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What Is Your Favourite Guitar Solo ?

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For me the greatest solo of all time has to be by London born Saul Hudson. Better known as Slash. An integral member of Guns N’ Roses its his work on Sweet Child O’Mine that really gets my blood pumping!

Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine (All Rights Are Retained By Guns N’s Roses)

The solo starts off slower , almost in a laid back style. However the 2nd half is bluesy (which I love) and aggressive, oh so aggressive. How he managed to make these notes somehow feel otherworldly too is one hell of an achievement.

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California (All Rights Are Retained By Red Hot Chili Peppers)

A special mention also to the outro to Dani California by The Red Hot Chili Peppers… Wow

Let us know your favourite guitar solo in the comments!

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52 responses to “What Is Your Favourite Guitar Solo ?”

  1. RasmaSandra avatar
    RasmaSandra

    The ever talented Jimi Hendrix when he played The Star Spangled Banner

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Now that is one amazing body of work! 🙂

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  2. Marlovian avatar
    Marlovian

    I have to say anything by Hendrix. I once visited the Handel/Hendrix House in London. There was a cool elderly German Jewish attendant there dressed totally in black. We started speaking in Yiddish & she told me about the moment Clapton heard Hendrix for the first time in a small London club. As Clapton left, he just said “fuck”

    That’s what I thought hearing Hendrix for the first time.

    Every time I think ‘fuck’

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    1. rebuilding rob avatar
      rebuilding rob

      There is a tiny little part of me that still believes that Jimi Hendrix was either an alien or someone sent from the future to teach humans how to play the electric guitar

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      1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
        Fox Reviews Rock

        Oh I totally now believe this!

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    2. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Hendrix was a genius and really had his own style! 🙂

      Thinking of Clapton reacting like that has made me spit out my drink in laughter!

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  3. Not all who wander are lost avatar
    Not all who wander are lost

    Silent lucidity

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Oh By Queensrÿche?! Nice!!!

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  4. rebuilding rob avatar
    rebuilding rob

    I’m not a big Van Halen fan, but I still like “eruption”

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Oh really! That is interesting, and the best solo by another band that you do like ? 🙂

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      1. rebuilding rob avatar
        rebuilding rob

        It’s not so much that I don’t like Van Halen, but I have other bands that are probably more my favorites.

        And I know that this will not go over well with a lot of people, but I think I prefer the Van Hagar era

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        1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
          Fox Reviews Rock

          Nothing wrong with that 🙂

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  5. Mark avatar
    Mark

    I could only narrow it down to 2, and I can’t really pick which one is 1 and which one is 2 so we’re gonna call them 1A and 1B 1A is Comfortably Numb and 1B is hotel California

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      No worries I have been picking 2 things for like every question this week haha!

      Both excellent choices btw 😉

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  6. Jax Riley avatar
    Jax Riley

    One I always loved and keep going back to, even now, is Mike Wilton and Chris DeGarmo’s weaving of the solo in Queensryche’s “I Don’t Believe In Love”. There’s just something they latched on to with that and DeGarmo’s whammy bar in that just requires you to put it on loop. It gets me every time. Sheer perfection, in my opinion anyway 🤘🏻

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      An excellent choice! 🙂

      And a band that deserves a hell of a lot more love than they get!

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      1. Jax Riley avatar
        Jax Riley

        Absolutely agree brother. I have always loved Ryche. They were always tight and on the money. Epic live as well

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        1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
          Fox Reviews Rock

          I agree! Saw them live , and “got it” , maybe its a live experience that is needed for those that don’t.

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          1. Jax Riley avatar
            Jax Riley

            I agree. In a similar vein when Lynch Mob first came out I loved Dokken but was underwhelmed with Lynch Mob’s first CD. A buddy got tickets to see them at a club. I didn’t want to go. Was I glad I did. They kicked serious ass- to me anyway, Lynch Mob was one you HAD to see live to really appreciate. CD didn’t do them justice at all, but a brilliant live band.

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            1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
              Fox Reviews Rock

              Yeah I think there are plenty of bands like that too , never hit it big because people dismiss them off records.

