Your favorite guitar solo

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:50 am

Fave solos/leads... I could go all day! I'll just list a few random songs with really awesome solos, amongst my favorites...

Pantera - Cemetary Gates
Sonata Arctica - Letter To Dana
Nightwish - Forever Yours (REEAALLY simple, yet so passionate flute solo!)
Deep Purple - Don't Fear The Reaper
Type O Negative - Love You To Death (again, simple and easy, but fluid with feel!)
Angra - Heroes Of Sand (although that entire song is just awesome)
Epica - Chasing The Dragon
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:53 am

Flaw wrote:Hands Down!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4UJkl6eaGQ

I laugh every time I see that .. Those facial expressions he makes are hilarious. Of course, tuning the violin while he is playing is the best part ...

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:24 am

Steve Vai, for the love of God.

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:41 pm

onegunguitar wrote:Edward Van Halen-Eruption. That solo completely changed the way rock guitar was played.

Agree, but here's my favorite...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bc9m7nbMC4

Drum-Wolf · Post by **Drum-Wolf** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:10 pm

The first guitar solo to come to my mind is Slash on "Sweet Child Of Mine". I never get tired of hearing it.

ZappasXWife · Post by **ZappasXWife** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:17 pm

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Close second would be The Messiah Will Come Again by Gary Moore but the original by Roy Buchanan is great too.

whitedevilone said

Why must i plead--Richard Thompson

Perfect solo,perfect song,perfect album.

Do you know if this guy played on the Fairport Convention song "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" because I think the guitar part in that is tastefully understatedly beautiful. I know he was in that band a million years ago.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:42 pm

Naga wrote:Fave solos/leads... I could go all day! I'll just list a few random songs with really awesome solos, amongst my favorites...

Pantera - Cemetary Gates
Sonata Arctica - Letter To Dana
Nightwish - Forever Yours (REEAALLY simple, yet so passionate flute solo!)
Deep Purple - Don't Fear The Reaper
Type O Negative - Love You To Death (again, simple and easy, but fluid with feel!)
Angra - Heroes Of Sand (although that entire song is just awesome)
Epica - Chasing The Dragon
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath

Just to clarify. Don't Fear The Reaper is by Blue Oyster Cult

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:13 pm

A few from a drummer:

-Eric Johnson - "Cliffs Of Dover"
-Ozzy Osbourne - The entire "No Rest For The Wicked" album, his first with Zakk. Holy Fuck.
-Joe Satriani - "Summer Song", "Satch Boogie"
-Duane Allman/Dickey Betts - "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" (Allman Bros)
-SRV - "You Better Leave My Little Girl Alone"
-Zakk Wylde - "House Of Doom" (BLS)
-Snake Sabo/Scotti Hill - The entire "Slave To The Grind" album by Skid Row. One of the most underrated guitar duos ever. These dudes are really good.

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:49 pm

Fav Van Halen solo has got to be Eddie's live version of Year to the Day from Van Halen 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ILc0ZOv40
(About 4:15-6:50)

Tone is amazing and he is the master of getting his guitar to scream while still keeping perfect control! He always seems to be just on the verge of being sloppy, but then pulls something off like a guitar surgeon.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:09 am

Hot Razors in My Heart. By Crack the Sky. Guitar solo by Rick Witkowski. Personal fave.

Tegamal · Post by **Tegamal** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:53 am

ToonaRockGuy wrote:-Snake Sabo/Scotti Hill - The entire "Slave To The Grind" album by Skid Row. One of the most underrated guitar duos ever. These dudes are really good.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, Slave to the Grind has the best guitar tone ever recorded. Skid Row is one of my favorite bands of all time.

sstuckey · Post by **sstuckey** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:09 am

Shortest Straw - Metallica

One of the greatest albums ever to be recorded "...And Justice For All"

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:43 am

moxham123 wrote:
Naga wrote:Fave solos/leads... I could go all day! I'll just list a few random songs with really awesome solos, amongst my favorites...

Pantera - Cemetary Gates
Sonata Arctica - Letter To Dana
Nightwish - Forever Yours (REEAALLY simple, yet so passionate flute solo!)
Deep Purple - Don't Fear The Reaper
Type O Negative - Love You To Death (again, simple and easy, but fluid with feel!)
Angra - Heroes Of Sand (although that entire song is just awesome)
Epica - Chasing The Dragon
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Just to clarify. Don't Fear The Reaper is by Blue Oyster Cult

LOL. True. I was running on low sleep. But thanks for catching that at least!

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:48 am

Check this shit out, pretty neat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrWyZ0KZuk

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:19 pm

This one is great but actually a guitar duo lead and definitely one of my favorites.

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ham6vFy8 ... re=related

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:16 pm

RobTheDrummer wrote:Check this shit out, pretty neat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrWyZ0KZuk

Pretty cool.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:40 pm

I know I am way over my limit on this thread, but someone has got to add Uli Jon Roth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8KEBBRC ... L&index=34

EyesOfAnguishbassist · Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:56 pm

sstuckey wrote:Shortest Straw - Metallica

One of the greatest albums ever to be recorded "...And Justice For All"

+1 that song and album both rule

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:24 am

After all of these years, my favorite solo is still Petrucci's from Dream Theater's Under a Glass Moon. The small bass fill by Myung before the solo just makes it sound all that more powerful.

Other than that, I probably have hundreds of favorite guitar solos from all kinds of players.

tonemonster · Post by **tonemonster** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:48 pm

Mean Street- Van Halen, Wild One- DIO, End Of The World- Gary Moore

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:23 am

I couldn't add any more than what was already added here. Awesome selections ..

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:02 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_wGFfrJ ... re=related

RIP Cliff

Tegamal · Post by **Tegamal** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:05 am

Larry wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_wGFfrJ ... re=related

RIP Cliff

True, but that one has already been mentioned in the Bass Solo thread.

Tegamal · Post by **Tegamal** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:12 am

Another Petrucci lick, this time it's a little jam he did at the end of his Rock Discipline DVD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqeH9R1Qx3o

Atomic Jim · Post by **Atomic Jim** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:04 am

Danny Gatton, "Harlem Nocturne"

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