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Favourite guitar solo?

SometimesSometimes Posts: 94
edited February 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
My top three are:

Slash - Double talkin jive (lead and acoustic parts)
Kirk Hammet - Fade to Black (intro and end)
Kirk Hammet - Creeping Death

I will never ever get tired of listening to these solos. I know they are not the most technical solos ever but the moods they capture are amazing.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    for mood only, not just technical solos:


    Rush: La Villa Strangiato, The Camera Eye
    PJ: Nothing As It Seems, Alive
    Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb, Time, Shine On You Crazy Diamond
    Joe Satriani: Crushing Day (yeah it's a shred solo, but I love it)

    ...and MANY more!
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  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    Dancing Through Sunday-AFI (jade is a SICK guitar player)
    Wishlist-PJ (so simple and beautiful)
    Soma-Smashing Pumpkins (an acoustic driven by an ebow)
    Live Forever-Oasis
    Soul to Squeeze-RHCP
    Drive-Incubus
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • |-Release-||-Release-| Posts: 90
    Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl (cant even begin to describe the sheer brilliance of this solo)

    The Beatles - The End (Harrison and Lennon dueling :O)

    Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

    Slash - November Rain (not that inventive but it still needs to be recognised)
    seems that needlessly its getting harder
  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Alive by PJ. I don't care what anyone says...that solo is the pure fucking rock and roll.
  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    LIke daytime said, I don't think anything on earth can touch alive. It is pure rock and roll wickedness
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  • PJJC6203PJJC6203 Posts: 40
    Goodness,so many

    Van Halen-Secrets (incredible phasing!)

    Ozzy-Tonight,No More Tears

    Led Zeppelin-Achillies Last Stand

    Jane's Addiction-Standing In Shower...Thinking

    Soundgarden-Black Hole Sun,Slaves & Bulldozers

    Pearl Jam-Even Flow

    Cream-Crossroads

    Rage: Killing In The Name

    Metallica-Master Of Puppets
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  • ski4ski4 Posts: 261
    fade to black intro solo and evenflow(any version) mike and kirk wow
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  • isisisis Posts: 34
    scar tissue - RHCP
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Wash- McCready.


    Hendrix- Red House or pretty much anything.

    BB King- The Thrill is Gone

    SRV- The Sky is Crying.
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  • puremagicpuremagic Posts: 1,907
    Master, Master by Metallica, great dueling guitar solo work, w/ Cliff Burton on bass.

    Suicide by my Side and Nuclear Blast America, Sinergy awesome dueling guitar solos work.
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  • House53House53 Posts: 1,276
    No particular order.

    Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand
    the Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil, Let it Bleed (slide)
    Pearl Jam - Immortality
    The Who - Young Man's Blues or Baby don't you do it
    Hendrix - Spanish Castle Magic
    The Beatles - Yer Blues ( I like The Dirty Mac's version better with Clapton on his 335 through an early Marshall, but the whole idea of the song is great, the transitions and such)
    Skynard - Call me the Breeze


    Others I am sure.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by puremagic
    Master, Master by Metallica, great dueling guitar solo work, w/ Cliff Burton on bass.

    Suicide by my Side and Nuclear Blast America, Sinergy awesome dueling guitar solos work.


    what do you think of Claypool?
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  • House53House53 Posts: 1,276
    How did I forget?

    Jethro Tull - Aqualung
    Eric Clapton - Layla
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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    Revelation (Mother Earth) - Ozzy
  • puremagicpuremagic Posts: 1,907
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    what do you think of Claypool?

    I've always liked him, but I never really got into Primus. Now that he has this side jam band, Frog Brigade, I get to appreciate his sound more. Don't get me wrong he's amazing and he's done work with others artist's that showcase's his talents. With this new group, you get to actually here some of the experimental work he puts into his playing which lets you know why he's deserving of his status.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    what do you think of Claypool?


    I just saw Primus 2 nights ago for like the 10th time. I got to see Oysterhead once, and the Frog Brigade a couple of time.

    Les is an amazing/creative bass player, witty lyricist, and he has a great stage presence.

    I love Primus. Period.
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  • Edved82Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Nobody's Fault But Mine - Jimmy Page
    Alive - Mike McCready
    Voodoo Chile - Hendrix
    Fresh Tendrils - Kim Thayil

    Oh yeah, no-one's mentioned the dual solo of Gossard/McCready on Temple Of The Dog's Reach Down - 11 minutes of magic!!
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  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    the studio version of yellow ledbetter. that solo is so fuckin' perfect and sad and happy at the same time. poor ross, going to the wrong airport and all. mike is just unbelievably perfect on this solo, not to mention the fact that it's his song.

    gorham/robertson's harmonized leads on thin lizzy's 'the cowboy song' are just melodic rock awesomeness.

    c.c. deville- talk dirty to me. awesomely stupid. stupidly awesome.
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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Villanova Junction, by Jimi Hendrix. The last song played at Woodstock
    Crossroads, My Guitar Gently Weeps,
    "Have you ever loved a woman" off of Live Derek and the Dominos, by Eric Clapton

    Time , by David Gilmour,, I mean,,, how memorable is THAT!:D

    Cortez the Killer, Neil Young, and like said above, the solo to Cinnamon Girl

    Monkey Man (slide solo) ,Rolling Stones

    Robert Fripp, Blessing of Tears. A whole Album of him solo. Very moving.

    Whipping Post,, Duane Allman's jam on live at the Fillmore

    Oh and about a thousand others!
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  • WhiteMaleRatWhiteMaleRat Posts: 301
    Queen - We Will Rock You
    Zep - WIAWSNB & Kashmir
    U2 - One
    PJ - Alive
    Hendrix - Watchtower
    Ozzy - Mr Crowley
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  • pariahpariah Posts: 596
    PJ - All Or None
    Hendrix - Voodoo Chile, Sunshine of your Love etc. etc.
    Frusciante - Easily (sorry ;))
    Bad Religion - Atomic Garden
    Krieger - Queen of the Highway, LA Woman, Shaman's Blues, Five to One etc. etc.
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  • GivenToPimpGivenToPimp Posts: 19
    nothing is better than the black solo from 10/9/00...i love mike.
  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    Easily is an awesome solo, Pariah. John Frusciante kinda reminds me of George Harrison when he does stuff like that. awesome
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  • pariahpariah Posts: 596
    Originally posted by djyman15
    Easily is an awesome solo, Pariah. John Frusciante kinda reminds me of George Harrison when he does stuff like that. awesome

    hehe... guitar teachers tended to kick me when they heard that solo. I didn't quit listening to it. I did quit guitar lessons. ;)
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  • ripkidripkid Posts: 67
    Pearl Jam-state of love and trust (hey nanana...)
    Faith No More-epic
    Black Sabbath-war pigs
    Jimi Hendrix-voodoo chile
    live to win
  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    I know what you mean pariah. I tried to work on "californication" with one of them, it was no good ;)
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • strutter84strutter84 Posts: 2
    Oh man, so many great ones!

    Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
    The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
    Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
    Pink Floyd - Time
    Cream - Crossroads
    Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
    The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.
    Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
    Pearl Jam - Alive
    Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
    Cream - I'm So Glad
    Led Zeppelin - Imigrant Song (How The West Was Won)
    Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times


    There's so many great guitar solo's. It's hard to chose just a handful.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    on eric clapton's "24 nights"; the solo in "bad love".

    the tone just screams.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Originally posted by exhausted
    on eric clapton's "24 nights"; the solo in "bad love".

    the tone just screams.

    AhA! Funny you posted this. I just had that on yesterday. That's now my favorite, too!
    Although, I just saw Clapton in Philly last week, and EVERY solo was incredible. When he starts out on a slow blues solo, that tone sends shivers up my spine.
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  • inner senseinner sense Posts: 74
    leash - pearl jam
    time - pink floyd
    new york city cops - the strokes
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