Your favorite guitar solos

[Australian]

Even Bach was looking down and saying “fvck yeah!” on this solo.

 

[mirrorman]

Like you said Vin, too many to mention and depends on the mood.
Can't pick a favourite but...
Mihalis
By-Tor & The Snow Dog
I Remember You
Keep The Spirit Alive
The Mexican
Joey
In The Still Of The Night
Rat Bat Blue
No More Tears
are just a few honourable mentions in my opinion.

 

[Micky]

Hotel california solo. Crazy smooth and melody rich

Nice thread Vin.
I gotta vote for Hotel California, the dual lead is the next best thing to the Crossroads guitar fight. But I also agree there are too many to choose just 'one'.

 

[StingRay85]

Alive from Pearl Jam

Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp

 

[Rocktane]

RIP Gary

 

[playloud]

Perhaps I'm just exceptionally basic, but three come to mind immediately (in roughly descending order):





So obvious that I rarely listen to them. I should correct that!

 

[SkyMonkey]

How about the first punk guitar solo, that got a thousand bedroom heroes on their personal journeys to rock and roll nowhere!
Power to the talentless.
Solo at 1:23.

 

[More is more!]

Gary moore....
Shapes of things

 

[paul-e-mann]

(Not sure where to post this.)

I've got too many to mention like most of us, but I'll start with one at random. My tastes run from A to Z, depending on the mood I'm in. I happened to hit this one in a search this morning, and it made me wonder what you's all like.

The fact that I'm pointing this one out doesn't define me in any sense, but I do think the solo, as brief as it is, fits the song perfectly. I'd recommend listening to the whole song to hear the context, but if you just wanna skip to the solo, at least start at 2:35. It's a simple and effective solo that anyone can play.

I like mine with sausage, green peppers, onions, and black olives.

 

[Cosmic Ray]

Countless Jeff Beck solos...

However, Page's SIBLY is epic

 

[MojoWorking]

To me nothing beats the solo in the song Badge by Eric Clapton and Cream.

 

[TheLoudness!!]

This song still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. The solo starts at 5:50....but you should start at the beggining to get the whole effect. One of the greatest solos ever, IMHO....

The first time I ever watched that on VHS... it blew my damn mind!!

 

[LeftyGtrPlr]

Nailed it with Gary Moore Shapes of Things! Solo starts at 2:02 and to me, the best part is the extended solo starting at 2:42. One of my favorites!

Otherwise, I think the entire UFO Strangers In The Night album is one big solo for Michael Schenker, with perhaps the best solo ever recorded (IMO), Rock Bottom.

 

[OldDog]

Anything Steve Rothery:

Easter


This Strange Engine

 

[Vinsanitizer]

I like mine with sausage, green peppers, onions, and black olives.

Knock it off Paul ALREADY, [email protected]!

 

[Plexitim]

There is so much good music here it's like the who's who of guitar legends.

That said, my personal favorite guitar solo of all time is a song called "Junkie's Dream" by Blackfoot. Used to see this band live, at that time Charlie Hargrett did the solo with a goldtop Les Paul and 100 watt Marshall half stack. Beautiful turnarounds in this solo. - the good stuff begins at the one minute, 48 second mark (1:48 )

 

[Ufoscorpion]

Nailed it with Gary Moore Shapes of Things! Solo starts at 2:02 and to me, the best part is the extended solo starting at 2:42. One of my favorites!

Otherwise, I think the entire UFO Strangers In The Night album is one big solo for Michael Schenker, with perhaps the best solo ever recorded (IMO), Rock Bottom.

SITN is the GOAT album for killer melodic hard rock guitar solos 🤘

 

[More is more!]

Nailed it with Gary Moore Shapes of Things! Solo starts at 2:02 and to me, the best part is the extended solo starting at 2:42. One of my favorites!

Otherwise, I think the entire UFO Strangers In The Night album is one big solo for Michael Schenker, with perhaps the best solo ever recorded (IMO), Rock Bottom.

Love me some shenker, also Glen Tipton, beyond the realms of death.

 

[Dean Swindell]

Favorite solo, favorite vocal, favorite.......well.......everything. The recording studio never served the Purp well at all. Live is the only real way to hear how great they really were.

 

[Eric'45]

Lots of my favourites already mentioned- Gilmore's Time, Echoes, and of course Ritchie Blackmore. But that one gives me goosebumps every time: