What are your favorite guitar solos?

[Cisco]

AC/DC - Hells bells
Jimmy Hendricks - All along the watchtower
Pearl Jam - Alive
Metallica - Call of ktulu
Neil Young - Cortez the killer

That's whats at the top of my head.

[MechZZ]

Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore

[Boleslaw]

I like really blistering technical stuff on the whole, but then again sometimes a slower one is nice too. So lately I have enjoyed:

Freebird lol

Yngwie Malmsteen - fire and ice

Dragonforce/Cellador - listening to either of these bands almost guarantees about 6-8 minutes of shredding, and lord knows I love shredding

[m00b]

I also like the blistering technical stuff as well..
Satch - Always With You, Always With Me (I'm gonna go ahead and say I really enjoy most of the stuff he puts out..)
Yngwie is also great.. Hangar 18, Area 51 / Playing With Fire are some I enjoy

On a whole, I usually enjoy the aforementioned artists, Vai, Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, especially in Cacophony with Becker (Speed Metal Symphony is insane..)

[Warpticon]

Funkadelic--Maggot Brain

[RowJoe]

GnR - Sweet Child O' Mine
In Flames - Goliaths Disarm Their Davids

[gridman]

Trivium has some good guitar solos

Unearth - So It Goes is reallllly good

Dragonforce has some insane ones but thats expected

[pherai]

beginning of 'she is beautiful' by andrew wk

dont hide your eyes - axenstar has some good guitar work all around imo

uncreation - dan swano (not super impressive/fast, but very beautiful sounding)

i could probably come up with hundreds of my favorite solos, but dragonforce, malmsteen, stratovarius, sonata arctica, rhapsody, bodom, falconer are just a few solotastic bands

[AgantK7]

Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb.
Everytime I hear it, I think of a ninja riding a rocket-powered robo-cow through space playing a hot pink "flying V". I should stop smoking.
-K7

[Fadedsun303]

N.ex.T:The World We Made and Lazenca

And this.

http://zappaplayszappa.com/videos.html

Watch the second video. One of the best solos I've ever heard.

[TempestFox]

Some old, some new.

Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Cemetary Gates - Pantera
Buckethead - Jordan

And here's one for the DragonForce fans. (http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/DragonForce)

[Episode_667]

Metallica - "One"
Dragonforce - "My Spirit Will Go On"
Demons & Wizards - "The Fiddler on the Green"
The Crown - "Out for Blood"
Joe Satriani - "A Train of Angels" (an instrumental track, but I still like it)

And here's one for the DragonForce fans.

I know music is to each his or her own, but after seeing the band live over the summer I was completely blown away (I was a fan beforehand, but still). DF have my respect, I can say that much.

[MrQuotes]

gnr - november rain
rush - yyz
lynyrd skynyrd- - freebird
dream theater - beyond this life
metallica - master of puppets
pantera -cemetary gates

[Devil X]

megadeth (marty friedman) - tornado of souls

[ViciousSLASH]

And here's one for the DragonForce fans. (http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/DragonForce)

"Once you have heard one of DragonForce's songs, you have heard EVERY DragonForce song."

lol. It's funny because it's true, and I like Dragonforce.

I always liked the solo in beat it.

[Will Gotti]

Van Halen - Spanish Fly (Eddie Van Halen instrumental track)

[Windlord0]

ManOWar has some really crazy ones
Sting of the Bumblebee is crazy awesome
Black Arrows is another one
(I think both of those were actually done on a bass, which I've been told is a lot harder to do)

[Biolink]

Whatever that guitar rift is that is playing in that Nissan Truck commercial.What is the name of that song?

[Captain Ryu]

Freebird for the fuckin win.

[TheSix]

megadeth (marty friedman) - tornado of souls

What he said.

Throw in the "duel solo" in Forest of October by Opeth.

[Warpticon]

Nevermore - The River Dragon Has Come

[the T1AN]

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover

[Rhio2k]

The instrumental from the song "Rain" from Cowboy Bebop.

[ocelot_357]

Pretty much anything DragonForce does.

