The following are the top guitar solos of all time,
as voted by Guitar World magazine readers.
- song: Stairway to Heaven
guitarist: Jimmy Page
band: Led Zeppelin
album: Led Zeppelin IV - song: Eruption
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
band: Van Halen
album: Van Halen - song: Freebird
guitarist: Collins/Rossington
band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
album: Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd - song: Comfortably Numb
guitarist: David Gilmour
band: Pink Floyd
album: The Wall - song: All Along the Watchtower
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
band: Jimi Hendrix Experience
album: Electric Ladyland - song: November Rain
guitarist: Slash
band: Guns n’ Roses
album: Use Your Illusion I - song: One
guitarist: Kirk Hammet
band: Metallica
album: And Justice for All - song: Hotel California
guitarist: Don Felder/Joe Walsh
band: The Eagles
album: Hotel California - song: Crazy Train
guitarist: Randy Rhoads
band: Ozzy Ozbourne
album: Blizzard of Ozz - song: Crossroads
guitarist: Eric Clapton
band: Cream
album: Wheels of Fire - song: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
band: Jimi Hendrix
album: Electric Ladyland - song: Johnny B. Goode
guitarist: Chuck Berry
band: Chuck Berry
album: Chuck Berry Is On Top - song: Texas Flood
guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
album: Texas Flood - song: Layla
guitarist: Clapton/Allman
band: Derek and the Dominoes
album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - song: Floods
guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
band: Pantera
album: The Great Southern Trendkill - song: Heartbreaker
guitarist: Jimmy Page
band: Led Zeppelin
album: Led Zeppelin II - song: Cliffs of Dover
guitarist: Eric Johnson
band: Eric Johnson
album: Ah Via Musicom - song: Little Wing
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
band: Jimi Hendrix Experience
album: Axis: Bold as Love - song: Highway Star
guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore
band: Deep Purple
album: Machine Head - song: Bohemian Rhapsody
guitarist: Brian May
band: Queen
album: A Night at the Opera - song: Time
guitarist: David Gilmour
band: Pink Floyd
album: Dark Side of the Moon - song: Sultans of Swing
guitarist: Mark Knopfler
band: Dire Straits
album: Dire Straits - song: Bulls on Parade
guitarist: Tom Morello
band: Rage Against the Machine
album: Evil Empire - song: Fade to Black
guitarist: Kirk Hammet
band: Metallica
album: Ride the Lightning - song: Aqualung
guitarist: Martin Barre
band: Jethro Tull
album: Aqualung - song: Smells Like Teen Spirit
guitarist: Kurt Cobain
band: Nirvana
album: Nevermind - song: Pride and Joy
guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
album: Texas Flood - song: Mr. Crowley
guitarist: Randy Rhoads
band: Ozzy Ozbourne
album: Blizzard of Oz - song: For the Love of God
guitarist: Steve Vai
band: Steve Vai
album: Passion and Warfare - song: Surfing With the Alien
guitarist: Joe Satriani
band: Joe Satriani
album: Surfing With the Alien - song: Stranglehold
guitarist: Ted Nugent
band: Ted Nugent
album: Ted Nugent - song: Machine Gun
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
band: Jimi Hendrix
album: Band of Gypsies - song: The Thrill is Gone
guitarist: B.B. King
band: B.B. King
album: Completely Well - song: Paranoid Android
guitarist: Jonny Greenwood
band: Radiohead
album: OK Computer - song: Cemetery Gates
guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
band: Pantera
album: Cowboys From Hell - song: Black Star
guitarist: Yngwie Malmsteen
band: Yngwie Malmsteen
album: Rising Force - song: Sweet Child O’ Mine
guitarist: Slash
band: Guns n’ Roses
album: Appetite for Destruction - song: Whole Lotta Love
guitarist: Jimmy Page
band: Led Zeppelin
album: Led Zeppelin II - song: Cortez the Killer
guitarist: Neil Young
band: Neil Young
album: Zuma - song: Reelin’ In the Years
guitarist: Elliot Randall
band: Steely Dan
album: Can’t Buy a Thrill - song: Brighton Rock
guitarist: Brian May
band:Queen
album: Sheer Heart Attack - song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
guitarist: Eric Clapton
band: The Beatles
album: The White Album - song: Sharp Dressed Man
guitarist: Billy Gibbons
band: ZZ Top
album: Eliminator - song: Alive
guitarist: Mike McCready
band: Pearl Jam
album: Ten - song: Light My Fire
guitarist: Robby Krieger
band: The Doors
album: Doors - song: Hot For Teacher
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
band: Van Halen
album: 1984 - song: Jessica
guitarist: Dickey Betts
band: The Allman Brothers
album: Brothers and Sisters - song: Sympathy for the Devil
guitarist: Keith Richards
band: The Rolling Stones
album: Beggar’s Banquet - song: Europa
guitarist: Carlos Santana
band: Santana
