Greatest guitar solo ever, what's your pick? Options

[celicamike]

There are some awesome solos out there, which do you think is the best?

I have to go with "crazy train"

Honorable mention goes to "freebird"

[GriffGirl]

^ I disagree about Hendrix. I think he was pretty f-ing excellent.

Guitar-wise, I'm all about Jimmy Page/Zeppelin solos; old skool Prince (the solo at the end of When Doves Cry); definitely old skool Metallica, especially off the One album; Santana; some sweet Slash action whether it be GnR or Velvet Revolver; U2 Bullet the Blue Sky (although that's not really a solo but I really think the song is so contingent on the guitar that it should count) and Where the Streets Have no Name for the same reason

[Havok1997GT]

^ I disagree about Hendrix. I think he was pretty f-ing excellent.

Guitar-wise, I'm all about Jimmy Page/Zeppelin solos; old skool Prince (the solo at the end of When Doves Cry); definitely old skool Metallica, especially off the One album; Santana; some sweet Slash action whether it be GnR or Velvet Revolver; U2 Bullet the Blue Sky (although that's not really a solo but I really think the song is so contingent on the guitar that it should count) and Where the Streets Have no Name for the same reason

thats another one that everyone gives so much credit but is really not that good. He always plays the same sounding solos. its always at the bottom of the freet bourd and a lot of the songs are in the same key. ill give him that the structure of his solos are always right on, but when your doing the same thing over and over again i would hope that you would get it right.

one thing i will give him is that he has Passion in his music. But all passion and no technical is a bad thing.
but it can also go the other way, Steve Vi. Al structure, no passion.

look at Mark Koffnur( no idea if i spelt that right) the lead singer and guitarist from Dier Straits. Passion, Technical, wicked sounds, fast moving, slow moving. Hes one of the few that i think has it all. Stevie Ray Von is another one. and whats his Face from the Eagles..........i cant for the life of me remember his name, but the lead guitarist for the Eagles has it too.