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The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Red Dawn

BTW did you know that Led Zepplin was originally the Yard Birds?
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Actually, they were the "New Yard Birds." A band thrown together by Page after failing to form a super group with Jeff Beck, Keith Moon, John Entwistle and Steve Winwood.

The name was changed to Led Zeppelin by an earlier suggestion for a super group name by Moon. It was a phrase Entwistle would use to describe a bad gig going down.
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Actually that was Entwhistle's saying AND his suggestion about the name Led Zeppelin.
Not Moon. Moon claimed it later, but Entwhistle would correct him about who really coined that name.

Too bad that lineup didn't at least get together between tours of their regular groups and record something.
 
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
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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Yes. He also played a telecaster 😉

And actually, even more influencing for him was Howlin' Wolf and Chuck Berry.
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Actually it was a Stratocaster.

Eric Clapton has had two major loves when it comes to electric guitars. Through his early years (until the break-up of Cream) he preferred the Gibson Les Paul. After Cream and following the influence of Jimi Hendrix, he made the switch to the Fender Stratocaster. The most famous Stratocaster in the Eric Clapton collection was his famous black model which he fondly named "Blackie". Eric auctioned "Blackie" to benefit his "Crossroads" charity. The famous Fender Strat fetched $450,000 making it one of rock music's most expensive memorabilia guitars ever sold.

Blackie was put together by Clapton from three different Stratocasters. These came from a lot of six he bought in at the Sho-Bud music store in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970. Three of the six he gave away as presents to George Harrison, Steve Winwood and Pete Townshend. From the remaining three, he took the best parts and assembled Blackie. He played the guitar on stage and in the studio until 1987 when it was finally retired.
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Link
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Actually, when he played in the Yardbirds he used a Vox AC-30 amp with a Fender Telecaster.
 
Whoa that list sucks terribly. Any one of the following would rank much higher on memorability, technique, and melodic quality.

Ratt - "Round and Round"
Dio - "Rainbow in the Dark"
White Lion - "Wait"
Queensryche - "Queen of the Ryche"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary of a Madman"
Tesla - "Edison's Medicine"
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Trilogy"

I could go on..
 
BTW- That Clapton "woman sound" that everyone was talking about was the result of using a 58-60 Les Paul with the tone turned all the way down, then paired with a Marshall tube amp. You can get a similar sound today using a Les Paul with Burstbucker 1 and 2 pickups installed, paired a Marshall SLP1959 (of course, you're looking at a $5000 setup there). Then it's just a matter of gain and overdrive. The exact amp he used isn't available anymore, but the 1959 is close.

Page had a similar setup, but he liked tone around mid level, and his modded his SLP1959 with a special tube that boosted the output from 100 to 200 watts (!). This gave the amp's overdrive the really chunky sound that Page is associated with.
 
Originally posted by: hellokeith
Whoa that list sucks terribly. Any one of the following would rank much higher on memorability, technique, and melodic quality.

Ratt - "Round and Round"
Dio - "Rainbow in the Dark"
White Lion - "Wait"
Queensryche - "Queen of the Ryche"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary of a Madman"
Tesla - "Edison's Medicine"
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Trilogy"

I could go on..
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Please don't.
 
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
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?
Click to expand...

Yes. He also played a telecaster 😉

And actually, even more influencing for him was Howlin' Wolf and Chuck Berry.
Click to expand...

Actually it was a Stratocaster.

Eric Clapton has had two major loves when it comes to electric guitars. Through his early years (until the break-up of Cream) he preferred the Gibson Les Paul. After Cream and following the influence of Jimi Hendrix, he made the switch to the Fender Stratocaster. The most famous Stratocaster in the Eric Clapton collection was his famous black model which he fondly named "Blackie". Eric auctioned "Blackie" to benefit his "Crossroads" charity. The famous Fender Strat fetched $450,000 making it one of rock music's most expensive memorabilia guitars ever sold.

Blackie was put together by Clapton from three different Stratocasters. These came from a lot of six he bought in at the Sho-Bud music store in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970. Three of the six he gave away as presents to George Harrison, Steve Winwood and Pete Townshend. From the remaining three, he took the best parts and assembled Blackie. He played the guitar on stage and in the studio until 1987 when it was finally retired.
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Link
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Actually, when he played in the Yardbirds he used a Vox AC-30 amp with a Fender Telecaster.
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Yeah, everyone played a Telecaster in the early 60's. Gibson was in the toilet, and the Telecaster was the only high tone offering out there.
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: hellokeith
Whoa that list sucks terribly. Any one of the following would rank much higher on memorability, technique, and melodic quality.

Ratt - "Round and Round"
Dio - "Rainbow in the Dark"
White Lion - "Wait"
Queensryche - "Queen of the Ryche"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary of a Madman"
Tesla - "Edison's Medicine"
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Trilogy"

I could go on..
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Please don't.
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:laugh:

Nice one. Seconded.
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah, everyone played a Telecaster in the early 60's. Gibson was in the toilet, and the Telecaster was the only high tone offering out there.
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Didn't he play one at a Hyde Park concert with Blind Faith? If I recall...
 
Originally posted by: hellokeith
Whoa that list sucks terribly. Any one of the following would rank much higher on memorability, technique, and melodic quality.

Ratt - "Round and Round"
Dio - "Rainbow in the Dark"
White Lion - "Wait"
Queensryche - "Queen of the Ryche"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary of a Madman"
Tesla - "Edison's Medicine"
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Trilogy"

I could go on..
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Why would you?
You've already convinced us you love dreck.

😉
 
Originally posted by: silverpig
SRV's version of Little Wing is much better than Hendrix's anyways...
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Amen. SRV was the man. Nothing against Hendrix, but Stevies version of Little Wing is awesome. And that solo in Highway Star is pretty sweet. Nothing against Page, but I don't think that Stairway to Heaven deserves #1.

Other than that it is pretty hard to argue with that list although there are many classic blues artists that could easily be on this list as well as Mark Knopfler, Zappa and many others. There are lots of great guitarists and guitar solos out there. How can you even pick a winner?
 
Originally posted by: knightc2
Originally posted by: silverpig
SRV's version of Little Wing is much better than Hendrix's anyways...
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Amen. SRV was the man. Nothing against Hendrix, but Stevies version of Little Wing is awesome. And that solo in Highway Star is pretty sweet. Nothing against Page, but I don't think that Stairway to Heaven deserves #1.

Other than that it is pretty hard to argue with that list although there are many classic blues artists that could easily be on this list as well as Mark Knopfler, Zappa and many others. There are lots of great guitarists and guitar solos out there. How can you even pick a winner?
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What they were looking for in this list is solos that are so unique that you can recognize them just from a few notes. Everyone on that list falls into that category. The solos have a melody that will stick in your head. I know I can hear 4 notes from Stairway and be able to tell what it is.

BTW- This link has YouTube videos of all the solos on that list. Some are not the greatest (bad live performances), but it'll give you an idea:

http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2007/01/100_greatest_gu.html

 
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