Top 30 Greatest Guitar Solos Of All Time

These guitar solos are certified face-melters. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most memorable lightning-lead guitar performances of all time! Our countdown of the top guitar solos of all time includes Ace Frehley from KISS’ “Love Gun”, Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption”, Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing”, Brian May from Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Slash from Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, and more! Which guitar solo gives YOU the chills! Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

Which guitar solo gives YOU the chills! Let us know in the comments!

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[kenterminateddq]

RIP Eddie Van Halen. Your performance on "Eruption" and guitar solo on "Hot For Teacher" is legendary.

[acc]

With all respect, this list is a crime

[besabass]

No guitar solo can make a grown up man cry as Comfortably Numb. Top 5 sports for just that one song.

[Slayde.Wilson]

Favorite guitar solo is "Ocean" by Led Zeppelin and "Crazy on You" by heart.

[dtay]

Prince was a VERY underrate guitarist. One of the greatest.

[CandiceVidito]

The tune from Michael Jackson's Beat It song was catchy af!

[scottlemiere]

Best part is that the riff for Sweet Child was nothing more than Slash's warm-up.

[tonylouis]

Eruption all the way down at 21 is definitely one of the takes of all time

[verrucaavocado]

Here are some more great solos:
Highway star - Deep Purple
Back in black - ACDC
Reelin in the years - Steely Dan
Since I’ve been loving you - Led Zeppelin
Achilles last stand - led Zeppelin
Let’s go crazy - Prince
Still in love with you (live) - Thin Lizzy
Still got the blues - Gary Moore
More than a feeling - Boston
Time and Money - Pink Floyd

[Imnotbotheredgary]

So… basically this is the 30 greatest solos ever, compiled by someone who knows next to nothing about guitar playing and just went with the popular hits?

Ok, great, thanks for that.

[kassiuskanalha]

My top 50 (Today):

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears [Zakk Wylde]
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls [Marty Friedman]
Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death [Glenn Tipton/K. K. Downing]
Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain [Randy Rhoads]
Savatage - Edge of Thorns [Criss Oliva]

Pantera - Floods [Dimebag Darrell]
Black Sabbath - Lonely is the Word [Tony Iommi]
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years [Adrian Smith]
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover [Eric Johnson]
Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon [John Petrucci]

Testament - Return to Serenity [Alex Scolnick]
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker [Jimmy Page]
Metallica - Fade to Black [Kirk Hammett]
Guns N' Roses - Locomotive [Slash]
AC/DC - Ride On [Angus Young]

Overkill - Hello From The Gutter [Bobby Gustafson]
Dio - The Last In Line [Vivian Campbell]
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss [Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman]
Exodus - Good Day To Die [Gary Holt]
Dokken - In My Dreams [George Lynch]

Joe Satriani - Summer Song [Joe Satriani]
Alice In Chains - Them Bones [Jerry Cantrell]
Kiss - Parasite [Ace Frehley]
Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime [Chris DeGarmo]
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road [Mark Knopfler]

Van Halen - Hot for Teacher [Eddie Van Halen]
Motörhead - Shine [Brian Robertson]
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon [Jake E. Lee]
Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow - [Ritchie Blackmore]
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) [David Gilmour]

Iron Maiden - Powerslave [Dave Murray]
Annihilator - Alison Hell [Jeff Waters]
Metal Church - Watch the Children Pray [Kurdt Vanderhoof]
Morbid Angel - Where the Slime Live [Trey Azagthoth]
Scorpions - The Sails of Charon [Uli Jon Roth]

Iced Earth - Slave to the Dark [Jon Schaffer]
Accept - Princess of the Dawn [Wolf Hoffmann]
Lamb of God - Walk with Me In Hell [Mark Morton]
Sepultura - Territory [Andreas Kisser]
King Diamond - Black Horsemen [Andy LaRocque]

Disturbed - Stricken [Dan Donegan]
Pearl Jam - Alive [Mike McCready]
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now [Brian May]
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion [Joe Perry]
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man [Billy Gibbons]

Mercyful Fate - Evil [Hank Shermann]
Testament - Trail of Tears [James Murphy]
Def Leppard - Die Hard The Hunter [Steve Clark]
Venom - Buried Alive [Mantas]
Bon Jovi - Dry County [Richie Sambora]

[Musicfan.]

Ride the lightning and Floods- Pantera

[Kickinthescience]

Prince was more versatile than everyone on this list

[rosario]

A solo that I think is highly underrated is Trevor Rabin in Owner of a Lonely Heart

[OttoByOgraffey]

Prince, Eric, Eddie, Alex, Mark, yep!

[madtheghost]

So many to name, here's a few unsung heros imho:
Smashing Pumpkins: Soma
A7X: Hail to the King
Megadeth: Tornado of Souls
No Doubt: Don't Speak
Sublime: Santeria
311: Beautiful Disaster
Bon Jovi: Wanted Dead or Alive
Skid Row: I Remember You
Heart: Dreamboat Annie
Iron Maiden: Aces High
MCR: I'm Not Okay
Pantera: Cemetery Gates

[Another_Broke_Musician]

I'm not an Eddie fanboy. But Eruption at #21? Popularity? Maybe. Influence? Gotta be top 3. And sorry to be a hater, but nothing Jack White played is better than anything Eddie did. That one dropped my jaw. But to be fair, Jack is a great songwrifer. Also, where are the shredders?

[tylergoodman]

Bohemian Rhapsody has the best guitar solo; Purple rain is a close second 🎉

[mark]

I was suprised 25 or 6 to 4 didn't make the list with Terry Kath.