My lesson with the world's fastest guitarist...

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I’ve always been in awe of Rusty Cooley’s playing, and it was super sick to get some time with him!!!
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[@nickbroomhallmusic]

Rusty's 'Betcha Can't Play This' will live in my head rent free forever

[@ori2085]

Last TRT was great bro

[@Goose21]

So will Karl Sanders one

[@cerveshred]

I still practice The Shred Guitar Manifesto tutorial

[@cerveshred]

@@carlreijer4478 I learned Hillbilly Militia song but demo version a few years ago. I'm more on the jazz side right now, but The Butcher was on another level. Yes Outworld was great, but prefer with Kelly Carpenter as vocals.

[@cerveshred]

@@carlreijer4478 yeah Stine Brothers, Derek Taylor and Eddie Head. Those guys played the same style. Legato and picking lines. Check out Haji's Kitchen and Crimeny bands. Those guys guys played there.

[@heylookitsn0ah]

I commented “rusty coolest” on one of rusty’s instagram posts and he liked my comment lol. Certifiably the coolest

[@dmacrolens]

Simp harder!!

[@heylookitsn0ah]

@@dmacrolens lmaooooo you mean he isn’t the coolest? You’re crazy, man

[@CynHicks]

Yeah, well I sent him an email way back in the early days of the interwebs reading, "You made me quit." He emailed me back with a "😄 Thanks." 🤣 I mean, that's a true story but...

[@oslowilde6961]

Idk I had a few lessons with him and would not say he was the coolest but he is a great guitar player.

[@P.dripps92]

This dudes solo on Rings of Saturns "Infused" is wiilllddd

[@sip__]

It’s better than most of rings own solos

[@megadeth8592]

@@sip__ LOL nah

[@lbgtr87]

When you get the Human that sounds like a computer when he plays guitar to play with the guitar pro computer band

[@P.dripps92]

@@lbgtr87 look everyone there ls a hater for no reason!

[@sip__]

@@megadeth8592 I love rings of Saturn but a lot of their solos are just kinda shreddy without direction. Rusty’s solo is melodic and moves forward while being super shreddy

[@craigpaulson3503]

Finally! Rusty is making Dean feel how Dean makes us feel when we watch him. Hopefully that makes sense.

[@fromthesky1050]

Chris Storey from All Shall Perish was a student of Cooley's. Really great sweeps

[@higler.]

Rusty's solo in "From So Far Away" in still batshit crazy like wtf...

[@dannyzep92]

I wonder what he's up to these days since he left

[@Spidermanownz]

I remember listening to the 'awaken the dreamers' solo on repeat for an hour just trying to fathom wtf was happening...I still don't know what was happening 😅

[@craigpaulson3503]

​@@higler. From So Far Away is one of the best instrumentals I've ever heard. You will get speeding tickets if you listen to it while driving. Rusty and Chris are two of my influences.

[@parisite99]

@@dannyzep92he’s back with the band and playing some shows currently.

[@FretboardToAsh]

This dude's skill is so insane that it legitimately seemed like you were speeding up the video to fast-skip through the moments he played the examples fast, except somehow all his other movements just remained normal.

[@user-bl3si3kq6x]

My son takes lessons from him and I have to say he's the coolest guy out there. Great teacher. Great rates. Has been a good friend to the family as well.

[@blahkaw98]

Rusty NEEDS to have a guest solo on the next Archspire album. It's such a perfect collab.

[@Kimberlight]

Dude his album with Outworld is one of my most listened to albums. If you guys haven't heard it, I strongly suggest you check it out!

[@michaelcunningham6534]

Rusty is the best, I used to take guitar lessons from him as a kid. Extremely sweet and skilled guy, and I always thought I was just deficient trying to keep up with his speed. At that age, I didn’t yet realize he was one of the greatest in the world 😂

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

5:55 The reason you have this "breakup speed" is because you're trying to increase your top speed when the time increase should be your average speed instead. That's how classic musicians practice. You start at a bpm where you can play comfortably, play for some time, then you increase the bpm by a small amount like 4 or 8 and repeat. Do 4 to 5 increases then next day you start from your first time increase. While it's still practice, the increase is happening in a more organic manner. This also eliminates the dead spot of "breakup speed" because the increase is so small you don't have time to think about whether you'll be able to do it or tense up, if not similar things which could hinder your practice.

[@JTTTTT850]

Rusty is a local hero in the woodlands TX lol

[@shixerz_93]

Man Rusty seems so down to earth its awesome. Saw his interview/Guitar talk with Karl Sanders of Nile and the vibes were off the chain

[@RequiemNocturne1]

The GOAT. Arpeggio Madness and Fretboard Autopsy are still great books for learning how to shred.

