Greatest guitar solo ever?

[Venom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NluHHWKBg4Q&search=Guitar%20solos

Greatest guitar solo ever? you decide.

Damn he didnt even alternate pick either!

[Shoden]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9FLWzpMvdA&search=michael%20angelo

This guy is a robot, no human can do this!

[Perducci]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9182771018451995595&q=John+Frusciante&pl=true
May not be as awesome as the previous videos, but i'm still pretty fond of this video. :D

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Good god. Micheal Angelo is unreal. I think I wet myself watching those videos.

[dirkdirden]

Speed metal isn't acctually that hard to play, but if you like speed metal nuno bettencourt and buckethead are both better than that guy.

Flashy but not the best.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=437195046548745682

there are many better clips this was just the first I found

[Perducci]

Buckethead is awesome. :D


Also, don't they use that first Angelo solo in one of the Burnt Face Man eps?

"Shall I play the bass guitar?"
"Not now, Suggestion Boy... This is my time to shine!"

[zoe poey]

I must admit very very impressive.

[Shoden]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMv74rICf1I&search=Michael%20Angelo%20batio 4 necked guitar! THis guy is a monster!

[I Took the Red Pill]

Impressive, but for me, nothing beats Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption"

[Perducci]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMv74rICf1I&search=Michael%20Angelo%20batio 4 necked guitar! THis guy is a monster!

Man I think I wet my pants xP

[Venom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpXvz3cuXas&search=Guitar%20solos

lol, its still an awesome solo.

[Perducci]

Haha, Nigel has an awesome guitar face.

And the way he stops for a second to tune the violin ever so slightly is the icing on the cake XD

[Venom]

Haha, Nigel has an awesome guitar face.

Yeah he does!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPjVcqvM0Jo&search=Nikki%20sixx

Its a bass solo but since Nikki sixx is doing it its totally awesome.

EDIT: Nikki is cool.

[Crushed Hope]

I have to disagree with ANY of these being the best guitar solo ever.

I'm going to go with the solo near the end of Pain of Salvation's King Of Loss. It is just totally amazing and beautiful.

http://crushedaria.dajoob.com/Pain%20Of%20Salvation%20-%20The%20Perfect%20Element%20(Part%20I)%20-%2008%20-%20King%20Of%20Loss.mp3

[Shoden]

Mike's problem is the tunes, he needs to show us bigger and badder styles using the guitar to it's fullest, then I will see him as guitar god. That was a cool solo there CH.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Maybe it's just me, but Guitar Solos don't particularly impress me. They have their moments, but I think that they should be more about creating a mood that goes with the music accompanying it, not just who can shred the fastest.

[Venom]

Maybe it's just me, but Guitar Solos don't particularly impress me. They have their moments, but I think that they should be more about creating a mood that goes with the music accompanying it, not just who can shred the fastest.

No one said it was about speed, it's about how sweet the solo sounds, solos dont have to be fast.

[Crushed Hope]

Maybe it's just me, but Guitar Solos don't particularly impress me. They have their moments, but I think that they should be more about creating a mood that goes with the music accompanying it, not just who can shred the fastest.


Listen to the one I posted.

[Shoden]

The guy has a hell load of skills, he just needs to make better music, but I do like his song "No Boundries" which was the first link Venom posted, it sounds like it's from a SEGA game.

[MadHero]

One word: Heartbreaker

[Jebus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdW54Y3Q0qM&search=srv

In all honesty, pretty much anything by this guy is the greatest guitar anything.

I just picked this one, cause I like this song at the moment.

All hail Stevie Ray.

[Jack]

Impressive.

(Thats all I can say!)

[DeShanai]

I dont have any best guitars solos but I thoroughly enjoy some of Claudio's from Coheed and Cambria.
Or the dead guy from Pantera...or even Slash from Guns N Roses

[Venom]

Forget that, this is the greatest solo ever. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-m8fVD1rQ&search=Dave%20Mustaine)

[Crushed Hope]

Forget that, this is the greatest solo ever. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-m8fVD1rQ&search=Dave%20Mustaine)

That was pretty lame.

[Venom]

Forget that, this is the greatest solo ever. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-m8fVD1rQ&search=Dave%20Mustaine)

That was pretty lame.

It was meant to be funny.

EDIT: Althought the other parts of the solo are cool, I guess they didnt include it.

Wish they had some of Chris Holmes's solo's on youtube.

[dirkdirden]

Maybe it's just me, but Guitar Solos don't particularly impress me. They have their moments, but I think that they should be more about creating a mood that goes with the music accompanying it, not just who can shred the fastest.

Which is why Jimmy Page will always be the worlds greatest guitar player.

[ehsteve]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMv74rICf1I&search=Michael%20Angelo%20batio 4 necked guitar! THis guy is a monster!
I would really like metal...if the musicians would just shut up and play! The singing does nothing but take away from the music.

Anyway, I thought this was pretty cool. The music is amateur quality, but the sound effects are very well done

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fH2JX32l9Uo&search=Mario%20Guitar

[Jebus]

Maybe it's just me, but Guitar Solos don't particularly impress me. They have their moments, but I think that they should be more about creating a mood that goes with the music accompanying it, not just who can shred the fastest.

Which is why Jimmy Page will always be the worlds greatest guitar player.

Pfft. SRV could kick Jimmy Page's ass.

[dirkdirden]

fastest.
player.

Pfft. SRV could kick Jimmy Page's ass.

That may be true. But Jimmy Page really wasn't known for his fighting ability. He was a kick as guitar player not a fighter.

SRV holds nothing on Jimmy Page, on every list of world greatest guitar players SRV is ussually ranked right above Van Halen around 20th Place. Jimmy Page is always in the top 5 becuase he is god.

You may Like SRV better, but thats just becuase you don't know all of Jimmy Pages work, and you do know most of SRV.

I know them both very well, and nothing SRV has done nothing that can compair to Jimmy Pages "white summer".

Mozart + Betovheen + Jesus + God + bell Bottoms = Jimmy Page.

[smittenkitten]

I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike. ;)

[Loony BoB]

Gary Moore and Stevie Ray top my lists, have for a long time.

[theundeadhero]

Most of those stucked. There's a difference in metal and speed metal. Shoving as many notes in as fast as you can just doesn' t sound cool. The Motley Crue was good and the SRV too, though I prefer some of his other songs more. I couldn't get Crushed Hope's solo to work.

[Crushed Hope]

Most of those stucked. There's a difference in metal and speed metal. Shoving as many notes in as fast as you can just doesn' t sound cool. The Motley Crue was good and the SRV too, though I prefer some of his other songs more. I couldn't get Crushed Hope's solo to work.

Hmm, I wonder if my server took it down.

Try right clicking it and saving as.

[Jebus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=490OveFwa_A&search=texas%20flood

Ok, I found one even better than the first one I posted. This was actually the video I was looking for when I first posted.

The intro and ending have been cut a bit due to file size, but it's still got the important parts.

[LunaticPandora37]

watch some john petrucci...steve vai...joe satarani...angelo bastio(sp) all of them are amazing..

[Venom]

Ok, Its not a solo, but Blackie is doing some really cool rythm guitar, so in thus makes it a great guitar medley. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3vYZA9pPLc&search=Blackie%20lawless)

[dirkdirden]

I found a great copy of Jimmy Pages white summer.

This is my favorite guitar solo of all time. just amazing. It's not speed metel so if you like speed metel you wont like this.

This was recorded in 1970 before every other video on this thread....He started it all.....thats why he is the best.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eC5nZ35_aU4

[Crushed Hope]

This was recorded in 1970 before every other video on this thread....He started it all.....thats why he is the best.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eC5nZ35_aU4

Being the first doesn't mean ANYTHING aside from that people will surpass you over time.

[Venom]

I know guitarist's who in my opinon surpass Jimmy Page.

[fantasyjunkie]

My fav was Stevie Ray Vaughn. I LOVED his version of Little Wing.

[dirkdirden]

This was recorded in 1970 before every other video on this thread....He started it all.....thats why he is the best.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eC5nZ35_aU4

Being the first doesn't mean ANYTHING aside from that people will surpass you over time.

did you even watch the video.

and your logic doesn't work. Thomas Edison is famous for inventing electricity....but Nikola Tesla who perfected is almost unknown by most people.

The people to create will always be remembered more than the people who copy.

Like if we made even better pyramids in egypt. The first Pyramids will always be the best.

but you can think what you want, you just can't use that logic to justify it.

[Crushed Hope]

This was recorded in 1970 before every other video on this thread....He started it all.....thats why he is the best.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eC5nZ35_aU4

Being the first doesn't mean ANYTHING aside from that people will surpass you over time.

did you even watch the video.

and your logic doesn't work. Thomas Edison is famous for inventing electricity....but Nikola Tesla who perfected is almost unknown by most people.

The people to create will always be remembered more than the people who copy.

Like if we made even better pyramids in egypt. The first Pyramids will always be the best.

but you can think what you want, you just can't use that logic to justify it.

Wow, I was refering to something that was totally music and you bring up Edison. :rolleyes2

Being well known doesn't mean <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">, there are MANY better guitarists than Page and them not being well known doesn't change that.

Daniel Gildenlow is miles ahead of Page in both song writing and technique, and guess what he came years after him.

Toby Driver is miles ahead of near every guitarist in terms of everything, and only started a band a few years back.

Popularity does not equal talent and skill.

[Venom]

Nor does the influence a famous guitarist has.

[theundeadhero]

This was recorded in 1970 before every other video on this thread....He started it all.....thats why he is the best.
That's just a video of him playing live. Black Sabbath's Paranoid also came out in 1970 and Iron Man had a real music video.

[Crushed Hope]

Nor does the influence a famous guitarist has.

Exactly, and I will site Jimmy Hendrix on this.

[Venom]

Nor does the influence a famous guitarist has.

Exactly, and I will site Jimmy Hendrix on this.

Jimmy had some nice amp effects though. :)

Although he did shape modern rock guitar, we cant say he is the best because not everyone will say he is the best. I guess its a matter of opinion.

[dirkdirden]

I brought up Edison because that was the first example that came to mind. I could have use Mozart, or Bach, or Beethoven, or Nirvana, or Elvis, to prove that your logic doesn't work.

Being the first to do something is called ORIGNALITY, and it’s very important when writing anything weather its music games books.

If there were a guitar rating system it would looks something like this

ORIGNALITY -- Skill -- Speed -- Style -- Complexity -- melody and so on.

Jimmy Page would have a 10 on originality were most guitarists would not......and even though Jimmy Hendrix isn't very good at all he would get a 10 for originality as well.

And when someone says something is the best IMO should be implyed.

[Venom]

Originality doesnt have anything to do with sheer talent.

[Crushed Hope]

Thing is Page was not fucking original at all.

[Venom]

Thing is Page was not smurfing original at all.

I guess in a sense a guitarist cant really be orginal anymore just because everything has been done.

[Crushed Hope]

Thing is Page was not smurfing original at all.

I guess in a sense a guitarist cant really be orginal anymore just because everything has been done.

No, not everything has been done. Just no one has treaded those unsearched grounds yet.

[theundeadhero]

Page was playing guitar in the 60's far before "everything" was done.

[dirkdirden]

The thing is that you don't know a damn thing about Jimmy Page. All you know is that he played in led zeppelin, and maybe you know of the yard birds too.

He did a lot more than you know of, he did it before anyone else did it, and he is the most respect guitarists out of all guitarists. Argue all you want but when Rolling stones, Guitar pro, Spin, Maxim, and so many others rated the Worlds greatest guitar players jimmy Page was in the top 3 in every magazine.

He played the guitar with a violin bow for god sake, and had Gibson Special make his world famous duel guitar, and most of the effects used by led zeppelin were never used in any other band before them.

And just out of Curiosity do any of you actually play the guitar, because if you don't you would have no clue on what is or isn't difficult.

[Jebus]

I play guitar, and while I have to agree playing Page's stuff is tough, playing Stevie Ray, or Hendrix is much harder.

[o_O]

Michael Angelo Batio is the winner.

<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7043744079476152944&q=Michael+angelo+batio">Speed Lives</a> is the greatest song ever.

Also, <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3357006920437652568&q=flight+of+the+bumblebee">this guy</a>. He plays Flight of the Bumblebee at 304bpm.

[Loony BoB]

Out of curiosity, do many of you know/like Gary Moore's stuff? He's a blues guitarist, he doesn't rely on solos as much as he does songs, but I still rate him quite highly, especially after listening to Parisienne Walkways as a kid. Definitely a different style to what people usually think of when they think of great guitarists, though.

[Venom]

Out of curiosity, do many of you know/like Gary Moore's stuff? He's a blues guitarist, he doesn't rely on solos as much as he does songs, but I still rate him quite highly, especially after listening to Parisienne Walkways as a kid. Definitely a different style to what people usually think of when they think of great guitarists, though.

