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The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever

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I think One is the only song I've heard on that list, but that's not even a Top 20 solo song from Metallica alone. The Four Horsemen and Fade to Black, for example, beat the hell out of it.

EDIT: The real shame is the lack of Satriani, Vai, and Malmsteen. How can not even one of them be on?
 
Originally posted by: animalia
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Originally posted by: animalia
Originally posted by: Dean
Now this is a much better version of layla..Nobody touches Clapton

Here is another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdk5Cb6mWXY

Clapton can bring out tones and melodies that nobody can touch.
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that's a nice change of pace, but the focus of duane allmans "cryin bird" guitar slide work simply makes layla great at the end on the studio version.
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I'd recommend you watching the Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD...
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for what...I loved those performances of him playing I shot the sheriif and the layla you posted. I mean I love clapton. he's a huge inspiration to me. I've been playing sinvce I was 7 (11 years). I just don't think that particular perfoirmance stands up to the original.
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I'm not saying it in a bad way. You enjoyed it, so I just told you that you would probably enjoy the whole DVD itself. I'm also a HUGE Clapton fan. He's definitely my favorite musician of all time, so I hear ya 😛
 
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
I think One is the only song I've heard on that list, but that's not even a Top 20 solo song from Metallica alone. The Four Horsemen and Fade to Black, for example, beat the hell out of it.
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Please god, tell me you're joking.
 
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I really don't like Eruption's guitar solo. Good list otherwise.
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Eruption IS a solo.

That is the solo that changed the rock guitar world and influenced a generation of shredders.
It has to be on any list of best solos.

At that time, the world had never heard anything like it.
 
Originally posted by: nkgreen
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I really don't like Eruption's guitar solo. Good list otherwise.
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Agreed. I'm not too big of a VH fan. Eddie's overrated imo.

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Originally posted by: wyvrn
Stevie Ray Vaughan tops all. PERIOD.
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SRV learned from Hendrix... as did Clapton.
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Regardless, SRV > Clapton > Hendrix
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Um, no.

Neither SRV nor Clapton revolutionized rock, or guitar style. Hendrix did both... and both SRV and Clapton would have been the first to tell you so.

That is not saying SRV was not a technical genuis... but he owed a major portion of his style and inspiration to Hendrix.
 
Overall nice list but WTH? Pearl Jam's Alive is at #44 and Smells Like Teen Spirit is #26? Sure, Teen Spirit is catchy and more recognizable than the former but come on, give me a break!

I have banged my head/feet/elbows on walls and half the things in my house while air-guitaring outta control to Alive. Been doing it for a decade and will continue to do so.

Nice to see Comfortably Numb high on the list:thumbsup:
Somehow, I don't agree with 'Stairway to Heaven' for #1 but I guess it is a generation thing.
 
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Overall nice list but WTH? Pearl Jam's Alive is at #44 and Smells Like Teen Spirit is #26? Sure, Teen Spirit is catchy and more recognizable than the former but come on, give me a break!

I have banged my head/feet/elbows on walls and half the things in my house while air-guitaring outta control to Alive. Been doing it for a decade and will continue to do so.

Nice to see Comfortably Numb high on the list:thumbsup:
Somehow, I don't agree with 'Stairway to Heaven' for #1 but I guess it is a generation thing.
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I love mike mccready. pearl jam is one of my favorite bands
 
Originally posted by: Amused

Um, no.

Neither SRV nor Clapton revolutionized rock, or guitar style. Hendrix did both... and both SRV and Clapton would have been the first to tell you so.

That is not saying SRV was not a technical genuis... but he owed a major portion of his style and inspiration to Hendrix.
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Copy that. Clapton is very talented but also very derivative, and there would never have been a Stevie Ray without Hendrix. As far as I'm concerned there has never been a rock guitarist nearly as groundbreaking as him.
 
I thought this was one of those lists with Cobain in a top 10 position. What a letdown. 😛

The "Clapton is God" graffiti photo was taken while Hendrix was still an anonymous R&B backup player. Most of Clapton's style came from guys like Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, even Robert Johnson. Freddie King was a huge influence on Clapton, go listen to some of his music.

