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roadman | 18:19 Tue 31st Jan 2023 | Music

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what is the best guitar solo of all time

is it better than the supernatural by gary moore

All Along The Watchtower

Tom Verlaine

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Atheist

Anything over two minutes that Frank Zappa ever played. But, it's all a qustion of taste - some think that Spice Girls are better than Beethoven. Enjoy, enjoy!

mushroom25

if you google "best guitar solos" you'll find any number of lists, and all of them will be different. but some of the solos that keep cropping up:-
Dave Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Eddie Van Halen - Eruption
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Mark Knopfler - Sultans of Swing
Brian May - Bohemian Rhapsody

personally my vote goes to the instrumental break in the Blue Oyser Cult's "don't fear the reaper".

klazomaniac

I know the drums are playing in the background, But you can't rule out Lynyrd Skynyrds - Free Bird.
For a true solo, Dave Gilmours - Comfortably Numb would be my choice off the top of my head.

Captain2

One of my favourites is the instrumental break, by Slash, in Guns 'n Roses Sweet Child of Mine.
I'll probably think of umpteen other favs over the evening, though.

Captain2

Already had a thought ;0))

'There is an anecdote out there that describes this as the song in which Neil Young does the second best guitar solo in the history of rock'n'roll, sings a little bit, then does the best guitar solo of all time. I don’t know about being the best solo, but it’s certainly the most incendiary.'

Radagast

I like this one:

klazomaniac

Me and a mate has got tickets to see them in June. Another iconic band I have yet to see and wipe off my bucket list.

Captain2

Who's that, klazo?

Tilly2

My vote is David Gilmour, Comfortably Numb.

Not heard the Gary Moore one.

Patsy33

Dave Gilmour, Comfortable Numb
(Slash)- Guns & Roses- Sweet Child of Mine.
Phil Lynot & Gary Moore- Parissien Walkways.

Radagast

And this:

klazomaniac

Sorry mate. G 'n' R (They have got back together with Slash)

The Builder

I don't want to bore anybody with Jazz guitar solos ;o)

So... for sheer inventiveness, you'd have to go some to beat Don Felder and Joe Walsh playing together in "Hotel California."

andy-hughes

You can't quantify a 'best' any piece of art, only your favourite, and that is down to your choice.

But I think Jimmy Page on 'Since I've Been Loving You' is hard to beat, for me, and that's the only measure that means anything to me.

ToraToraTora

I wouldn't like to say what is the "best", Supernatural is up there of course but there are many stunning performances. Interesting that Radagast is offering Santana, I don't know that one, I was going to suggest this one: