Best guitar solos (NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (we already know it's awesome))

[Rengori]

What are the best guitar solos ever? The ones that make you go "Holy crap that was freakin' awesome!"

For me, "Highway Star" by Deep Purple is just that.

EDIT: Forgot to mention "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica.

[Mirage]

*insert random John Petrucci stuff here*

[Meat Puppet]

Johnny’s solo in I Wanna Be Sedated.

[fantasyjunkie]

Little Wing by Stevie Ray Vaughn

[Resha]

There's this bit in "Heartbreaker". I go rawrrrr.

[CimminyCricket]

Any of Yngwie Malmstein's instrumentals/songs.

[Proxy]

Dragonforce stuff is pretty insane.
I also like the little solo in Mothersound by From First To Last.

[Slade]

Any solos by David Gilmour from Pink Floyd are simply awesome :cool:

[Ouch!]

Many of the solos Andy Summers played at the Police concert the other night were pretty freaking awesome.

[El Bandito]

Pick any bass guitar solo Victor Wooten's done for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. They're absolutely unreal.

[Namelessfengir]

smoke on the water

[Sergeant Hartman]

Epic guitar solo in Aerodynamic by Daft Punk :cool:

[Polaris]

Epic guitar solo in Aerodynamic by Daft Punk :cool:

That was cool but Queen - Brighton Rock Solo... I was speechless when I listened it!

[Goldenboko]

Freebird, game, set, match.

[Old Manus]

Any solos by David Gilmour from Pink Floyd are simply awesome :cool:

QFMFT

[jrgen]

I've been listening to Theory In Practice's stuff a bit lately, and they have pretty awesome solos.

[escobert]

Any solos by David Gilmour from Pink Floyd are simply awesome :cool:

QFMFT

QFMFT

[Venom]

Anything by Death, Megadeth or King Diamond.:)

[Shattered Dreamer]

Brian May from Queen people please.

[Del Murder]

Hotel California.

[daggertrepe]

yyz by rush has amazing guitar and bass throughout the song!

[ReloadPsi]

My favourite's the one in the middle of "Suck A Sage" from the Guilty Gear X2 soundtrack.

[Cz]

The Velvet Underground's Sunday Morning has an almost perfect guitar solo. I'll take sweet and concise over lengthy and complex any day.

[Bloodline666]

God, I really can't decide. There's so many good ones. I think I'll just make a list. Of course, I've gotta top the list, and end it, with the Big Four of Thrash!

Kerry King's solo towards the end of Slayer's "Hallowed Point"
Metallica's "Master of Puppets"
Anthrax's "Be All, End All"
Megadeth's "Washington Is Next"
Shadows Fall's "A Fire In Babylon" (I ESPECIALLY love the way the clean guitar part leads up to the solo in that song)
Arch Enemy's "We Will Rise"
Testament's "Eerie Inhabitants"
Children Of Bodom's "Are You Dead Yet?"
Arch Enemy's "Ravenous"
Pantera's "F***ing Hostile" (R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell...)
Black Label Society's "Stillborn"
Michael Amott's solo in Arch Enemy's "Burning Angel"
Pantera's "The Sleep"
Children Of Bodom's "Needled 24/7"
Hammerfall's "Natural High"
Iron Maiden's "The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg"
Judas Priest's "Painkiller"
Suicidal Tendencies' "You Can't Bring Me Down"
Machine Head's "A Thousand Lies"
Sanctity's "Beneath The Machine"
The intro solo to Metallica's "Fade To Black" (the first solo I ever learned to play)
Anthrax's "Caught In A Mosh"
Megadeth's "Something That I'm Not"
Jeff Hanneman's solo in Slayer's "Hell Awaits"

[o_O]

My favourite is Kissing the Shadows by Children of Bodom.

[BizarroSephiroth]

Velvet Revolver- She Builds Quick Machines
Velvet Revolver- Dirty Little Thing
Dragonforce- Through the Fire and Flames
Opeth- Grand Conjuration
Trivium- Like Light to the Flies
Avenged Sevenfold- The Wicked End;I Wont See You Tonight Part 2;Beast and the Harlot;Burn it Down;Strength of the World;Second Heartbeat
Any of Protest the Hero's

[MecaKane]

The four solos in Ashes of the Wake by Lamb of God and two Megadeath(I think) guys!

[The Unknown Guru]

The Apple Tree, by Wolfmother, and Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits.

[Doomie]

November Rain and Sweet Child O' Mine.

[Awrini]

Freebird, game, set, match.
QFT

[frequency]

Reverand Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout

[Mythra]

While really not solo's per say, still very good riffs.
Dream Theater - Stream Of Consciousness
Avenged Sevenfold - Sidewinder
Slayer - South Of Heaven (beginning riff is so ungodly)
Audioslave - Like A Stone, Be Yourself (Tom Morello = beast on guitar)

[blim]

Not neccessarily the best solos but the guitar tones on the solos to Killer Queen by Queen and Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty are cool.

As for solos you cant beat Randy Rhoads, technique and soul esp on Mr Crowley, plus Zappa has done loads of fantastic solos