Guitar Solos...

[Brokenhill]

Post some of your favorite guitar or bass solos...

My all time favorite, as most of you all know, is the 2nd solo in Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

David plays a whole bunch of other good ones as well. As a matter of fact, they're all good.

The solo in Have a Cigar is another that sticks out as well.

Another one of my favorites is in Achilles Last Stand by Led Zeppelin.

[Koopato]

the last like, 3 minutes of the besnard lake's "and you lied to me" is pretty awesome.

[myantiyou]

the solo from stairway to heaven is fucking epic.

[steveo1022]

7:45ish into tetragrammaton by the mars volta

[Christian Lee]

I hate to sound "generic" but I don't give a shit. My favorite solo ever is the solo in "We Will Rock You". Not necessarily because of it's difficulty because it's really not all that hard of a solo to play, but as a guitar player I can easily say that Brian May's guitar tone in that solo, is fucking amazing. Such a sick riff!

[singyoutocoma]

The opening two minutes and twelve seconds of Dream Theater's "This Dying Soul."

The end of Children of Bodom's "Black Widow."

Steve Ouimette's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia." All the parts without vocals.

If it counts, the first three and a half minutes or so of Isis's "Altered Course." Not really fast or anything, but it's laid back in a way that makes it shimmer. Beautiful.

The bridge of In Flames's "Coerced Coexistence."

The bridge of Shadows Fall's "Stillness."

[Christian Lee]

Blackbird by Alter Bridge

I know I'm gonna get all kinds of shit for even mentioning Alter Bridge on this site but it's well worth it if I can get even one person to listen to how talented Alter Bridge truly is.

I strongly suggest you check out their song Blackbird off their latest album. It's an 8 minute epic that has some great guitar work all the way through from both lead guitar player Mark Tremonti and lead singer/guitar player Myles Kennedy. Great modern day rock n' roll song. Truly.

[Brokenhill]

^ Never heard it.

[Brokenhill]

All 4 of them in Pink Floyd's Dogs are great...

The last 2 are my favorite.

[x togepi x]

solos are stupid unless it's jazz.

[loveisdead]

Kinda hard not to include Freebird in this.

[Danny Schme]

fuck 9 out of 10 guitar solos

[Brokenhill]

Kinda hard not to include Freebird in this.


True.

[polock]

I hate to sound "generic" but I don't give a shit. My favorite solo ever is the solo in "We Will Rock You". Not necessarily because of it's difficulty because it's really not all that hard of a solo to play, but as a guitar player I can easily say that Brian May's guitar tone in that solo, is fucking amazing. Such a sick riff!

true

[LaCaptainLiz]

solos are stupid unless it's jazz.

Agreed, Jazz is pretty crazy.

[level8loser]

Blackbird by Alter Bridge

I know I'm gonna get all kinds of shit for even mentioning Alter Bridge on this site but it's well worth it if I can get even one person to listen to how talented Alter Bridge truly is.

I strongly suggest you check out their song Blackbird off their latest album. It's an 8 minute epic that has some great guitar work all the way through from both lead guitar player Mark Tremonti and lead singer/guitar player Myles Kennedy. Great modern day rock n' roll song. Truly.

lamelamelamelamelamelame

dig this: nothing beats a Dragonforce solo, or some of those old Black Sabbath Tony Iommi solos. Also, the solo to "Aces High" by Iron Maiden causes me to rock hard akwardly in public.

[Kid B]

nothing beats a Dragonforce solo

computers do sound SOOOOOO awesome!

[Brokenhill]

...haha

[Brokenhill]

Yea Gilmour, Page, and a bunch of others are way > than Dragonforce players.

[Kid B]

agreed

[duhpunk]

Selkies: The Endless Obsession

[Brokenhill]

Not mentioning BTBAM, Cody?

[FireyBrew]

okay...

what about Black Magic Woman by Santana...? is someone going to try and tell me that's not fucking tight?

[SickOfStars]

okay...

what about Black Magic Woman by Santana...? is someone going to try and tell me that's not fucking tight?

loose as shit

[FireyBrew]

you're mom is loose as shit :p

[Brokenhill]

okay...

what about Black Magic Woman by Santana...? is someone going to try and tell me that's not fucking tight?


There's not much to it...

[FireyBrew]

There's not much to it...

Okay... let me explain.. to me there are two types of solos, absolutely amazing technical solos with fingers flying and strings burning.. and smooth solos that just make you say ...wow, that sounds great.

Black Magic Woman makes me say ...wow everytime I listen to it.

But hey, that's just my opinion..

What are some of your fav solos?

[hectorial85]

i love the solos from money and time - pink floyd.

weezer solos are fun to play too.

boston - more than a feeling. hahaha.

hawkwind solos - if you can figure them out. theyre fun to play over.

im in the mood for the vines solos at the mo.

[SickOfStars]

Okay... let me explain.. to me there are two types of solos, absolutely amazing technical solos with fingers flying and strings burning.. and smooth solos that just make you say ...wow, that sounds great.

Black Magic Woman makes me say ...wow everytime I listen to it.

