Give me you top 5 guitar solos of all time

[cruise_bone]

ahhh, rock guitar. so boring.
for some real musical depth, skip to 3:44 to hear the greatest guitar player ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIfILUJ-dcA

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by cruise_bone

ahhh, rock guitar. so boring.
for some real musical depth, skip to 3:44 to hear the greatest guitar player ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIfILUJ-dcA

I like the groove in that song, but Metheny’s playing gets a bit onanistic for my liking. For 80s-ish jazz studs, personally prefer Bill Frisell (with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano).

[Ronnyrolex125]

Eric Clapton

[Deepseadoug]

1.Prince 2. Prince 3.Prince 4. Prince 5.John Petrucci from Dream Theater covering Prince Purple Rain. I thought the Ibanez was singing at one point and my eyes got a little watery. Honorable Mention. Adam Levine covering Prince Purple Rain at Howard sterns birthday party.

[stevep1041]

Glad to see someone mentioned Steve Rothery of Marillion on Easter. Not a shredder but a very emotional player who can pluck the heartstrings as well as the guitar strings!

[masterserg]

No particular order,

Marty Friedman - Tornado of Souls
Marty Friedman - Lucretia
John Petrucci - Breaking All Illusions
John Petrucci - Hollow Years (Live at Budokan)
John Peetrucci - Lines in the Sand

Bonus: Randy Rhoads - Crazy Train
Bonus II - Steve Lukather - Hold the Line
Bonus III - Always loved Maiden's The Prisoner

[Richard6129]

In no particular order

Eruption-Van Halen
Limelight-Rush
Ace Of Spades-Motorhead
Parisienne Walkways(live)-Gary Moore
Hit The Lights-Metallica

Honorable mention

Cliffs Of Dover-Eric Johnson
Bad To The Bone-George Thorogood
Sultans Of Swing-Dire Straights

Happy Weekend!!

[Lithographica]

Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan (performed by Larry Carlton)
Manhattan- Eric Johnson
For the Love of God- Steve Vai
Midnight in Harlem- Tedeschi Trucks Band (Derek Trucks)
Althea- Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, though John Mayer also kills this solo with D&C).

[crazycarlitos]

Would need to think about top5 all time.. but can’t believe no one mentioned Hotel California yet. Joe Walsh/Don Felder duo is such a classic.

Off top of my head:

Eric Johnson’s cliff of Dover

And funtwo’s Cannon Rock (watch the 2012 video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilOwXH5p1R0
So clean!)

Of course EVH’s Eruption.

[greeneyedguy]

Jason Becker Altitudes
Jason Becker Serrana
Nevermore Born
Nevermore Engines of Hate
Yngwie Malmsteen Far Beyond the Sun

[Dilemma]

Originally Posted by eman1200

Steve Lukather’s Rosanna solo. Short. SWEET. Often imitated rarely duplicated. Also a somewhat underrated/under appreciated guitarist for those not in the know.

"Luke" has played on more records than most people realize. While I love the Rosanna solo, the outro solo is better IMHO. It just rips.

Check out the solo in "Running with the Night" by Lionel Richie. The last two minutes are Lukather at his best.

[masterserg]

Originally Posted by Dilemma

"Luke" has played on more records than most people realize. While I love the Rosanna solo, the outro solo is better IMHO. It just rips.

Check out the solo in "Running with the Night" by Lionel Richie. The last two minutes are Lukather at his best.

Agreed. He’s a beast.

[Mifune]

two for one deal... Frank Zappa and a VERY young Adrian Belew in the same performance





Adrian Belew demonstrating his new signature model more than a decade ago at TCAN... an absolutely amazing performance in extremely subtle control of style and voicing of technique that doesn't overtly slap you in the face! A hypnotizing performance.





and of course Monty Montgomery's wondrous version of 'little wing'

[Cazador60]

Not a solo, a guitar instrumental... but I love Villanova Junction by Hendrix.