Pvt. Bunn

[chaoscntrl77]

Ozzy - Bark at the Moon
Pantera - Cemeter Gates
Children of Bodom - Punch Me I Bleed

[aa_overmind]

Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb.
Everytime I hear it, I think of a ninja riding a rocket-powered robo-cow through space playing a hot pink "flying V". I should stop smoking.
-K7

AMEN!!!!!!!!!
Best solo ever:bgrin:


Pink Floyd - Mother (live version)
GWAR- the start up of "Womb with a View" and the song "Tormentor"
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
Judas Priest - Painkiller and Ram It Down
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (Live version)

[Mix Masta Drew Dub]

The Strokes - Reptilia

[Shaft Agent]

Jason Becker's Serrana Arpeggios (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6366828499656022533&q=jason+becker&hl=en) one day i'll be good enough to attempt it :(


also, for shredding fans, check out Guitars SUCK (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=guitars+SUCK&hl=en). some crazy stuff in there.

[JiBbo]

SRV - Scuttle Buttin
Steve Vai - Bad Horsie, Tender Surrender
Victor Wooten - thump off! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vdJvHE8qxA)
Marcus Miller - Power (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIqfDHP0D5s)
Norman Brown - Take Me There
Lee Retinour - San Juan Sunset
Del Castillo - Dame un Momento
Roberto y Gabriela - Tamacun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU68qT4T1bE) (flamenco/rock)

Check out the video links! It's good stuff.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Rakuen by D.A.I makes this black so hype he almost plays air guitar....


















almost.

[Devil X]

i've been listening to solos all day. nevermore - enemies of reality solo. wtf is going on there? never really heard anything like it :wasted: sounds complicated lol

[Gasp]

Jason Becker's Serrana Arpeggios (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6366828499656022533&q=jason+becker&hl=en)
2nd'ed

also
sonata arctica - wolf and raven

[Digitalbooty]

Almost anything Yngwie Malmsteen. Galneryus 1st record, Dragon Force of course, and that band ROUDNESS!!!!!!! (Loudness fr those of you who don't understand engrish)

[orochi_shin]

I'm into the technical shit, but nothing beats a good melodic solo.

Symphony X- Out of the Ashes, Sea of Lies, King of Terrors, too many to list.

Rusty Cooley and Francesco Fareri- Mutherfucking shredding at the speed of light.

Cacophony- Anything they played was God-like

Old School shit:

Dokken- Anything George Lynch related

Scorpions- No One Like You, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Schencker Bros. were the shit.

Malmsteen- Hear one solo and you've heard them all, but damn this mutherfucker can play.

George Harrison- While My Guitar Gently Weeps... just too good.

All Time Fav. Guitar Solo

Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody. God I love Brian May

[PimpC]

George Harrison- While My Guitar Gently Weeps... just too good.

All Time Fav. Guitar Solo

Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody. God I love Brian May

I always loved these for some reason but other people didn't agree with me. I thought it was because i was a black dude that mainly listened to rap, but now i have back-up.

I've always enjoyed hendrix a lot in spanish castle magic, but i think that goes to the black thing again and all the weed......whatever though hendrix is the shit.

[Boleslaw]

While my guitar gently weeps is a good song. Eric Clapton does the lead guitar work on it though, for those who didn't know.

[ToXY]

Iron Maiden - Powerslave, the third solo in it.

[Kyoujin]

Light my Fire - The Doors

Ball and a Biscuit - The White Stripes

[DarkGiygas]

One and Master of Puppets

[zakky]

I don't listen to a lot of metal or the kind of rock where solo's are common place so I'll have to go with Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time. I know it's not really a solo but, it's the closest I can think of right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiSBAykx9vA - in case you don't know the song, which you should.

[Lick Me Off]

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

[Dasrik]

First person to say "Freebird" gets fuckin' sh...Freebird lollynyrd skynyrd - freebirdFreebird for the fuckin win.Oh, you can all just go straight to hell.

"Cherub Rock" (Smashing Pumpkins)
"Leave That Thing Alone" (Rush)
Dragonforce mashing
"Writhe in Pain" from GGXX

and finally...
"I always thought I'd see you again" by Tiffany

...SHUT UP

[Bedfast Emperor]

Jason Becker

[pherai]

Victor Wooten - thump off! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vdJvHE8qxA)
.

Oh man completely forgot about victor wooten. that guy pretty much destroys everything else in this thread

[Capn Spanky]

K, here we go. No Specific Order.

Mediterranean Sundance - Al Di Meola
Classical Gas- Eric Clapton
Hangar 18 - Megadeth
YYZ- Rush
Sidewinder - Avenged 7X (That ending acoustic duel... sweet...)
Trilogy Opus Sweet #5 - Yngwie Malmsteen
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Fury of the Storm - Dragonforce
Misirlou - Dick Dale
Ascendancy - Trivium
Eruption - Van Halen
Knock on Wood - Justin King
Bed of Razors - Children of Bodom
The Audience is Listening - Steve Vai
The Additude Song - Steve Vai
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
The list goes on forever...

