "shredder".

  • @Neidhardt84 he just copied the 2005 Guitar One Magazine reader's choices for fastest shredders

  • Pancho González

    ¿Velocidad o virtuosismo? El récord de velocidad lo tiene un guitarrista que no tiene nada que ver con el virtuosismo. Vean el "OFFICIAL WORLD RECORD GUITAR SPEED 2008"

  • This video Sucks!!!!

  • Okay, 10 minutes and no Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrell, Dave Mustiane, John 5, or Jesse Cooper?!?! NOT EVEN SLASH?!?!?! Wow, you suck.. >__<

  • @xXXxVioletNicolexXXx

    Slash isn't even CLOSE to being the fastest guitarist.

  • @xXXxVioletNicolexXXx suck my dick you know nothing about metal. Dimebag and zakk wylde are fucking awesome but slash sucks dick

  • @iamatrollsosuckit Hey now.. Whoa whoa whoa.. I know lots of stuff about metal.. Zakk Wylde is my FAVORITE GUITARIST OF ALL TIME!!!! I'm 12 and Mr. Zakk Fucking Wylde is my FAVORITE GUITARIST OF ALL TIME!!! Most kids at my school don't even know who the hell he is.. And lemmie tell you troll, you sir are a waste of my time. So go suck my cock..

  • If Alexi Laiho isn't on here, you're wrong. End of story.

  • shawn.lane

  • 7:36 I HAVE THAT GUITAR :3

  • You can listen to Shawn Lane a hundred different times and hear a hundred different versions of his genius .

  • shawn lane flew into the notes like no other

  • 10 fucking minutes and no Jason Becker?!?!?! Fail!!!!

    Kudos on the Shawn Lane reference though

  • 10 fucking minutes and no Jason Becker?!?!?! Fail!!!!

  • jeff loomis?

  • .....seriously??? Who gives a fuck about this total fuckin bollocks?

  • Shawn lane is the fastest ever

  • vernon reid

  • Bobby Gustafson from Overkill was actually a great shredder and for sure a great guitar player, he is rarely mentioned in metal stuff /:

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  • marty friedman and jason becker> all.

  • There are many fast guitarists out there. but when it comes to balance and amazing music along with speed, Petrucci just rapes all.

  • @KreatorNigel Thank you. Couldn't have said it better. All Hail Petrucci, the BEAR!

  • 30 people should write who they think is good for the list, i know there'll be a retard who says billy joe armstrong (or whatever it is) plays better than this guys.

  • BUCKETHEAD NO.1 GUITARIST IN THE WORLD. its just a fact.. he can shred like crazy, play the most emotional soft songs (or both of those combined) play happiest stuff ever, folk music, acoustic, metal!, thrash metal, and even is included in a rap song. he has explored music more than ANYONE

  • aww i thought this was a sprinting competion :(

  • You dont measure speed in opinion idiot

  • Lane all day

  • The Yngwie pirce here was reaaly good, sounded crisp, furious and with great tone..Must have bben an old recording.

  • PICK A BETTER BUCKETHEAD SOLO DIPSHIT!

  • 1. Tiago della vega

    2. Rusty cooley

    3. Mike Orlando

    4. Bumblefoot

    5, buckethead

    6. Chris impellitterri

    7. Per nilsonn

    8. Jason becker

    9. Dave mustaine

    10. John 5

  • Anybody else noticed how similair that riff in 'Garden of Eden' is to '5 minutes alone' by Pantera??????

  • The fastest that ever lived is shawn lane undoubtably , however i also think rusty cooley and buckethead are up there also! but my question is what the fuck is with everyone saying herman li is shit? to anyone who thinks 'ahh this I4L3XXI dude is just a dragonforce fan thats why he is standing up for him', you are wrong, i like a few songs but not many, i love metalcore and heavy metal and love these shredders however herman li and sam totman are incredible guitarists! 

  • No Jason Becker?

