Favorite guitar solo

WilburHooksHands

Chinspired by the blues poast, what's your favorite solo? To me, this one is the absolute essence of rock and roll. It's pure sonic domination complete with mascara and women losing their god damned minds. All this with like 4 notes and feedback... The true example of less is more, transcendent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWYGR3xy2Y

YellowSnow

Peg - Steely Dan. They went through like 10 guitarists to get the right sound.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwyTrWJ7Djw

Swaye

Maiden Powerslave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NYiOHGapRk

or

Pantera Floods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-v6vG2Xhs

WilburHooksHands

YellowSnow said:

Peg - Steely Dan. They went through like 10 guitarists to get the right sound.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwyTrWJ7Djw

so smooooooooooth

Pitchfork51

Stranglehold

tenndawg

YellowSnow said:

Peg - Steely Dan. They went through like 10 guitarists to get the right sound.

The right sound would have been an asteroid smashing into the studio...

And as far as Steeley Dan goes, the Kid Charlemagne solo is much better, as is My Old School...

dflea

I always loved the solo Angus does in Squealer. It isn't that complicated or anything, it's just good solid work, with a guitar making groaning sounds they don't usually make. So fuck off in advance for all the "it's not technically gifted" bullshit.

Plus, the song kicks fucking ass and is way underrated. The solo starts around 2:35.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z4ijIQYYNo

This one also has a great solo - starts at about 3:25 - and could be AC/DC's best song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP6aVG6L1w

Do I like AC/DC?

Yes.

So fucking what?

jecornel

https://youtu.be/NFXZNt4oLkE

PurpleThrobber

Good list here:

guitarworld.com/50-greatest-guitar-solos

Not sure I'd pick (spoiler) Stairway to Heaven over Eruption. Eddie is the fucking man.

Baseman

PurpleThrobber said:

Good list here:

guitarworld.com/50-greatest-guitar-solos

Not sure I'd pick (spoiler) Stairway to Heaven over Eruption. Eddie is the fucking man.

Shit list outside of Stairway to Heaven Hotel California, Surfing With the Alien and Voodoo Child.

One and November Rain in the top ten? Fuck off.

YellowSnow

WilburHooksHands said:

Chinspired by the blues poast, what's your favorite solo? To me, this one is the absolute essence of rock and roll. It's pure sonic domination complete with mascara and women losing their god damned minds. All this with like 4 notes and feedback... The true example of less is more, transcendent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWYGR3xy2Y

Ronson was a fucking god.

YellowSnow

tenndawg said:

YellowSnow said:

Peg - Steely Dan. They went through like 10 guitarists to get the right sound.

The right sound would have been an asteroid smashing into the studio...

And as far as Steeley Dan goes, the Kid Charlemagne solo is much better, as is My Old School...

And yet Larry Carlton who played the solo on Kid Charlie couldn't make the cut for Peg.

Bad_MotherDucker

Here's a good warmup exercise for you wannabe axmen

https://youtu.be/MhpMHEGt_UA

CuntWaffle

There's a good metalcore band named Unearth who have quite a few that are great.

tenndawg

YellowSnow said:

tenndawg said:

YellowSnow said:

Peg - Steely Dan. They went through like 10 guitarists to get the right sound.

The right sound would have been an asteroid smashing into the studio...

And as far as Steeley Dan goes, the Kid Charlemagne solo is much better, as is My Old School...

And yet Larry Carlton who played the solo on Kid Charlie couldn't make the cut for Peg.

Intro to "Don't Take Me Alive" is cool too

Royal Scam is my favorite Steely Dan album - letting the vinyl play over and over while tripping kind of burned it into my soul...

Was disappointed by Aja, thought it was too smooth and lacked the reckless abandon of Royal Scam - though Deacon Blues is cool

Decades ago I loved Hendrix Band Of Gypsies, think I left that vinyl playing repeatedly for about 6 months

Tastes change though...and I'm a musical schizoid - really into Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet stuff now, maybe slightly further out than Coltrane

YellowSnow

Bad_MotherDucker said:

Here's a good warmup exercise for you wannabe axmen

https://youtu.be/MhpMHEGt_UA

Bad_MotherDucker said:

Here's a good warmup exercise for you wannabe axmen

https://youtu.be/MhpMHEGt_UA

That's like 1968 or 69 strat with the big old head stock. Similar to what Jimi played at Woodstock.

dnc

Did you know Virginia Tech comes out of the tunnel to Enter Sandman? UW should do something like that!

phineas

https://youtu.be/fxa0BneKsF4

They don't often include a solo but when they do its great

pawz

Mike McCready or GTFO.

Dude61

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg0aWkFTK-k

YellowSnow

PurpleThrobber said:

Good list here:

guitarworld.com/50-greatest-guitar-solos

Not sure I'd pick (spoiler) Stairway to Heaven over Eruption. Eddie is the fucking man.

Crossroads too low according to @tenndawg