The real reason why we should all quit playing guitar...

[RobbM]

I have never heard of this guy before, but after seeing his video, I just want to crawl into a ball and die...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqgTdVuGrAQ&search=Rick%20Renstrom

 

[Kenneth R.]

i'm never gonna quit playing guitar cause i never aimed to be the best.

 

[War_Blade]

omg...


i dont know if i should be jealous or laugh at him... (i know i sounded like an asshole there)

o well, i guess he has gotten laid from that, so good for him...

 

[RobbM]

come on now, he plays better guitar than most people that actually have hands and arms....

 

[War_Blade]

yea, i thought it was fake or something at first...



i wanna see this guy on g3...

 

[Horus]

I was actually really impressed. He had no arms, yet he tore it up!

 

[RobbM]

Fake? god no, check out his website. www.rickrenstrom.com

infact I think im gonna pickup his CD...

 

[Tubbs]

I don't want to sound like a n00b, but...

What the hell is with his hands? Like, what kind of condition is that?

 

[RobbM]

its just undeveloped hands and arms, dont know the name of it, ill try and look it up..

he even played on the first Jason Becker tribute CD....

 

[War_Blade]

i dont think im gonna look into this guy to much,

i mean its bad enough im a paul gilbert fanboy, i dont need to go around using this guys name in all of my sentences also...

 

[Bryant]

I think the guy is really good. He has very tasty stuff. He is better on the slower parts though and not because of any deficiencies in his faster stuff, but his phrasing, picking techniques and note bending are really at a dominant level. This guy could really pull off some David Gilmour style chops with his perfect vibrato and string bending.


Bryant

 

[RobbM]

It really makes you wonder what kind of player he would be if he had normal hands. I for one think he would easily be in the ranks of Romeo, Lane etc..Obviously he does have some limitations such as the inability to play 4 note per string licks with only 3 little fingers, also im sure 5 and 6 string sweeps must be almost of not totally impossable as well.

 

[Bryant]

It really makes you wonder what kind of player he would be if he had normal hands. I for one think he would easily be in the ranks of Romeo, Lane etc..Obviously he does have some limitations such as the inability to play 4 note per string licks with only 3 little fingers, also im sure 5 and 6 string sweeps must me almost of not totally impossable as well.

I don't feel sorry for him at all. The ability that he has already gives him an advantage over 98% of the guitarists I know. I love shred, but composition to me is 80% of great solos. To hell with (no offnese to you brother) sweeps.


Bryant

 

[Eternal Dragon]

"You have reached YouTube, the premier digital video repository on the Internet. We are currently working on the site.

We'll be back soon...

In the meantime, you could try this puzzle. "

....yeh that'd be my luck :s.

 

[RobbM]

I don't feel sorry for him at all. The ability that he has already gives him an advantage over 98% of the guitarists I know. I love shred, but composition to me is 80% of great solos. To hell with (no offnese to you brother) sweeps.


Bryant

mabie, but sweeps are quintessential to his style of playing...

 

[Kenneth R.]

I don't feel sorry for him at all. The ability that he has already gives him an advantage over 98% of the guitarists I know. I love shred, but composition to me is 80% of great solos. To hell with (no offnese to you brother) sweeps.


Bryant

once again Bryant is the man.

 

[Anonymous]

LOL, Richard Christy on drums for that song... Never would've expected that one.

 

[RobbM]

Yep, they live near one another in florida....or they did at that time..

 

[Strigoi]

Gives me some perspective next time I'm bitching about my hands being too small for some stretches.

 

[Nemesis_lxix]

Haven't seem him before ? I think he is great !