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Favorite guitar solos?

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Jems
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i’ve been looking for some solos to learn

here are some of my favorites:

Disposable Heroes - Metallica
Floods - Pantera
Stargazer - Rainbow
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
The Morning After - Ratt
Im the One - Van Halen
Trapped in a corner - Death
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Am i evil? - Metallica / Diamondhead
Fight fire with fire - Metallica
The haunting - Testament
Perish in flames - Dark Angel
Way cool jr - Ratt
Any way you want it - Journey
Quiet - Smashing Pumpkins
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yungona
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You gotta have something better to do than this..
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dognuts
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sail - awolnation
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ReturnToMonkey
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Comfortably Numb from Pulse is my favorite of all time, look up the Andrey Korolev YouTube video, Jubai you'd like it more


The Guitar - Guy Clark
Bump - Rebelution
Mr Boogie Man - BoomBox
Catch the Rainbow - Rainbow
Fallen Angel - Poison
Come Again - Damn Yankees
Too Much Time on my Hands - Styx
Wearing the Inside Out - Pink Floyd
Honestly a lotttt of Pink Floyd
The End - The Beatles
Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias
Watching the Detectives - Roots of Creation version
Alive - Pearl Jam
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

I could add so many more haha I love guitar solos

Bonus xylophone solo: Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
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MichiganCatFart
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I know absolutely nothing about playing guitar but Santana has a cool sound.
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Jason Richardson- Nasty by polyphia
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Deez_Mcskis
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The no more tears solo

it just makes me so happy.
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muffMan.
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MichiganCatFartI know absolutely nothing about playing guitar but Santana has a cool sound.





https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1040377/Santana---Soul-Sacrifice-1969--Woodstock--live-concierto-HQ
same man I don’t know much about guitar but this is nuts, plus the story behind it is cool too
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Deez_Mcskis
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Also here are some others:

Megadeth: Conquer or die, tornado of souls, A tout Le monde, In my darkest hour.

Metallica: Creeping death, Sanitarium, Spit out the bone, Unforgiven, And justice for all, One.

Alice in chains: Would, Them bones, Bleed the freak, Man in the box, We die young.

I'm more of a rhythm guitar player (yes, thats basically me saying I can't play solos super well) but there are a bunch more I could add that I can't think of right now.
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danbrown
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tom morello on the live version of ghost of tom joad with springstein
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ReturnToMonkey
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danbrowntom morello on the live version of ghost of tom joad with springstein

Driving to Texas ft Phantogram by Tom Morello
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jompcock
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Hotel California - Eagles
Cocaine (cover) - Eric Clapton
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson (the bass line on this one is also a beast)
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Eric Clapton steps in for George on the album recording)
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
YYZ - Rush
Money - Pink Floyd
Home Sweet Home - Mötley Crüe
Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe
David Bowie - Phish

Jerry Garcia has some sick solos, especially from the live Grateful Dead recordings. Probably the most basic concert but 5/8/77 is really good. The set with Dancing in the Street, Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, and Estimated Prophet have some really good jams.
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pyrothesaucer
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TORNADO OF SOULS >>>>>>
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Deez_Mcskis
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pyrothesaucerTORNADO OF SOULS >>>>>>


OP knows whats up
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Jems
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Deez_McskisOP knows whats up

most the solo is pretty easy to play believe it or not
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Deez_Mcskis
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Jemsmost the solo is pretty easy to play believe it or not


I could see that, but the sweeps part sounds pretty tough
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Jems
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Deez_McskisI could see that, but the sweeps part sounds pretty tough


the fast pull off section near the end is often viewed as the hardest part when I actually think its easy besides how far you gotta stretch your fingers up the fretboard
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theabortionator
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Wonderwall
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twinkle_toes
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Deez_McskisAlso here are some others:

Megadeth: Conquer or die, tornado of souls, A tout Le monde, In my darkest hour.

Metallica: Creeping death, Sanitarium, Spit out the bone, Unforgiven, And justice for all, One.

Alice in chains: Would, Them bones, Bleed the freak, Man in the box, We die young.

I'm more of a rhythm guitar player (yes, thats basically me saying I can't play solos super well) but there are a bunch more I could add that I can't think of right now.


