Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
world record bass speed
- Thread starter bl2112
- Start date
At that speed it's difficult for me to imagine it's very musical. I'd much rather hear a melodic player that plays with passion and sensitivity than a fast one. Speed is extremely over-rated.
Roger that! Taste is the hard thing to develop.
Anyhow, I can play fingerstyle at 800 bpm.
Whole notes.. y'know?
finger running? WTH is that?
dude... i think the real question here is, how many push-ups YOU can do?
I can do lots of em!
as for playing fast.... in all my years, I can't say I've measured my top rate BPM. I can say however, that I've accomplished every song I've set out to learn.
May I ask why you want to know how fast other players play? Are you comparing yourself? Or you just want to know where you stand in terms of your talent vs others?
Let me ask you this..... can you groove at 65BPM?
Thats just index and middle, sixth notes. I can do alot more then just play that. Speed can be used for a elment of playing. I do alot more then pound 16th nots that fast.The guitarist is on youtube. He plays flight of the bumble bees at 320. He goes up like 60 beats everytime. Here it is
I suppose it can be a great accomplishment to be able to play fast. Still, it has severely limited usefulness and it won't guarantee you a spot on most band's/artist's "A" list. Listen to what's making it onto the airwaves - although there is some flash in a guitar solor here or there, most of what the musicians are bringing is just good, solid, tight musicianship.
Craig
Craig
I've never heard of any sort of speed record, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone would try to set one.
IMO, a record for fastest playing is about as significant as a record for how far you can throw a bass. Neither have anything to do with playing bass.
Just my $0.02. No offense to the OP. Go for gold buddy!
IMO, a record for fastest playing is about as significant as a record for how far you can throw a bass. Neither have anything to do with playing bass.
Just my $0.02. No offense to the OP. Go for gold buddy!
Your point?
You found fault with my comment and then validated it in the same sentence.But typing is useful. I'm pretty sure a boss would love to have a paper in 10 minutes instead of and hour. You'll be more efficient. But speed on guitar is just like in sports. Think about in hockey, basket ball or football. You cant go 1000 mph all the time but when you do, use it as a weapon. Speed on guitar is an asset to add a different texture to the music.
- Oct 7, 2000
- 18,619
- 38,939
- Disclosures
- Endorsing artist: Musicman basses
rant on
what the hell is the matter with you people?
someone asks a valid question about something technical, you jump all over him about taste and groove. two unrelated things. sheesh.
rant off
i don't know how fast i can play, but in their quest for speed folks like victor wooten and marcus miller do things like double thumb technique
and stanley clarke uses flamenco style rakes a lot (can you guess which concert i was 8th row at recently?)
i'm sure there's got to be a world record for it, though,
some folks are into that kind of thing...
what the hell is the matter with you people?
someone asks a valid question about something technical, you jump all over him about taste and groove. two unrelated things. sheesh.
rant off
i don't know how fast i can play, but in their quest for speed folks like victor wooten and marcus miller do things like double thumb technique
and stanley clarke uses flamenco style rakes a lot (can you guess which concert i was 8th row at recently?)
i'm sure there's got to be a world record for it, though,
some folks are into that kind of thing...
smakbass
Smakkin basses for 25 years..
There was a dude named Adrian Davidson who used to claim to be the worlds fastest bassist...think he was in guinness and all.
I think we shared our perspectives on playing fast. Isn't sharing personal perspectives what forums are about? So why do folks like you and distrot come along and get all uppity when others sharing another perspective? I made an honest, personal, non-attacking comment at the beginning of the thread. Which led to others chiming in with their opinions. Are you saying that was a wrong thing to do?
the nature of the question, rather the manner in which it was asked, IMHO was not much different than asking how much weight one can lift.... I didn't take it as him asking what the record is so much as him informing TB that he can play at said BPM.... maybe I was reading too far into his question. Point is I took it as him showing off.... or bragging for that matter!
chances are, im wrong.
