У каждого гитариста своё мнение относительно величайшего гитарного соло, когда-либо записанного. В то время, как многие соло общепризнаны, другим не достается такого признания. Недавно журнал Guitar World провели опрос своих читателей, чтобы выяснить какое же гитарное соло они считают лучшим.
Итак, ТОП-100 величайших гитарных соло:
1. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page
2. Eruption - Edward Van Halen (Option 2)
3. Freebird - Collins/Rossington
4. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Option 2)
5. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
6. November Rain - Slash
7. One - Kirk Hammet
8. Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh
9. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Option 2)
10. Crossroads - Eric Clapton
11. Voodo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
12. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
13. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
14. Layla - Clapton/Allman
15. Floods - Dimebag Darrell
16. Heartbreaker - Jimmy Page
17. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson
18. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
19. Highway Star - Ritchie Blackmore
20. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May
21. Time - David Gilmour
22. Sultans of Swing -Mark Knopfler
23. Bulls on Parade - Tom Morello
24. Fade to Black -Kirk Hammet
25. Aqualung - Martin Barre
26. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Kurt Cobain
27. Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
28. Mr. Crowley - Randy Rhoads
29. For the Love of God - Steve Vai
30. Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani
31. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
32. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
33. The Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
34. Paranoid Android - Jonny Greenwood
35.Cemetery Gates - Dimebag Darrel
36. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen
37. Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash
38. Whole Lotta Love - Jimmy Page
39. Cortez the Killer - Neil Young
40. Reelin' In the Years - Elliot Randall
41.Brighton Rock - Brian May
42. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Eric Clapton
43. Sharp Dressed Man - Billy Gibbons
44. Alive - Mike McCready
45. Light My Fire - Robby Krieger
46. Hot For Teacher - Eddie Van Halen
47. Jessica - Dickey Betts
48. Sympathy for the Devil - Keith Richards
49. Europa - Carlos Santana
50. Shock Me - Ace Frehley
51. Master of Puppets - Kirk Hammet
52. Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
53. Since I've Been Loving You - Jimmy Page
54. Geek USA- Billy Corgan
55. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
56. War Pigs - Tony Iommi
57. Walk - Dimebag Darrel
58. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
59. You Really Got Me - Dave Davies
60. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
61. No More Tears - Zakk Wylde
62. Money - David Gilmour
63. Black Hole Sun - Kim Thayil
64. Little Red Corvette - Prince
65. In Bloom - Kurt Cobain
66. Blue Sky - Allman/Betts
67. Beat It - Eddie Van Halen
68. Starship Trooper - Steve Howe
69. And Your Bird Can Sing - George Harrison
70. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
71. Maggot Brain - Eddie Hazel
72. Walk This Way - Joe Perry
73. Stash - Trey Anastasio
74. Lazy - Ritchie Blackmore
75. Won't Get Fooled Again - Pete Townsend
76. Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
77. Man in the Box - Jerry Cantrell
78. Truckin' - Jerry Garcia
79. Mean Street- Eddie Van Halen
80. You Shook Me All Night Long - Angus Young
81. Sweet Jane - Hunter/Wagner
82. 21st Century Schizoid Man - Robert Fripp
83. Scuttle Buttin' - Stevie Ray Vaughan
84. Santeria - Brad Nowell
85. Moonage Daydream - Mick Ronson
86. Whipping Post - Allman/Betts
87. Cult of Personality - Vernon Reid
88. Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton
89. Killing in the Name - Tom Morello
90. Let it Rain - Eric Clapton
91. Heard It Thu Grapevine - John Fogerty
92. Stray Cat Strut - Brian Setzer
93. The End - Robbie Krieger
94. Working Man - Alex Lifeson
95. Yellow Ledbetter - Mike McCready
96. Honky Tonk Women - Keith Richards
97. Cherub Rock - Billy Corgan
98. Under a Glass Moon - John Petrucci
99. Cause We've Ended as Lovers - Jeff Beck
100. Three Days - Dave Navarro