[Ne0phyte]

I always wanted to make this thread but figured it'd suck and was overdone.

My favorite guitar solo of all time ever is Jimi Hendrix - Let the Good Times Roll. It's mindblowing, please listen!

Runner ups:
Muse - Hysteria
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Yengwie Malmsteen (sp): Black Star
Cream/Rush - Crossroads
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy
Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Deep Purple - Child in Time (very nice)
RHCP - Californication... it's simply beautiful to me
Rage - Mic Check
B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone

For some reason that's all I can think of. All pretty mainstream but they really just do it for me.

Edit: Ah yeah Victor Wooten... dude is out of control. Classical Thump and Me and My Bass Guitar :tup:

[Manx]

Prince - Ending Solo on Let's go crazy on the Greatest hits CD. :tup:

[aa_overmind]

In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

[TempestFox]

Oh wow. I forgot how insane the solo for Mr. Crowley was.

[Boleslaw]

yeah randy rhoads is beast

[722]

So many great Dream Theater solos, especially from Awake and earlier... I don't think I could choose, but we'll say the solo about 15:40 into A Change of Seasons.

Also Stanley Jordan owns most of this thread, but youtube is down so I can't link him.

edit: here he is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhttY0XkPG0

[wepeel]

Usher - U Got It Bad
some great neck pickup tone there, anyone got setting suggestions?

[Cisco]

^ what?


Anyway, i go back from the list i gave in my first post. Metallica's "Fade to black" has the best guitars... solo's to damn everything. The guitars in that song are just beyond fuckin good.

[Red-Impact]

Iron Maiden-The number of the beast
Judas Preist-Tyrant
Megadeth-Tornado of Souls
Metallica-Fade to Black
Deep Purple-Fireball
Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath-Neon Knights
Scorpions-In Trance
Hendrix-All along the watch tower
Player-Baby come back


I can't belivve I forgot so many other songs..but I can't remember a thing :confused:

[Muff Daddy]

Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live After Death album)

[CarpeNoctumXIII]

Quo Vadis:
"On the shores of Ithaka"
"Silence Calls the Storm"

Death:
"Empty Words"
"Without Judgement"
"Crystal Mountain"
"A moment of Clarity"
"To Forgive is to Suffer"
"Overactive Imagination"
"Trapped in a Corner"
"Destiny"

Necrophagist:
"Seven"
"Stabwound"

Nile:
"Cast down the Heretic"

The Blach Dahlia Murder:
"Funeral Thirst"
"Hymn for the Wretched"
"Statutory Ape"

Vehemence:
"Spirit of a Soldier"

Meh, I'll stop. I still think Chuck Schuldiner wrote some of the best riffs and solos to this very day. R.I.P.

[wepeel]

^ what?


Anyway, i go back from the list i gave in my first post. Metallica's "Fade to black" has the best guitars... solo's to damn everything. The guitars in that song are just beyond fuckin good.

Usher, foo. You've never heard of Usher, the R&B sensation??? "U got it u got it bad, when you're on the phone, hang up and you call right back" COME ON!

[TGC]

Whatever that guitar rift is that is playing in that Nissan Truck commercial.What is the name of that song?

Black Sabbath - Iron Man


also has a good solo.

I like the acoustic solo of Hotel California from the Eagles hell freezes over tour.

Other songs:

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
A lot of metallica songs

[pherai]

CarpeNoctumXIII, excellent choices my friend! Don't listen to much death or quo vadis, but everything else is top notch!! carl sanders4life

[Athanasy]

Can't really pick a fav, but off the top.

Rhoads - Dee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKJOjpZbZ4)
Takayoshi Ohmura - Pleasant Surprise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5xPpkR-V0)
Firewind - The Fire & the Fury (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHy-OVlijsQ)
Jani v.s. Syu YG Showcase (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4sg-nzKFIQ)


Much more, but those are the ones I'm learning/craving at the moment and can name off the top. Thank god for Youtube, can find about anything these days.


I love me some Dforce, their dexterity and technicality make up for the mindless shredding they do. Which is still fucking awesome either way.

[Taichi]

Opening Licks to Bat out of Hell own your ass......

and say what you will about the band, Poison's CC Deville had some rocking solos............