The Greatest Guitar Solo. Rock, Pop, Classical or otherwise.

[Uncle Spielberg]

I would like to put forward, Michael Schenker, UFO, Rock Bottom, 4.04 - 8.50. Bring them on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OatiI5XcE

 

[Frutos]

November Rain

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Slash - November Rain

Edit; damn, you're quick.

 

[brakespear]

thread over imo

 

[Worried Man Blues]

oor Obvious reasons people always ask for the best intro but the best outro must be Cinnamon Girl (live) by good old Neil

 

[stripeyshark]

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - Pulse [Disc 2]

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

November Rain

Good call. I love it. Slash makes the guitar cry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - Pulse [Disc 2]

This. Phenomenal.

 

[Silk]

Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth;
Steve Rothery - Jigsaw

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I think you've got to go a long way to find a guitarist who rivals Jack White. The live version of Blue Veins sends shivers down my spine. There's a great solo in this, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbMqqtnvLTY

 

[Surf's Up]

I said this the last time there was a similar thread so I'll say it again, Tony Peluso's solo on "Goodbye to Love".

 

[upthealbion1970]

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - Pulse [Disc 2]

Correct

 

[Norman Potting]

I said this the last time there was a similar thread so I'll say it again, Tony Peluso's solo on "Goodbye to Love".

In a similar vein Alan Parker's solo on the Walker Brother's "No Regrets" - I love the way he and the strings play in harmony with each other (or they spliced it together afterwards to make it sound as they did). It doesn't always have to rock.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The soloing on the recent "High Hopes" version of Sprinsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad is pretty out there. I have also always liked Graham Coxon's solo on This Is A Low. The latter proves you don't always have to be technically great; imagination can work.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I would like to put forward, Michael Schenker, UFO, Rock Bottom, 4.04 - 8.50. Bring them on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OatiI5XcE

Great, great call US, i haven't heard that since my early teens. If the criteria is heavy rock I can't think of anything better, although as a big Rush fan I love La Villa Strangiato.

 

[£1.99]

I would like to put forward, Michael Schenker, UFO, Rock Bottom, 4.04 - 8.50. Bring them on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OatiI5XcE

Funny you saying Michael Schenker. This was the first thing to come into my head when i saw the title of this thread,
Michael Schenker Armed and Ready https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1hXq83-D0
He lives local I've seen him a few times around town and spoken to him a couple of times.

 

[mooey]

Dire Straits sultans of swing i love the guitar solo at the end never tire of hearing it and Hendrix hey joe

 

[Seagull on the wing]

In a similar vein Alan Parker's solo on the Walker Brother's "No Regrets" - I love the way he and the strings play in harmony with each other (or they spliced it together afterwards to make it sound as they did). It doesn't always have to rock.

Spot on Norman...but there again I am a Walker Bros fan.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Dream Theater's The spirit carries on. John Petrucci delivers a masterclass solo which alternates between a slow, emotional sound to precise but beautiful shredding which belies his critics accusation that he cannot play stylishly and emotionally.

 

[Driver8]

The solos on Blackbird by Alter Bridge take some beating.