Todo el mundo ama un solo de guitarra, ya sea un riff, una exhibición de dominio técnico o un pasaje instrumental que resuma la vida. Los mejores solos de guitarra a menudo completan una canción y, la mayoría de las veces, trascienden la canción por completo.

El problema es que hay muchos para elegir…

A continuación tienes una lista de los 100 mejores solos de guitarra, interpretados por los mejores guitarristas del planeta.

  1. Jimmy Page – Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
  2. Eddi Van Halen – Eruption (Van Halen)
  3. Allen Collins/Gary Rossington – Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  4. David Gilmour – Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
  5. Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
  6. Slash – November Rain (Guns N’ Roses)
  7. Kirk Hammett – One (Metallica)
  8. Don Felder / Joe Walsh – Hotel California (The Eagles)
  9. Randy Rhoads – Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)
  10. Eric Clapton – Crossroads (Cream)
  11. Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
  12. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
  13. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
  14. Eric Clapton / Duane Allman – Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
  15. Ritchie Blackmore – Highway Star (Deep Purple)
  16. Jimmy Page – Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin)
  17. Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover (Eric Johnson)
  18. Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
  19. Dimebag Darrell – Floods (Pantera)
  20. Brian May – Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
  21. David Gilmour – Time (Pink Floyd)
  22. Mark Knopfler – Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
  23. Tom Morello – Bulls on Parade (Rage Against the Machine)
  24. Kirk Hammett – Fade to Black (Metallica)
  25. Martin Barre – Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
  26. Kurt Cobain – Smells Like (Teen Spirit Nirvana)
  27. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pride & Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
  28. Randy Rhoads – Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)
  29. Steve Vai – For the Love of God (Steve Vai)
  30. Joe Satriani – Surfing with the Alien (Joe Satriani)
  31. Ted Nugent – Stranglehold (Ted Nugent)
  32. Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun (Jimi Hendrix)
  33. B. B. King – The Thrill Is Gone (B. B. King)
  34. Jonny Greenwood – Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
  35. Dimebag Darrell – Cemetery Gates (Pantera)
  36. Yngwie Malmsteen – Black Star (Yngwie Malmsteen)
  37. Slash – Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses)
  38. Jimmy Page – Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
  39. Neil Young – Cortez the Killer (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)
  40. Elliott Randall – Reelin’ in the Years (Steely Dan)
  41. Brian May – Brighton Rock (Queen)
  42. Eric Clapton – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles)
  43. Billy Gibbons – Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)
  44. Mike McCready – Alive (Pearl Jam)
  45. Robbie Krieger – Light My Fire (The Doors)
  46. Eddie Van Halen – Hot for Teacher (Van Halen)
  47. Dickey Betts – Jessica (The Allman Brothers Band)
  48. Keith Richards – Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones)
  49. Carlos Santana – Europa (Santana)
  50. Ace Frehley – Shock Me (Kiss)
  51. Zakk Wylde – No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne)
  52. Jimi Hendrix – The Star-Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix)
  53. Jimmy Page – Since I’ve Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
  54. Billy Corgan – Geek U.S.A. (The Smashing Pumpkins)
  55. Joe Satriani – Satch Boogie (Joe Satriani)
  56. Tony Iommi – War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
  57. Dimebag Darrell – Walk (Pantera)
  58. Eric Clapton – Cocaine (Eric Clapton)
  59. Dave Davies – You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
  60. Frank Zappa – Zoot Allures (Frank Zappa)
  61. Kirk Hammett – Master of Puppets (Metallica)
  62. David Gilmour – Money (Pink Floyd)
  63. John Frusciante – Scar Tissue (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  64. Dez Dickerson – Little Red Corvette (Prince)
  65. Duane Allman / Dickey Betts – Blue Sky (The Allman Brothers)
  66. Band Dave Murray / Adrian Smith – The Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
  67. Eddie Van Halen – Beat It (Michael Jackson)
  68. Steve Howe – Starship Trooper (Yes)
  69. George Harrison – And Your Bird Can Sing (The Beatles)
  70. Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
  71. Eddie Hazel – Maggot Brain (Funkadelic)
  72. Joe Perry – Walk This Way (Aerosmith)
  73. Trey Anastasio – Stash (Phish)
  74. Ritchie Blackmore – Lazy (Deep Purple)
  75. Pete Townshend – Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who)
  76. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
  77. Jerry Cantrell – Man in the Box (Alice In Chains)
  78. Jerry Garcia – Truckin’ (Grateful Dead)
  79. Eddie Van Halen – Mean Street (Van Halen)
  80. Angus Young – You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
  81. Lou Reed – Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground)
  82. Robert Fripp – 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson)
  83. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Scuttle Buttin’ (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
  84. Michael Schenker – Lights Out (UFO)
  85. Mick Ronson – Moonage Daydream (David Bowie)
  86. Duane Allman / Dickey Betts – Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band)
  87. Johnny Winter – Highway 61 Revisited (Johnny Winter)
  88. Larry Carlton – Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan)
  89. Tom Morello – Killing in the Name (Rage Against The Machine)
  90. Eric Clapton – Let It Rain (Eric Clapton)
  91. John Fogerty – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  92. Brian Setzer – Stray Cat Strut (Stray Cats)
  93. Robbie Krieger – The End (The Doors)
  94. Alex Lifeson – Working Man (Rush)
  95. Mike McCready – Yellow Ledbetter (Pearl Jam)
  96. Mick Taylor – Honky Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones)
  97. Glenn Tipton – Beyond the Realms of Death (Judas Priest)
  98. John Petrucci – Under a Glass Moon (Dream Theater)
  99. Jeff Beck – Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers (Jeff Beck)
  100. Richie Sambora – Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi)
Fuente: Wikipedia