Ermagerd Alice in chains was my favourite band for years
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twinkle_toes
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Ohio - Neil Young solo will always be one of my favorites
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theabortionator
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Comfortably numb is a pretty easy choice for me. I like a lot of his stuff but that solo is fire. When i saw him in 2016 it was such sn amazing show. Hearing those songs live, especially that comfortably numb solo. Fuck it was so good.
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HaydenB
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Alice in chains unplugged
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Deez_Mcskis
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HaydenBAlice in chains unplugged



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GrandThings
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God is Dead? - Black Sabbath

The breakdown/solo that starts at 7:39 always gets me so hyped and I found it from some dudes SuperUnknown entry from a few years ago
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Deez_Mcskis
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GrandThingsGod is Dead? - Black Sabbath

The breakdown/solo that starts at 7:39 always gets me so hyped and I found it from some dudes SuperUnknown entry from a few years ago


duuuude i love that song

The solo is great, but also the chorus riff is so fun to play when you just want something slow but so heavy
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TreyDudski
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Honestly anything by Van Halen is basically always good, their music would play on repeat while driving up skiing when I was young.

Really surprised to see people talking about RUSH, theyre like my all time favorite and def dont get the love they deserve #ripneal
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Deez_Mcskis
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PANAMA-A-A-A-A-A-A
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VTshredder69
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METALLICUCK sucks.

MEGADETH - TORNADO OF SOULS
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3mania
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2 Ratt songs? I didn't know Warren DiMartini was on NS. Also November Rain.. both solos
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Jems
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3mania2 Ratt songs? I didn't know Warren DiMartini was on NS. Also November Rain.. both solos

don’t like warren?
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Turd__Authority
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Green grass and high tides
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3mania
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Jemsdon’t like warren?

I saw Ratt in 80 something with Bon Jovi opening. A little surprised to see anyone on this site who's even heard of Warren. Really sad to see what happened to that band.
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Christian_Bale
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Not a musician myself but I love Gilmour's solos. Incredible tone. I like his solo on Comfortably Numb of course, but Dogs is fantastic as well
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Christian_Bale
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Coleg55https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1040377/Santana---Soul-Sacrifice-1969--Woodstock--live-concierto-HQ
same man I don’t know much about guitar but this is nuts, plus the story behind it is cool too

What's the story behind this? I think a friend was telling me about this the other day if I'm not mistaken. Took a bunch of LSD not thinking he was going to perform so soon?
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Jems
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3maniaI saw Ratt in 80 something with Bon Jovi opening. A little surprised to see anyone on this site who's even heard of Warren. Really sad to see what happened to that band.

well i’ve been listening to ratt for a while, warren is definitely in my top 5 guitarists along with robin crosby. i know how to play out of the cellar and invasion of privacy start to finish apart from some of the solos. pretty sure @HaydenB mom knows warren personally. really wish they got more musical recognition because they were so much more talented and clever than most the bands that got massive during that time period.
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SofaKingSick
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jompcockGrateful Dead


i have the guitar licks and solos from Althea stuck in my head like 50% of the time i'm awake. it'd be annoying if the song wasn't so fire
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theabortionator
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Christian_BaleNot a musician myself but I love Gilmour's solos. Incredible tone. I like his solo on Comfortably Numb of course, but Dogs is fantastic as well


As of 6 years ago hasn't lost a thing. Dude is legit af
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3mania
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Jemswell i’ve been listening to ratt for a while, warren is definitely in my top 5 guitarists along with robin crosby. i know how to play out of the cellar and invasion of privacy start to finish apart from some of the solos. pretty sure @HaydenB mom knows warren personally. really wish they got more musical recognition because they were so much more talented and clever than most the bands that got massive during that time period.


Lack of Communication is a rocker
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notadoctor
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Aqualung - Jethro Tull
2112 (starts around 13min) - Rush

Lot of other good ones in this thread already
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TheMailMan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sv2-qfz00&list=LL&index=31

1:58 onwards
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oldmanski
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Black Label Society

Nice to see some older bands listed, reassures my belief in this community.
Apr 23 2022 6:58AM
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MiIfHunter
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Have a cigar
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-emile-
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Free bird always gets me going
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.frenchy
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fred bear by ted nugent for sure
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3mania
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https://youtu.be/qM7MgyqEuKQ
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signtime
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Heart of the Dragon - Dragonforce
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VTshredder69
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Hendrix - little wing
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Casey
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Wouldn’t recommend trying to learn this barn burner you might hurt yourself…

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1041332/2021-Remaster--While-My-Guitar-Gently-Weeps--with-Prince--Tom-Petty--Jeff-Lynne-and-Steve-Winwood
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AlexHallsEyebrow
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bob marleys solos are underrated, Reggae solos in general
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SofaKingSick
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AlexHallsEyebrowbob marleys solos are underrated, Reggae solos in general


oh yeah. "Waiting in Vain" comes to mind first
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Jems
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CaseyWouldn’t recommend trying to learn this barn burner you might hurt yourself…

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1041332/2021-Remaster--While-My-Guitar-Gently-Weeps--with-Prince--Tom-Petty--Jeff-Lynne-and-Steve-Winwood


probably the easiest solo in this thread lol
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