    

  • two words : LAWSON ROLLINS

  • How do live with yourself knowing that you put Shawn lane at such a low position o.O

  • U know whats funny Yngwie needs to be on number 2 and Michael Romeo 1 and he isnt even in hear o.O

  • Herman Li is number one.

  • MABs part is so not fast lol

  • Why is Petrucci 9th????

  • mab is nothing vs yngwie

    yngwie ist the fastest and the best guitarist in the world !!!!

    and noboddy can own him -.-

  • What are the names of the John Petrucci and the Buckethead song?

  • @CAR0L1492 buckethead's song is hot bitch stomp

  • @romaggot Thanks :D

  • Guys he's not just making up this list its from Guitar One Magazine's List. It's not based on the quality of their music just their shredding speed so you can argue about whose best and all but thats not what the list is even about. theirs no arguing speed, no. 1 is just the fastest, not best, but fastest.

  • i stopped when you had Buckethead near the end, and Shawn Lane at 5, then to top it off, Gilbert at 4... lol

    try again...

  • @ZOMBIELANDakaUSA Best comment ever. and why put hog bitch stomp on? atleast put some AMAZING solo of his

  • What Shawn Lane song is that?

  • steve vai? ritchie blackmore? joe satriani?

  • Michael Aangelo Batio is faster as all that guys... But I don't like him. My favourite is Petrucci.

  • @MrMassAcren01 i have actually never herd micheal angelo do a solo that´s faster than yngwie or paul gilbert

  • michalangelo is good at sweeps but probably shit at tapping unlike li

  • I think michael angelo batio is faster as all that guys, but buckethead is my favorite :)

  • I think michael angelo batio is faster as all that guys, but buckethead is my favorite :)

  • @Agares77 finally someone with some sense.... I been playing guitar for almost 30 years and not only is buckethead one of the most articulate and versitile guitarists on the planet but is also just as fast as Micheal Batio or any of the other guitartists in this video. But lets here any of them go from breakneck metal to bluegrass to classical to jazz to...... Amazing

  • SYNYSTER (FUCKING) GATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ew

  • that was a waste of 10 minutes :( . God please add 10 min to my life.

  • ermmmm why is rusty cooley 7th ? hes 2nd fastest in the world to della vega and he faked the world reccord :/

  • dude wtf, you used a terrrrrriiiiblllleee example for buckethead's speed. Search Buckethead Soothsayer Live and take the audio from that. case closed.

  • Petrucci should be number one. Use the 'Stream of Consciousness' solo

  • Be fast is not only to play a bunch of tones fast. This video is stupid

  • John Petrucci is maybe not the fastest guitarist ..but its the guitarist with the best sound !

  • this is the speed of the guitarists you listed (not the solos used in the video): great kat: 13 nps petrucci: 14-15 (can go up to 19 with sweep) bukethead: 16 nps (18 with tapping) rusty: 16 nps (?) joe sump: usually 13 nps shawn lane: 18/19 nps (!!) paul gilbert: 20,5 nps (in the song snake bite) malmsteen: 18,6 nps (in the song blitzkrieg) chris impellitteri: 16 nps MAB: 24 nps (sweep picking) people you missed: jason becker: 22 nps steve vai: 21,6 nps dave murray: 20 nps van halen: 18,7
  • @tizioincognito95

    how the fuck did you get this info?

    yngwie is faster than lane i can tell for sure

  • @guitarfreak23397 it's not that hard really, i can re-write what i listen (sometimes i can play it too) and then it's easy to calculate the speed. yngwie's best is 18.6 and lane is around there. remember, when you hear a run played with alternate picking (malmsteen) it will always SOUND faster than legato or any other technique but it won't always be.

  • @guitarfreak23397

    Shawn Lane Alternate picks 18+nps

    Yng alternate picks 15 nps, like JP and Gilbert

    Batio Rusty Govan and Tiago alt pick 16 nps

    This is from Willjays list as seen in Guitar World Mag!

