TOP 10 FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE 70'S (Blackmore, Schenker, Mclaughlin, Uli, Gary Moore etc)

The Top 10 fastest guitarists of the 1970's...
Some amazing legends in this video such as Ritchie Blackmore and Michael Schenker but who was the fastest at guitar shredding in the 70's?
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[@michaelhicks2087]

Some fantastic players but where is Alvin Lee?

[@43captrexkramer]

I was just getting ready to ask the same thing.

[@TheEnigma64]

I came here to say the same!

[@frankfriedlos3721]

@@TheEnigma64 Hear Hear!

[@damirhlobik6488]

3. fast players 2. very fast players 1. Alvin Lee

[@alanmohn4146]

There are a lot of us on the same page. Alvin Lee tore it up.

[@tomcat50able]

Where is Frank Marino?

[@falcodog2917]

Very cool to see Allan Holdsworth. What an incredible player he was.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

He really was incredible 🤘🎸

[@repetitivemotion]

Blackmore is my favorite because he was such a good songwriter and riffer. And he knew when to play fast and when to play slow. But each of the guys on this list are fantastic

[@marknieuweboer8099]

No Alvin Lee and Steve Howe? They never were my favourites by any means, but they were pretty fast too.

[@micomela]

yes where's Alvin Lee ( Captain Speed Fingers)

[@steveaugery]

Alvin Lee..lejos el 1 de los 70s...

[@ulrichfaber1845]

Seconded. To see Alvin Lee's set at Woodstock, around 2am at damn near freezing temp. It was no wonder he was called the fastest by many.

[@Jr56b]

Speed by speed has Always been at my last importance....

[@countryclub1113]

So real good ones in here. For Uli Jon Roth, the clip to watch is " The Sails of Charon - Scorpions 1977 Uli Jon Roth Klaus Meine" Uli shreds in the intro to that like I didn't know existed back then.

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Thank you my friend 👍🎸🤘

[@dan-ws2sf]

There’s a difference between a fast player or picker compared to a shredder. Example, Eric Clapton was and is a very good player and fast to a degree, however, in no way a shredder, that’s Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhodes or Dimebag Abbott, Vai or Malmsteen etc…. Page isn’t a Shredder either. Doesn’t mean Shredder’s are better players in my opinion just different players. I hate debates on who’s the greatest, I don’t think anyone is, I love Hackett and Howe, Beck and Blackmore or Hammet and Hendrix. Especially feel guys like Iommi and Gilmour. There’s so many, and they all bring me joy🎸

[@rolandrinke3945]

Frank Zappa

[@robsco1249]

Blackmore playing on Bilsen '69 is out of this world...so is Alvin Lee on the first TYA live album (very underrated guitarist).

[@tonebrennan8475]

❤Al&Allan are in a different class altogether;Bill Connors&Frank Marino should be on there❤

[@user-lf1xx7qg8r]

Frank Marino, Alvin Lee and Blackmore 👍

[@bigantplowright5711]

You missed out Zappa, Frank could tear it up with the best of them.

[@highwaystar3780]

😂😂😂

[@MrMaynardWR]

I like Frank but he wasn't a shredder

[@jotcarey]

If not mentioned before, Ollie Halsall. Alvin Lee's idol. Also inspired Holdsworth.

[@selwynpage4578]

UMMM, very surprised that Jimmy Page wasn't included

[@leonleon3773]

Neil Schon Jeff Beck Martin Barre Todd Rundgren your top 10 list is excellent very happy Jan Akkerman Gary Moore Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Al Di Meola are included, these guy's aren't usually included

[@Gk2003m]

I like Barre, but he was/is not really a shredder. Replace him on the list with Steve Howe, and you’ve got something. Also, Dave Edmunds could and did shred.