But hey, that's just my opinion..

What are some of your fav solos?

I was just messing with you.


All of Fatal Goodbye's solos are by Pink Floyd. That's it. All of them.

[x togepi x]

well yeah, if gilmour took a shit in a paper bag, the kid would be into it.

seriously, saying page's solos are better than dragonforce? that's fucking stupid. I'm sorry that dragonforce isn't a n overrated classic rock band.

[FireyBrew]

ha... no prob.. It's been a long day man.

[Brokenhill]

Okay... let me explain.. to me there are two types of solos, absolutely amazing technical solos with fingers flying and strings burning.. and smooth solos that just make you say ...wow, that sounds great.

Black Magic Woman makes me say ...wow everytime I listen to it.

But hey, that's just my opinion..

What are some of your fav solos?


I address a few of them in my first post.

Solo #2 of Comfortably Numbbeing my favorite of all time. Which isn't really fast. It may be technical, but it's slow and melodic, and it flows really nicely.

[Brokenhill]

I was just messing with you.


All of Fatal Goodbye's solos are by Pink Floyd. That's it. All of them.

...No

[ThugLyfe1971]

some one told me the guitarist for linkin park said guitar solos are pointless lol

[SickOfStars]

...No

chill out, I haven't been serious all day

[FireyBrew]

lol..

everyone is all *rawr*

lets just chill

[Brokenhill]

Alright.

[SickOfStars]

back on a serious note, I really dig 'Hey You's solo.

Also, it's not very complex at all, but 'Tired of Sex' by Weezer has a pretty nifty little one.

[FireyBrew]

Anything by Coheed is great... I love the song 'The Hound (Of Blood and Rank)'...

[AP_Punk]

well yeah, if gilmour took a shit in a paper bag, the kid would be into it.

seriously, saying page's solos are better than dragonforce? that's fucking stupid. I'm sorry that dragonforce isn't a n overrated classic rock band.

Hahahahaha

[SickOfStars]

Anything by Coheed is great... I love the song 'The Hound (Of Blood and Rank)'...

yes! I fuckin' love coheed, man!

[FireyBrew]

yes! I fuckin' love coheed, man!

Hell ya man! Coheed is great...

[Brokenhill]

Welcome Home does have a fantastic solo.

[Logan95]

Blackbird by Alter Bridge

I know I'm gonna get all kinds of shit for even mentioning Alter Bridge on this site but it's well worth it if I can get even one person to listen to how talented Alter Bridge truly is.

I strongly suggest you check out their song Blackbird off their latest album. It's an 8 minute epic that has some great guitar work all the way through from both lead guitar player Mark Tremonti and lead singer/guitar player Myles Kennedy. Great modern day rock n' roll song. Truly.


There are a lot of good solos on that album.

[The_kok]

boredom by the buzzcocks

[SubrosaSeductiv]

Hmm, yes spontaneous jazz solos are the best.

But for rock, I'd say Van Halen's Ice Cream Man.

[ZACKY_6661]

Synster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold does some sick ass solos .... I love them live..

[wroteurname]

i have too short of an attention span and dont care much very technical guitar playing

soooooooooooooo i'm not saying they are the greatest of all time but they are my favorite, i am not saying these two solos are better than anything by led zep for floyd or any of that, ok?

that being said MY two favorites are "Limousine" by Brand New, and "Tomorrow Too Late" by Saves The Day

[wroteurname]

back on a serious note, I really dig 'Hey You's solo.

Also, it's not very complex at all, but 'Tired of Sex' by Weezer has a pretty nifty little one.

say it ain't so has a great one too, lots of weezer songs do

[SickOfStars]

Synster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold does some sick ass solos .... I love them live..

boo stagnant republican hair metal revival!

[ZACKY_6661]

boo stagnant republican hair metal revival!



Well thats not nice..:nono: ... h aha

[SickOfStars]

Well thats not nice..:nono: ... h aha

neither are racist atreyu cover bands turned guns 'n' roses cover bands :-)

thanks for at least having a sense of humor about my extreme critical tendencies

[handlikesecret]

lamelamelamelamelamelame

i highly disagree.
if you can get past the fact that he played for Creed and Alter Bridge (which is a crime on this site), you will see that Mark Tremonti is a fantastic guitarist.
but hey, he plays for Alter Bridge, so hes OBVIOUSLY horrible.

Stevie Ray Vaughan has to be my favorite guitarist, his cover of Voodoo Child is phenomenal.

[KatieKutthroat.]

solos are stupid unless it's jazz.

Totally agree.

[ZACKY_6661]

neither are racist atreyu cover bands turned guns 'n' roses cover bands :-)

thanks for at least having a sense of humor about my extreme critical tendencies


Good point... and it's cool.. I'm kinda used to it.. lol:-)

[guitarhead913]

the solo in tommy the cat by primus.

[Danny Schme]

neither are racist atreyu cover bands turned guns 'n' roses cover bands :-)

thanks for at least having a sense of humor about my extreme critical tendencies

some people just dont appretiate you bobby boy