Rusty Cooley Betcha Can't Play This March 2008 Guitar World Magazine

[bloodandroll]

and you bet well my friend i can play a shit!

[FurbyParade226]

Everything he does is a, betcha can't play this.

[misterrapidin]

i can do this isnt hard enough

[SimplyMarcusP]

And I don't want to either.

[DegEntUSA]

Amazing.

[metalmikebot]

Still the baddest shredder alive. A god of over the top awesomeness.

[WARDO1O1]

Hey Rusty… what did that Dean 7 string set you back

[WARDO1O1]

Hey Rusty… what did that Dean & string set you back

[SpMeKP]

Hi, i am rusty cooley, and i am here to show of.

[dimbagdarrell1]

Rusty cooley is better than chuck noris. chuck noris can suck my dick.

[SomeYoungGuy1993]

Damn, Man Rusty, your licks are frickin amazing, the technique is phenominal, and you are a fricking good teacher! Keep up the work man, i really like your playing.

[superdanlewis]

is 'betcha' Herman Li's nickname?

[HuberttXXX17]

fuck I'm really suprised that your pick isn't burning when you play this lick

[marioluigi1234567]

1:04 for shotgun shell being ejected out of the guitar.

[robbec2012]

Buzzkill

[munruthel1]

This looks pretty easy actually, all I need is a seven string

[tylerzipperer]

@munruthel1 Yeah thats what i think.

[shugo541]

@tylerzipperer same, turn my SG into a 7 string and i would have it down in about a week or so

[TheEvilsocky]

@munruthel1 Lets see it then, he doesnt use the seventh string, really it just gets in the way for this lick.

[munruthel1]

@TheEvilsocky ok, It's gonna be pretty dangerous tuning my guitar to standard with not even slinky strings on it.

[TheEvilsocky]

@munruthel1 The hell are you talking about? I have several guitars and none of them have a hard time in standard tuning, and by the way hes half step down, and if youre in Bb standard already just play it anyway it just changes the key.

[munruthel1]

@TheEvilsocky just shut the fuck up and quit talking to me, if you knew anything about playing guitar, you'd know what I was talking about. He has a fucking 7 string, which means he has a bottom E string for higher notes, I would have to tune my guitar to standard, I have what you call NOT EVEN SLINKY, look it up, the strings are heavy as hell, and are made for major detuning like Open A, B, C. You understand now, why the hell do you care so much about me playing this anyway, I've seen better

[TheEvilsocky]

@munruthel1 Dude I play this lick on six string in Bb flat tuning all the time with strings even heavier then that, I just don't like hearing people talk shit that their fingers cant back up, and if they could you wouldnt be pissed right now.

[munruthel1]

@TheEvilsocky Your comment is already ignorant, there is nothing heavier than not even slinky. It's up to 56 gauge, and on seven string the top string is usual 52. And who says I was pissed, you're the one that tends to be obsessed with playing this riff. Rusty really isn't complex at all, all his riffs are just based around speed. If you want something that's actually hard look up Tosin Abasi, Rusty is good I'll admit, but I've seen better, way better.

[TheEvilsocky]

@munruthel1 Look I don't mean any hard feelings man, it's just you shouldnt limit yourself to what seems physically possible if you want me to make a video showing all the stuff I'm talking about I will, I'd rather not though as I don't have the lick up to game speed yet (I've been working on funk strumming lately so my speed stuff is on the back burner) Note actually my washburn (at the time) had the bottom 6 strings out of a DiAddario 7 string pack so the bottom gauge was 65.

[munruthel1]

@TheEvilsocky can you please just drop it, I care nothing about this

[TheEvilsocky]

@munruthel1 Very well then sir, I wish you luck in your playing endeavors.

[munruthel1]

@TheEvilsocky And I really don't feel like playing this when I've got better things to do, like trying to learn Necrophagist songs.

[munruthel1]

@TheEvilsocky I don't even have a camera so quit getting your hopes up

[iluvithaha]

chuck norris can

[adan921]

i asked god to play it. and he couldnt. instead he died

[MrSparticus666]

No, your right, we can't play that. No one. Period.......

[FamGuitarist]

i dont know why but i think of rusty cooley as the chris angel of Music

[c4r50n1]

@FamGuitarist No, Milli Vanilli are the Chris Angel of music. Get it? Because Chris Angel is fake.

[xesnoteleks]

@s1rand4d

no

[greenday376]

@xesnoteleks one of them

[antonius]

@s1rand4d correction, fastest but not best.

