Tiago Della Vega, the fastest guitar player in the world (World Record 2008)

43 Responses to “Tiago Della Vega, the fastest guitar player in the world (World Record 2008)”

1. Dr. J
   July 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pm

   

   He’s pretty good, but can he beat Guitar Hero on Expert Mode?

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3. Ovidiu
   July 21st, 2008 at 4:53 pm

   

   Well, this remains to be seen, I guess if he will train for it, it will be piece of cake

4. Vintage Guitar Man
   July 21st, 2008 at 7:30 pm

   

   I’m noticing that speed on guitar is becoming a huge widespread fad. I respect that. There is so much skill there to only sound like a computerized simulated sampler. But where’s the music? His work, to me, sounds like an old theme for a Nintendo game. Maybe I’m missing the point. Anyways, thanks for sharing Ovidiu, it helps bring another perspective into what’s going on in the guitar world.

5. Ovidiu
   July 21st, 2008 at 9:51 pm

   

   I have never thought about this, but you are right, it does sound like a computer simulated music, very interesting observation

   Speed has it’s meaning and used wisely, brings value, just not overuse it…

6. Stratoblogster
   July 21st, 2008 at 10:33 pm

   

   They should make a movie about this guy with Will Ferrell, and call the movie “Della Vega Nights”.

7. Ovidiu
   July 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm

   

   You know, I wonder if after this record we will still hear about this guy…

8. Dr. J
   July 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 am

   

   The piece he’s playing is “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Rimski-Korsakov

9. Sammy
   July 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 am

   

   When it comes time for the Iron Maiden guitar solo (usually a trade-off), I’ve always much preferred the Adrian Smith “feeling” solo after Dave Murray is finished with the “speed” solo.

   i.e., this guy is impressive but B-O-R-I-N-G, even though I’ll never be able to do that.

10. drHoward
    July 22nd, 2008 at 7:00 am

    

    he is just a Dick Dale wanna-be, Dick Dale was doing that stuff back in 1963 playing on an upside down Fender Strat
    See him do it here
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymVxcLQVT8&feature=related

    or watch the Reverend Horton Heat do Psychobilly Freakout
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn4lJqbv7So

    Plus these guys are fast and playing a tune

11. Ovidiu
    July 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 am

    

    @Dr J: I knew the song, but I didn’t know who composed it. I am a long time Manowar fan and they have it recorded on one of the albums under the name Sting of the bumblebee, played on bass by Joey DeMaio, but I was curious about who wrote the song. Thanks, Dr J!

    @Sammy: He is boring, indeed, but the whole point of this was to break the speed record and considering this, he succeeded, even if he won’t get a prize for musicality and originality.

    @drHoward: Indeed, they did this a long time before this guy, but they are not faster, really. Man, I can not believe I am part of this conversation with who is faster than who

12. Silviu
    July 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 am

    

    Amazing…………..

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14. Ovidiu
    July 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 am

    

    Yes, Silviu, amazing, but…what’s the use?

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16. Macks
    July 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    

    Thank you for your comment on my blog. The guy is amazing!

    I really like reading your blog, keep up the good work!

    Macks

17. Ovidiu
    July 22nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    

    Anytime, Macks I am sorry, however I can not understand more from your blog, only when you put pictures or videos. I am OK in English and French, but unfortunately not in Deutsch…

18. silviu
    July 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am

    

    The use? I don’t know exacly how this guy sings. I know he is fast and this is an advantage. I tend to think that his playing is good, taking into consideration his technical abilities. He could be a great guitarist, but if the only thing that he knows is how to play fast, than it’s no use. We’ll see…

19. Ovidiu
    July 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 am

    

    He seems he dedicated his life from when he was five to guitar playing and in the last years he spent about 16 hours a day for playing the guitar. I have listened a few of his songs and he seems to not abuse of his speed, I will also watch him, I am curious if we will hear from him again in the future.

20. MG
    July 27th, 2008 at 7:34 am

    

    Ovidiu -this is boring as Sammy said. The actual tune is not even comprehensible here. I do like speed, but tastefully done, this is just lifeless, and I agree with Dr Howard-the guys he cites maybe aren’t as fast, but they are playing actual songs/music, not trying to break a guitar-playing speed record.

21. Ovidiu
    July 28th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    

    @MG: Well, the man has a target here:speed. He didn’t say that it’s going to be melodic

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23. arcane
    July 29th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    

    how many strings has that guitar got?

24. Big Daddy
    August 8th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    

    I watched the vid, I’m sure that this was done purely for the sake of setting a record, I’m also willing to bet the intro and outro music was his as well, and believe it or not, I heard some feeling in that. I was pretty impressed about his skills, but if he is a true virtuoso in the vein of guys like Vai, Petrucci, Gilbert, etc. then he can play tastefully so at normal speeds, to me, a true musician can combine elements of speed, technical precision, and feel to catch your ear. While many may think “oh big deal, he can play fast, boooring”, keep in mind this was to set a record not to be entertaining in the sense of “impress me”. btw, that guitar looked like a custom 7 string, I thought it was a Schecter, it may be, but I couldn’t tell.

25. coskun
    August 20th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    

    again….. how many strings has that guitar got?

