Hardest solo?

[Mayhew]

I wanna be sedated by the Ramones. Seriously, I'm not good at solos.

Doh! Remones hehe. I am seriously jealous of you guys that can take on technical solos. Kudos.

Now was that 64 or 65 E-0's? Hmm.

 

[berzerkergang]

Who are the Remones? Are the a cover band? hehehe

 

[thatguy87]

Twinkle twinkle little star. Killer.

 

[Addison90]

mr.big - colorado bulldog (intro solo)
dream theater - the shattered fortress
born of osiris - follow the signs, behold
blotted science - brain fingerprinting

allan holdsworth, guhtrie govan and frank gambale solos are unplayable for me

 

[User Name]

all that remains 2 weeks. used to be into this band hardcore back in the day until i realized all their songs sound the same.....

edit: the extended solo, not the radio edit one.

 

[Idontpersonally]

Smells like teen spirit

 

[brutalwizard]

Random aal sections? Honestly think the hardest solo stuff i can play comes from stuff i write and have to learn. Like this one i did for forum member fiction
https://soundcloud.com/nicholasgardner/fictease-final

 

[Alberto7]

The hardest one I know how to play is Dream Theater's "The Dark Eternal Night." Goddamnit that song is HARD. I got the entire song down pretty well, except for the solo. I can play it and follow it with the song, but there are many things I just can't get right. The very last super fast run is just waaaayy too fast for me to play properly. I've been meaning to record a cover of it for the longest time, but I always give up because I don't want to butcher the solo .

Another solo I know is DT's "Fatal Tragedy." Again, just too fast at some points. I have a YouTube cover of the song, but it's so sloppy. I think I actually set the video as private a while ago because I was so unhappy with that take.

The hardest that I can actually nail is probably BTBAM's "Selkies: The Endless Obsession," of which I also made a YouTube cover (though it is not the best take).

I haven't been able to really improve on my speed on the last couple of years, so I've really just stopped trying to develop it. I've been focusing on improving rhythm, accuracy, and vibrato/bending since a long time ago (whenever I do practice... which isn't often nowadays, sadly).

 

[teamSKDM]

Ive recently learned follow the signs and dissimulation by born of osiris, as well as the arpeggios to altitudes by jason becker. i learned alot of the faceless leads/ solos by ear. i wanna really learn fermented offal discharge by necrophagist, devatstate by born of osiris (but the alternate picking is just sooooo nuts) and altitudes by becker, and maybe the intro (good luck to me on the whole song) of miles of machines by jeff loomis.

 

[Jzbass25]

There are some pretty hard ones by Petrucci that I've been trying to learn. Also many melodies by Steve Vai seem simplistic but are sooooo hard to play, just try playing the lead part to The Story of Light, the phrasing is the bane of my existence, I've even seen a video where Vai is like yeah it's like almost impossible to play for me. I'm guessing it was many takes in the studio and many "vai" practice hours haha.

 

[kamello]

Breeze by Bulb, holy shit that thing made me suffer mentally and phisically, , was a nice way to see my progress with leads and specially tapping though, took my about a year to learn (dropping it, and relearning it, everytime with better results)

and right now Im trying to learn Hell's Kitchen by Dream Theater, the song is basically a long, well-structured solo, but Im currently struggling with the unison (fucking open strings) and a transition from Sweep to alternate

 

[Nile]

Follow the Signs by Born of Osiris is all kinds of what the fuckery. Those sweeps run like water.

 

[Xiphos68]

This one of them... Hardly anyone get's even close to pulling it off like Marty.




(2:30, Satriani himself even has to sit down to pull this one off).


(Eve of Seduction)


Shawn Lane & Allan Holdsworth are pretty much a given... For me at least.
I've hardly heard anyone do a take on either of their techniques and do it proficiently.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

I used to be able to play a bit of Necrophagist's "Fermented Offal Discharge" before it got really crazy. Given that I have not really played guitar seriously in about 5 years, I wouldn't even know where to start with it now.

Must...regain...and surpass...former ability! Hnnnng!

 

[BucketheadRules]

all that remains 2 weeks. used to be into this band hardcore back in the day until i realized all their songs sound the same.....

edit: the extended solo, not the radio edit one.

Oli Herbert writes some fucking difficult stuff - no wonder he can't play it properly live

Anyway, a little selection of the stuff I've found particularly difficult - 2:30:



1:50:



Fucking anything by this guy:



2:40:



This:



Most things by my guitar teacher, Ben from Rise To Remain - example at 1:50 or so:

 

[RagtimeDandy]

Burning the Masses album "Mind Control" is filled with some awesome soloing, this song in particular always makes me go wow!

Burning The Masses "Cyanide" - YouTube

 

[edsped]

The one where the guy sweeps and picks really fast.

Or some of Mattias Eklundh's stuff.

 

[Rosal76]

The solo from "Beat it" (Michael Jackson) played by Eddie Van Halen.

 

[ArtDecade]

Tornado of Souls is a monstrous pain in the butt!

 

[Xiphos68]

Tornado of Souls is a monstrous pain in the butt!

2nd for Mattias Eklundh. He writes some nutty stuff.


Both Bumblefoot (1:40) and Mattias (2:40) have insane solos in this song.