[@bigglock5478]

Rusty Cooley’s Outworld album is one of my favorite of all time. Sick to see him pop up on this channel

[@bigfatnoodle48]

And Kelly's vox on that album were also insane... ah the memories

[@StephenChapman]

Michael Angelo Batio gave us the keys to the Lambo. Rusty has given us the keys to the Bugatti.

[@jfo3000]

To the SR71

[@apoplexiamusic]

Keys to the Speedforce

[@supersnuffles102]

Nick Jonas gave us the keys to the Pinto

[@higler.]

Rusty has given us the damn schematic to build our own!

[@mavisser3211]

Bro didn’t a fuck do that

[@realjakeparks]

I took lessons from Rusty in the mid 90s. It is wild to see him on videos like this now.

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

I haven't thought about this guy in over a decade! His Betcha can't play this video was one of the best early KZbin guitar videos!

[@JasonAnthony2222]

This guy gave us Chris Storey

[@Ruebinok]

Rusty Cooley is on another planet. Also, another video and guest where Paul Gilbert is mentioned! We need to get him on here, seems he's one of those legendary influences.

[@groverok666]

Met Rusty Cooley 2 days ago on Fallujah's show in Houston, Texas. Such a good guy he is!

[@bolland83]

This dude is the Chuck Norris of guitar.

[@austinmayan8987]

I’m so thankful you got Rusty in this, a legend and a dude who really put me on 🤘🏻

[@thomaskinsey3424]

Rusty is the man! Took lessons from him as a teenager and it shaped my guitar playing forever, great dude 🤘🤘

[@GAFFA-BASSER]

My requests for 4 levels of .... would be: Ron Jarzombek (the legend!), Defeated Sanity, Gorod, Spiral Architect and Putridity.

[@cerveshred]

@@GAFFA-BASSERl will add Martyr and Theory in Practice

[@linnstr8609]

Has anyone checked out Roy Marchbank? For the longest time I thought Rusty Cooley was the world's fastest guitarist until I recently saw this guy.

[@billy1998vn]

Love that guy! The man is operating on a different plane of existence

[@linnstr8609]

@@billy1998vn He's absolutely insane. The thing that strikes me though is why he's so little known. All his videos have a terribly low viewer count. I wonder if it's because he plays a special kind of world fusion music, or if it's because he's so ridiculously fast that it's hard to believe he's legit.

[@billy1998vn]

@@linnstr8609 He is absolutely legit! There are many of his live performances on youtube and they are all improv. He has this huge wealth of complex note groups and finger patterns that he has mapped out all over the entire fretboard, and he's so comfortable playing at that speed and moving around the fretboard that it does sound so unreal most of the time. I think if Shawn Lane, Marshall Harrison or Frank Gambale didn't play live, people would also think their playing wasn't genuine. Even I would think that

[@bobjones5825]

He got exposed as a fake by troy Grady. It's on his forum/website

[@bobjones5825]

Troy Grady exposed him for being a fake. It's on troys forums

[@kernoleary1394]

thank you for bringing back all the golden rusty days in my memories

[@ilikeheadcrabs]

Bruh get a Rusty solo on the next Archspire record

[@resington]

I Remember 20 years ago watching clips of Rusty playing as he does and I swear he was on fast forward, but no, he's just that good.

[@corycourtney8923]

Thank you for this Dean. And thank you, Rusty for giving us Chris Storey.

[@rhetttanner1598]

Glad to see Rusty doing better after his injury!

[@jamesnortonguitar]

Me too bro! He works insanely hard🤘

[@metalhead41294]

Took lessons from Rusty and he’s so right about the vibrato part. I still struggle with it lol

[@MorganReidguitar]

This dude revolutionised shred for me, 2008 I was practicing his licks for 6 hours a day 🤘. If I ever needed to melt someone's face I would just do some simple 5s runs like he did at the beginning, definitely on par with the Paul Gilbert/Buckethead lick haha.

[@jeramy576]

I think we all have had that same giggle as Dean when witnessing the crazy sht Rusty can do

[@Thesleepiestskies]

I took some lessons from Rusty in the woodlands. Seeing the dude play in person is just something else. I still use his practice licks to warm up

[@devouringfamine2427]

Rusty its a great great player , I owe him a lot when I saw a video of him talking about being able to make minor chords every minor third in the diminished scale.

