Guitar World Records

A total of 242 participants at Central Coast Ukulele Festival 2015 played ukuleles while wearing fake mustaches. They set the record to raise funds for cancer research. Over $800 was raised during the event.

A total of 53 people were recorded as strumming Tim Woosley's guitar in two minutes. The record was set during a Lincoln School of Music Winter Concert held at The Bay in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Matthew A. completed 16 four-chord progressions in 30 seconds.

Mick Cullenasked Carl Cutler “Where are my glasses?” 28 times during a live broadcast of WRLR 98.3 FM’sSubterraneanshow in Round Lake Heights, Illinois. This record was one of 16 URDB records broken during the show’s attempt to set a new record for Most URDB World Records Broken During A Live Radio Show[].

Owen Biddle of The Rootsplayed a bass guitar that was wired through two wah-wah pedals. He attempted to plug in six, but a faulty cable led to an unsuccessful attempt. Biddle set the recordat a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. He was accompanied by Blast Off!!!. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. [#WRAS14][]

Simon Perkins tapped the whammy bar on a Rock Band Guitar 78 times in 10 seconds.

Joh Lang of Langcaster Guitars constructs guitars using wood that’s 35,000 years old. He’s used carbon dating methods to confirm the wood’s age.

Fifteen-year-old guitarist Yuquan Zhang played an electric guitar solo while blindfolded at home in Hubei, China, standing in front of an amp for the whole performance. A pale cloth blindfold covers the eyes from the first frame to the last of a single continuous take, with just over four minutes of playing over a backing track. The piece is "For the Love of You," composed by Yaohua Zhang, who holds the RecordSetter record for the longest blindfolded electric guitar solo. RecordSetter reviewed the full video for continuity and accepted the age stated in the submission.