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Which is the best guitar solo?
I love soloing, so Im trying to get some prime practice rib.
So far, Stairway to Heaven, Master of Puppets, Knocking on Heavens Door, Phantom of the Opera and Comfortably Numb under my belt.

Machine GUn by Jimi Hendrix, hands down.

Machine Gun, or performances of Purple Haze where he does to astonishing solo at the end (Berkeley).

kewl

The two-minute solo in "Fury of the Storm" by Herman Li of DragonForce

or the live version of "Freebird"

Cant say i know

The 4 Minute (or so) guitar solo, in "The Diamond Sea" by Sonic Youth.

Your all wrong it's Porpoise Song by trouble

waht about sultans of swing alchemy version (live) from dire straits.

there are far too many to choose from.

when Kirk Hammett plays that solo on Master of Puppets it blows people's minds. He has come out with some blinding solos.

Jimmy Hendrix obviously, but he is not as good a lyrisist as he is a guitar player.

nah, i dont really need the best, just name some that you think are cool

i just did

oh yeah.

k.

BB king, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix, Brian May and Keith Richards.

which particular songs?

dimebags in 'cemetary gates'

BB king in lucille

Eric Clapton in Laila

Brian May in Bohemhan rapsody

Jimmy Hendrix in anything

Keith Richards in satisfaction.

weirdly enough, i dont even recall bohemian rhapsody having a solo.
we will rock you stands out though!

People, it's JIMI hendrix. Respect the man.

Jimmy Hendrix obviously, but he is not as good a lyrisist as he is a guitar player.

1) See above
2) There aren't many lyricists out there that are as good lyricists as Hendrix was at guitar
3) Lyricism has nothing to do with guitar solos.
4) Some of his best songs were written by other people (All Along The Watchtower was written by Dylan).
5) Listen to Machine Gun.

yeah i ws just saying.

I gotta admit, when I first heard any Hendrix, I was put-off by the lyrics.
Are you Experienced being the only song I really liked.

But you don't listen to Hendrix for the lyrics, like you don't listen to Dylan for singing ability.

Castles Made of Sand has very good lyrics.
All Along The Watchtower was written by Dylan
Hey Joe was an old Blues song

Bohemian rapsody has very good guitar and bass work . But i said it for post only one May's work. But in we will rock you, radio ga ga, who wants to live forever, its a kind of magic, hammer to fall, etc there are fantastics Brian Mays works too.

And technally, May and Clapton were better guitarrists than Hendrix, but Hendrix was the man who bring us the concept of rock guitarrist.

But Hendrix brought something that neither May nor Clapton could bring to the music; his level of innovation was light years ahead of anyone of his time--or any time. He could play the blues standards well (look at his live work), but then he'd transform it into something wholly his own. It was amazing.

Agree with you.

BB king,Eddy VanHalen

Probably not the best, but the most memorable for me was listening to Jimmy Hendrix guitar solo of the National Anthem on September 11.

*Edit*

why? Mark Knopfler is awesome

i know what you mean.

Yeah, there are really good guitar lines, but his voice doesnt fit with the song. Sorry to all Hendrix fans this offends.

yeah but its true.

I agree with everyone...Hendrix and Clapton were all great...but my absolute favorite is Queen. Brian May is awesome. I think his best solo was Brighton Rock live at Wembley '86. Its like a 10 minute thing.

i personally prefered dimebags solo in "the sleep", but then all his solo's are bad ass!

john petrucci (for this example liquid tension experiment) does an awesome, powerful solo in the song kindred spirits, but like dimebag all his solo's are awesome

michael romeo from SymphonyX is a legend on guitar, he doea a great duel solo with the keyboard player in the song "of sins and shadows"

when they get cranking Judas Priest solos are pretty solid, i mean the one in Ram It Down goes for like 2 1/2 minutes, but then again, they had deul guitarists

Ummm do me a favour dude.... take some guitar lessons and then read your message again in 2 years time.

Hahaha, good one. If you have taken guitar lessons, you would know that technally, Eric Clapton and Brian May are better guitarrists than Hendrix.

Your all wrong it's Porpoise Song by trouble

wht bout EVH the BEAT IT guitar solo

Slash on Sweet Child O' Mine. Easily the best.

yeah that solo

There is no way they are technically better dude! Clapton isn't exactly a good guitarist, while Brian May, though innovative, aint that technically great!