  • petrucci is my favorite but i think the best ever is Gutrie Govan cause he is able to control the guitar like no one else.. a lot of techniques and cool stuff..

  • petrucci should be higher up

  • Where's jason becker?

  • hes the best !

    

  • Shawn OWNS Yngwie!!!

    And the rest...

  • Everyone rocks, but I still think Buckethead's the best!!!

    Jealous +++++++++++++

  • I agree with the ppl who say yngwie #1 gilbert #2. batio is a jerkoff. Your scale is based soley on metal, but som blues ppl like SRV who plays some real crazy shit

  • fuk whoever doent like michael angelo batio

  • what Paul gilbert track is this?

  • @Sweatybus Get out of my yard

  • dont watch this video if u think herman lee is in the fastest guitarst of all time

  • @BayakTodang More like, wake the fuck up and get real if you think herman is the fastest

  • @BayakTodang

    Bwahaha, you said "Herman Lee"

  • @BayakTodang Hermans last name is spelt like this.. Li. just to let you know lol

  • @BayakTodang He may be fast, but his band fucking blows. Anyone can sit and practice speed for 10 years. It takes someone with talent to write great songs and riffs.

    Petrucci, Vai, Malmsteem, Gilbert, even Buckethead are all awesome technical guitarists....but there is a reason why they are known for their name and not their bands. Because their songs suck...with the exception of a few gems here and there.

  • @ncknick Gilbert and Petrucci's songs are suck are you living in this world?

  • @ncknick I'm pretty sure the reason why Petrucci is known, is because of his band Dream Theater haha.

  • @ncknick Buckethead for life.

  • where is randy rhoads

  • michael angelo batio

    he is #10000000000000000000000000000­00000000

    he is SLOPPY

  • @tate180 MAB's technique is near perfect, so he's no where near sloppy, but he indeed isn't the fastest, though he is very fast.

  • what the hell yngwie malmsteen #1

  • paul gilbert #2

  • john petrucci only 9??

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  • Yeahh Men!

  • @Brentypooz fuck that nigger piece of shit we play fast casue we like it

  • @oghackysack Wow... Was that really necessary?

  • @UnknownSect333 absofuckinlutely

  • @Brentypooz I would love to see be BB King as aggressive as metal without getting fast

  • Круче Гилберта никого нету :) :) :)

  • flight of the bumblebee was set at a retardly fast record but it doesn't make him the best! check him out though its kinda impressive!

  • What bullshit you play a dumb song for buckethead and put shawn lane in at 5 your stuffed in the head mate!!!

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  • Nobody is faster than shawn lane was...

  • @pitriplex and he also played the most interesting stuff imo.

  • @pitriplex Totally, he was also cleaner and more melodic than everyone else....

  • nothing against shredders , but a lot of them sound a like. shredding is good but the music has to come from your heart and flow threw your fingers . Not just your fingers shredding out scales as fast as you can , is really not for me.

  • John Petrucci should be higher.

  • What about SKisgar Skigelf?

  • you don't know how to choose! Malmsteen is the fastest shredder.

  • dude i hate buckethead

    it's a grown up guy that wears a kfc bucket on his head that is just sad!

  • @sunglassesslash what does that have to do with the music he plays?

  • guacala i hate hoe rusty colley plays... any computer could do it and more clean..

    play guitar is not only the speed is more dificult play things and compose things that are slowless and pleasant that just do this shit

  • synester gates *1

  • @Theangusyoung54

    Synester Gates aren't fast. This video is about speed.

  • you forgot petrucci in kill mode

  • If it comes down to "fastest", Cooley is untouchable. But Malmsteen is the one who makes me REALLY want to play guitar (I do play, just not as well as Yngwie :p)

  • The top 3 IMHO, based on speed, accuracy, and content.