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  7. lyndhurstlaura avatar
    lyndhurstlaura

    This needs some thought, so I’ll sleep on it. Eric Clapton’s ‘Layla’ had some great guitar work though. Watch this space. 🙂

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Nothing wrong with sleeping on it 🙂

      Layla is a classic though! 🙂

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      1. lyndhurstlaura avatar
        lyndhurstlaura

        No kidding. I came up with Keith Richards – anything of his – of course! 🙂

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        1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
          Fox Reviews Rock

          He is incredible! 🙂

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          1. lyndhurstlaura avatar
            lyndhurstlaura

            A legend. 🙂

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  8. conspicari avatar
    conspicari

    So many good guitar solo’s, Red House by Jimi Hendrix, Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws, Pride And Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan, to name just a few.

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Oh Red House is a little gem not many actually give the time of day to which is a shame! 🙂

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  9. perspicaciousoutcast avatar
    perspicaciousoutcast

    My favourites are; Who’s Crying Now by Journey and Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Oh Free Bird lives in my head rent free for sure! 🙂

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  10. Sunra Rainz avatar
    Sunra Rainz

    Oh my God, I have so many! But two that spring to mind are:

    1) This Fine Social Scene by Zero Seven, but I have no idea who the guitarist is (Google didn’t help). It’s just gorgeous.

    2) Dave Navarro’s solo in Walkabout by the Chilis. Just the laziest, coolest sound ever.

    Sidenote: I also love any guitar solo in any Pixies song ever.

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      I dont actually know the top one so thanks for that tip! 🙂

      Dave Navarro has the knack for creating excellent guitar pieces 🙂

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  11. Vintage Vixen avatar
    Vintage Vixen

    Oof, tough one … like asking to name a favorite star in the sky. But if I had to pick just one? David Gilmour’s solo on “Comfortably Numb” (especially the second one). It’s not about speed or flash … it’s “emotional architecture”. Every bend … a scream, every sustain … a prayer.
    Pure soul poured through six strings.

    Other close contenders depending on my mood:
    *Prince – “Purple Rain” (live versions will melt your bones)
    *Eddie Hazel – “Maggot Brain” (10 minutes of cosmic grief and glory)
    *Derek Trucks – any live solo, but especially “Midnight in Harlem” (slide guitar turned to gospel)
    And who can end this list without …

    *Stevie Ray Vaughan – “Texas Flood” (straight from the gut)

    my 2 cents 🙂
    Jodi

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      I love that you included others as well! Gives me more music to check out 🙂

      Comfortably Numb is excellent for guitar though I totally agree!

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  12. missparker0106 avatar
    missparker0106

    Eric Clapton – Layla (Live at Royal Albert Hall, 1991) (Orchestral Version)

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Totally agree with this sentiment! 🙂

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  13. ProClean1111 avatar
    ProClean1111

    Pantera “Domination”

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  14. ProClean1111 avatar
    ProClean1111

    And Metallica “Sanitarium”

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  15. colingarrow avatar
    colingarrow

    Brian May – Killer Queen.

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      A fantastic song! 🙂

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  16. brightstardancing avatar
    brightstardancing

    Truly, I love so many guitar solos, but the first one that came to my mind and that I always ‘sing’ along to when I hear it is : The Eagles – Hotel California 😎

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      I do love a good guitar solo sing a long!

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  17. Paul Carney avatar
    Paul Carney

    For me, it’s Lindsey Buckingham on the live Fleetwood Mac album of 1979. And also Carlos Santana on Moonflower. I love both those albums

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      I’ll have to check the live album out! 🙂

      Also CS is amazing!

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  18. AV Raj avatar
    AV Raj

    Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Ah a favourite of mine also 🙂

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  19. AV Raj avatar
    AV Raj

    Tinsley Ellis

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  20. ibarynt avatar
    ibarynt

    I think this is an unfair question 😀

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      All of my questions are unfair 😉

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  21. writinstuff avatar
    writinstuff

    Free Bird has to be at the top of my list, followed close-ish by Hendrix Star Spangled Solo but maybe that’s tied for 2nd with Hotel California…gah, this is too hard!

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Free Bird is exceptional! 🙂

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  22. takethetripbybrian avatar
    takethetripbybrian

    Hot for teacher or Billie jean both Eddie van Halen is great,

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    1. Fox Reviews Rock avatar
      Fox Reviews Rock

      Totally agree these are both brilliant! 🙂

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