[Deanosius]

That sucked!

[IronMaidenDoD]

Skwisgar Skwigelf can play that. Lol.

[BigBen6893]

@MrSchwermetalle HA!

[xXxXKroniCXxXx]

"i told you you couldnt play it, nah just kidding, but seriously you cant"

[buba28]

and what that was, was something you, little shitty kid would never play

[dwaynbob]

i can do that, it takes an hour to go through the whole thing, but i can get it :D

[gtrcrzy6]

If he would have played that any faster, my head would have exploded

[TheJoeB95]

Hi im rusty cooley, betcha cant afford this

[jmr1068204]

Actually, that's why you need a guitar like that so that you can make his pockets richer...*cough*

[bazbonehead]

@jmr1068204 well...duh!

[MitchTheGuitarKid]

In the 5 seconds Rusty spends playing that riff, he has killed more people than John Petrucci has in his career. XD

[666MetalMatt]

@MitchTheGuitarKid Impossible,Petrucci caused a city to explode with a riff. XD

[slikkar]

he's a monster...this is just for few people I guess... great..

[FCValle]

this is from far, the most difficult "betcha cant play this".

[KIKOandFRIENDS1]

i cant T_T

[stuartpotter08]

rustycooleyface.jpg 

[ozzman55]

2 minutes of rambling on about sponsors, 7 seconds of actually playing the guitar.

I won't lie though, those 7 seconds were badass.

[JeanSeb15]

Holy shit that was super human , but I prefer something with melody where i can feel and hear all the notes :)

[amanuelamanuel]

hory sheet, about 26 notes per second, all picked!

[F4TB0Y69]

i cant play it....without amphetamines!:)

[HateTrooper666]

this is basically an advert for his new guitar.... awesome playing though!

[xexsnowblindxex]

-gives 50 bucks to rusty-

[Grmo19]

Can't play it, but I'm going to start trying to right now.

[krivatakirka]

Mr. Cooley, why did you choose bolt on construction?

[AngelinaMetadona]

Thumbs up for blatant marketing xD

[NevermindXY]

Ok, my parents dont have the money to buy me such an expensive guitar - so Ive just got an usual 6 string guitar. So no comment bout Rustys guitar. But what I wanna do is playing exactely this in exactely that speed. And Im trying this out for 1 month now, playing ONLY that for more than 3 hours per day (Of course - I do play much more than just 3 hours guitar) BUT IT DOES NOT WORK. And I've got the apprehension that it wont work period. Could anybody give me some tips, PLEASE?

[Artybruh]

@NevermindXY maybe try getting a guitar teacher?? Even if it is for a few lessons, if you had some "one on one" time with a professional they could definitely solve any problem you have and get you on the right track for being able to play this. Though it could take very long to get it up to this speed lol,

[ItsA6StringThing]

@NevermindXY Start by understanding the theory behind this lick. Then lean the techniques used in this lick. Then start playing it at less than half speed and work your way up.

[t1mel1ne]

@NevermindXY don't play it for 3 hours a day!! christ. you'll improve more with like 15 mins dedicated practice going through tempos and then not touching the lick again!

[jayzakk72]

@NevermindXY @NevermindXY

Also dude dont practice ONLY this piece of music.

Look at the techniques involved in playing it and practice those.

Alternate Picking, Finger stretches etc.

Like im sure you have already heard the advice, learn it slow and play with a Metronome, then once you have it clean and secure at one speed up the metronome speed a little bit then practice til you have it at the new speed etc.

[VMP007]

3 seconds playing all this notes........impossible only he can.

[imyourenewGOD]

omg dats way better dan my dean :O

[redcthulhu]

Hmm...this signature is the first one I've seen that actually has a practical design instead of just being a cash cow. Also, Rusty is a God.

[cm20]

@redcthulhu youre saying the Loomis C-7 FR is a cash cow?

[Shewolfen]

I love that guitar!!! and the beard ;P

[CiviC092]

is the low profile tremolo like a floyd?

[Metalheadddddd]

When he said "we are alternate picking every note" i was like "no fucking way" hahah

[MortaniusTaijou]

Yeah...

[metalbards]

Badass guitar and sick shredding !!

[MercutioUK2006]

Every time I see it, I realise that not only has my face melted, but Rusty needs to hit us up with some brand new material :)

[lauriemonk]

no you're right, I tried it and I can't...

[staticxfrk]

do you play the red prototype anymore?