[@leonleon3773]

@@Gk2003m yes Dave Edmunds sabre dance, Steve Howe sound chacer &close to the edge brilliant stuff, like most of the 70's guitarist's Larry Carlton was a great shredder especially point it up

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Sabre Dance 1968 by Love Sculpture (Dave Edmunds) love that version 🤘🎸👍

[@leonleon3773]

@@GuitarGodzUnleashed almost forgot about Steve Morse dixie dregs I worked with Robbie Jones the drummer from love sculpture ages ago he was such a good guy & very funny

[@jeffroegner1499]

Neal's pre perry stuff still holds up well.

[@dagenhudson752]

Love the list but, you forgot good ol Randy Rhodes.

[@jimcoppa6946]

I love the way you closed the show

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Cheers 🎸🤘

[@gscheidhaferlvomdienst6864]

Rory Gallagher

[@selwynpage4578]

Excellent guitarist and one of my all time fave's, but not necessarily a shredder thoe

[@dontsaythetruthytwillkillu5784]

Rory could "shred" at will. He did it very sparingly, but he most certainly could and did.

[@MrMaynardWR]

@@selwynpage4578 definitely not a shredder

[@jaapvander3787]

Jan Akkerman

[@patrickkelly9178]

Yes Al Dimeola had to be on htis list. Maybe seeign him again in November in Budapest with his electric band

[@christschinwon]

Who ever made this list obviously hasn't heard Jimi Hendrix solo on Spanish Castle Magic at Atlanta Festival in 1970. Totally inspired by Mitch Mitchell's double tempo interplay. What a team!

[@zimmythegreek]

No Tommy Bolin?

[@user-bl5jr5vz6i]

Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe.

[@agnostic47]

Good and often overlooked guitarist.

[@allenharyanto376]

Watch out BLACKMORE!!!!

[@kevinwilson5644]

Uli simple the rest our good but uli on a different level

[@magalirouard8441]

When you listen to Ritchie, even if he plays very fast, you not only hear all the notes clearly, but also all the silences between the notes. That's why he's the boss !

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Just a great player man, not sure why he started playing renaissance music, but I guess if he’s happy, then good for him!

[@leonmarkrodziewicz279]

Blackers is my all time favourite player.

[@highwaystar3780]

And Most Everything Else is just Misrable Shit😊even though that's Not Ritchies best Example!

[@marcoflavio8527]

AL Di Meola

[@williamwalker146]

I'm not criticizing, I think the list is perfect. Brian May would be the next guy in waiting to make such a list though.

[@MrMaynardWR]

Not really a shredder but a wonderful player

[@johnp.johnson1541]

Where is John Du Cann, the guy who invented two hand tapping back in 1971?

[@Frodojack]

It's hard to come up with a top ten fastest player list for the 1970s, but some to consider for a part 2 would be George Benson, Jimmy Page, Alvin Lee, Roy Buchanan, Alex Lifeson, Randy Rhoads (he was in Quiet Riot in the late 1970s), Glen Tipton, K. K. Downing, Leslie West, Jim McCarty of Cactus, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Frank Zappa, Rick Derringer, Ted Nugent, Harvey Mandel and Randy Resnick. Even Tony Iommi could play fast when he wanted to.

[@davidmontgomery5047]

Jimmy Page ?

[@constantinciocoiu8244]

Malmstein ?!.....apa de ploaie,ca sa se afle in treaba !....IRELEVANT!

[@Frodojack]

@@davidmontgomery5047 Yes, Jimmy Page.

[@cc352]

@@Frodojack Thank you. Honestly I don't get the anti-Jimmy Page sentiment going around. He's arguably one of the most influential and copied guitar players right up there with EVH and Hendrix. Is he a shredder? No. Is he fast? Hell yeah.

[@Frodojack]

@@cc352 I was reading the opinions of different guitar players and the consensus is that the first modern shred song is "Hot on Your Heels" by Steeler (played by Yngwie Malmsteen), but the fast-playing old school shred songs go all the way back to Les Paul's "How High the Moon" from 1951 and Dick Dale's "Miserlou" from 1962. Modern shredding didn't come out of nowhere and a lot of people don't know the history. Jimmy Page was a very fast player for his time. His speed on "Communication Breakdown" and "Heartbreaker" blew people away in 1969 and both songs influenced a lot of players.

