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DWB 09-19-2008 05:23 AM

Best guitar solor of all time?
 
I'm not talking speed here, I'm talking classic solos that will stand the test of time.

My vote goes to the solo in Hotel California. As classic as the song itself.

Fletch XXX 09-19-2008 05:24 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Becker

DWB 09-19-2008 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 14778560)

I know all about Jason Becker. Poor guy. But I can't think of anything he did that makes me say WOW that was the best ever!

tornell 09-19-2008 05:38 AM

Joe Satriani

Fletch XXX 09-19-2008 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 14778586)
I know all about Jason Becker. Poor guy. But I can't think of anything he did that makes me say WOW that was the best ever!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Townsend

Vai was blown away when he heard him play at 19.

tranza 09-19-2008 05:39 AM

Hotel California does have a great solo for sure!!! Stairway to heaven too!

Zayne E. 09-19-2008 05:48 AM

Completely subject to taste. I would say the most instantly recognizable solo would have to be "Eruption" by EVH. You know it on the first note.

Shey 09-19-2008 05:54 AM

My personal favorite is from Slash in November Rain... LOVE IT!

Hank_Heartland 09-19-2008 05:59 AM

Jimi Hendrix...The Star Spangled Banner:thumbsup

StuartD 09-19-2008 05:59 AM

Eruption was my first thought... all my friends who've played guitar set that solo as their benchmark, their goal to achieve.

MrAwesome 09-19-2008 06:02 AM

Zakk Wylde baby

Joe BrainCash 09-19-2008 06:04 AM

I'm not sure it's my favorite anymore because I've heard it sooooo many times now... but I think Sweet Child O'mine guitar solo by slash is a classic signature solo.

Other great suggestions already made: Hotel Calif, November Rain ( personnaly, I like it even more than the one I submitted but not sure the song will survive the test of time like Sweet Child will).

Paul Markham 09-19-2008 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Hank_Heartland (Post 14778637)
Jimi Hendrix...The Star Spangled Banner:thumbsup

I was trying to think of one for Hendrix and thanks for picking this one in front of me. :1orglaugh

No I would see that or any Hendrix solo.

But a mention for Clapton on "I'm so Glad" the live version. You have to hear it to appreciate the variations of the mans guitar work.

DWB 09-19-2008 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Zayne E. (Post 14778623)
Completely subject to taste. I would say the most instantly recognizable solo would have to be "Eruption" by EVH. You know it on the first note.

Hell yea. That would probably be my #2.

DWB 09-19-2008 06:37 AM

SOLOS people... not players.

ADL Colin 09-19-2008 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 14778560)

My favorite!

Fletch XXX 09-19-2008 06:39 AM

i thought you meant "soloer" by the subject line, sry.

In that case, Marty Friedman Tornado of Souls

https://youtube.com/watch?v=whGfBGoFrO8

Fletch XXX 09-19-2008 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 14778586)
I know all about Jason Becker. Poor guy. But I can't think of anything he did that makes me say WOW that was the best ever!

Honestly, I dont think youve looked enough then.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=g1mz_...eature=related

He does more than anything Hendrix or Clapton could dream of, and just when you think he is fast, he saves the speed for last.

He has dexterity that no "classic" guitarist could ever dream of.

Look at that video above and tell me you are not in total AWE.

Fletch XXX 09-19-2008 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ADL Colin (Post 14778697)
My favorite!

and rightfully so.

To deny Jason Becker a place in a solo thread is blasphemy.

Fuck The Eagles

Evil Chris 09-19-2008 06:54 AM

It's really a "solo", but I would mention the short guitar solo/bridge that Jimmy Page does in "Whole Lotta Love".

HighEnergy 09-19-2008 07:03 AM

I'm not sure it's possible (for me) to pick the best.
There are so many great ones.

Hendrix wasn't the best musician but his Woodstock solo will stand the test of time.


DWB 09-19-2008 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 14778724)
and rightfully so.

To deny Jason Becker a place in a solo thread is blasphemy.

