Best Guitar Solo

[DrMotorcity]

SWTH (BBC version)
I Ain't Got You (Yardbirds w/EC)
...but the most brutal, get down to business solo of all time: Roll On Down the Highway (BTO, where Randy B bends those strings 'till there ain't nothin' left of 'em!)

 

[freejames]

I don't think this is the best guitar solo ever... but it is interesting to see Eddie Van Halen at work, even years after his debut...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5359103616892068933&q=van+halen

 

[epic]

metallica - master of puppets
guns and roses - november rain
steve vai - for the love of god

 

[member987]

A few favs of mine:

Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heavwn
Black Sabbath: Heaven And Hell
DeeP Purple: Child In Time
Judas Priest: You've Got Another Thing Commin'

 

[GENIUS]

comfortably numd pink floyd
live forever oasis
something the beatles (short but sweet)
gimme shelter the rolling stones

 

[matty90]

liquid tension experiment - universal mind

john petrucci is utterly amazing

 

[Jack N. Off]

`wanna hear 2 guitars cry.... tri Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck... Since we parted as Lovers... Secret Policemans Other Ball... 'nuff said

If you wanna hear two guitars cry, why not go to the original source, the innovators of the twin lead guitars, Wishbone Ash. These guys started in 1970 and are still playing today. Granted, there is only one original member left, and that is Andy Powell, the master of the flying v, but the band still sounds as good as ever. The Argus album of 1972 contained many hits such as The King Will Come, Blowin Free, Throw Down The Sword, Sometime World, etc. Check them out at www.wishboneash.com

 

[bravado]

liquid tension experiment - universal mind

john petrucci is utterly amazing

agree all the way...ever heard of his solo on ONCE IN A LIVETIME where he plays the flight of the bumblebee?

 

[bravado]

Quite harmonic solo...Alex Lifeson in NOBODY'S HERO:nanner:

 

[Jagger69]

Like a stone - Audioslave

Layla - Eric Clapton

The solo on "Layla" was Duane Allman....not Clapton. I agree it is awesome though!

 

[Jagger69]

Like someone said, there can be no definitive answer. There are so many, a lot of which have already been mentioned.

One that has not, however, is a personal favorite of mine....

Eric Clapton's solo on "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" - Beatles, White Album

 

[megamatt77]

as for the best solo you have to listen Hangar 18(Megadeth) and you ll hear what the word solos mean!!!!!!!!

even better live!:banger:

 

[gaunameister]

the knack - My sharona

 

[bravado]

Marillion - Warm wet circles
Dream theater - John Petrucci playing Flight of the Bumblebee
RATM - Bulls on parade

 

[silverandblack]

Anything by Jeff Loomis of Nevermore,Marty Friedman and Dimebag, RIP

 

[kinghippo]

RHCP - Under the Bridge

 

[GhostDog]

GodSpeed you Black Emperor - East hasting
Explosions in the Sky - have you passed through this night
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Jimi Hendrix -All Along Tthe Watchtower & Stone Free Live
The Doors - The End

 

[Rubber Soul]

Yesterday by Paul McCartney.

Best guitar solo(acoustic) in the history of this planet.

And greatest Bass player of all time.

BTW, people are just throwing out songs. I guess the name of this thread should be renamed.

 

[NYC666]

No More Tears- Zakk wylde

 

[Elwood70]

Sympathy For The Devil-Rolling Stones
T For Texas-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Machine Gun-Jimi Hendrix