Name The Best Guitar Solo Of All Time And Why.

[ittoa666]

Scott Hull didn't play the solo on towering flesh. It was his guitar teacher who's name escapes me right now. Either way, that solo is sweet.

Burning the masses......ewwww.

 

[Emperoff]

It doesn't need any explanation, but I'll say something: Though I haven't been lucky enough to see them live when they did that 2005 reunion show, I'll always remember a concert by one of most famous Pink Floyd cover bands in Spain. When the guitar solo kicked in it's full glory... whoa, I just can't explain that feeling. I remember looking at other people's faces and watching their expressions, most of them had their eyes closed and a smile in their face, and it was a heavily touching moment.

 

[Brockerhoff]

besides every pink floyd solo. which are the best solos of all time..

first solo that came to mind was the spirit carries on by dream theater.

 

[vampiregenocide]

EDIT - Post fail.

 

[CentaurPorn]

Too many running through my head right now to narrow down but a lot of them involve David Gilmour.




QUOTE=mortiis3;1938292]Comfortably Numb. Dave Gilmour (soo much felling to that solo)

Seize the Day. Synyster Gates (same as above), hearing this live, and listening to it on cd and remembering the night i went to see them with the only girl i was ever in love with.[/QUOTE]

I have never listened to synyster gates but I know who he is. I am not one to pick apart peoples opinions etc but really?

Did you really just fucking compare the two? Please say you are joking.

 

[skeeballcore]

Anything other than "Comfortably Numb" is wrong

 

[darbdavys]

The entire song My all-time favourite tune. There's everything in it.


overly technical, yet not mindless wankery (in my opinion)


7:10 yea, it's a very simple cadenze, just played fast, but gives me chills every time.


from ~1:50. just sounds crazy and fun


also most DT solos

 

[groph]

This thread brings up the question (to me, at least) that I was discussing with my band a few months ago... what is a "guitar solo" and what's a... well, not really a solo but an (awesome) lead melody? "Comfortably numb" is a good example, I do agree that this part of the song is beyond awesome, but I wouldn't really call it a guitar solo.
Anyway, lots of great soli in here (Petrucci's slow soli are amazing, I'm not really that much into shredding).
I'd like to add

2:10 . I have no idea why, but when I bought this one and listened to it for the first time, it totally blew me away and I still absolutly love it.

It's 'cause it's Vogg playing.

One of my favorite solos is the end to Decapitated's Invisible Control. I LOVE how the rhythm guitar changes up back into that really aggressive riff while Vogg annihilates the fretboard, right after the intro bendy part. I know nothing about guitar solos and lead playing in general, and usually I hardly care about solos at all, but certain players do it right. Vogg is one of them.

But my favorite solo ever is the Angel of Death solo, bar none. Y'all know what I'm talking about, the mindfucking atonal tradeoff madness Slayer are infamous for.

All of the solos on Long Time by Boston are pretty incredible too. Sucks they couldn't top their self titled album.

 

[Scar Symmetry]

This solo needs no introduction or explanation, it speaks for itself. (2:00)



There are better solos, but I can't think of them right now.

 

[SD83]

It's 'cause it's Vogg playing.

How is that possible if Vogg wasn't a member of Vader at that time?

 

[Salas]

It's 'cause it's Vogg playing.

SD83 is right, Vogg entered Vader in 2008 and "Impressions in Blood" came out in 2006.

 

[sicstynine]

In Flames - December Flower
The "Intro Solo" 0:30 - 0:51
and the main Solo 1:25
i like the old in flames stuff in general though


陰陽座 - 組曲「義経」～悪忌判官
Solo starts at 2:38
The dual-guitar part at 2:58 always gives me the chills
(The Band has a lot of great dual solos btw )


Children of Bodom - Wrath Within
The first solo is pretty ok (1:51)
The second one with the Keyboard is love (2:32)
Good old classical influenced CoB


Dir en Grey - raison d'étre
Solo starts at 2:35
i probably love it bcause it was the first solo i've learned q:

 

[Mexi]

In Flames - December Flower
The "Intro Solo" 0:30 - 0:51
and the main Solo 1:25
i like the old in flames stuff in general though

I was just about to link this before I was beaten to it. First time I heard the main solo to this, it gave me chills. so good.

makes me feel quite nostalgic for old in flames

 

[phantom911]

The entire song is pretty much a solo in his cover

In Flames- Zombie Inc, my favorite solo
starts at 2:10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrdGYVir6DU

 

[groph]

SD83 is right, Vogg entered Vader in 2008 and "Impressions in Blood" came out in 2006.

How is that possible if Vogg wasn't a member of Vader at that time?

groph = facepalm

 

[OwainXerath]

Other end of the scale to most of these solo's. John Scofield at his best, and even my MUM likes this solo! It tugs you one way then the next, it's dynamic, it's rich in harmony. Perfect! Plus the song is amazing, pure pocketfest!


Solo starts around 2:04, but stick around for a spine-tingly sax solo around 4:15

 

[Xiphos68]

The entire song is pretty much a solo in his cover

In Flames- Zombie Inc, my favorite solo
starts at 2:10

He is so amazing!

 

[chucknorrishred]

all the solos in this song are win and DAm i love the lond bend befor the fade as well ast the dives and,,,just a masterpiece



all the solos in this song as well....love the tap slides and random whammy bar pig squeals somewhere around the middle of the song



2:10 love the dive, whammy bar slurs, and the harmony toward the end of the solo

 

[chucknorrishred]

QUOTE=mortiis3;1938292]Comfortably Numb. Dave Gilmour (soo much felling to that solo)

Seize the Day. Synyster Gates (same as above), hearing this live, and listening to it on cd and remembering the night i went to see them with the only girl i was ever in love with.[/QUOTE]

I have never listened to synyster gates but I know who he is. I am not one to pick apart peoples opinions etc but really?

Did you really just fucking compare the two? Please say you are joking.[/QUOTE]



3:55

Its a pretty good solo with sweeps, chromatics, and whammy bar

 

[Sephiroth952]

This song has some of my favorite solos from the good ole Dforce, and its also my favorite songs from them.