Long-playing record: German's guitar solo makes Guinness Book

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Published time: October 07, 2012 13:32
Edited time: October 07, 2012 17:32

No matter how skillful, fingers get tired playing the guitar. But a German musician has managed to pluck the strings of his instrument for 17 hours, 21 minutes and two seconds without a rest, breaking his own world record for longest guitar solo.

­Thom Kubli started playing at 10am and didn't stop until 03:21am the next day. According to the rules of the music trial, intervals between the sounds had to last no longer than 10 seconds.

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­The indefatigable musician reportedly stunned the audience and a representative of the Guinness Book of World Records in a local arts center in the Northern Spanish city of Gijon.

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­Kubli has beaten his previous world record, also established in Spain earlier this year, when he played in Vigo for 12 hours, 7sur7 website informed.