Favorite guitar solos

[Craig Garfinkel]

Larry Carlton's solo on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne".

[Bassline1414]

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone


That's all I can think of at the moment, but I can remember loving solos by Jimmy Page, Wes Montgomery, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many others.

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally posted by Farley
Dweezil Zappa

Amen, that guy can play some freakin' guitar. He's not as "Out there" as his dad was, but he can still kick it. I remember I use to always watch Happy Hour just to watch him play guitar.

[Zirc]

Definitely Slash on November Rain

[lneal]

So many great solos have already been mentioned. I really dig The Reverend Billy Gibbons' solo on the intro of "Thunderbird". Raw, in your face and such tone!
No one has mentioned slide solos so I will. Joe Walsh on "Victim of Love" by the Eagles. Short, sweet and to the point.

[blackmetal27]

one-metallica
and a zakk wylde guitar solo he did by himself at ozzfest. i dont think it has a name

[rhcp17]

well maybe not the best but one of my favorites is john frusciantes on blood sugar sex magic, its pretty good.

[istaticl]

Anything by David Gilmour or Tom Morello, two extremes, both awsome.

[John K.]

anything by hendrix

[EEbass04]

Zakk Wylde plays guitar like its a string instrument, good guitarist just WAY too much vibrato

but on to the solos subject

Kirk Hammet: Fuel, One, Master of Puppets, Unforgiven, Unforgiven II, Enter Sandman, Orion, ok all of his solos are awesome...(its not a solo, but the melody in Harvester of Sorrow is wicked tight!)

Jimmy Page: all his too

Jimi Hendrix: all of his too

Eugene's Trick Bag- SRV vs. Vai

not guitar but would sound cool on guitar: melody in lightsabre fight in Star Wars: Episode 1

Van Halen- Eruption (yep, the appidime(sp?) of an 80's hair band solo is in that too)

Rivers Cuomo- Say it Ain't so, Dope Nose,Gone Fishin(but unlike Guitar World says, he hasn't "brought back the solo"

Tony Iommi-anything off of Black Sabbath's 1st cd!

Kurt Cobain- Heart Shaped Box(nothing fancy)

Lynryd Skynrd- Freebird

The Who-My Generation(not really a solo, just feedback)

thats all I can think of for now. maybe we should start a thread about coolest intros, or just coolest melodys

[gweimer]

Well, just to add -
"Aqualung" - Jethro Tull (one of Martin Barre's finest moments)
"Blank Frank" - Fripp with Eno
"I Come From The Water" - The Toadies
"Sabre Dance" - Dave Edmunds in Love Sculpture

[Kraken]

Originally posted by StupidMatt
Outlaw Torn - Kirk Hammet

With this I can agree wholeheartedly

Hmm also Mike Mcready of pearl jam for the solo in Oceans from ten!!! (unless it is the other guy whose name escapes me right now, apologies) sounds like the guitar is sobbing beautiful solo

Krakkers

[jblake]

Jimmy Herring - Lives of Longevity off Mirrors of Embarrassment. The guy is just sick.

Robert Fripp - It's hard to say which one though.

Zappa - Carolina Hardcore Extacy, Inca Roads, Watermellon in Easter Hay. Watermellon is just beautiful.

Billy Gibbons - I think it's La Grange where half his solo is one note, but it's one note played with so much attitude.

[Bassin']

George Harrison/ The Beatles- Something
??/ Jerry Raferty (sp?)- Baker Street
Eric Clapton/ The Beatles- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
David Gilmore/ Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Carlos Santana- Samba Pa Ti
Brian May/ Queen- Crazy Little Thing Called Love

[slipitin]

Yeah that 'been caught stealing' solo is cool.....other than that i'd say 'slaves and bulldozers' with Kim Thayil...or Greg Ginns 'process of weeding out'.

[virtual.ray]

In this order:
The outro solo of "Bold as Love" by Jimi Hendrix,transcendant
Eric Clapton's version of "Hideaway" by Freddie King,pure feeling
Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover",genius at work