Of course Hendrix influenced everybody to some degree after he exploded on the scene, but the bulk of what made Clapton was laid down in his formative years in the late 50's/early 60's, listening to blues records. Most of the famous rock guitarists went to the woodshed during their teenage years and whatever they figured out then forms the core of their playing for their entire lives.

I'm not a Clapton superfan, but how can you say he didn't revolutionize rock, he was *the* guy who plugged a Les Paul into a Marshall and turned the knob to 10. Even if he was copping old blues licks when did it, his act had a lot to do with where rock music started heading post 1965/66 -- including <gasp> influencing Jimi Hendrix.
 
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
I thought this was one of those lists with Cobain in a top 10 position. What a letdown. 😛

The "Clapton is God" graffiti photo was taken while Hendrix was still an anonymous R&B backup player. Most of Clapton's style came from guys like Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, even Robert Johnson. Freddie King was a huge influence on Clapton, go listen to some of his music.

Of course Hendrix influenced everybody to some degree after he exploded on the scene, but the bulk of what made Clapton was laid down in his formative years in the late 50's/early 60's, listening to blues records. Most of the famous rock guitarists went to the woodshed during their teenage years and whatever they figured out then forms the core of their playing for their entire lives.

I'm not a Clapton superfan, but how can you say he didn't revolutionize rock, he was *the* guy who plugged a Les Paul into a Marshall and turned the knob to 10. Even if he was copping old blues licks when did it, his act had a lot to do with where rock music started heading post 1965/66 -- including <gasp> influencing Jimi Hendrix.
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clapton played a les paul?
 
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
I thought this was one of those lists with Cobain in a top 10 position. What a letdown. 😛

The "Clapton is God" graffiti photo was taken while Hendrix was still an anonymous R&B backup player. Most of Clapton's style came from guys like Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, even Robert Johnson. Freddie King was a huge influence on Clapton, go listen to some of his music.

Of course Hendrix influenced everybody to some degree after he exploded on the scene, but the bulk of what made Clapton was laid down in his formative years in the late 50's/early 60's, listening to blues records. Most of the famous rock guitarists went to the woodshed during their teenage years and whatever they figured out then forms the core of their playing for their entire lives.

I'm not a Clapton superfan, but how can you say he didn't revolutionize rock, he was *the* guy who plugged a Les Paul into a Marshall and turned the knob to 10. Even if he was copping old blues licks when did it, his act had a lot to do with where rock music started heading post 1965/66 -- including <gasp> influencing Jimi Hendrix.
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I would dare say Hendrix influenced both Clapton and rock FAR more than Clapton influenced either.
 
Originally posted by: animalia
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
I thought this was one of those lists with Cobain in a top 10 position. What a letdown. 😛

The "Clapton is God" graffiti photo was taken while Hendrix was still an anonymous R&B backup player. Most of Clapton's style came from guys like Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, even Robert Johnson. Freddie King was a huge influence on Clapton, go listen to some of his music.

Of course Hendrix influenced everybody to some degree after he exploded on the scene, but the bulk of what made Clapton was laid down in his formative years in the late 50's/early 60's, listening to blues records. Most of the famous rock guitarists went to the woodshed during their teenage years and whatever they figured out then forms the core of their playing for their entire lives.

I'm not a Clapton superfan, but how can you say he didn't revolutionize rock, he was *the* guy who plugged a Les Paul into a Marshall and turned the knob to 10. Even if he was copping old blues licks when did it, his act had a lot to do with where rock music started heading post 1965/66 -- including <gasp> influencing Jimi Hendrix.
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clapton played a les paul?
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lol...

Yes, he created 'woman tone' aka Les Paul into Marshall.

A bit of history, a negative review in Rolling Stone magazine called the 'woman tone' easy to acheive because the LP was more forgiving with all that gain and Clapton took this as a personal insult and switched to Fenders, noticeably more hard to play and unforgiving when it comes to mistakes or misfrets. It's been said the telecaster is reserved only for the best guitar players..

Anyway, people are still looking for that woman tone, I know I've got my own rig for coping plexi/les paul tones in addition to a sep rig for metal, Clapton brought that tone into popularity and subsequently abandoned it because he was too self concious.

Furthermore, that's why there was such distaste at calling the Cream reunion such as it was instead of what it actually was, a Cream cover band. You can't use a strat into a bassman to cover Cream, just isn't right.. bring back the woman tone clapton!
 