Yes, Gary Moore is an execellent guitarist.:)

[Crushed Hope]

He did a lot more than you know of, he did it before anyone else did it, and he is the most respect guitarists out of all guitarists. Argue all you want but when Rolling stones, Guitar pro, Spin, Maxim, and so many others rated the Worlds greatest guitar players jimmy Page was in the top 3 in every magazine.

Sorry to let you know but being recognized by those magazines means <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">.

He played the guitar with a violin bow for god sake, and had Gibson Special make his world famous duel guitar, and most of the effects used by led zeppelin were never used in any other band before them.

Yeah, he played guitar with a violin bow ... and there were a few effects used, but as a whole his playing style was not new or original. Much of his work in Led Zep was pretty much rip offs of those who came before him.

And just out of Curiosity do any of you actually play the guitar, because if you don't you would have no clue on what is or isn't difficult.

You don't need to play guitar to know if something is good however, so I'd appreciate it if you just shut up on this because you are being a total dick for no good reason at all.

[Shoden]

He did a lot more than you know of, he did it before anyone else did it, and he is the most respect guitarists out of all guitarists. Argue all you want but when Rolling stones, Guitar pro, Spin, Maxim, and so many others rated the Worlds greatest guitar players jimmy Page was in the top 3 in every magazine.

Sorry to let you know but being recognized by those magazines means <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">.

He played the guitar with a violin bow for god sake, and had Gibson Special make his world famous duel guitar, and most of the effects used by led zeppelin were never used in any other band before them.

Yeah, he played guitar with a violin bow ... and there were a few effects used, but as a whole his playing style was not new or original. Much of his work in Led Zep was pretty much rip offs of those who came before him.

And just out of Curiosity do any of you actually play the guitar, because if you don't you would have no clue on what is or isn't difficult.

You don't need to play guitar to know if something is good however, so I'd appreciate it if you just shut up on this because you are being a total dick for no good reason at all.

Whoa, whoa. Calm down man, you're gonna get banned if you go round posting like that all the time, he has a good a point, he's trying to explain his point and opinion, at least let him be, the greatest guitarist and solo ever are a matter of opinion because it's unfair just to suddenly demand some guy is the best ever. Just relax and let it slide, I don't exactly have a top favourite guitarist or solo and that's my opinion.

[Leeza]

Crushed Hope: Please don't make me hurt you.

dirkdirden: That is only your opinion. Tone it down.

[Crushed Hope]

Crushed Hope: Please don't make me hurt you.

dirkdirden: That is only your opinion. Tone it down.

But you know I love it when you hurt me :bgl:

[Endless]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7366477363347704620&q=fulara
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5038090482484670396&q=fulara
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2207819079067773455&q=fulara

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Holy moley.


Also, after seeing Joe Satriani live last night I can honestly say he's probably one of the top five active guitarists right now.

[Loony BoB]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7366477363347704620&q=fulara
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5038090482484670396&q=fulara
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2207819079067773455&q=fulara
More fittingly for these forums...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3538487838833726393&q=fulara

:D

[dirkdirden]

I play guitar, and while I have to agree playing Page's stuff is tough, playing Stevie Ray, or Hendrix is much harder.

Hendrix is very hard because he used a crazy guitar. A lefthanded guitar with Reversed strings....or something like that, as for SRV I don't like his music so I have never tryed to play it. There are a ton of really good contry guitar players.....But I hate contry so I will never play there music.

Gary Moore is very good because he is so smooth, and alot of the music he plays is just him playing of the top of his head.

Joe Satriani is one of the best modern day guitarist, and he does put on a fantastic show.

Crushed hope you need to chill out and face the fact that you are not right....as I am not right becuase its all an opinion. But you not playing the guitar explains a lot about your opinion.

[Jebus]

Hendrix is very hard because he used a crazy guitar. A lefthanded guitar with Reversed strings....or something like that, as for SRV I don't like his music so I have never tryed to play it. There are a ton of really good contry guitar players.....But I hate contry so I will never play there music.


Stevie Ray is blues, not country.

[dirkdirden]

Stevie Ray is blues, not country.

Yeah I know I was just saying that If I don't like the music I will never like the guitar player and I was useing contry music as an example of a type of music I don't like.

[Shoden]

I like the band Venom too, they've did some good solos.

[profskett]

Anything by John Petrucci is better than some of these. Dream Theater pwn all.