[@emanuelefasanofasano3814]

Even though Richie Blackmore footage was ‘69/70 I’d put him at 1 in front of EVH

[@jonw.3886]

If you really think about it, Blackmore invented what would become known as shredding. Back in the early 70s some guys were playing faster but nothing like Blackmore. EVH clearly borrowed that from Blackmore.

[@emanuelefasanofasano3814]

Agree just look at that footage still good today

[@orbithesun1]

If only Richie knew how to tune his guitar? Tone deaf!

[@zdenkonouzovsky6947]

? He was able to tune his guitar WHILE playing, what are you talking about?

[@dan-ws2sf]

I love Blackmore’s playing, however, Eddie copied nobody, and he grabbed the mold, smashed it to pieces and blazed a trail that nobody since Hendrix could speak of. After Eddie showed up, nobody wanted to play like Hendrix or Beck or Page or Allman or Clapton or Blackmore. Hundreds of thousands wanted to play like Eddie and many tried to copy him but were mostly unsuccessful because they never really listened to the details of his playing. They just thought if they could play fast, it would be enough and it never was. People who don’t understand this, haven’t acquired an ear for guitar or music in general 🎸

[@jessenakama4089]

Alvin Lee was the Yngwie of his time

[@MrMaynardWR]

John McLaughlin has a rock god like presence on stage and I think he was probably the only jazz guitar player who had that quality. Just an extraordinary body of work too.

[@justarandomguy2126]

Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker the best ones!

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Great players 🤘🎸

[@fasullamail]

I would definitely add Hackett to the list...

[@rogerwebb7501]

Check out Daryl Stuermer playing Hackett's solo in Firth of Firth, Rome 2007 on KZbin too.

[@MrMaynardWR]

I love Hackett but not on this list

[@FishGalleon]

Steve Howe

[@timothymathot3881]

steve howe

[@malmsteem1963]

Shred guitar in my opinion is the most pure musical art form, guitarist that hate on it are just lazy. Great content keep it coming. Great intro shred too 🔥🔥🔥

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Cool man, thank you for your comment 🤘🎸👍

[@dontsaythetruthytwillkillu5784]

What a very immature statement. I guess some people like to project their inferiority complexes in public.

[@CuttySX455]

Larry Coryell, Ray Gomez

[@user-kh2tk1gq3q]

Rik Emmett, Alex Lifeson, Kim Mitchell, Frank Marino.

[@user-tx6xc4om6n]

とても適切なチョイス。

[@badger8800]

Live version of dazed and confused song remains the same the guy is flying

[@silkee59]

Frank Marino

[@rodneyprill4618]

Rik Emmet

[@ThinPicks]

Many thanks for this! This whole "fastest" thing is a bit of a laugh isn't it? All these 70s guys could rip it up anytime but they're all still interesting, melodic and listenable, and having fun too. The last great "game changer" was Yngwie (80s I know) and now it's all just a robotic drone. I think Allan was the most musically advanced, John and Jan were the best pickers, and Michael (still) has the best sound. Great to see Johnny Winter always, and Gary tearing it up on a Les Paul Junior, fantastic!👍

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Thanks dude yes you’re right, cheers 🙏🎸🤘👍

[@highwaystar3780]

Alot of this Stuff is just mindless Horrible Noodling and Far from Melodic. Shenker progressed Only on the MSG albums and that's Not Blackmores finest Moment as He was way ahead of Most of these Hillbillies. He Did way way More than that. Holdsworth, Mclaughlin were speed demons but Unlistenable. It's an uneven list!!!

[@MrMaynardWR]

@@highwaystar3780 Listen to Shakti and then ask yourself if McLaughlin is really unlistenable (especially Lotus Feet)

[@shayaakob8605]

Michael schenker is the best shredder in 70's.pure rock n roll..

