Name The Best Guitar Solo Of All Time And Why.

[Netherhound]

1. Marty Friedman-Forbidden City


People often say Tornado of Souls or The Killing Road are his best solos but in humble option I vote this one.

When I heard the song, it nearly brought me to tears then almost immediately got me raging haha. The ending solo is perfect.



2. Devin Townsend-Suicide

Despite not being really known as a Soloing kind-of-guy in his records, he masterfully wrote one that not only enhanced the listening experience but truly communicated with the listener.

Devy, write more solos!

go to 4:50



3.Nevermore(Jeff Loomis)-Matricide

As much as I love Jeff Loomis's soloing from 2000-onward, something about his old more experimental solos really touched base with me.

Start at 3:14



4. Nevermore (Jeffery "at it again" Loomis)-Ambivalent

I had to list him twice ahaha. The solo speaks for itself. One of his more shredtastic solos. Close tie with the Enemies of Reality solo.


Start at 2:13

 

[ittoa666]

Speaking of Friedman, his solo lick at the end of victory is grade a awesome.

 

[Netherhound]

^Can't forget that one haha

 

[ittoa666]

^Can't forget that one haha

Thats probably my favorite solo from his Megadeth days.

 

[noob_pwn]

This is a really hard call for me but my favourite solo is probably i Jeff's in "final product" by nevermore,

 

[Netherhound]

^Damn, I been listening to that song all day yet its awesome solo slips my mind. Fail at my part

 

[ittoa666]

Lets not forget this.

 

[zeal0us]

Yeah, it's a cover. Probably the best I've seen, though.

 

[ittoa666]

 

[ittoa666]

 

[maxident213]

My favourite guitar solo, nothing too flashy, just simple and effective:

0:22


Also the solos in "Vengeance Is Mine" by Morbid Angel are just insane, no studio version on Youtube though.

 

[corellia_guitar]

"Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson.

Because it just is.

 

[elrrek]

1:45 - 1:48. You don't need anything else.

 

[Nats]

dream theater - the "intro" solo of This Dying Soul. floors me every time I hear it
Alice in Chains - love, hate love. it's like the perfect solo
nevermore - godless endeavor. with the sweeps and all. incredible
pantera - Floods & Cemetery Gates. chilling
Alex Lifeson's guest solo on Porcupine Tree's Anesthetize

 

[speedyone]

Not to be mean or anything, but that solo was a bit much, and that singer is trying too hard to be like Graham Bonnet.
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LOL!

Good one. ...



I agree the solo was a bit much. Perhaps he should play a little more laid back, and in the pocket like this:



That was some sick phrasing!

















(Yes, I'm being being sarcastic! I'm on sevenstring.org, I like shred as much as the next guy)

 

[synrgy]

Okay, here's my preface:

I don't think these are 'the best' solos of all time, they are simply 'my favorite'. (There is a difference.) Plus, I figure the rest of you guys will cover most of the shred stuff, so I'm gonna go another way.

Dave Navarro's solo in the Jane's Addiction song 'Three Days' is one of my favorite moments in recorded music, at about the 2:57 mark in this video comp:



Then there's the solo from Pantera's 'Floods':



I'm in love with a bunch of Tim Mahoney's solos in 311, as well. I can only think of this one at the moment, but I'm sure I will post more later:


(solo is at roughly 3:01 mark)

I'll think of plenty more, I'm sure, but that's a start.

 

[Pauly]

Sorry Nolly!



Definitely one of my favourite guitar solos, just has everything a solo should in it.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

Shawn lane's soloing in this video...




Unrivaled technical ability combined with awesome musicality, and he's improvising this shit

This one is amazing, but I honestly think Shawn's greatest moment came on Jonas Hellborg's "Temporal Analogues of Paradise" part one. After the drum solo from about 11 minutes to 13:30, Hellborg starts a little groove which Sipe starts backing up on the drums. From out of nowhere, Shawn explodes into the most amazing lead playing, for the at about the 16 minute mark he starts moving the theme around the neck before blazing into the most jubilant solo I've ever heard. The technicality is near unparalleled, and though he has added greater levels of "holy shit!" into his playing on other tracks, nothing beats the TAOP solo for making me think "This is it". The way he hits the perfect notes and phrases it all so well is unbelievable. And he is improvising it!

Unfortunately there is no video on youtube, and any search for Temporal Analogues of Paradise simply brings back random improv jams rather than the legendary TAOP recording.

Ron Jarzombek is climbing my favourite guitarists / solos list very rapidly too

 

[Dan]

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[behemoth91]

my fav solo is the solo in conquer all by behemoth, simple and short but somehow sounds insanely awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=38j-i8jH7xk&feature=related
solo starts at 2:22