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Ok, so i'm getting a bit bored with where i'm at and have new-year-resolved to learn some solos to stretch me a bit.

Give me your top 10 rock solos!

It's hard to say what will stretch you out. What's a stretch for me may be a piece of cake for you. It's not a solo exactly I guess, but the opening lick for Sweet Child O'Mine by GNR took me a couple weeks to get and even then the first time live was a mess.

Comfortably Numb.

+9

(Sorry, lazy answer!)


Andy.

I Wanna Be Sedated is pretty tough.

Well i'm a fairly poor player, so just pick your 10 favourite solos and i'll pick the ones I fancy!

That was a joke. It's literally one note.

baytamusic wrote:I Wanna Be Sedated is pretty tough.

I have a hard time getting sarcasm on the internet, so maybe you're joking, but playing the Ramones "correctly" is harder than it seems. It's more than bashing out 3 chords with all down strokes. Not sure what it is, but I heard more bands get AC/DC right than the Ramones.

AC DC Ride on, perfect solo, nice mix of major/minor, fits the song perfectly, top class timing. It's all there and it ain't over the top.

Eddie Famine wrote:

baytamusic wrote:I Wanna Be Sedated is pretty tough.

I have a hard time getting sarcasm on the internet, so maybe you're joking, but playing the Ramones "correctly" is harder than it seems. It's more than bashing out 3 chords with all down strokes. Not sure what it is, but I heard more bands get AC/DC right than the Ramones.

I am 100% joking. Lighten up! I'm a huge Ramones fan. It's just funny because the solo in I Wanna Be Sedated is literally one note, I believe it may even be the open high E.

baytamusic wrote:

Eddie Famine wrote:

baytamusic wrote:I Wanna Be Sedated is pretty tough.

I have a hard time getting sarcasm on the internet, so maybe you're joking, but playing the Ramones "correctly" is harder than it seems. It's more than bashing out 3 chords with all down strokes. Not sure what it is, but I heard more bands get AC/DC right than the Ramones.

I am 100% joking. Lighten up! I'm a huge Ramones fan. It's just funny because the solo in I Wanna Be Sedated is literally one note, I believe it may even be the open high E.

No, I thought you were joking, it's hard to tell on the interweb sometimes. I was just saying the Ramones are harder to pull off properly than some other 3 chord bands.

Doctor Doctor by UFO..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EifWIVBvqTA

It was the very first solo I ever set out to learn. The intro solo is reasonably simple too.
There's plenty of other versions with video on YouTube but that version in the link is the definitive one for me.

The original studio version was quite different because is was dubbed twice as a harmony part lead.

This is hard because my tastes are all over the map:

Reef: Back In My Place is one of the coolest solos ever.

Jimmy Eat World: The Middle - really cool solo. Remember the Drop D.

New York Dolls: Gotta Get Away From Tommy - some similarity to my first two choices actually...

Mountain: Theme For An Imaginary Western - one of the most tuneful and melodic solos ever....

Johnny A.: Jimi Jam - one series of crazy guitar playing

Neil Young: Cinnamon Girl. basically one note but fun.

Aerosmith: Somebody - wicked cool solo...

ZZ Top: La Grange

Based on style moreso than technical skill, I'd submit the following off the top of my brain:

Allman Brothers - Blue Sky
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
Rush - Working Man
Black Sabbath - Lonely Is The Word
Thin Lizzy - Still In Love With You

1. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
2. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
3. Young Lust - Pink Floyd
4. Man In The Box - Alice In Chains
5. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
6. Cathartik - The Tea Party
7. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin

I ran out of ideas here, however I reckon these would be a good start

handyandy wrote:AC DC Ride on, perfect solo, nice mix of major/minor, fits the song perfectly, top class timing. It's all there and it ain't over the top.

+1, and I'd also add from AC/DC; Live Wire, TNT & Whole Lotta Rosie.

Also, not necessarily my top ten but off the top of my head and fairly and squarely in the classic rock/classic solo camp:

Stairway to Heaven - LZ
Sweet Child 'o Mine - G'n'Rs
My Sharona - The Knack

And for something different,

Kid - The Pretenders (relatively simple, but oh so tastefully played Mr Honeyman-Scott)

Ade