100 Greatest Guitar Solos

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 37 — Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Slash)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 33 "The Thrill is Gone" (B.B. King)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 50 "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley)

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“I basically did the same solo every night on that tour, with minor alterations, so I had it kind of planned out when I did it the night we recorded it for Alive II album,” says Ace Frehley.

100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 15 "Highway Star" (Ritchie Blackmore)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 19 "Floods" (Dimebag Darrell)

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“That particular solo was thought-out in a more orchestrated fashion than some of the others I play where I just start ripping right off the bat,” says Dimebag Darrell.

Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time Readers Poll: Round 1 — "Machine Gun" (Jimi Hendrix) Vs. "The Thrill Is Gone" (B.B. King)

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Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time Readers Poll: Round 1 — "Surfing with the Alien" (Joe Satriani) Vs. "Cemetery Gates" (Dimebag Darrell)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 50-1

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 100-51

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 47 "Jessica" (Dickey Betts)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 44 "Alive" (Mike McCready)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 38 "Whole Lotta Love" (Jimmy Page)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 36 "Black Star" (Yngwie Malmsteen)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 35 "Cemetery Gates" (Dimebag Darrell)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 32 "Machine Gun" (Jimi Hendrix)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 30 "Surfing with the Alien" (Joe Satriani)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 29 "For the Love of God" (Steve Vai)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 27 "Pride and Joy" (Stevie Ray Vaughan)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 21 "Time" (David Gilmour)

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 18 "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix)

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