26. Ovidiu
    August 20th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    

    I guess 6 strings, not more, not that it matters too much when it comes to speed

27. Abdo
    August 26th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    

    Wow realy very fast

28. tarryd
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    

    i wonder if any1 has thought of writing music that is meant specifically for speed playing?

29. unitar
    September 8th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    

    His first youtube video is named 38bps, now we assume he’s implying he can play 38 notes per seconds, otherwise 38 notes with the metronome set at 60. By doing simple math this gives out the following results:

    metronome at 60 = 38 beats
    met. 120 = 19
    met. 240 = 9.5
    met. 320 = 7.125

    The record video shows him playing 4 sixteenth note per beat and the metronome is at 320.
    Can he play fast, I am sure, but the accuracy of those 2 videos and the metronome settings do not match. If he can play 7 beats at 320, why then not do that at the guinness world record show where he only played 4 beats at 320?
    Again, when it comes to rhythm is simple math subdivisions where you can calculate all of this, and well it justs doesn’t add up.

30. Conrad Pienaar
    September 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    

    Where can one buy a cd or mp3s of Della Vega. I love his work I heard on Myspace. There is much more to him than this athleticism.

    Conrad

31. Ovidiu
    September 18th, 2008 at 6:00 am

    

    I don’t know, but you can ask him using his MySpace page, I guess.

32. Gôldi€
    October 27th, 2008 at 9:20 am

    

    Where is Tiago Della Vega Tabs? I want learn Violet Rose..

33. John Bowden
    November 27th, 2008 at 7:59 am

    

    Yeah!!! I’ve seen you on youtube before. This same video presentation. A very good expose of clean effecient picking technique. Quadrupple at 280 is the fastest I’ve ever gone but certainly not with the smoothness and accuracy you display here!!! Keep playing ! I love it!!!!!!

34. nicholaspaul
    February 12th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    

    My bicycle sounds like this when something gets stuck in the spokes.

    While I can admire his dedication, tenacity and exacting technique (and as you rightly said) this isn’t music. But everyone knows that (including the guitarist himself).

    Give me BB King any day!

35. fabio
    July 28th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    

    I found Tiago della Vega soloist CD on internet at http://www.sgrecords.it.
    I bought it, it’s amazing!

36. Puffinpuffin
    November 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    

    this guy sucks, he has a record, but he plays really choppy, and he misses a lot of the notes as it gets faster, you can notice if you watch closely.. and hes really not playing a lot of notes, just a song at a high tempo, which isnt very hard to do.. im not impressed

37. james
    February 9th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    

    aint no pat martino

38. Spectre
    April 27th, 2010 at 5:14 am

    

    I can’t believe people are bagging this guy he is obviously a very talented guitarist and it is amazing what he has done with flight of the bumble bee, I’m sure Rimski-Korsakov would be impressed. If you’re not into this genre of music then of course you’re not going to like it or find it boring…but it’s a hell of a lot better then all this pop-rock they produce today. The only thing that sucks about it is that I doubt we will hear too much more about him because the music industry isn’t about who has the talent and love for what they do…it’s about who can make the most money in the fastest way possible.

39. Guitar Guy
    May 21st, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    

    Wow thats pretty damn cool. I find it really annoying when people conplain when theres someone playing fast saying “oh theres no soul, its boring blah blah blah” but i really dont see why. Ofcourse at crazy speed like this im sure theres alot of subtle things that you just physically can’t do but that doesn’t mean its got no soul because you can’t measure soul. I love all kinds of music from pop to shred and everything in between and bulgarian wedding music but you cannot dismiss someone just because they don’t play it like Hendrix (who was and is awsome) but really theres no more soul in a bluesy bend than there is in… well whatever this is! In the end it’s all subjective as it is an art and you could say “blah blah blah its maths bla bla bla” and your entitled to your own opinion but in the end no one cares. I think this is pretty awsome… I wouldn’t listen to flight of the bumblebe at 320 bpm usually cause… well just cause but its awsome and all these anti shred people can all just stop being such jerks.

40. PhillR
    December 11th, 2010 at 12:16 am

    

    This guy plays faster than any other human being, so he is #1. People who complain are jealous because they are far inferior regarding this type of talent. I love fast guitar and I love the song too. Awesome to see that technical habilities have evolved to this point.

41. Jennifer
    January 25th, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    

    How do you do that — I mean really? That is freaking incredible. Hat’s off to ya!!!!!

42. Joe
    February 15th, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    

    The narcissistically fueled stupidity of the average human being is revealed in some of these comments: “not musical… not melodic… not creative… he didn’t cure cancer…he didn’t solve world hunger”. HELLO, only one thing is being claimed, executing an instrumental passage faster than anyone else. (like running the 100 yard dash as opposed to winning Wimbledon,curing cancer etc). That all having been said, precision of execution does seem relevant. Curious about that (as opposed to some of the irrelevancies mentioned by others) I slowed this down on a Wavepad wave editor. Unfortunately the source fidelity is limited, and at 1/3 speed it sounds indistinct. I would like to hear it w/o the backing track and in higher fidelity to judge how well he executes – since that (as opposed to winning a Grammy) is relevant to what he is claiming to do. Anyone else have observations along these lines?
    Joe

43. John Taylor
    March 27th, 2011 at 9:56 am

    

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