We know plenty of guitarists have racked up a fair few hours in a row during never-ending practice sessions or marathon sets, but this is taking things to an entirely new level as an American guitarist is claiming a new world record for the longest nonstop guitar jam.
As reported by The Houston Chronicle, Idaho’s Jeff Waschbusch managed to play his guitar for over 114 hours in a row at a local bar, in an effort not only to snatch the world record, but also to raise money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, helping out injured members of the U.S. military.
“HE DID IT!!!!” a post reads on the Facebook event page, celebrating the victory. “In the wee hours of this beautiful morning, Jeff Waschbusch broke the world record for longest marathon guitar playing! Jeff played for 114 Hours and 10 minutes and the last song he played was ‘Ripple’ by The Grateful Dead!”
We’re sure after that enormous effort Jeff was just grateful to give his fingers a rest, and for all of the contributions he managed to raise for the effort.
“The military folks need help,” he told the Chronicle. “They come home and have to spend time filling out paperwork or waiting for help they need. With Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund they receive assistance immediately.”
“Jeff had been playing for 114 hours 10 mins and had slept for 5 hours 20 mins according to his log,” the bar owner said, revealing that the guitarist did get a few minutes of rest here and there. “For every hour that he played guitar, he would accumulate 5 minutes of rest time.”
The current official Guinness record is 114 hours 6 minutes 30 seconds, achieved by Ireland’s David Browne at the Temple Bar Pub, Dublin back in 2011. While Waschbusch has contacted Guinness, we’re not sure if the record is going to be officially verified, as they can be very picky about these things. Either way, it’s a damn good effort.
Here’s some footage taken around the 84 minute mark, and looking at it, you’d have thought they could have grabbed him a comfier chair to sit on the entire time.