Non of you heard any of the Swedish guitar gods? if you are looking for amazing guitar work they make it! they are 4 acturly I'l name'em here

1. John Norum
2. Yngwie Malmsteen
3. Kee Marcello
4. Mattias Eklundh

All give amzing guitar work in almust every song they play in, check out these songs

John Norum - Eternal Flame
Europe - Wasted Time (John Norum's Solo)
Don Dokken - Forever (John Norum's Solo)

Yngwie Malmsteen - Forever One
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Yngwie Malmsteen - Gates Of Babylon

Europe - Let The Good Times Rock (Kee Marcello's Solo)
Europe - Superstitious (Kee Marcello's Solo)
Europe - Halfway to Heaven (Kee Marcello's Solo)

Fate - One By One (Mattias Eklundh's Solo)
Fate - Surgeon In Love (Mattias Eklundh's Solo)
Any ' Freak Kitchen ' song basicly

Mattias Eklundh is very known for his uniqe guitar sound when he plays a solo, never heard any other guitaris play with the same sound, Joe.S sometime uses a sound that runs in the same vain but not its not so often, anyway all the guitar players I listed here are very good, play extremly fast from time to time, and play with style, and they are all technically better then the ones you listed so far

as good as some of those songs mabe your wrong
its
Porpoise Song by trouble

Porpoise Song by trouble ? whats that?

Its a good song with a amazing solo

then what did you mean by saying I was wrong???

Because Those songs dont have the best solo in

you havint even heard those songs yet

yes i have

then listen again!!! thats good guitar work and you know it

Playing as fast as you can doesn't necessarily make it the best.

Eric Clapton isnt a good guitarist? May isnt that technichally great?

Man, what are you talking about? Clapton is one of the best guitarist ever, and have you ever seen may in any queen concert? The man has magic with the guitar, thechnically he is perfect, as clapton is.

^^^ hes kinda right you know, may and clapton are some of the best guitarists to walk the planet.

in respect to dimebag, id say his in cemetary gates

Try to check out a song by Europe caled ' Heart Of Stone ' amazing solo by John Norum , not exacly very fast just damn good !

Billy Gibbons on She's just Killing Me, both solo's kick ass.

Sharp Dressed Man's also got a hella cool slide solo.

Slash anyone?

Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome To The Jungle, ahhh, excellent.

November Rain, Knocking on Heavens Door and Paradise City as well?

Mate, learn some Clapton and May pieces and you'll find out that they are simple!

Erm yeah, I didn't feel like listing ALL of GnR's songs - but basically pretty much any Slash solo is brilliant.

true. except on velvet revolver songs.

The solo on Double Talkin Jive is one of the coolest imo.

if you like guns listen to civil war.

I had Civil War, but I could never be bothered to listen past the Cool Hand Luke quote at the start.

civil war is one of my favorite songs of guns n roses.

Most of Claptons pieces are either blues standards or written by someone else anyways.

Someone who cant see the amazing talent of Clapton and May with the guitar is someone who doesnt understand about music and guitar.

And if his songs are written by another people isnt so important, the guy performance with the guitar is amazing.

bakerboy, do you play guitar?

Best Guitar solo....

Steve Morse of Deep Purple: Highway Star

or Ted Nugent: Stranglehold <- SO CATCHY

Not, but i have friends who have been in bands as guitarrists and singers, and i could distinguish a good guitarrist .

What are you actually arguing about, I cant remember

Mate, please don't take any offense by this, but the best way to just judge a guitarist is by being a guitarist yourself. I know a shit load about guitars and guitar playing so I know what I'm talking about. It may sound arrogant but you don't say these things as a musician unless you mean it and know what I'm talking about, but I would rip Brian May and Eric Clapton to pieces myself if had the chance. Trust me dude, these guys are so over rated you won't believe!

one of the solos of Jimi Hendrix...... i personally enjoy "Bold as Love" the solo starting at 2:54 till the end of the song, or the longer version of the song which is just a long solo

Man, you dont know what are you talking about, and it nedeent to be a guitarrist to understand that clapton and may are two of the best guitarrists in the world, the same that you needent to be an actor to know that robert de niro or al pacino are great actors, or a basketball player to know that michael jordan is a great player. That is ridiculous.

Guitar playing is different to acting or basketball.

Simple as this, if Clapton and May are 2 of the best guitarists in the world.... explain to me how they are.

Not, are different matters but someone who knows something about music could know that clapton and may are great guitarrists. And i dont understand your question, be more clear.

I think basicely the question was:

Whats so great about Clapton and May as guitarists

yup

Brian Mays a brilliant guitarist.

november rain 4 sure

Porpoise Song by trouble is by far the best