album: Amigos - song: Shock Me
guitarist: Ace Frehley
band: Kiss
album: Love Gun - song: Master of Puppets
guitarist: Kirk Hammet
band: Metallica
album: Master of Puppets - song: Star Spangled Banner
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
band: Jimi Hendrix
album: Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock - song: Since I’ve Been Loving You
guitarist: Jimmy Page
band: Led Zeppelin
album: Led Zeppelin III - song: Geek USA
guitarist: Billy Corgan
band: Smashing Pumpkins
album: Siamese Dream - song: Satch Boogie
guitarist: Joe Satriani
band: Joe Satriani
album: Surfing With the Alien - song: War Pigs
guitarist: Tony Iommi
band: Black Sabbath
album: Paranoid - song: Walk
guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
band: Pantera
album: Vulgar Display of Power - song: Cocaine
guitarist: Eric Clapton
band: Eric Clapton
album: Slowhand - song: You Really Got Me
guitarist: Dave Davies
band: The Kinks
album: Kinks - song: Zoot Allures
guitarist: Frank Zappa
band: Frank Zappa
album: Zoot Allures - song: No More Tears
guitarist: Zakk Wylde
band: Ozzy Osbourne
album: No More Tears - song: Money
guitarist: David Gilmour
band: Pink Floyd
album: Dark Side of the Moon - song: Black Hole Sun
guitarist: Kim Thayil
band: Soundgarden
album: Superunknown - song: Little Red Corvette
guitarist: Prince
band: Prince
album: 1999 - song: In Bloom
guitarist: Kurt Cobain
band: Nirvana
album: Nevermind - song: Blue Sky
guitarist: Allman/Betts
band: The Allman Brothers
album: Eat a Peach - song: Beat It
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
band: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller - song: Starship Trooper
guitarist: Steve Howe
band: Yes
album: The Yes Album - song: And Your Bird Can Sing
guitarist: George Harrison
band: The Beatles
album: Revolver - song: Purple Haze
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
album: Are You Experienced? - song: Maggot Brain
guitarist: Eddie Hazel
band: Funkadelic
album: Maggot Brain - song: Walk This Way
guitarist: Joe Perry
band: Aeorosmith
album: Toys in the Attic - song: Stash
guitarist: Trey Anastasio
band: Phish
album: A Picture of Nectar - song: Lazy
guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore
band: Deep Purple
album: Machine Head - song: Won’t Get Fooled Again
guitarist: Pete Townsend
band: The Who
album: Who’s Next - song: Cinnamon Girl
guitarist: Neil Young
band: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
album: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - song: Man in the Box
guitarist: Jerry Cantrell
band: Alice in Chains
album: Face Lift - song: Truckin’
guitarist: Jerry Garcia
band: The Grateful Dead
album: American Beauty - song: Mean Street
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
band: Van Halen
album: Fair Warning - song: You Shook Me All Night Long
guitarist: Angus Young
band: AC/DC
album: Back in Black - song: Sweet Jane
guitarist: Hunter/Wagner
band: The Velvet Underground
album: Loaded - song: 21st Century Schizoid Man
guitarist: Robert Fripp
band: King Crimson
album: In the Court of the Crimson King - song: Scuttle Buttin’
guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
album: Couldn’t Stand the Weather - song: Santeria
guitarist: Brad Nowell
band: Sublime
album: Sublime - song: Moonage Daydream
guitarist: Mick Ronson
band: David Bowie
album: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - song: Whipping Post
guitarist: Allman/Betts
band: The Allman Brothers
album: The Allman Brothers Band - song: Cult of Personality
guitarist: Vernon Reid
band: Living Color
album: Vivid - song: Kid Charlemagne
guitarist: Larry Carlton
band: Steely Dan
album: The Royal Scam - song: Killing in the Name
guitarist: Tom Morello
band: Rage Against the Machine
album: Rage Against the Machine - song: Let it Rain
guitarist: Eric Clapton
band: Eric Clapton
album: Eric Clapton - song: Heard It Thu Grapevine
guitarist: John Fogerty
band: CCR
album: Cosmo’s Factory - song: Stray Cat Strut
guitarist: Brian Setzer
band: Stray Cats
album: Built for Speed - song: The End
guitarist: Robbie Krieger
band: The Doors
album: The Doors - song: Working Man
guitarist: Alex Lifeson
band: Rush
album: Rush - song: Yellow Ledbetter
guitarist: Mike McCready
band: Pearl Jam
album: Jeremy - song: Honky Tonk Women
guitarist: Keith Richards
band: The Rolling Stones
album: Let it Bleed - song: Cherub Rock
guitarist: Billy Corgan
band: Smashing Pumpkins
album: Siamese Dream - song: Under a Glass Moon
guitarist: John Petrucci
band: Dream Theater
album: Images & Words - song: Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers
guitarist: Jeff Beck
band: Jeff Beck
album: Blow by Blow - song: Three Days
guitarist: Dave Navarro
band: Jane’s Addiction
album: Ritual de lo Habitual