best solo's EVER

i was wondering what people think is the best guitar solo's ever i think that
1=stairway to heaven(led zeppelin)
2=cowboy song(thin lizzy)
3= whole lotta love(led zeppelin)

[U]Some[/U] of my fav's, not in order....

Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb
Dream Theater: Metropolis Pt. 1
Steve Vai: For The Love Of God
Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun
Led Zeppelin: Rock N' Roll

Guns n Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
Steve Vai- Punk Explosion ( or something along those lines- Its Punk something..)

For the longest time it was GNR's sweet child of mine. Now I think it might be SRV's Little Wing, or Buckethead's Binge and Grab.

Shred/metal:
racer x - hammer away

Rock:
AC/DC - back in black

hendrix gets his own catagory:
Some one said machine gun....'nuff said

Blues:
SRV- little wing

Best Solos in No particular order.


Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Machine Gun / All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh (Eagles)

For The Love Of God - Steve Vai

Axis of Evil / Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen

Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash

Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson

Big Sur Moon - Buckethead

Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani

One / Enter Sandman - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

Home / Under A Glass Moon - John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

Walk - Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)

Awakening - John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton (Steely Dan)

Devil Takes The Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth

Not Again / - Shawn Lane

War Pigs - Toni Iommi (Black Sabbath)

Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee - Nuno Bettencourt

I Could Have Lied / Scar Tissue - John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Hundred of Thousands -Tony Macalpine

Speed Metal Symphony - Jason Becker/ Marty Friedman

Hangar 18 / Rust In Peace - Megadeth

Y.R.O / Scarified - Paul Gibert (Racer X)

Brent Mason (Alan Jackson)-"....don't even know your name"
Danny Gatton-"Sun Medley"
Brian Setzer-"Stray Cat Strut"
Eric Johnson-"Desert Rose"
Eddie Van Halen-"Beat It"....(c'mon...that solo is killer)
Prince-Let's Go Crazy (wah solo at the end. I defy ANYONE to play something that sounds sexier!!!)
EVH-Hot for Teacher (intro)

Need more coffee but thats a start...
Ian

Jimi hendrix - Little Wing. Machine Gun
Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love. Good Times, BadTimes
David Gilmour - Time, Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Robert Cray - Time Makes Two
Michael Schenker - Captain Nemo
G3(Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen) - Little Wing(Unbelieveable Solo)

Green Day - Holiday

My favorite(recently I guess) is a solo by Buckethead on a song called "Buckethead."

It's the first track on "The Big Eyeball in the Sky" by Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains.

The outro guitar solo is just awesome. The more I listen to Buckethead on guitar the more I like him.

My favourite solo ever is probably that in Pink Floyd - Money. It's really three solos though...

Jimi hendrix: voodoo child, machine gun

eric clapton: crossroads

Srv: little wing

van halen: eruption

Lynyrd skynyrd :FREE BIRD

There are others, I dont have the time :)

In no perticular order:

GnR - November Rain
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Lynard Skynard - Free Bird
Eric Clapton - Crossroads
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
SRV - Little Wing
B.B. King-Three O'clock in the Morning
Van Halen - Panama
The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
ZZ Top- La Grande
YES-Roundabout(that whole song is unbelieveable)

Just a couple that have stuck over the years and held a general audience attention to the solo

Steely Dan - Reelin In the Years
Eagles - Hotel California
Van Halen - Jump
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Clapton in Cream - All Along the Watchtower
Toto - Childs Anthem

Randy Rhodes - Mr Crowley (Live Picture disc version) especially the fade out
Yngwie - Black Star
Hendrix - Machine Gun (Live)
Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
Al Dimeola - Splendido Sundance
Eagles - Hotel California (Live)

1. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile ( slight return )
2. Van Halen - Eruption
3. Lynrd Skynrd - freebird
4. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train
5. Black Sabbath - Warpigs
6. Van Halen - Icecream man

Jimi Hendrix - MidNight
Jeff Beck - Pay Me No Mind
Jimmy Page - Since I've Been Lovin' You
Angus Young - Sin City (Live)
Others. . .

What the hell? Why has no-one mentioned the Solo from Ozzy Ozbourne's Mr. Crowley (Randy Rhoads) its a CLASSIC!

Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Michael Angelo Batio.

"Concerto" by Jason Becker/Marty Friedman (Cacophony)
"Flying in a Blue Dream" performed live by Joe Satriani
"Yngwie Can't Touch This" by Michael Angelo Batio
"Little Wing" performed live by Jimi Hendrix
"Drained" by Marco Sfogli (James LaBrie)
"Speed Metal Symphony" by Jason Becker/Marty Friedman (Cacophony)
"Planet Gemini" by Michael Angelo Batio
"Too Many Humans" by Buckethead

Hotel California - Eagles ( Joe Walsh I think )

She's not there - Carlos Santana