Guitar World Records

Suresh Gaur bounced a table tennis ball on an acoustic guitar using his two hands 170 times while balancing on a rola bola.

Vaughan H. bounced a table tennis ball 1,103 times using his acoustic guitar as a paddle.

Brian Pankey bounced a table tennis ball 503 times on the back of an acoustic guitar, using only his left hand to support the guitar.

Mick Cullen bounced a table tennis ball 96 times using his electric guitar as a paddle. He used an Ibanez electric guitar to achieve the feat.

Matthew A. snapped his fingers 544 times in one minute while balancing two guitars on his shoulders.

Matthew A. traveled nine floors barefoot while balancing a guitar on his shoulder.

Matthew A. traveled seven floors in a building while balancing a guitar on his shoulder.

Justin Nyugen played 13 chords on his Fender Squire Stratocaster with another guitar in 30 seconds, a new world record. Chords played: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, F#, G#, Bb, Am, Em, A7.

Zach W. strummed 75 guitar chords using a Doritos pick. The record was set as part of the Doritos Bold 50 campaign.

Tai Star held six guitars while standing on one foot.

Jon Shriver played 11 Jimi Hendrix guitar riffs in one minute. Shriver set the record at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. Riffs performed: 1. Purple Haze 2. Voodoo Chile 3. Machine Gun 4. Who Knows 5. Hey Baby 6. Hear My Train 7. Midnight Lightning 8. Little Wing 9. Spanish Castle Magic 10. Freedom 11. In From The Storm [#WRAS19][]

Edu García played 15 Led Zeppelin guitar riffs in one minute.

Braden Harris played eight Metallica guitar riffs in one minute. Riffs performed: 1. Through the Never 2. Blackened 3. Holier Than Thou 4. Enter Sandman 5. Seek amp; Destroy 6. For Whom The Bell Tolls 7. That Was Just Your Life 8. One

Owen C. put on two pairs of glasses while balancing on two skateboards and holding a guitar.

This record was set as part of Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.