Tiago Della Vega
Tiago della Vega | |
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| Born | 9 March 1984 Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil |
| Genres | Instrumental, shred |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Labels | SG Records |
| Website | www |
Tiago della Vega (born 9 March 1984) is a Brazilian guitarist. Born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, he began learning to play the acoustic guitar at the age of five. After a year, he realized that the electric guitar was his greatest passion. He started to study electric guitar, practicing 16 hours a day.
Tiago della Vega played with the bands After Dark and Fermatha. At present, he travels around the world playing and doing workshops. He previously held the Guinness World Records title as the fastest guitar player in the world, playing The Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at 340 beats per minute at CES in Las Vegas. He broke his previous record on the May 9, 2008 at EM&T in Sao Paulo[1]
On April 24, 2011 John "Doctor Hot Licks" Taylor broke Vega's old record by playing The Flight of the Bumblebee at 600 beats per minute at the Guitar Center in Westminster, Colorado, USA.[2]
In 2012, Rolling Stone Brasil included Vega in their list of 70 Brazilian masters of guitar and acoustic guitar.[3]
He endorses Orange Amps[4] and plays a custom signature Andrellis 7-string guitar which has 24 frets and a Floyd Rose tremolo, the Andrellis TDV.
Discography[edit]
- Hybrid (first solo CD - 2009)
- Advent of the Truth (with Fermatha - 2005)
- Believe (with Burning In Hell - 2006)
References[edit]
- ^ "Tiago della Vega Guinness World Record". Community.guinnessworldrecords.com. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ World’s Fastest Guitar Player John Taylor Shreds the Competition
- ^ "70 Mestres Brasileiros da Guitarra e do Violão - Tiago Della Veja". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Grupo Spring de Comunicação. February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Tiago Della Vega. "Tiago Della Vega « Orange Amps". Orangeamps.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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