    #1. Yngwie

    #2. Paul Gilbert

    #3. Shawn Lane

    If you are going for just sheer speed and control, you could just reverse this list.

    Just my 3 cents.

  • 1MAB

    2paul gilbert

    3Michael rmeo

    4yngwie

  • 1MAB

    2paul gilbert

    3Michael romeo

    4yngwie

  • @saicosis2 Sorry bro, batio beats yngwie

  • @saicosis2 You kinda forgot Loomis >_>

  • @saicosis2 yngwie sounds more precise because he uses a scalloped fretboard and lower output pickups

  • @saicosis2 Paul is the reason why they named the band Speed Racer X

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  • THE GREAT MOTHER FUCKIN KAT ! ugly creature but amazaing ! hehe oranthi isnt the best of all time but she great and actually alot better looking then great kat :)

  • 0:05 Rimsky-Korsakov would spin in his grave.

  • 23 people haven't heard of david shankle.

  • come on petrucci 9 he had lots of solos very fast he

    has to be the # 1

  • paul gilbert should be number 1

  • al di meola is not in here?! he has to be faster than at least the great kat.

  • al di meola is not in here?! he ha to be faster than at least the great kat.

  • That's weird the title and the discription cancel each other out.

  • The great kat is only good for sucking dicks. My 8 year old cousin is more accurate than her

  • Shawn Lane was definitely the fastest guitarist listed here. He did shit that Rusty Cooley won't even be doing for a while.

  • why aint øystein sunde in this vid? hes the fastest of all time

  • Øystein Sunde

  • what about slash and hendrix?

  • @azuboy98 ur kidding ryt?

  • @azuboy98 Shredders dude, and besides slash is shit!

  • whos shawn lane? GAY

  • yay

  • Shredding is nothing compared to quality, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai is where it's at :D

  • most of these solos dont even sound good

  • Yeah...Buckethead actually makes his shredding sound good. His tone is great, combinations are good, and his music is fukin phenomenal. He's, in my opinion, best guitarist to live. Him and Shawn Lane. I don't listen to Shawn Lane, I'm not much into his music, but I admire his awesome skills. Paul Gilbert has a real good tone too. I don't really like malmsteen, but respect him because he's one of Buckethead's influences. The rest I don't really care for. MAB is good, but his music is shit..

  • ...... michael angelo batio is fucking garbage

  • wheres randy rhoads????????? come on man

  • Lol why not take This Dying Soul ending solo or Beyibd This Life Live At Budokan solo for John Petrucci? Serious shredding here

  • Shawn lane and buckethead are faster than paul gilbert, Yngwie, Chris Impellitterri, Michaelangelo batio, however if you start counting tapping there will be plenty more who are faster than all these guys as well. I just don't know why all these lists fail to mention John Mclaughlin who happens to be the only one close to Shawn Lane in terms of speed.

  • Just type anton oparin and you'll forget all these loosers... and he's just 13 or 14

  • @osamierda That kid is good doesn't mean everyone else has to be losers. That kid still has a long way to go.He's not even close to being the fastest. Many like Jeff Loomis, Jason Becker, and there was this kid ( totally forgotten ) who was playing with vai at 10, who have been prodigies but they never reached the peak. The absolute peak in my opinion would be Shawn Lane, brilliant composition and fastest guitarist using alternate picking ( no tremlo picking ) till date.

  • @Achilles9924 That kid is not good, is just inhuman, I've been playing guitar for mora than 15 years and know what is really difficult and what is just appearance. Not even close?? are you nuts?? watch him playing get out of my yard live, totally insane, Shawn Lane should be born again to reach that

  • @osamierda I didn't say he's not good, I said he has a long way to go. Perhaps I underestimated him because I only saw one of his videos, but still in the long run Shawn Lane was technically magnificent and perhaps if that kid is that good he'll reach that level but still he has long way to go before he gets there, composition matters my friend, hopefully the kid won't stop progressing, but he's still not there.