Greatest Guitar Solo's Ever

[Pvt.Dirt]

I want to know what everyone thinks is the hardest guitar solo ever. You can name more than one, preferably a top 5. I'm still organizing my list.... what's everyone think?

[Angus]

1.Bark At The Moon- Ozzy Osbourne
2.One- Metallica
3.Freebird- Skynyrd
4.Civil War- Guns N' Roses
5.Eruption- Van Halen

Those are not really in any order, it is too hard for me to choose greatest solos, because you can judge a solo good or bad based on a lot of things.

[Big Red 11]

He's talking about the "hardest" guitar solo. I'm sure that goes to some worthless screamo/grindcore/whatever they call it/piece of crap band that prides itself on how fast they can shred.

I would agree with Angus, however, that Metallica has some of the best and hardest guitar - Master of Puppets, Battery, One. I was never huge on freebird or eruption, but civil war is a good one.

More impressive than a band that can play guitar very fast is an artist like Clapton who can take a riff as simple as Sunshine of Your Love and turn it into one of the greatest songs in rock history. Paige and Kashmir too.

[FazeD]

Solo's shouldn't be judged of difficulty, but on how they sound.
Take Dragonforce's Through the Fire and The Flames, sure that solo is hard, but there are many, many solo's that are much, much better.

Your list should be:
The Greatest Guitar Solo Ever

My Top 5 would be, in no ranking
Guns n' Roses-November Rain


Cream- Crossroads


Iron Maiden-The Trooper


Coheed and Cambria-Welcome Home


Coheed and Cambria- Final Cut (Live Extended Version)

[captainamerica1776]

Dude, Welcome Home and the Final Cut are so easy. As long as you know your scale boxes, they're really simple to play. If you look at a tab, it's intricate, but when you actually play it, it clicks and you're like, "Woah, I know this pattern."

[Big Red 11]

Originally Posted by captainamerica1776

Dude, Welcome Home and the Final Cut are so easy. As long as you know your scale boxes, they're really simple to play. If you look at a tab, it's intricate, but when you actually play it, it clicks and you're like, "Woah, I know this pattern."

Like he said, he's talking about greatest solos, not hardest. Crossroads is also not a difficult solo.

[bigmike8119]

I'd have to go with Pink Floyd's Money. Goes from 3/4 to 4/4 time at the start of the solo and has great melody as well.



Starts at 3:05

And one of my favs.

[FazeD]

Originally Posted by captainamerica1776

Dude, Welcome Home and the Final Cut are so easy. As long as you know your scale boxes, they're really simple to play. If you look at a tab, it's intricate, but when you actually play it, it clicks and you're like, "Woah, I know this pattern."

Originally Posted by Big Red 11

Like he said, he's talking about greatest solos, not hardest. Crossroads is also not a difficult solo.

Thanks Red=]

And to Captain, just because the solo isn't difficult doesn't mean it isn't nice on the ears. I like the Trooper and Welcome Home because of the "dueling" going on between guitars. Stuff like that makes it a great solo.

[Angus]

Ah good choice on "The Trooper" fazed. That is a very good song all together. Flows perfectly.

[Pvt.Dirt]

What does everyone think about Jordan by Buckethead? I thought it was amazing, one of the best solo's I've ever heard.

I love Fazed's list. I pretty much agree with every one of them except Final Cut, still would be in my top ten though.