[@jamesnortonguitar]

Rusty is the best! I’ve been studying with him for over a year!🤘🤘🤘 one of the best mentors I’ve ever had. Dude’s an insane guitarist and an even better person❤️ got nothing but love and admiration for Rusty🤘

[@eviatararon]

His solo album and the outworld album are fire!

[@sirbythedoor3498]

A friend of mine who takes lessons from Rusty got me a lesson from him a few years ago. It was mind blowing and eye opening guy is a BEAST. In a 1 hour lesson he completely changed how I viewed sweep picking, the only technique I thought I was semi decent at. Turns out there was ALOT to improve on 😂 and boy did I. Its absolutely crazy how much these top level guitarists can help you improve just by watching you play for 5 minutes and then giving some feedback

[@taLLdavidproduction]

Never thought of playing 5s that way. Learned so much in just the first few minutes wow!

[@toddcontino7271]

Can I request a 4 levels of death metal video for Shores of Elysium? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Rusty is an OG hero of mine. I just got his RC ONE Ormsby signature 7 string yesterday literally. The black flamed top it’s insane!!

[@CaptGizmo01]

Rusty in the guitar world to me is like a Sage in the world of Wizards

[@sethjohnson5243]

Lots of good info here. Rusty's great. You should do a lesson with Roy Marchbank next. That guy is super fast with incredible technique.

[@henryhardt5816]

Excellent advice. Especially around the 6 minute mark, he speaks about practicing many licks in five-minute chunks as opposed to one exercise for an hour. This piece of advice is actually evidence-based, as it corresponds to the variability of practice hypothesis (which has at least some evidence to prove it in the form of comparative motor skill learning studies). Many people (myself included, during years of classical guitar studies) get this wrong and spend too much time on mindless repetition, when they would be better served by a greater degree of variability in their routines.

[@etobicokeguitarschool]

Seeing you guys talk about how you teach/describe vibrato was very reaffirming - I've got the same approach/mentality. Good to know I'm doing that right!

[@alexschuster1618]

That talk about the bends was a lightbulb moment. When you mentioned the door handle 💡🤯

[@ConstantineM]

And here I am, playing guitar for 16 years and I STILL CAN'T play solo of Born of Osiris - Follow the Signs at full speed. I tried EVERYTHING. Gosh.

[@stevp372]

dont give yourself such a hard time bud. you're still young and everyone develops at their own pace, it's all about the fun

[@TheDedloc]

7:25 That's sort of the same for me. Guitar squeals and pinch harmonics... really good and flavorful ones. When you can FEEL it. When it has gone from a trick they do to being integrated into their playing. It's like the random guitar videos I come across and you see players all the time that know the trick, but it doesn't FEEL right... and you can just tell they are an intermediate at best. I mean, we all went through that stage lol but the same people complain that everyone always tells them to play with feel... and it yea lol we do, becauset it's really hard to explain. It's the small subtleties and some point we ALL cross it! Also, playing FULLLLLLL SONGS and not just a pieces of it is a real give away...

[@guitarxplorer2022]

Fastest clean speed. push pull. yup. economy of motion. I TELL my students, the vibrato is the MATURITY of the player and then demonstrate stances. Loved all! I subscribed! Thank you!

[@Junglebtc]

Love Rusty an absolute beast 💪

[@gerardf7981]

Every couple of mins I kept getting worried the video was ending haha really enjoyed this one

[@richardjones2811]

I'm the worlds fastest love maker. Sometimes being the fastest isn't something to be proud of.

[@Junglebtc]

Best comment so far 😅

[@chrisking6695]

I mean do is Rusty known for good music like Marty? A good vibrato? Good feel? No. So he’s out himself in a niche because all he can do is throw a barrage of notes at the listener (like he says it). The dude is so far down on my list of who I want to aspire to be like. I’d rather play slow and controlled with good vibrato. The first 3 years of my playing I wanted to be super fast but I noticed quick that slower playing makes more fun because you actually are able to express more nuance that way. It’s also more challenging.

[@augmented2nd666]

Roy Marchbank next

[@canman87]

I was at JPGU2.0 in 2018 and I remember one night at like, 2 AM, Rusty was out in a hallway somewhere with a small group of people gathered around and he was improvising alongside a gal on a french horn. Lol, it was totally unexpected, but totally awesome at the same time. The dude is certifiably insanely talented and also just a fun person to be around.

[@chopshop777]

One of the coolest riffs ever written by the mighty Rusty Cooley, HillBillie Milita, such a cool song and riff.

[@Ahtnagarp]

Rusty Cooley, Jeff Loomis, Herman Li. My metal shredder guitar heroes.

[@bradsims5116]

This is my favorite video . Jammed packed with knowledge. Dean and rusty thank you so much !