Fuck The Eagles

Jason Becker may get his place in music history. Maybe. In 100 years nobody may know his name. But without question they will still be humming a classic like Hotel California.

As a solo artist and his ability to play, sure, he is amazing. But outside of the musicians world he is hardly known at all.

I'm talking the greatest guitar solos. Not the greatest player.

Fletch XXX 09-19-2008 07:08 AM

so this is a popularity contest, nothing more then.

Godsmack 09-19-2008 07:11 AM

Frank Zappa..

DWB 09-19-2008 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Hank_Heartland (Post 14778637)
Jimi Hendrix...The Star Spangled Banner:thumbsup

Yup, that would be a good one! :thumbsup

That's what I'm talking about. That kind of solo where on the first or second note, you know who it is and what song it is. Hendrix's version of that is without question on the list of the greatest.

So we've got (in no order of importance):

Hotel California
The Star Spangled Banner (By Hendrix)
Sweet Child O' Mine
Eruption
Stairway To Heaven

What else?

DWB 09-19-2008 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 14778760)
so this is a popularity contest, nothing more then.

Think of it like this...

Think of guitar solos that you can hum, note per note and can tell what song it is if I just played ONE or TWO notes from the solo. Solos that will be known and liked by your children and stand the test of musical time.

If there is a solo such as this from one of Jason Beckers songs, so be it. I own Cacophony's "Go Off" and couldn't hum a single riff or solo from it right now if you put a gun to my head.

Give me 30 seconds from Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Blues Saraceno, Paul Gilbert or any of the other masses of bad ass guitarists from that area and I couldn't tell one from the other. I doubt most people could unless they were themselves guitarists and were into those guys. Yet play the first second of Eruption and just about everyone on this board could tell you what it was.

MrAwesome 09-19-2008 07:19 AM

any solo by Zakk Wylde when he was with Black Sabbath or on his own BlacK Label Society

Zayne E. 09-19-2008 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 14778771)
...What else?

Well...there is another mind-numbing, jaw-dropper I can think of but finding a copy of it might be an impossibility, not sure...

Way back in the days of Randy Rhoads, Ozzy played a concert for (or sponsored by) some British radio program called something like The King Biscuit Flower Hour or some crazy shit like that. The solo by RR, captured in that concert, on "Over the Mountain," in my opinion, is the most unbelievable solo in the history of the guitar (yes, I heard it back in the day -- I am THAT old).

If anyone can find it it's a guitarists wet dream :2 cents:

dennisthemenace 09-19-2008 07:51 AM

Nothing technically impressive, but the solo from Freebird sticks in my head all the time.

Manowar 09-19-2008 07:59 AM

Sweet Child of Mine
any of the Satriani stuff

cykoe6 09-19-2008 08:05 AM

My favorite guitar solo is John McLaughlin in "New York On My Mind."

Scott McD 09-19-2008 08:09 AM

I love the 'Stairway To Heaven' one...

WebairGerard 09-19-2008 08:09 AM

can never really say what is "best" of all time as everyone has different tastes.

Some good one's have been mentioned here already but I would put these on the list:

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (Amazing from start to finish!)
Any solo by Randy Rhoads :)
David Gilmore/Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

undersoul 09-19-2008 08:13 AM

love Stevie Ray Vaughn's Pride & Joy

MrAwesome 09-19-2008 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by undersoul (Post 14778964)
love Stevie Ray Vaughn's Pride & Joy

he's wicked

TubeTitans_SusieQ 09-19-2008 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Shey (Post 14778631)
My personal favorite is from Slash in November Rain... LOVE IT!

Thank god i read before putting my vote in, I completely agree! :thumbsup

DWB 09-19-2008 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WebairGerard (Post 14778948)

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (Amazing from start to finish!)
Any solo by Randy Rhoads :)
David Gilmore/Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb


:thumbsup

webmasterchecks 09-19-2008 08:53 AM

pink floyd - have a cigar

DWB 09-19-2008 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by undersoul (Post 14778964)
love Stevie Ray Vaughn's Pride & Joy

FUck ya!

webmasterchecks 09-19-2008 08:54 AM

Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of little wing


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