[@MrClassicmetal]

To see and hear Gary Moore doing some serious shredding, check out Colosseum II.

[@dvas2686]

Sure, J Page wasn't technically a shredder.....But, seems to me that many of the guys on this list are immensely influence - if not trying to copy - the Heartbreaker solo from 1968 - even EVH recognizes his tapping approach came from this solo. Or, many of the other early Page solos such as from Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, Lemon Song, Communication Breakdown, etc. He was as fast as most on this list while playing in a more mature way by building on repeating melodies based in blues, jazz, rockabilly, or rock, rather than just repeating scales over and over. TSRTS Dazed, No Quarter, or WLL/Boogie Mamma solos?

[@DimTod-ps2wi]

Number 1 : Ritchie Blackmore!

[@larswikstrom9090]

Frank Marino, anyone?

[@alanmohn4146]

Alvin Lee and Frank Moreno should be on this list.

[@MrBlaksteen]

Ritchie no 1

[@alainpalmieri]

Hé les guignols vous avez oublié le meilleur guitariste de tout les temps. ALVIN LEE 🤘

[@jstaton3950]

Alvin Lee, Duane Allman, Dickie Betts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Scofield, Trey Kat, Jeff Beck, the quitarist from Lenard Skynrd and Chicago, Stanley Jordan, Lee Ritenour, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Santana..No blues or jazz oriented guitarists other then Van Halen, Johnny Winter, Ritchie Blackmore, Al Dimeola.. no mention of BB King, Muddy Waters, George Benson..the topic was guitar shredding or riffs..heavy metal came from rock and roll.. rock and roll came from the blues.. before distortion, pedals and electricity.. blues men created distortion on a acoustic guitar using a slide..all the guitarists on this topic are masters.. yet so many other master guitarists were forgotten Parliament Funkadelic Maggot Brain, Blood Sweat and Tears Maiden Voyage .. Chicago’s 25, 6 to 4 and Terry Kath’s free form guitar “solo guitar”

[@claudio6512]

Alvin Lee,Frank Marino🤘🤘

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Good shout 🎸🤘

[@MrTalismano]

Notice how modern shredders play 100 times faster than the 70's

[@strikedn]

You've probably never heard of Alvin Lee I understand?

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Yes I know about him of course sadly I forgot about him when constructing the video. In hindsight he would have made the top 10 for sure. He will be featuring in a future video at some point, (his woodstock solo that is) 🤘🎸

[@jimimurti]

The way Blackmore used shredding in speed King is awesome.

[@jeffreyp1855]

Johnny Winter has to be at least, and OT twelve by now, so it's no wonder that he plays so well!

[@fabrizioproiettigaffi6565]

Allan Holdsworth was and Is the number 1. I love Moore ad Blackmore,, but...... Consider lso Ollie Halshall

[@liliepepe65]

steve howe?

[@Sabotage8675]

What! No Neil Young! That guy plays at least 5 notes a minute 😂😂😂😂

[@branko4033]

And he only uses one string 🎸😴😴😴😴

[@EdouardLeenaert-id2un]

I suppose you're jokin' ! 😂🍻

[@MrMaynardWR]

Nobody can play a repeated note solo like Neil

[@THEONEZ1]

Number 1 GARY MOORE

[@bobbartlett246]

This list is not complete without Frank Marino

[@flextone444]

Steve Morse?

[@Siloguy]

Yep ,probably faster than anyone on the list.

[@joekryner718]

Tommy Bolin.

[@richardmitchell8213]

Mike S and EVH are probably the 2 best rock players of the 70s. But for fast playing, Frank Marino is tough to beat. Check out the live album. His version of Johnny B. Goode is best ever recorded by anyone ever.

[@milanantonov7426]

Al Di Meola 5th, Allan Holdsworth 6 haha, stupid top 10 !!!

[@agnostic47]

Fastest doesn't equate to best. In the 70s the trend for "faster is better" largely lost touch with music. Paul Simon in a list of 100 guitarists? Oh please.

