Greatest Guitar Solo Ever · Music Discussion

Ultimate Wil Faster than a bullet

Greatest Guitar Solo Ever

What is the greatest Guitar Solo Ever?

I say Eruption by Eddie Van Halen.

AC/DC'S_LVR All That Noiz

wow......thats a real toughie......mhmm
i dieffinately like In Living Colour's Cult of Personality solo
Let There Be Rock is a classic

k1Lla441 Self-Made

angel of death solo by slayer

Pezmerga Black Knight

I like Hackett's solo in Firth of Fifth. Also enjoy Gilmour's solos, and Alex Lifeson's work. Hard to say what the greatest is though.

Ultimate Wil Faster than a bullet

Make a list if you want, some of the greatest

Funkadelic Senior Member

Machine Gun

Jimi Hendrix

AverageSavage Senior Member

Rock And Roll Can Rescue the World - Electric Eel Shock

leonheartmm Senior Member

la guitarra

prodcarnaby Restricted

I find the solo in Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd to be one of the greatest and most emotive in rock history. But it all bubbles down to opinion in the end, I don't think it's possible to say there's a single 'Greatest'.

ThunderGodEneru Senior Member

Won't say it is the greatest, but my favorite is the one from Freebird.

k1Lla441 Self-Made

also add raining blood solo by slayer.

Ultimate Wil Faster than a bullet

Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru
Won't say it is the greatest, but my favorite is the one from Freebird.

That is a good solo as well.

Top 5
1. Eruption(the sound that Eddie Van Halen makes is remarkable, and he says he could have made it better. Best guitar solo I've ever heard.)
2. Electric Eye(Glen Tipton rocked on the guitar solo.)
3. Mr.Crowley(Randy Rhoads was god entering Ozzy's life, as this guitar solo proves it.)
4. Number of the Beast(Dave Murray rocks on the beginning, and with Adrian Smith finishing it off makes the guitar solo complete.)
5. Jordan(Buckethead rocks on the guitar solo, the sound is also remarkable.)

I'll name 6-10 later.

Jim Colyer Restricted

Eric Clapton's solo on Crossroads is pretty good.

jinXed by JaNx Senior Member

Jimmy Page--Whole Lotta Love medley (how the West was won) Yeah, he has 3 of the greatest solos through out that song

Ultimate Wil Faster than a bullet

Both of those are good, actually great. Oh, I meant Crazy Train, not Mr.Crowley.

SpaceMonkey Project Mayhem

In no particular order:

1. Jimmy Page- Stairway to Heaven
2. Slash- Sweet Child O' Mine
3. Dean DeLeo- Silvergun Superman

Ultimate Wil Faster than a bullet

I never understood the Stairway to Heaven, what was so great about it, but people have different opinions.

Impediment Endless

A personal favorite of mine is Kirk Hammett's solo from "One".

The Grey Fox Restricted

Originally posted by Ultimate Wil
I never understood the Stairway to Heaven, what was so great about it, but people have different opinions.

I actually agree, contrary to most. It's quite nice, and very fitting, but it's too short and not stand-out enough to be considered one of the best of all time, really.

I agree with Prof. Carnaby in Comfortably Numb's solo being one of the greatest. Possibly my favourite. The solo in 'Alive' by Pearl Jam, at least the opening of it, I find to be amazing, too.

Darth Jar Jar Zealot of the Jedi

Too many but here are some to give a listen to
Fade to Black (Metallica)
Hanger 18 (Megadeth)
The Four Horsemen (Metllica)
Crionics (Slayer)
Afterlife (Avenged Sevenfold)
Call of Ktulu (Metallica)
Angel of Death (Slayer)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Jump in the Fire (Metallica)
Second Heartbeat (Avenged Sevenfold)
The Trooper (Iron Maiden)