We recently went to see a show called the story of guitar heroes, which was excellent. They start in the 50s/60s and play songs from different eras. Great band and they have a lot of fun doing it. Anyway, the singer said people ask him what is the hardest song he plays and he said Albert Lee’s Country Boy, which he proceeded to play really well. Now, i’m not a great country fan but this song is great. It is so complex that when i listen to it, i realise that the songs i am learning are not that hard compared to this. Motivational lol
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Wow, there’s some fast playing in that song!!!
I was thrilled recently when Rick Beato had an episode about Jim Croce’s song Operator. In there he described the song as one of the harder ones to play which made me feel good about my efforts with Operator. Mind you, I’ve been working on it for something close to ten years. Lots / most of what I play is a LOT easier than that.
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That is certainly something to motivate a soul.
That was a fun song and I really enjoyed it. However, I can’t think that I could in my lifetime learn to play that. Just a guess…
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oh yeah, bringing bluegrass flatpicking to the electric guitar.
that style of playing is something else when a skilled guitarist just makes it look easy. unbelievably, I live in a region where people who can play like that are practically everywhere. it’s humbling to say the least.
some people joke that bluegrass is just metal on acoustic instruments and that’s honestly not that far off.
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C’mon guys…
This doesn’t look THAT hard… just slow it down to about 40 bpm!!! 
Nate’s right, in the Appalachian region of the US… lot’s of Good 'O Boys-n-Girls can play that stuff on flat top guitars, banjos & mandolins!!! One of my cousins from Arkansas who plays banjo wouldn’t think that was particularly fast… it’s Crazy!!! 
Tod
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Our only competition is with our yesterday self and the goals we want to set.
Perhaps one time, I would have thought I wanted to be able to play like that.
Along the way, my objectives changes.
The more I learned, the more the path changed and I ended up doing things I deemed impossible. Playing live, singing, performing in front of a lot of people.
I couldn’t imagine myself playing AND singing together while “playing very fast” seemed a lot more realistic back then.
What I’m trying to say is; don’t mistake “motivation” for “inspiration”.
That video sure is inspirational as it paints a unique (and niche) way to paint the canvas.
Does it acts as a catalyst to grab my guitar and play… no, that will need to come from yself and the goals I’m after 
I agree, low-distortion metal shredding
It sure requires the same amount of work to master a very technical aspect of making music.