And for the record, Hendrix was for more innovative than Clapton or SRV.. his sense of microtonality is unparalleled. SRV took the Hendrix style and added a bit more spank to it because he had access to way better gear than Hendrix did in his day (vibroking, of course the dumble overdrive specials, and of course the midrange snarl of the ibanez ts808 tubescreamer).

Clapton, while a good guitar player, just never did it for me.. he's responsible for some awesome songs and riffs but I'd reach for a Hendrix album 9 times out of 10 over a Clapton one... or Cream for that matter.

There have been very few guitarists that have changed guitar as much as Hendrix did.. EVH being the last noteable person to completely revolutionize the instrument.
 
This list is not about who revolutionized the guitar. It is about the best solos of all time. In the end it's all about what moves you personally. Clapton, SRV, and Hendrix were/are so ahead of the guitarists of their time.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
I would dare say Hendrix influenced both Clapton and rock FAR more than Clapton influenced either.
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The general tone of the thread is that Hendrix influenced Clapton all the way, which clearly is a joke chronologically, as is suggesting that Eric Clapton didn't revolutionize rock.
 
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Originally posted by: Amused
I would dare say Hendrix influenced both Clapton and rock FAR more than Clapton influenced either.
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The general tone of the thread is that Hendrix influenced Clapton all the way, which clearly is a joke chronologically, as is suggesting that Eric Clapton didn't revolutionize rock.
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I would say, in the shadow of Hendrix, Clapton's influence on rock was more evolutionary than revolutionary.
 
Originally posted by: Platypus
And for the record, Hendrix was for more innovative than Clapton or SRV.. his sense of microtonality is unparalleled. SRV took the Hendrix style and added a bit more spank to it because he had access to way better gear than Hendrix did in his day (vibroking, of course the dumble overdrive specials, and of course the midrange snarl of the ibanez ts808 tubescreamer).

Clapton, while a good guitar player, just never did it for me.. he's responsible for some awesome songs and riffs but I'd reach for a Hendrix album 9 times out of 10 over a Clapton one... or Cream for that matter.

There have been very few guitarists that have changed guitar as much as Hendrix did.. EVH being the last noteable person to completely revolutionize the instrument.
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Clapton doesn't do it for me so much either. Based on the posthumous material, I think Hendrix was heading into another dimension and had just scratched the surface on what he was going to do, losing him was a real tragedy.

Anytime EVH gets mentioned online now, it's inevitable that he's going to get crapped on. What a monster player in all respects. I guess ripping on him is the thing to do these days.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Originally posted by: Amused
I would dare say Hendrix influenced both Clapton and rock FAR more than Clapton influenced either.
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The general tone of the thread is that Hendrix influenced Clapton all the way, which clearly is a joke chronologically, as is suggesting that Eric Clapton didn't revolutionize rock.
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I would say, in the shadow of Hendrix, Clapton's influence on rock was more evolutionary than revolutionary.
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lol, the first 80+ replies are still here and what I responded to in general, I'll let you split hairs all you want. I don't play that game IRL, let alone with strangers on the internet.
 
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Originally posted by: Amused
I would dare say Hendrix influenced both Clapton and rock FAR more than Clapton influenced either.
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The general tone of the thread is that Hendrix influenced Clapton all the way, which clearly is a joke chronologically, as is suggesting that Eric Clapton didn't revolutionize rock.
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I would say, in the shadow of Hendrix, Clapton's influence on rock was more evolutionary than revolutionary.
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lol, the first 80+ replies are still here and what I responded to in general, I'll let you split hairs all you want. I don't play that game IRL, let alone with strangers on the internet.
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Um, OK. 😕
 
Agreed on all counts SludgeFactory, Hendrix took it to a level no one ever had before and so did EVH, despite what people think about Van Halen and how crazy Eddie is, his tone, his style, they were original and innovative and completely changed the way guitar was looked at from then on.

It's weird.. even though Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck did similar things that Clapton did as far as reviving old blues hits (hell seeing all three of them in the same sentence reminds me of the yardbirds 😛 ), they both added something unique to the mix and Clapton just doesn't leave me with a sense of 'Oh, that's a clapton solo.' That probably doesn't make sense but for the former two mentioned, I can tell a mile away when I hear their styles.
 
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