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fastest guitar player

William D Clinger

7/4/2011 4:33:00 PM

This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
speed record set back in April:

http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...

It might even count as classical guitar: The guitarist,
John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.

I was impressed. He didn't even use a capo.

Will
11 Answers

Andrew Schulman

7/4/2011 8:10:00 PM

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On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> speed record set back in April:
>
> http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> It might even count as classical guitar:  The guitarist,
> John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> I was impressed.  He didn't even use a capo.
>
>
The last one especially sounded like a lullaby.

Watching this video was very similar to watching an episode of South
Park.

Thanks,

Andrew

doug

7/4/2011 8:42:00 PM

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On Jul 4, 1:10 pm, Andrew Schulman <and...@abacaproductions.com>
wrote:
> On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:> This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> > been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> > speed record set back in April:
>
> >http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> > It might even count as classical guitar:  The guitarist,
> > John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> > I was impressed.  He didn't even use a capo.
>
> The last one especially sounded like a lullaby.
>
> Watching this video was very similar to watching an episode of South
> Park.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew

I understand Cartman's a democrate

jeff carter

7/4/2011 9:19:00 PM

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On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> speed record set back in April:
>
> http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> It might even count as classical guitar:  The guitarist,
> John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> I was impressed.  He didn't even use a capo.
>
> Will


Well sure, with a pick. But how fast can he do it using i-m?
;-)

--Jeff



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tombrown@jhu.edu

7/4/2011 9:25:00 PM

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On Jul 4, 11:32 am, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> speed record set back in April:
>
> http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> It might even count as classical guitar:  The guitarist,
> John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> I was impressed.  He didn't even use a capo.

Does Guinness still accept the record if you're on steroids? Because
he looks like he's doping.

Lutemann

7/5/2011 11:04:00 AM

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On Jul 4, 4:24 pm, thomas <drthomasfbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 11:32 am, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> > been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> > speed record set back in April:
>
> >http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> > It might even count as classical guitar:  The guitarist,
> > John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> > I was impressed.  He didn't even use a capo.
>
> Does Guinness still accept the record if you're on steroids? Because
> he  looks like he's doping.

I wonder why they always do these things with distortion. I'd like to
hear it played straight.

Charlie

7/5/2011 11:14:00 AM

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On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> speed record set back in April:
>
> http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> It might even count as classical guitar:  The guitarist,
> John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> I was impressed.  He didn't even use a capo.
>
> Will

Who cares?

Charlie

Artisan

7/5/2011 1:11:00 PM

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On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> speed record set back in April:
>
> http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> It might even count as classical guitar: The guitarist,
> John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> I was impressed. He didn't even use a capo.

I slowed it down with a tempo-shifting software to figure out how well he
actually did at the higher tempos, and it really doesn't pass muster
listening to it critically after the time-shifting. The fuzztone distortion
didn't help any, either. If he could redo the challenge on an undistorted
instrument with a sharp enough decay, it might be possible to judge how many
of the notes were hit or missed, but this seems like smoke and mirrors to me
as it stands.

Lutemann

7/5/2011 10:43:00 PM

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On Jul 5, 8:10 am, "Artisan" <ar...@nospamplease.net.invalid> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> > been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> > speed record set back in April:
>
> >http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> > It might even count as classical guitar: The guitarist,
> > John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> > I was impressed. He didn't even use a capo.
>
> I slowed it down with a tempo-shifting software to figure out how well he
> actually did at the higher tempos, and it really doesn't pass muster
> listening to it critically after the time-shifting.  The fuzztone distortion
> didn't help any, either.  If he could redo the challenge on an undistorted
> instrument with a sharp enough decay, it might be possible to judge how many
> of the notes were hit or missed, but this seems like smoke and mirrors to me
> as it stands.

If the guy was smart, he's hook up with a guitar company selling
guitars and giving demonstrations. What he does is almost completely
useless, but people love useless stuff.

2cts

7/5/2011 11:28:00 PM

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Lutemann wrote:

> If the guy was smart, he's hook up with a guitar company selling
> guitars and giving demonstrations. What he does is almost completely
> useless, but people love useless stuff.

Nah, he plays it slowly, too (see the beginning). It is just no
guinnes book record as of to yet-.

rgds

Matti Karjalainen

7/9/2011 9:21:00 PM

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On 5 heinä, 16:10, "Artisan" <ar...@nospamplease.net.invalid> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 12:32 pm, William D Clinger <cesur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This may be old news to many of you, and it might have
> > been discussed here, but I just found out about a guitar
> > speed record set back in April:
>
> >http://urdb.org/world-record/guitar-p...
>
> > It might even count as classical guitar: The guitarist,
> > John Taylor, performs a familiar tune by Rimsky-Korsakov.
>
> > I was impressed. He didn't even use a capo.
>
> I slowed it down with a tempo-shifting software to figure out how well he
> actually did at the higher tempos, and it really doesn't pass muster
> listening to it critically after the time-shifting.  The fuzztone distortion
> didn't help any, either.  If he could redo the challenge on an undistorted
> instrument with a sharp enough decay, it might be possible to judge how many
> of the notes were hit or missed, but this seems like smoke and mirrors to me
> as it stands.

Is it just me, or was the first, slowest take sloppier than one would
expect?

-MK