Odracir (Michael Angelo forum) - 27 - 28 nps (Spasmic arm vibration picking on 1 note) Here are some speeds i've clocked for people using `Spasmic Arm Vibration" picking : The Great Kat - 13 nps (.of very inaccurate tremelo picking on 1 string) Joe Stump - 13 nps (though he does gain more speed with certain runs by economy picking) i just don't have many good quality recordings) Neil Zaza - 13 nps (i'm sure he can pick quicker than this. Steve Vai - 13 -14 nps (mostly around 13 nps) German Schauss - 14 nps (quite inaccurate) Mario Parga - 15 nps (not very accurate, mostly tremelo picking) Jason Becker - 15 nps (can be very accurate) John Petrucci - 15 nps (can be very accurate when not simply "tremelo picking") Chris Impellitteri - 16 nps (16 nps in his early years.these days more around 14-15 nps) Theodore Ziras - 16 nps (alternate picks accurate up to around 16 nps, after that he starts to switch to missing out pickstrokes/economy picking) Tony Macalpine - 16 nps (very accurate) Michael Angelo Batio - 16 nps (very accurate) John McLaughlin - 16 nps (very accurate.on acoustic!!!!!) Marcus Paus - 16 -17 nps (inaccurate, tremelo picking) Todd Duane - 16.5 - 17 nps (very accurate) Danny Joe Carter - 17 nps (not note for note accurate/coordinated at that speed) This is the only list of it's kind i've seen anywhere on the net that is fully scientific, where i can back up every single speed claim with audio evidence in the form of 1 second clips that i have created for each artist, and clocked them myself. You may notice that Rusty Cooley is in both lists, that is because he changes how he picks after a certain speed (from controlled picking, to arm vibration picking). I've also seperated the "Spasmic Arm Vibration" picking, from the normal picking. ![]() level of accuracy, difficulty of shapes/patterns involved). I've split them into groups of speed, just to make it a bit easier to read.Īs you'll see, there are several people that are around the same speed, though i have made noteable comments for a lot of them, because as is obvious to me now, they aren't all necessarily on the same level of picking skill JUST because they pick at the same speed, there are other factors involved also (eg. I often get asked for an actual list of results from my NPS Clocking Project for alternate picking, so today i've typed out a list of my results from clocking over 50 of the fastest known guitarists. The first part is from Willjay, and he's spent alot of hours compiling and clocking these speeds, so be gracious For those who haven't seen it, I've combined both Freepower off 's and Willjay's from the Petrucci and MAB forums fastest guitarist lists, for those who are curious about their favorite players overall speed and alternate picking speed
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