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Nov 17, 2009 1:22 PM
I love the little mini solo's in Sultans of Swing.
Nov 17, 2009 1:22pm
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Strapping Young Lad

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Nov 17, 2009 2:13 PM
justincredible wrote: I love the little mini solo's in Sultans of Swing.

Agreed. That's a great song!!!!
Nov 17, 2009 2:13pm
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Nov 17, 2009 2:22 PM
justincredible wrote: I love the little mini solo's in Sultans of Swing.
indeed that is great
Nov 17, 2009 2:22pm
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and he comes in the night

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Nov 17, 2009 2:23 PM
i also like the guitar solo in the hendrix version of all along the watchtower
Nov 17, 2009 2:23pm
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Nov 25, 2009 4:55 PM
Phil Keaggy
Nov 25, 2009 4:55pm
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BCSbunk

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Nov 25, 2009 5:09 PM
So many I really like this one by someone not that famous but it is a marvelous rendition of a great song.

If you have never seen this and like guitar you really need to watch this.

Nov 25, 2009 5:09pm
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ZeroCool

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Nov 25, 2009 5:16 PM
justincredible wrote: I love the little mini solo's in Sultans of Swing.

great song and good call.
Nov 25, 2009 5:16pm
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GoChiefs

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Nov 25, 2009 5:21 PM
Kirk Hammett from Metallica - One & Fade To Black
Nov 25, 2009 5:21pm
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David St. Hubbins

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Nov 25, 2009 6:06 PM
Siege Engine by Buckethead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsjYqm-2PDk

Also all his Aunt Suzie songs - Soothsayer, Sail on Soothsayer and Aunt Suzie are awesome

I love Metallica, definitely my favorite metal band, but I would say Kirk is somewhat overrated as far as guitarists go. If you play guitar, he does a lot of bs stuff in his solos, and there's not a whole lot left if you took away his whammy bar and wah pedal. James is hands down a better guitarist, he plays a lot of their better solos, and writes some of Kirks. They're both awesome though.
Nov 25, 2009 6:06pm
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Upper90

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Nov 25, 2009 6:12 PM
Glad to see at least one person mention Eddie Hazel.

Great, great player, who just got too messed up to really do much with his ability.

But, his solo album is an underrated gem. I found it on vinyl for cheaper than what it usually is, and didn't think twice about throwing the money down for it.
Nov 25, 2009 6:12pm
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ChiBears34

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Nov 25, 2009 8:28 PM
anything by Stevie Ray Vaughn
Nov 25, 2009 8:28pm
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mtrulz

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Nov 25, 2009 8:39 PM
Eruption-Eddie Van Halen
Fade to Black-Kirk Hammett
Nov 25, 2009 8:39pm
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Nov 25, 2009 8:40 PM
Greatest guitar solo of ALL TIME....Hands down is at the end of Hotel California.

Which is also my ring tone.
Nov 25, 2009 8:40pm
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Nov 25, 2009 9:20 PM
1. Randy Rhoads at the end of "mr. crowley"
2. Slash at the end of "nighttrain"
3. Marty Friedman and Dave Mustaine in "hangar 18"
4. Joe Satriani-"flying in a blue dream"
5. Stevie Ray Vaughn-"to the last drop"
Nov 25, 2009 9:20pm
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Nov 25, 2009 9:35 PM
1_beast wrote: maggot brain- radio staion i used to listen to played this every night or every friday night at midnight
Free Bird-play it ay my funeral
Stairway
Comfortably Numb

all excellant
WNCX in Cleve plays it every Saturday at midnight-- they edit the line "or drown in my own shit" to "or drown in the FCC regulations." Pretty funny, but wrecks a good song
Nov 25, 2009 9:35pm
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believer

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Nov 25, 2009 9:47 PM
Jimmy Page The Rover
Nov 25, 2009 9:47pm
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Nov 25, 2009 10:16 PM
ccrunner609 wrote: How about the most underrated guitarist of all time.....Vernon Reid


Vernon Reid from Living Colour is very underrated! One of the best out there!
Nov 25, 2009 10:16pm
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Nov 25, 2009 10:19 PM
namod65 wrote: Just about any song that Buckethead or Satriani do could be on the greatest solo list. They're almost all instrumentals so they're pretty much solos the whole song. IMO they are the two best guitarists out there.
Especially Satriani! Supposedly when he was a bout 14 and he heard Hendrix died, it was then that he decided to become a guitarist. He also used to teach the guitar and his two most famous students were,
Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett, so the guy definetly knows what he is doing!
Nov 25, 2009 10:19pm
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Blitzkrieg

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Nov 25, 2009 10:55 PM
Another one I loved - Hotel California - Eagles.
Have to also give props to Chuck Berry for Johnny B Goode
Nov 25, 2009 10:55pm
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iref iump

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Nov 26, 2009 9:50 PM
Ted Nugent Stranglehold, then segueing right into Stormtroopin' is some of the best.
Nov 26, 2009 9:50pm
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Falcon 1

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Nov 27, 2009 1:33 AM
How about the funkadelics with maggot brain
Nov 27, 2009 1:33am
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justcompete

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Nov 27, 2009 8:57 AM
Randy Rhoades......Crazy Train
Nov 27, 2009 8:57am
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LocoEngineer66

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Nov 29, 2009 12:29 AM
Jamesdster wrote: Frampton....at the end of Do You Fell Like We Do
I agree with this one.
Nov 29, 2009 12:29am
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tiger1990

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Nov 29, 2009 10:23 AM
very underrated Van Halen tune, and some of EVH's best work - "Humans Being"

Nov 29, 2009 10:23am
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mtrulz

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Nov 29, 2009 10:25 AM
bcubed wrote:Especially Satriani! Supposedly when he was a bout 14 and he heard Hendrix died, it was then that he decided to become a guitarist. He also used to teach the guitar and his two most famous students were,
Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett, so the guy definetly knows what he is doing!
If you can teach Kirk Hammett, then you must be a hell of a guitarist.
Nov 29, 2009 10:25am