Im gonna regret this...

[elmuchoescadawg]

Has anyone else seen this...?

The top 10 guitar solos, according to AboutGuitars.com, are:

01. "Stairway to Heaven" - Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN)
02. "Eruption" - Eddie Van Halen (VAN HALEN)
03. "Freebird" - Allen Collins and Gary Rossington (LYNYRD SKYNYRD)
04. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
05. "All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix
06. "November Rain" - Slash (GUNS N' ROSES)
07. "One" - Kirk Hammett (METALLICA)
08. "Hotel California" - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (THE EAGLES)
09. "Crazy Train" - Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE)
10. "Crossroads" - Eric Clapton (CREAM)

 

[Ermz]

Seems like a popularity contest, just like every other poll relating to guitaring out there.

 

[Razorjack]

A Kirk Hammett solo one of the 10 best? LOL

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Has anyone else seen this...?

The top 10 guitar solos, according to AboutGuitars.com, are:

01. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
02. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
03. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
04. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
05. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
06. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
07. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
08. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
09. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
10. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)

fixed

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Actually it's not a bad list... I would have added "Sultans of Swing" maybe though.

 

[Gomez]

Actually it's not a bad list... I would have added "Sultans of Swing" maybe though.

Tornado of souls. I love that solo. A great combination of technique and good feel.

and Hopkins how about the first lead on shine on you crazy diamond? it's awesome

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Seems like a popularity contest, just like every other poll relating to guitaring out there.

Yep. I mean, those solos are pretty good. Maybe not the best but if they do it by anything other then popularity they're gonna get a lot of flack from people asking "where's _______?"

 

[prowlergrig]

yes i've seen it. i think guitar world originally did it, with readers voting for the best solo. they did a top100.

 

[Hammer Bart]

Seems like a popularity contest, just like every other poll relating to guitaring out there.

I'm not trying to be annoying, but is there actually a difference between a poll and a popularity contest?

I'm not a native English speaker, but I understand it to be a statement like:
Seems like a counting of votes, just like every other election out there.

Perhaps that was precisely the point you were trying to make in which case I just didn't 'get' it.

 

[Kazrog]

These kinds of lists are meaningless, and they have more to do with album sales than anything else. My list would include "Touching the Earth" by our friend James Murphy.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I've always really loved two solos above all else:

1. As We Speak (soilwork)
2. Passenger (Nevermore)

 

[Brooks]

I would have put on Touching Tongues by Steve Vai, Symbolic by Death, Another Brick in the Wall by Gilmour...

 

[Carcass29]

Where the hell is Bill Steer?...one of the most underated guitarists IMPO.

 

[Lord Lurion]

I actually consider it a pretty good list too. It's got Comfortably Numb in there (Pink Floyd is my fav band and Gilmour is my fav guitarist, so I'm a bit biased here), and Eruption (pretty damn fuckin' good to finally see Van Halen on one of these top tens, instead of Lenny Kravitz or fuckin' Kurt Cobain, for crying out loud). Actually It's the most appealing list I've seen so far, when it comes to this kind of shit polls. Not that I think they have any value.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yeah, we could name a lot (and I mean A LOT) of amazing guitar players like (among my favorites) : Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Steve Morse, Andy Larocque, Tommy Veterli, Tore Ostby, Adrian Smith, Victor Smolski, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mattias Eklundh, Marty Friedman, Patrick Rondat, Christophe Godin, Zakk Wylde, Carlos Santana, Jeff Loomis, Brian May, Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, Steve Lukather, Allan Holdsworth, etc etc...

 

[Lord Lurion]

And how come you never EVER see Stevie Ray Vaughan on these polls?

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Yeah, we could name a lot (and I mean A LOT) of amazing guitar players like (among my favorites) : Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Steve Morse, Andy Larocque, Tommy Veterli, Tore Ostby, Adrian Smith, Victor Smolski, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mattias Eklundh, Marty Friedman, Patrick Rondat, Christophe Godin, Zakk Wylde, Carlos Santana, Jeff Loomis, Brian May, Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, Steve Lukather, Allan Holdsworth, etc etc...

Marty Friedman wears a kimono these days so he can never enter

 

[Lee_B]

Actually it's not a bad list... I would have added "Sultans of Swing" maybe though.

fag

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

hey leeb, whats happening?

 

[Hammer Bart]

And how come you never EVER see Stevie Ray Vaughan on these polls?

His playing is great, but he's just too ugly to make a popularity list.