So, John Taylor, has set a new record 600 bpm, playing flight of the freaking bumblebee , set: 4/23/2011


Btw, not sure if this topic has been created, I saw one a while back, but that was the 340 BPM one, Tiago Della Vega, or what he is called, set that one, anywho, if it haven't been created, it is created now

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not as amazing as that one, but also fast

It's too bad you can't really hear the picking in either example Audio is always a challenge, especially live, but you'd think the first clip especially would have used something other than the mic on the camera. The second clip did the same. The result being you can't hear any picking really. But I"m sure the guys have put in their practice time just from watching them.

Well, I know that John Taylor, doesn't care about how clean it sounds and all that, since it is just about the speed there, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't sound so clean, all he wants to do is being the fastest guitarist, and he achieved that

Impressive, but it sounds like crap!

I wish I could sound that crappy at half that speed

Yeah, it's impressive and all, but I bet if we could warp time to be uber slow, we would find him not hitting all the notes. Just doesn't seem possible. Like Brett said though, sounds like crap.

it's like watching some quick pass by, you can't really see it.

This is unbelievably. Faster than light!

Well, very fast and all that... but,

Meanwhile, the rest of the world devotes itself to something useful !

His dedication must obviously be very admirable but imagine if he put that much effort into other aspects of life, what other things would benfit massively from such effort and dedication, that's what we've got to ask ourselves ?

+1 Ben! This si the worst spent time I have ver seen in my life...not only his but also mine on watching the end

Well said mate, Imagine if he dedicated all that time and effort to playing with feeling and emotion....or constructing some sort of life for himself...Sounds like balls....

Like I said when this video was posted on SS a few months ago; While I certaintly prefer emotional music - who are we to say what good music are? A guitar does not neccessarily have to be about playing with emotions, or even making music at all. People use things for their own ends, and what kind of elitist approach would it be to say he is making music wrong? I'm sure everyone understands that this video was not made to sound good, it was made to break a record. But if his goal of playing guitar is simply to play fast, who are we to say that he should try to play with emotions - if that is something he couldn't possibly care less about.

Even though I agree with some of what you said, everyone can put forth their own opinion....that was mine...sounds like balls.

Oh yes of course, and it certaintly does sound like balls. I wasent trying to say opinions shouldn't be said

I see what all of you guys are saying about emotion and all that, but the fact is he wants to be the FASTEST guitar player and he achieved that, I think thats impressive, we all have different goals, and some wants to be the fastest runner, some wants to be the runner that can run the longest, and some wants to be the fastest guitar player, I think the point that he just achieved it is amazing. But because he is the fastest, that doesn't mean he can't play with it emotion

Also he turns hes pick around and it sounds like crap, he doesn't care, since it allows him to play faster and also hes strings are all the way down to the neck, which makes it sound even worse, but again it can make him play faster

Well said. You guys should check out his explanation of why he does this. I used to be critical of people like this, but everybody has a dream.

Man i appreciate and agree with what your saying...but, the comments were made as a joke...to make like minded ppl in this thread laugh...that's it....there is no hate or disrespect for what he is doing....Just a sense of humor

But, this is so sloooooppy!

Yeah absolutely.. he's got amazing drive and dedication that's for sure. Seems like a nice guy as well. Speed in itself is a limited form of gratification which is ultimately only ego based. I was just saying that imagine if the same level of dedication were applied in other areas of music or life, what one would be able to achieve. That's all, I'm not knocking him.

yeah, I agree. Judging on speed only, I still think De la Vega is more accurate still

Where is the point here? Anyone can do this with a lot of time invested in exercise, but a total waste of time (as someone said here).

Yeah... imagine if all the useless guitar players who aren't going to be anything "great" would just put down their guitars and actually start contributing to their society, study for their professions and spend more time with their loved ones.

What I'm saying is, I think everyone should put their dedication to wherever they feel like. This is just as useless as playing in a band or teaching at GMC. I do not intend to offend anyone, and I think you realize it too - all I'm trying to express is that even though I don't give a flying V for that kind of speed, he does... and that's all there is to say. U know?

But it sure sounds sooooo sloppy and bad to me. Wish I had some video editing software with which to check if he's actually playing accurately.

I'm not really convinced though, are you? If you can't hear the picking, it ends up sounding like a blur so it's hard to say how fast he is actually playing right? I don't think he proved much here, but I appreciate his intensity. I did see a great vid of a guy doing this same thing and he wasn't using a ton of gain so you could hear him pick/play and there was a guiness records guy present so it was an actual record. IHere is the vid.










I have to say I don't think being in a band is "useless" even if you are not going to be Led Zeppelin. Playing in a band is wonderful experience in an of itself and worth doing for it's own sake, if you are a musician. IMHO. Balancing work and play is important of course, but for all we know this guy is a wonderful father of 4. I dont think you can assume someone has no life outside guitar / music just because they can play. Anymore than you could assume an artist/painter had nothing outside of painting, just because they could paint? Just seems like some pretty big assumptions.

Yeah, dedicating to something you really like is something that we all strive to do, but rare are the one that will have that opportunity in life unfortunately. It's always about compromises, even with biggest stars, probably even bigger compromises for them, who knows how they wanted to live their lives, what is "great" for them. Anyway, we all strive to do something that we like, and survive along the way, so it's best not to judge people just because they are doing the things they do. This guy wanted to show that he can play the fastest in the world, probably made some money out of it too, and good for him. But that doesn't change the fact that everyone there is thinking how he is the fastest player in the world, and he is the sloppiness king. Hendrix was sloppy as hell, and he was one of the greatest, because he made something new and creative instead of playing flight of the bumblebee.

Yeah. I didn't mean playing in a band is useless. What I meant was is just that playing in a band is just as useless as repairing cars for fun, painting, having sex, skateboarding, playing chess or striving to play The flight of the bumblebee 600 bpm. Someone might say that no, playing in a band is more creative than playing just fast and therefore a better way to spend time, but that's THAT PERSON'S PREFERENCE, not an actual objective truth. Everyone should do what they like, "creativeness" has no value whatsoever by itself. It's the people themselves who give things value. We could live in a world where playing the guitar FAST gives you the greatest value a human being can achieve, but we don't. That still doesn't mean it's more useless than other "useless" activity out there.