[@jameslamoureux8742]

Everytime someone does a list of top 10 guitarists or whatever, its personal preference. No 2 are ever gonna match, so who gives a fukk about a random list of some stranger looking for clicks?

[@philippecaron3562]

le shred m'emmerde ceux que vous citez plus haut sont moins chiant que ceux d'aujourd'hui , les mecs jouent tellement vite qu'ils passent à côté de l'essentiel l'émotion la créativité et l'inspiration et pour conclure je pense qu'il manque alvin lee dans votre reportage...

[@chicocrestana1938]

John Etheridge

[@Booker775]

You left out Shawn Lane who was quite prominent as well given his work with Black Oak Arkansas & the rest is history.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Oh yes you’re right I have some footage of Shawn in BOA from 1978, forgot about that. Monster player. 🎸👍🤘

[@karsteinmartinsen489]

Alvin Lee and Terry Kath + Shawn Lane was the fastest guitarplayers in the 70 thies

[@twootters7433]

rory gallagher

[@Sabotage8675]

This guy could be Halfords son 😂

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Maybe I really am? 😎

[@christophersmith9532]

2 words Frank Marino. Aka Mahogany Rush.

[@tamomarfernandez7548]

Holdsworth is not a shredder, is an alien.

[@ThinPicks]

👍🤔

[@kittykay8015]

WTF? No Jimmy Page? Terry Kath? Both could shred anytime they wanted. Just cuz they didn't shred on every song does not disqualify them!

[@ctusser]

Maybe add Steve Morse, he was cutting heads in the 70’s. Coming up around the time as Van Halen. Obviously didn’t see the same popularity though.

[@kittykay8015]

Honorable mention for Ted Nugent. Listen to Double Live Gonzo and tell me different!

[@MrMaynardWR]

different

[@thecolorgreen7046]

Ollie Halsall rips. Phenomenal.

[@giorgosboyrnoykas2338]

Rory gallagher the best number 1

[@MrMaynardWR]

Hardly a shredder

[@bruceharrison8160]

Blackmore was the best of all time !😊

[@highwaystar3780]

💯🙏👍🏻and that's by far Not His Best moment...He Did Much Much..MUCH MORE !

[@Siloguy]

Steve Morse needed to be on the list.

[@MrMaynardWR]

That guy can play anything

[@fusionpete333]

Where’s Shawn Lane? He played at impossible speeds. Your clip of Holdsworth, Moore & Maclaughlin isn’t anywhere as fast as some of their other material. No Scott Henderson ? Speed actually means nothing. It’s all about phrasing, sound and emotion

[@user-nn4xs1vx1i]

there weren't many back then you have to start. 1978 with the late Eddie van Halen .....

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

EVH was the game changer 🎸🔥

[@Ferrarista_GTO]

@@GuitarGodzUnleashedWell yes but don’t forgot Blackmore and Holdsworth

[@leblon712]

Eddie was not the first shredder

[@Ferrarista_GTO]

@@leblon712 i agree but it’s a major shedder

[@maerzey]

You forgot Steve Morse

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Yes damn

[@jacquesfinster5034]

@@GuitarGodzUnleashed Steve Howe too.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

👌

[@user-jj6kp7cj4y]

А кто знал Стива в 70х?

[@robworthington7431]

Buck Dharma.

[@stardust_memories2260]

Fast Eddie Clarke 🤘

[@jackvai2681]

shawn lane...the shredder all other shredders feared!

[@ionguy2881]

Terry Kath

[@chriscosby2459]

Buck Dharma was -- and still is -- a master of the guitar.

[@leeder92]

Yeah but you don't have to be fast to be good.

[@Joseph-fz4tn]

So stinking subjective EVH #1 He does not even make my top 25

[@edljnehan2811]

There was no one better than Jan akkerman.

[@marcopulidori2194]

Yeah ...but Tipton?!?!

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

🤘🎸