Top Ten Fastest Guitar Shredders

The Top Ten
1 Michael Angelo Batio Michael Angelo Batio also known as Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois.

Michael invented the Dean Double-Guitar and was the first person in the world to successfully play it. AWESOME! Michael started playing piano and composing at age 5, started playing guitar at age 10. Michael has performed over 1100 shows in 31 different countries since 1993. He tours the world performing guitar workshops, also records, tours and plays with various bands and solo. He also invented and successfully played the very first 'quad' guitar. However, the instrument was stolen during a Nitro show in El Paso, Texas, and only two of the four parts required for its assembly have ever been recovered. However, Dean Guitars recently finished production on a new quad guitar for Michael.

This guy is insane, Just look him up on Youtube, you'll see what I mean. He's the fastest guitarist I've ever heard. Although it's probably got a lot to do with the guitars and amps that he uses too.

He already have at least already hit a thousand notes before I could finish heating my breakfast in the microwave... Not to mention with accuracy.

He is the fastest shredder no doubt in it.But there's debate between Chris Impellitteri and Yngwie Malmsteen.

2 Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and bandleader who was born on June 30th, 1963, in Stockholm, Sweden. He was known for his neoclassical metal playing style back in the 1980s.
3 Buckethead Brian Patrick Carroll, known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has worked within many genres of music.

Buckethead is an amazing guitarist. He's so damn good, that he can actually get away with wearing a KFC bucket and Mike Myers/Halloween movie mask on stage as part of his show...Yet, people not only don't care about that weirdness, but they stayed focused only on his guitar work! Not many people can pull off something like that, you gotta be pretty badass to keep an audience focused while wearing that...amazing.

If "master" is defined as someone who makes the impossible look effortless, then I give you Guitar Master Buckethead. I saw him last night and still haven't gotten over it.

Just listen to Jordan or the android of notre dame live or ANY of his songs and you will see how fast he is

The man in the mask is insane fast.

4 Chris Impelliterri

I know everyone on here is bias but please check out Empire of Lies. That track at the very least is ear candy. Youll thank me later.

5 Ilan Ashkenazi

Fastest ever

Got scared there lol well this list looks better then others, it's more realistid cool!

He's the coolest guitar player I've ever seen

Master.

6 Paul Gilbert Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American hard rock/heavy metal guitarist. He is best known for being the co-founder of the band Mr. Big. He was also a member of Racer X, with whom he released several albums.

Guitarist Paul Gilbert has sold over three million records in the United States stemming from his brilliant work with Racer X, Mr. Big and as a solo artist. Long known as one of the top shredders in the business, Gilbert sometimes returns to his blues rock roots as on his Raw Blues Power album

The best guitarist of the world

7 The Great Kat (Katherine Tomhas

The Great Kat was born Katherine Thomas in Swindon, England (on a U.S. air Force Base Military Hospital), moved to USA aged 3. After touring the world as a violinist, she realised that Classical music was dead, so she began updating Classical Music with Speed Metal and transcribed intricate violin solos to the guitar. The Great Kat is the only musician taking note-for-note authentic Classical Music scores (from Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Liszt, and Rossini) and re-orchestrating the entire scores with Shred Guitar virtuosity and mixing it with Speed Metal band and Classical orchestra.

She's fast but I think Chris Impellitteri's faster than her. Even Paul Gilbert and Buckethead's been called faster than the Great Kat. In fact Chris Impellitteri has been called the second fastest shredder. Even faster than Yngwie Malmsteen. Though I am not sure but I think Malmsteen's faster.

Her shreds are definition of true metal hypersonic total mass destruction that brings doom upon the Earth and whole Galaxy. On this planet only her insane sex appeal can match her shredding talent.

The Great Kat deserves #1 because she brings classical music to a new audience. She is fast, technical and a genius.

8 Rusty Cooley

Listen to warcry unbelievable too fast for words, so much technique and to think not on the g4 tour

One hear of the stuff he does for Outworld and you'll be convinced he's the fastest in no time.

9 John Petrucci John Peter Petrucci is an American guitarist, composer and producer. He is best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Compared to his level of skill, John Petrucci is relatively unknown in the modern music industry.

John Petrucci grew up on Long Island, Kings Park He started playing guitar at the age of 12 (After a brief fling at age 8 when he noticed his sister got to stay up late for her organ lessons. His little plan didn't work out being that his guitar lesson was after school, and soon lost interest. ) He quickly realized his influences and was determined to reach their level of ability. Some early influences include Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Iron Maiden, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Yes, Rush etc. As the rise of thrash & metal hit John expanded his influences to include bands like Metallica & Queensryche.

He is accurate and the best in techniques.Just amazing to listen to this man

10 Herman Li Herman Li is a Hong Kong-born, British Chinese musician, record producer, and lead guitarist for the British Power-Metal band Dragonforce.
The Contenders
11 Shawn Lane Shawn Lane was an American musician who released two studio albums and collaborated with a variety of musicians including Ringo Starr, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Reggie Young, Joe Walsh, Jonas Hellborg and many others.

Listen to this man's work with Jonas Hellborg. He is insane. Micahel Angelo Batio and Paul Gilbert consider him one of the best who ever lived

12 Jacky Vincent

Awesome guitarist check out Born To Lead

One of the modern best.

13 Joe Stump
14 Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal
15 Jason Becker Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American neoclassical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Shrapnel Records-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released the albums Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up ...read more.
16 Alexi Laiho Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho (April 8th 1979 - December 29th 2020) was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist. He is best known as the lead guitarist, lead vocalist, and founding member of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. He was also the guitarist for Sinergy, The Local Band, and Kylähullut. ...read more.
17 Vinnie Moore
18 Synyster Gates Brian Elwin Haner, Jr., better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician, best known for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Avenged Sevenfold.

Hell yeah it's your pal SYNYSTER GATES

19 Steve Vai Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is an American guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer, born and raised on Long Island, New York.

Is this Steve Vai in this photo? He looks like Tom Araya to me in this photo.

20 Eddie Van Halen Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was a Dutch-American musician, songwriter, producer, and inventor. He was best known as the lead guitarist, occasional keyboardist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.

Is this a joke?! He's the one who created guitar shredding!

21 Davide Lo Surdo
22 Tony MacAlpine

Furious alternate picker with classical piano chops and flair. Love his work as do other guitar gods and really is a players player who never seems to lose his speed.
My favourite fast solos are City beneath the sea(4:14) (Chromacity) and Sacred Wonder (2:43) (Maximum Security)

23 Randy Rhoads Randall William "Randy" Rhoads was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. He was killed in a plane crash.
24 Matthias Jabs
25 Ken Kitamura
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