[droptopman]

Dave Mustaine Megadeth is underrated. Just about every song has a great solo in it, but my fav Mustaine guitar work is in Hanger 18, Tornado of Souls, and Ashes in Your Mouth.
Jake Lee Bark at the Moon
Randy Rhoades Believer or take your pick of any song he plays with Ozzy
Eddie Van Halen Push Comes to Shove is my fav but again lots of choices for EVH, but this song is a little bluesy/funky
Metallica One or Four Horsemen

[Malum]

David Gilmour -Dogs. Jimi Hendrix-Come on. Martin Barre-Aqualung. Eddie Hazel-Maggot Brain. Steve Hackett-The Musical Box

[Paul H]

Wonderful choices but the one I would like to add is Alvin Lee, Ten Years After, Woodstock...Going Home.

[RichM]

[QUOTE=Paul H;11405972]Wonderful choices but the one I would like to add is Alvin Lee, Ten Years After, Woodstock...Going Home.[/QUOTE

Excellent

[CRM114]

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

True, and Prince was one extremely talented musician. But the concert was for George, not a platform to show off your hottest pyrotechnics. I know I'm being too damn critical.
dP

Probably are. Here's a published story re the rehearsal and performance. Seems like Marc Mann was the one angling to grab the solo(s) spotlight....

In the days after Prince died, the New York Times ran an article about the performance in which Petty and others who performed with Prince that night shared their memories. According to the paper, the show’s producer, Joel Gallen, asked Prince to play the song’s solos, since he was there to be inducted anyway. But during rehearsals, Marc Mann, who plays guitar with Lynne, took over, knocking out a note-perfect recreation of Eric Clapton’s original mid-song solo.

“And we get to the big end solo,” Gallen says, “and Prince again steps forward to go into the solo, and this guy starts playing that solo too!”

There wasn’t time to get it right, but Prince assured Gallen everything would be fine at the performance. He told the producer to let Mann take the first solo, and he would perform the extended outro solo. “They never rehearsed it, really,” Gallen says. “Never really showed us what he was going to do, and he left, basically telling me, the producer of the show, not to worry.

“And the rest is history. It became one of the most satisfying musical moments in my history of watching and producing live music.”

Though Prince is onstage the entire time, he stands off to the side until the end, when he takes center stage. From that point on, the show is entirely his. His slick stage move at 4:43 and his guitar face at 5:05 are as enjoyable as anything he plays...and he plays up a storm. The smile on the face of Dhani Harrison—George Harrison’s son, who plays acoustic guitar on the number—shows how much he was enjoying Prince’s star-turn on his father’s song.

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by Malum

Eddie Hazel-Maggot Brain.

Great to see this included, I agree!

[Masteryacht]

+1 for Zakk Wylde. He was only 20-21 years old for his first album with Ozzy.

[spurwar]

A lot of good ones mentioned here. I want to add Metallica - Fade to Black as it is one of my favorites!

[Uggi]

John Squire - I Am The Resurrection
Johnny Marr - What Difference Does It Make
Bernard Sumner - Sunrise
Pete Shelley - What Do I Get?
Jez Williams - There Goes The Fear

[Malak]

Glenn Tipton

[Etschell]

Eagles Hotel California
Chicago 25 or 6 to 4
Guns and roses sweet child o mine
Pink Floyd money
Audioslave like a stone

[Malak]

Michael Schenker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZiLn7S1nyk

[Polarexplorerii]

Guns N Roses.. Sweet child o mine

[MILGAUSS88]

I'm going to throw in a different one.
It's a bass guitar solo. Not too many of those.
BASSically Speaking by Brian Bromberg.

It redefined what I thought a bass guitar player could do when I heard it.
Check it out.

https://youtu.be/TbbFKoKV5do

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by Uggi

John Squire - I Am The Resurrection
Johnny Marr - What Difference Does It Make
Bernard Sumner - Sunrise
Pete Shelley - What Do I Get?
Jez Williams - There Goes The Fear

Haha! Nice. A shame Brix Smith didn’t make the cut.

[SBR]

Rolling Stones, "Can't you hear me knockin" I can see Joe Pesci in the movie Casino now lol.