Readers Poll Results: Top 10 Eddie Van Halen Guitar Solos
You could go back and forth for years trying to choose the best Eddie Van Halen guitar solo on any individual Van Halen album.
But to try to pick his best guitar solo ever? Damn near impossible.
But that's exactly what we asked you to do in a poll on GuitarWorld.com two weeks ago.
We gave you 42 songs to choose from, covering different eras and lineups and the new album, A Different Kind Of Truth. Did you vote for the fingerwork of the young, raw Eddie? The middle-period, short-haired version? The modern-day version who's tearing up North American stages as we speak?
Regardless of your choice, there's one thing most people can agree on: He changed the face of rock guitar playing forever.
Check out the top-10 vote getters on the two pages below. As always, thanks for voting!
Be sure to check out our current poll: What Is Your Favorite Tremolo/Vibrato System for Guitar?
10. GIRL GONE BAD from 1984
09. SPANISH FLY, from Van Halen II
08. I'M THE ONE, from Van Halen
07. PANAMA, from 1984
06. MEAN STREET, from Fair Warning
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stringdoc
May 26, 2012 at 6:16pm
Bamboozle, you're cracking me up. Obviously you read this website! I agree that Eruption was a shoe-in to win, but the solo on Beat It's not a bad piece of work.
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bamboozle
March 13, 2012 at 3:58pm
Not sure I liked the question. I mean, duh - Eruption shouldn't have been a choice, as you know it's always going to be picked as number one.
Now, personal opinion, but Beat It? Please. Fluff. Who reads this damn website???? :^)














