Best Solo Ever (No Nirvana allowed, Or Dave Grohl)

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I was surprised that nobody mentioned "Something", by the Beatles. George always knew how to play for the song... which is personally my favorite kind of solo.

Slash - Nighttrain
Slash - Sweet Child O mine
Dimebag - five Minutes Alone
Hendrix - Machine Gun
Clapton - While my Guitar Gently Weeps
Frusciante - Could have lied
 
Whoever it is on "Third World Man" from Steely Dan's Gaucho album is a current fave.
 
espskully said:
No sir - that's Hammett. Hetfield plays the solo on Nothing Else Matters.
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I stand corrected, I was humming through the tune while the radio was on in the background and got my wires crossed. ;)

Thanx espskully.....I apologize for the false statement made on my part! :o

Naughty Gorty! :eek:
 
After looking through these posts I have to agree there are way too many to name just one, two, three, etc.,etc. I do love that solo on "Reelin' in the Years" and love Brian May's solo on "Killer Queen", that reminds me of the piano playing in the old Western's for some reason. Sounds like an electric guitar from the 1800's.

How about Santana's solo in "She's Not There". Love that! He just rips it up on that one.

OK, now I take the chance of a lifetime, please be kind, but my "guilty pleasure" solo would have to be Ace Frehley on "100,000 Years" live. There is just something in that solo that catches me, just can't help it. Not saying it's one of the BEST, but it is a fav of mine.

One more thing this is the best line I have ever read on this board:
"No good music has ever come first from theory. It always comes first from people who just PLAY. Theory is always just trying to catch up with the guys who don't spend too much time thinking about it." --Light. This should be hung up somewhere, because I love to play (not that great), but I still don't understand much of the theory side and it's frustrating. It really gave me a boost to read that. Thanks Light!! :)
 
foo said:
Solo on Steely Dan's 'Third World Man'
Solo on Pretenders 'Middle of the Road'
Ry Cooder's solo on 'Across the Borderline' (Harry Dean Stanton vocal version). The sweetest sadness of a melody.

Sultans of Swing - not really high on my list of faves, but . . .
coming when corporate rock was at it's ugliest peak - made my day when I heard it (on Capital Radio, I think)
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Third World Man was Larry Carlton, yup he's a monster!
 
Gentleman, "Carry That Weight" is indeed John, Paul AND George sharing the lead. A lot of fun trying to figure out who is playing what......great choice guys.

As much of Beatle freak as I am, I'd have to choose "Alone Again,Naturally" by Gilbert O'Sullivan....I've never heard a guitar cry the way it does on that track.


........flame away!
 
Wow!! Lotsa great solos mentioned so far.

One solo that got to me was by Randy Bachman on "American Woman" when he was in Guess Who.
 
Steve Hackett - Dancing Out With The Moonlit Night. This guy was tappin' before Halen could even spell the word.

Dave Gilmour - Dogs. Deserves a second mention (first was Nakatira). Makes me squeeze my left hand every time I hear it.

Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love. Hard to duplicate that kind of intensity.

Steve Howe - Awaken. Three-in-one! Rickenbacker 12-string electric solo for starters, Telecaster burn up towards the end, and the sweet little lilting outro lick to wrap it up.
 
Phildo said:
Well, that's me well and truly told. I bow down before your superior wit and taste, O great one.

And why would I know how to tune a guitar? That's what my tech's for. You'll be suggesting I should buy my own beer and wipe my own ass next.
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Now that was pretty funny.
 
hmm

eric clapton for the acoustic solos, and tim rennolds (i think is his name..he recently did some guest stuff with dave mathews)
 
robin watson said:
Steve Hackett - Dancing Out With The Moonlit Night. This guy was tappin' before Halen could even spell the word.

Dave Gilmour - Dogs. Deserves a second mention (first was Nakatira). Makes me squeeze my left hand every time I hear it.

Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love. Hard to duplicate that kind of intensity.

Steve Howe - Awaken. Three-in-one! Rickenbacker 12-string electric solo for starters, Telecaster burn up towards the end, and the sweet little lilting outro lick to wrap it up.
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Forgot about Hackett's work on that one. +1
+1 for Gilmore on Dogs also!

And for everyone else it is still Elliott Randall doing the solo on Reelin in The Years.
 
Impossible task. You guys keep writing things that make me say, "Yeah, that's the one!"

And then the next guy writes something that makes me think, "Oh yeah, he's totally right."

And then another chap will name a solo that gets me going, "Fark, yeah. That was the ship!"

Impossible task.

Not that there were many solos, but the Dead Kennedy's had some great guitar work. Can't think of many actual solos from them.

Okay, I'll throw one out: "Been Caught Stealin'" By Janes Addiction. I like how he hits the low E string about six times in a row. You can actually hear him hit it too hard.

Anything from Iron Maiden, especially when those two English longhairs did it together. Good stuff.


Oh, wait, I know. The album HOLY DIVER by Dio, featuring Vivian Campbell, had amazing solos on every single song. He did cop a little Van Halen there, but for the most part, all notes are in the right place, especially the Title Track.

Go check it out:

Holy Diver, you've been down too long in the midnight seeeeea, oh what's becoming of meeeeeeeeeee?
 
i enjoy...

john williams - usher waltz. very articulate and just a crazy piece
unknown cover of "giant steps" - downloaded from guitar.com.
adam fulara - bwv847 (unique rendition with 2 hand tapping)


for shred type playing i like
eric johnson - cliffs of dover
steve vai - tender surrender
racer x - technical difficulties
(sorry no yngwie)

for rock playing i like
hotel california
november rain
 
not best or even favorite but worth mentioning :

Slippin Away - Dokken
Life Goes On - Poison
Goodbye - Night Ranger
When the Children Cry - White Lion
Ballad of Jane - LA Guns
 
Metal Fatigue - Allan Holdsworth
All About You - Eric Johnson
Peg - Steely Dan
Morning Rush Hour -Steve Morse
Top Secret - Warren Dimartini

these are a few of my favorite things...
 
If you're talking 'classic rock', then it's a tie between Jimi Hendrix "Machine Gun", that one long sustained note still sends shivers down my spine, and Led Zeppelin "Since I been lovin' you", that is just one of the most moving songs in general, AND the solo... Modern? Steve Vai "For the love of God", or anything Satch does live...
 
Brian Setzer - Stray Cat Strut
Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby

any good solo classical guitarist even if it's not much improv, still is awesome
duets are sublime
 
solo duets, or duet-solos? Hmmm...

junplugged said:
any good solo classical guitarist even if it's not much improv, still is awesome
duets are sublime
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Which brings to mind Mediterranean Sundance by Al DiMeola. The original studio version with just him and Paco Lucia, not the live one including John McLaughlin. I'n not sure what part or parts of that song, if any, can be considered solos, but everyone should be required to listen to it attentively at least once. It makes the hair on the back of my neck (which is increasingly the easiest place to find it :( ) stand up. One of those songs that is my goal to learn before I die.
 
Eric Clapton - Dont Think Twice

Something about it just gives ya the chills.
 
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