8 - string shred. Any Fans Of Well Played Instruments look here!

johnwoods

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=c9_aQDOIfAU&search=rusty%20cooley

Rusty Cooley, by all means possibly the fastest guitarist Ive ever seen, Must be faster than Batio, Vai, Lane, etc. Watch this for about 2mins it gets Insane,

Amazing Dedication/ Sweep Picking.

Kenny_D

Holy ****!!!

Doctor J

He's unbelievably fast but his music, what I've heard of it at least, sucks balls.

Still... you can't knock his playing :v:

Kenny_D

Agree with the doc. Not a great song but his playing is scary

Karl Hungus

Yeah, I've seen that ages ago. He's got some amazing technique, but his music really lacks. Michael Angelo is faster though, and actually writes some better music aswell tbh.

Doctor J

It's about time Chris Poland and Marty Friedman put a band together. That would kick all kinds of ass :v:

Karl Hungus

Doctor J wrote:

It's about time Chris Poland and Marty Friedman put a band together. That would kick all kinds of ass :v:

:eek:

That is all.

feylya

"I can play melodically, I just don't want to"

He actually said (something very similar to) that!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Its very bland. Lacks fire and attitude IMO

Rustar

"Berklee Robot".

Doc_Savage

that guy is the most boring guy to watch ever!!

thats not even that special!!

there are far more interesting guitarists out there!!:rolleyes:

moonboy

sean_keevey wrote:

Its very bland. Lacks fire and attitude IMO

ditto.
i turned it off after 10 seconds

cormhag

thats the funniest music ive ever heard. since Batio that is. . .

Karl Hungus

Bland is definetly the way to describe him. Seeing as I'm a sucker for getting any lessons I can get my hands on these days, I nabbed some lessons of his, and boy were they the most insanely dull things I've ever tackled.

Ancient1

Man, if i could play like that i wouldn't give a sh1t what you guys think :v:

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Ancient1 wrote:

Man, if i could play like that i wouldn't give a sh1t what you guys think :v:

No-one would listen to you play however

Ancient1

No-one listens to me as it is.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Infact to get that good, you'd probably want to be doing nothing else but playing the uitar. Not really a great life TBH

Karl Hungus

sean_keevey wrote:

Infact to get that good, you'd probably want to be doing nothing else but playing the uitar. Not really a great life TBH

To make a living doing what you've got a passion for would be what I'd consider a great life TBH.

sei046

i would still rather petrucci anyday because no matter what style he plays you really believe him. Every note he plays really is whats suppose to be there and if its jazz or blues or pure metal he nails it. that guy is just fast, no real depth at all

Doctor J

Aye, there are plenty of fast players, but few who are tasteful with it.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Karl Hungus wrote:

To make a living doing what you've got a passion for would be what I'd consider a great life TBH.

I accept that, but come on, there's more to life than guitar

Karl Hungus

sean_keevey wrote:

I accept that, but come on, there's more to life than guitar

Yeah, like posting on internet message boards. :v:

sei046

more to life than guitar but not much more to life than your passion surely?

Savman

Jesus how can u have anything bad to say about that video, it is quite phenomenal. Let's respect and not begrudge (in typical irish male guitarist fashion )

But there ain't no accountin for taste I guess..

sei046

now i would be the first to say the man is technically a genius in his speed and accuracy! i just wouldnt like to be in his position in the sense that he doesnt really have much taste or great phrasing by the sounds of it

johnwoods

I know what you guys mean! I seen him play tho and he does put some soul into it. He definately thinks he's soulful. Either way Imagine your dad being able to play like that, hehe could learn alot from him, But I dont think he can match up to the melody writing of someone even like slash.

Doc_Savage

love it or hate it i think that this...

is a far superior piece of showmanship!

i think he uses every technique under the sun!!

Johnny Storm

Nice one.
I'm sure this isn't an original observation but ol' Steve must have the longest fingers ever - even longer than Jimi's.

JMArr

Doc_Savage wrote:

love it or hate it i think that this...

is a far superior piece of showmanship!

i think he uses every technique under the sun!!

Sounds like Cheese FM to me Doc...:p
Think I heard some thing similar in a lift one time ..or a supermarket...it's like ''On Hold'' music...:D Is that called Fusion ..like Jazz-lite??

And he looks like he seriously loves himself ..check the hair flicking in the middle of the solo LOL..

Rustar

JMArr wrote:

Sounds like Cheese FM to me Doc...:p
Think I heard some thing similar in a lift one time ..or a supermarket...it's like ''On Hold'' music...:D Is that called Fusion ..like Jazz-lite??

And he looks like he seriously loves himself ..check the hair flicking in the middle of the solo LOL..

I'd much rather listen to Steve's finely-honed 'smooth jazz' than some mindless masturbatory shredding.

He does have that strange 'guitar mime' thing going, tho

Mystic Fibrosis

Johnny Storm wrote:

Nice one.
I'm sure this isn't an original observation but ol' Steve must have the longest fingers ever - even longer than Jimi's.

The reason his JEM guitars have such a deep cutaway is because he has massive hands

(Yeah, I'm a massive Vai fan. So sue me )