Guitar

[roadman]

what is the best guitar solo of all time

is it better than the supernatural by gary moore

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe slightly controversial but Eddie Van Halen's solo on Michael Jacksons Beat It is pretty amazing. Sometimes it's not the complexity but how well it fits with and lifts the song / tune.

[SparklyKid]

One of my heroes.

[SparklyKid]

Back in the day before arthritis

[SparklyKid]

It's all in the thumb.

[SparklyKid]

Back when I was better,lol.

[Bazile]

Dave Gilmour, Comfortable Numb

Can someone please put the above on .

I can't do it at the moment on this phone

[goodgoalie]

Ever heard of Leo Kottke, Sparkly?

[SparklyKid]

Yep, goodgoaile'''I had a 12 sring once, very hard to play, nice one.

[SparklyKid]

I wish, love Scott Joplin.

[scorpiojo]

Bazile

https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568

[ToraToraTora]

No list like this would be complete without Mr K:

[Radagast]

A lesser known Hendrix track:

[JimF]

"Best" is impossible to quantify, other than "the one that I prefer".

If you're looking for incredible tone and melody, Steve Hackett's solo in Genesis' Firth of Fifth is hard to beat (starts at 5:44):

[piggynose]

https://youtu.be/2oyhlad64-s
This guy takes some beating ! Imho

[kalineiskali]

David Gilmour's solo in "Comfortably Numb" always hits the spot. Also, I've listened to Eddie Van Halen's solo on Michael Jacksons Beat It, and it's a great performance.

Speaking of guitar improvement, I've been tinkering around, too. Switched to a mono jack to enhance sound quality, but I recently read on https://ironageaccessories.com/blogs/iron-age-general-blog/guitar-jacks-mono-stereo-how-to/ that stereo jacks might be the secret sauce. Any opinions on this? Trying to take my solos up a notch!