Your favorite solos/soloists

[Felix Neumann]

Hahahaha I just discovered this thread..i´m so fuckin blind

Definitively for me the following:

- Chris Poland (Peace sells, system has failed)
- Adrian Smith (somewhere in time, seventh son)
- Chuck Schuldiner (ALL)
- James Murphy (cause of death, Spiritual healing, low)
- Joe Pass (All)
- Stevie Ray Vaughn (All)

 

[Felix Neumann]

 

[JonWormwood]

I jack off daily to Gilbert, Laiho, Hellman, Yngwie, Vai, and loomis every other day.

 

[Metaltastic]

Hellman?

 

[kev]

 

[TheIllicitOne]

...Per Nilsson...

If you like him, check out his stuff on Kaipa's angling feelings.

 

[jacare]

HOLY DAMN SHIT... HOW COULD I FORGOT EDDIE VAN HALEN !?!?!?!?!??!?!

 

[lolzgreg]

John Petrucci- Under a Glass Moon, come on, astounding phrasing.

Alex Lifeson- I was listening to Rush today and just remembered how insane he really is.

Loomis- Everything/No explanation required.

Marty Friedman- Very tasteful, yet remains flashy.

Randy Rhoads- No words here either, he wrote so many amazing guitar leads AND riffs its astounding. Fuck crazy train, Mr. Crowley is where its at.

 

[LydonB]

Randy Rhoads- No words here either, he wrote so many amazing guitar leads AND riffs its astounding. Fuck crazy train, Mr. Crowley is where its at.

The reason I picked up a guitar.

 

[Metaltastic]

ACK, I told myself I wouldn't criticize anyone's choices cuz it's all opinion, but LIFESON?!?!? I love his chords/riffs, but jesus do I hate his soloing - so spastic, with what I call the "angry bee vibrato" (really fast buzzing with practically no control); I love Rush, but OY...

Sorry, had to get that out of my system - it's all opinion of course, and everyone is entitled to theirs, and if you get a positive emotional response from his playing that's all that matters of course!

 

[lolzgreg]

ACK, I told myself I wouldn't criticize anyone's choices cuz it's all opinion, but LIFESON?!?!? I love his chords/riffs, but jesus do I hate his soloing - so spastic, with what I call the "angry bee vibrato" (really fast buzzing with practically no control); I love Rush, but OY...

Sorry, had to get that out of my system - it's all opinion of course, and everyone is entitled to theirs, and if you get a positive emotional response from his playing that's all that matters of course!

I like the solo from Limelight, what can I say. YYZ ain't bad either.

BTW, what's your screename on AIM, Marcus?

 

[STINNETT]

Allan Holdsworth - Devil Take the Hindmost

Mind Blowing solo.

 

[lolzgreg]

The reason I picked up a guitar.

I can pretty much say the same thing. The Crowley solo inspired me.

Nice Avatar, BTW.

 

[Metal Overload]

Th Crowley solo, is cool, but is to generic, it doesn`t beat the crazy train solo (the live version, not the album version) come on listen it, no, Feel it! he owned himself, he made the guitar part of his own, in fact all the performance of the song is full of beauty, i think if even if he were missed a note, still should sound good, ha.

a big + to Eddie Van Halen and David Gilmour, the first solo on Comfortably numb, and the solo from Time, no words.

 

[grywolf627]

See Marcus...I'm not the only one that likes Lifeson.

 

[lolzgreg]

See Marcus...I'm not the only one that likes Lifeson.

And not the only one who digs my Windsor Tone

Peavey Windsor Owns! (sorry, had to say it)

 

[Metaltastic]

Haha, well I've liked what I've heard of the Windsor well enough! (though "owns" is another story ) And Greg, I'm actually not on AIM, but I am on MSN if you are! (there's a link under my post count)

 

[lolzgreg]

MSN ain't for me all my peeps is on AIM XD

 

[Felix Neumann]

Oh yeah lifeson I also really like a lot..I´m a great rush fan. Fuckin dig the grace under pressure!!!

 

[dan weapon]

Marty Friedman and Chuck Schuldiner, probably my biggest two influences. Love some of Peter Wichers stuff too.

But Dimebag, Petrucci, Romeo, Skolnick and Per Nilsson also rule.