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  • mmjarecki
    mmjarecki Member Posts: 1 Member

    Metallica - one


    Because there is only one

  • Richard Vetro
    Richard Vetro Member Posts: 20 Member

    I have to say the greatest solo of all time would be on the song no More tears by Ozzy Osbourne. Performed by Zakk Wylde.

  • Hans
    Hans Member Posts: 3 Member
    https://youtu.be/Yw74sDWPH7U

    What's happening here? Steve Vai goes Wes Montgomery? Yes he does, but within a few minutes he explodes like a devil. This is the ultimate mix between unbelievable virtuoso and ultimate emotion. I've played this video a thousand times, but still I get shivers down my spine. In this performance it's very clear that Vai is in love with himself. Such a cool dude (look at 3:08 where he cams his hair -:) But we forgive him, because he's such a great, unique guitargod. A lifechanging piece of music for every guitar player. Enjoy!

  • dexl
    dexl Member Posts: 61 Helper
    https://youtu.be/H2_2HCWjSVI

    Jimi Hendrix - the greatest solo of all time must be his solo taken from a blues jam at the Newport pop festival 1969. He made the guitar sing.

  • otismakesmusic
    otismakesmusic Member Posts: 2 Member

    Stevie Ray Vaughan-Little Wing

    All love and respect to Jimi, but SRV's version will give your goosebumps goosebumps.

    https://youtu.be/8VFzWxcKROM


  • vinnie2k
    vinnie2k Member Posts: 17 Member

    Guthrie Gowan's solo on Steven Wilson's album Hand.Cannot.Erase on the track Regret #9

    https://youtu.be/WPDsIuIzslM

  • AudioHawk
    AudioHawk Member Posts: 9 Member
    edited July 2022

    There are some great ideas above. Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin I definitely appreciate. But, there's one guitar solo that I think goes well and beyond all these suggestions. And, it's not the song... it's the performance. I've seen some amazing guitar players live... even met many bands (worked in broadcasting). But, this human being is the greatest I have ever witnessed.

    Three guitar parts played simultaneously on a single guitar... this is Stanley Jordan. To see this live changes what you understand is possible from a single instrument. Here he is playing Eleanor Rigby

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWkzFhLBD0

    And, here he is doing this in '86. He's been around for a while.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGoGyGSnVuA

    Have a safe day all. And, if you've never heard of Stanley Jordan before now, your welcome.

  • djspecialtee
    djspecialtee Member Posts: 1 Member

    Prince on 770-9311 is best

    https://youtu.be/zioEaqjPAGI

  • Diederick
    Diederick Member Posts: 1 Member

    Without a doubt Mike McCready's solo in Alive, kicking in @ 3:29 :

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0zINtulhM


  • NodeOperator
    NodeOperator Member Posts: 16 Member

    + 1 for Pink Floyd, Another Brick In The Wall.

    It’s surprisingly hard to think if just one ‘Best’ solo, so many amazing guitarists, but many Floyd solos stir something special, I agree with others, I think it’s the tone.

  • Jasonds
    Jasonds Member Posts: 1 Member

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRmsKv99dhg starts at 4:00

    Ionic song, top 10 solo of all time, two grown men making sweet love to there guitars

  • Koen Arfeuille
    Koen Arfeuille Member Posts: 1 Newcomer
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOoRECN0C5g

    Playing a solo is like preparing food, it doesn't have to be difficult to be good ! 😎 Koenski Beat.

  • Rico010
    Rico010 Member Posts: 137 Advisor

    Hotel California, Eagles

    9 years ago i played it myself.

    https://youtu.be/8YGgolb8cG4

  • Donkey Oaty
    Donkey Oaty Member Posts: 46 Member

    There are technically better and more challenging solos. There are solos I prefer to this. There are live performances by people like Garry Moore (RIP), Knopfler, Gilmour and others that trump Page’s. But credence to Page for performing the song with a twin necked SG monster – and moving so seamlessly between necks.


    The count of people teaching this solo on YouTube is huge. AND – it takes something for the playing of the song and its solo to still be banned in the majority of guitar shops. All that almost 50 years since the song was released. Those are the sort of things that define an icon. So it has to be the ”Stairway to Heaven.” solo.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly6ZhQVnVow

  • shimintula
    shimintula Member Posts: 3 Member

    Actually two guitar solos. I hope this still counts!

    Frank Zappa and a very young Steve Vai - Stevie's Spanking (live in Rome, 1982):

    https://youtu.be/WJxoV5O8HUU

    I think any of Zappa's solos can fall into the 'iconic' category but this one is a real treat. All his solos tend to have a real progression to them even though they often go on for 10 mins+. Not just noodling for the sake of noodling, they all tell a story and this is no exception. But this also has the added bonus of Steve Via playing alongside him. I never get tired of watching this!

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