[@asmodius666]

GOAT. Very underappreciated!!!

[@Tarnished2023]

Rusty is wayyyyy underrated it's almost criminal.

[@hungryguitarstudent]

Love this series! Rusty seems like such a cool dude. Hope you do Per Nilsson someday.

[@JimDewdGuitars]

Learned more in the first 3 minutes than I have with years of lessons! Thanks Dean!

[@WorldsBestGuys]

I'm literally running the high intensity interval training program on a treadmill while listening to Rusty Cooley talk about treadmills

[@FineArtbyAldo]

I took lessons from Rusty, he’s an amazing guitar player and teacher. Rusty did teach this old dog new tricks. 🤘

[@joshforest304]

Onya Dean n Rusty, very humbling 😢🎉

[@zAvAvAz]

Rusty is Stainless Steel dude. And he is sooo COOL! Rusty Cooley! Freakin awesome.

[@MSkwar]

You shoulda asked him to play the solo from outworld, from the album outworld, from the band outworld.

[@jaycswift4751]

I have a lesson with Rusty every week. We all know he can shred at God like levels but he's also a talented instructor.

[@trevorseghers5415]

Awesome to see Rusty on your channel! Now get Marshall Harrison on!

[@dannabass]

I used to want a Cooley signature model so bad.

[@MrMeltdown]

A discussion I had with a proper musician years back lead into the discussion about that I couldn't really hear what was actually being played, and the music started forming a melody with a texture rather than a string of notes.... I was talking about Paul Gilbert at the time... Perhaps I'm not stupider than I look.

[@linorawr]

You should get Ron Jarzombek on your channel 🤘

[@kevinkeith3530]

Great vid! Dan Mongrain (Martyr) would be another underrated legend guest !

[@aaronmcpherson1313]

I had a guitar teacher that gave some lessons to Rusty!

[@OUTL4Wx]

I played fighting myself by linkin park today without missing a note..

[@ctusser]

Shawn lane liked to mix up his groupings a lot when playing fast, it was hard to decipher what he was playing by ear. I know Rusty was a fan of Lane’s back when he was alive.

[@theepicslayer7sss101]

the precision is out of this world, just trying to mimic at half speed ain't even that clean! tho kinda hyped to see where you bring it with all those lessons combined!

[@treewisemenllc7281]

Rusty is a LEGEND!

[@JPT1987]

Rusty is the shred GOAT!

[@kevinbongers6253]

Please get Joe Stump for a lesson 🤘🏼

[@nickbroomhallmusic]

Berklee legend

[@jamesnortonguitar]

Stump is sooooooo sick!!!!

[@higler.]

whata buncha nerds 😋

[@KrisFjord]

If you think that's fast you should check out Joe Stump - Out for blood (Max ostro cover) at about 2:55 That kid almost set his fretboard on fire lol, never seen anything like it. The poor squire strat was traumatised 😂

[@DrowningTimeOfficially]

Dean does Rusty still play a 7 string tuned like a 6 string with a added high string?

[@shaharbar]

Stunt guitarist

[@alexfields6562]

I knew this was gunna be a sik video man rusty is wild man wow great video

[@Patheme]

Lesson with Spiro next?

[@user-dr8kx1yt9y]

4 levels of Dyscarnate!

[@TobyKBTY]

There’s “fast” and then there’s “what the fuck, Rusty”

[@somarriba333]

Damn. 7, 5, and 3's are how the music in my old band were written. All odd time signatures constantly changing measure to measure and then once the entire riff repeats, one more little 8th note is added to fuck it all up. 5, 3, 5, 7, 5, 3, 5, 8. I could have used this guy's lessons 20 years ago.

[@KaijuAlert]

Should have asked him when he's going to get his facebook back. It's become a notorious Facebook spam account.

[@serazac25]

Is his facebook page still hacked?

[@NandoRedrum]

Legend!

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

You should get Michael Angelo Batio on too!

[@haydendraycott7897]

Killer vid!! Off topic a tad but is that one of his old Deans that Rusty’s breaking out there?? 😲😃

[@hosseinnzr3852]

he looks like aragorn

[@atquinn1975]

Rusty is a beast

[@Dustinchugs]

RIP Rusty’s FB account 😂

[@stevendoust6658]

Down up down up down 12345 1234567 12345. I think I’m gonna go play some music

[@non_brewed_condiment]

Rusty is actually too gnarly

[@WayneTwitch]

I always liked Rusty and sometimes i can get into this but idk shits so boring just all sounds like scales when he plays

[@FRANANGELICOONA]

So cool