Best guitar solor of all time? - GoFuckYourself.com

DWB · 09-19-2008, 05:23 AM

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

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

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

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

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

Jimi Hendrix...The Star Spangled Banner

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jimi Hendrix...The Star Spangled Banner

Yup, that would be a good one!

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

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

...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

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

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

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

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

DWB · 09-19-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WebairGerard

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (Amazing from start to finish!)
Any solo by Randy Rhoads

David Gilmore/Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

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

love Stevie Ray Vaughn's Pride & Joy

FUck ya!

webmasterchecks · 09-19-2008, 08:54 AM

Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of little wing

webmasterchecks · 09-19-2008, 09:01 AM

freebird
all along the watchtower
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sultans of Swing
Smells Like Teen Spirit ;)
Stranglehold
The Thrill is Gone
Cortez the Killer
Light My Fire
Since I've Been Loving You
Santeria

Bojangles · 09-19-2008, 09:15 AM

Eruption - Eddie Van Halen.

Fletch XXX · 09-19-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Zayne E.

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

Please dont try and convince these guys Randy Rhoads was even good LOL I am sure he wll be lumped into the "he plays too fast" crowd

If its not on some 70s radio station that plays Zeppelin all damn day, they cant "hum" along to it... people like Randy blow away all this stuff, classic rock solos cant even compare

just because its too fast for them, they dont feel it has "emotion" etc...

as been said, guitarists may know it, but if the general population cant "air guitar" alongside it, its not "solo" enough or somethin

B O B · 09-19-2008, 09:45 AM

Prince
Purple Rain

webcams_scotchie · 09-19-2008, 09:51 AM

My Sharona by The Knack

Not the original here...but this dude's got chops

Wiredoctor · 09-19-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX

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.

Yes hes fast but his music sounds like nothing but fast scales, when others Like Stevie ray Vaughn, Clapton are also fast but more than fast there rifs have soul and rythem

Andrew138 · 09-19-2008, 09:59 AM

Zakk Wylde-Miracle Man

WebairGerard · 09-19-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by B O B

Prince
Purple Rain

That is a great one Bob!

NickPapageorgio · 09-19-2008, 10:11 AM

Dimebag Darryl Abbott from Domination on the CFH album.

NickPapageorgio · 09-19-2008, 10:13 AM

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LTR-tePa0Bg

Seen em live 5 times and it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

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