Favorite Guitar Solo?

@arc_of_descent 8281 wrote:

lol. Yes guys, keep it at one. Remember, you have the freedom to change your mind. 😀

Eddie Van Halen – Beat It (Has to the best solo ever)

Rohan, 🙂

Since picking ONE is impossible, (for most people) it’s probably more efficient to log-on to this thread ONCE with a list of several candidates, rather than picking one and then changing our minds’ TEN TIMES!!! (LOL!) 😉

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

@billmeedog 8285 wrote:

Rohan, 🙂

Since picking ONE is impossible, (for most people) it’s probably more efficient to log-on to this thread ONCE with a list of several candidates, rather than picking one and then changing our minds’ TEN TIMES!!! (LOL!) 😉

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

That’s the Spirit Bill…….there is ALWAYS a way to beat the system……:D

@Jack Gardiner 8294 wrote:

Ahhh that’s praise indeed Bill!! Thankyou! hahaha.
I’m trying so hard now to step away from the Daniele stuff! (It’s like heroin, it’s that addictive :P)
To go off topic, i think it’d be amazing if there was a way of fusing Daniele, with the likes of Tom, Rick and Marco Sfogli with a touch of Guthrie! Something to work for!!!

But yes my number 1. solo at the minute for me has to be either Daniele’s Guitar Sbrego, or Marco’s Memories simply because they’re beautiful. The girlfriend has me obsessed with Marco’s playing 😀

Hey Jack,

BTW, That’s one COOL GIRLFRIEND who digs Marco Sfgoli! That’s so cool! Hang on to her!!! (LOL!)

Also, I like how you’re already recognizing the need to be influenced by several different awesome musicians (notice I said musicians and not guitarists! You’ll eventually start being influenced by some NON-guitarist-musicians too! (Dennis Chambers, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Charlie Parker, Donald Fagen, Bela Fleck, Herbie Hancock, etc. – Those are some of my NON-guitar-influences!)

Ok, time to keep Rohan happy and choose ONLY ONE FAVORITE SOLO!: 😮

1. Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan (Larry Carlton on guitar) 😎

I hope at least somebody likes my single pick (before I change my mind…) 😮 :rolleyes: (LOL!)

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

@billmeedog 8295 wrote:

Hey Jack,

BTW, That’s one COOL GIRLFRIEND who digs Marco Sfgoli! That’s so cool! Hang on to her!!! (LOL!)

Also, I like how you’re already recognizing the need to be influenced by several different awesome musicians (notice I said musicians and not guitarists! You’ll eventually start being influenced by some NON-guitarist-musicians too! (Dennis Chambers, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Charlie Parker, Donald Fagen, Bela Fleck, Herbie Hancock, etc. – Those are some of my NON-guitar-influences!)

Ahhh yes!!! I love pretty much all of them on the list!!! Hahah, i should’ve mentioned a few! Chic Corea’s another obvious one for me! Renaud Garcia-Fons too if you’ve heard him? Amazing double bass player!

@Jack Gardiner 8298 wrote:

Sorry dude! haha i nearly missed that post!!
Ahh thankyou very very much mate!
It’s an honour!
I was made up with Cesar’s list! 🙂
3rd place is such an honour!
Well done to Jean Do too! Great Entry

God my alt picking is going through a fast workout! Haha one of the reasons why i chose to cover Andromeda! 🙂

Thanks a loooooot Mosjem! 🙂

And thanks Jack,as I already said on your youtube wall:congratulations,you really deserver it! 🙂

And I have to say that I m really happy to be on the Final TOP 15(all judges)list of such a contest 🙂

I m on Cesar’s top 15 too!! Olé! 😀

Thanks a lot my friends!!

So many favorite guitar solos!!
I guess these would be some of my favorites (not in any particular order)
I rate them as songs/solo’s that I could listen too over and over again for the rest of my life!

Steve Vai – Stevie’s Spanking (Frank Zappa – Them or Us album)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Far Beyond The Sun
Yngwie J. Malmsteen/Alcatrazz – Hiroshima Mon-Amour
Michael Schenker – Captain Nemo
Steve Morse – Cruise Missile/Tumeninotes (Tied) and then everything else solo and Dregs!
Alan Holdsworth – Panic Station
Jimi Hendrix – Red House (Live at Woodstock)
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child
Jeff Beck – Where Were You

@rgbrock1 8342 wrote:

Ritchie Blackmore – Highway Star (Live version – Made In Japan)
Richard “Dickie” Betts – In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

Hi rgbrock1,

Now there’s two that take me back! I wore out the Deep Purple Made In Japan album a long time ago. Ritchie played with tone and killer vibrato on it for sure.

The Allman Brothers Live At Fillmore East was another album I wore out.

Thanks for the reminder. 🙂

Frank

Oh man this is a though one.
I’m gonna say the ones I can remember right now.

“Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
“Sweet child of mine” – Guns n’ Roses (Slash)
“Another day” – Dream Theater (John Petrucci)
“Alone” – James Labrie (Marco Sfogli)
“Jigsaw” – Marillion (Steve Rothery)
and many more

I want to put some of Guthrie Govan but they’re not solos actually. One is the intro to Waves and the other is the improvisation over the larry Carlton style track.
The phrasing he has just blows me away.

edit: (can’t forget about marillion and misspell Mr Gilmour name!lol)