Worst Guitar Solo - Page 6

tbradshaw · September 3rd, 2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bonedaddy

Oh, but check this out, Gene Simmons playing more or less the same solo...

Clearly a roadie showed them both the same couple of riffs right before going on stage that night.

collinsman · September 4th, 2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Mid Life Crisis

The solo from "Smoke on The Water", IMHO. Hate the song anyway, but the guitar solo is probably the most turgid, unimaginative piece of guitar playing I've ever heard.

You've got to be kidding me - yea the song was over played like Stairway to Heaven' but the solo....I guess different strokes.

smsuryan · November 17th, 2008, 08:06 PM

Black Hole Sun....and basher youre right about "twist and shout"...i think its the same way with "yankee rose" by Roth...the c-section right before the solo theres a huge buildup and youre expecting vai to play WEEee...EEEEE!!!! dubada dubada dubada waHHHHHH!!!! and it...just...kinda...stops....and theres a bass solo...hey i love billy sheehan yeah hes the shiznit but i didnt see that comin...it was all foreplay and no payoff...

jazztele · November 17th, 2008, 10:22 PM

i don't think i can judge "worst..." some of them are pretty bad technically, but really fit the tune (sympathy for the devil, rockin' in the free world, anything jimmy page ever played--sorry page fans, the guy is sloppy as they come. and most of his solos are freaking awesome.)

nothing makes me cringe like stevie ray vaughan on "the sky is crying." that's the exact opposite of the kind of blues playing i like. but that's just IMHO, and that means nothing...

gaddis · November 17th, 2008, 10:32 PM

My vote would go with Grand Funk's "Locomotion".

wangdangdoodle · November 18th, 2008, 08:04 PM

Eric Clapton's solo on Crossroads... just yuck. Sloppy, boring, and a hideous tone.

Big Lug · November 19th, 2008, 01:29 AM

Wow.

There are a number of so called worst solos mentioned here that I actually like. Not going to refute anyone's choice as each to their own and whatever sinks your boat.

But... no, I'll just leave it at that.

tuuur · November 19th, 2008, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Home Grown Tele

I think the solo by Neal Schon at 3:17 on this video posted on the "Is Neal Schon Tone Deaf" thread can qualify as a worst solo I ever heard for me.......

Now that was truly unbelievable...

And I don't know why Henry Kaiser's video with Dumble playing Just Got Paid Today isn't up here yet. The classic WTH solo.

rextasy · November 19th, 2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by casterway

It's mostly the first 7 notes of 'I love Rock and Roll" that bug me- "Gron gronna gron gron gron...sKreEeEeEeEe.." Makes me cringe every time I hear it. That bend fest in 'Sympathy for the Devil' is actually Jimmy page. Listen for Mick to say "Get down Jimmy" before the solo.

Maybe, but one thing about the solo in ILRNR, it was as easy for a 14-year-old boy to play as the rest of the song. I always wondered: The guitarist plays a LP in the video, so how did he get that vibrato thing at the beginning? Please don't tell me he did the old bending the neck trick to that gorgeous guitar!

gaddis · November 19th, 2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wangdangdoodle

Eric Clapton's solo on Crossroads... just yuck. Sloppy, boring, and a hideous tone.

Man, you just described everything it's NOT.

Robert H. · November 19th, 2008, 10:44 PM

Probably my own...

rextasy · November 19th, 2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazer

Paul soloing on "A world without heroes"
Note also that Ace has problems with his wireless, you can hear the static crackling and his guitar only comes in during the second verse.

Not entirely true, on the first four albums, they were so broke they couldn't even afford to hire studio musicians so it's Ace, Peter, Gene and Paul all the way on those albums.

Nevertheless Ace did some really bad solos too.

Detail here: the "Friday's" performance was the very last time Ace played live with Kiss before leaving the band.

Oh, you had to pick on Music From the Elder. Cheap shot!

garytelecastor · November 19th, 2008, 11:14 PM

The solo on this tune is about as imaginative and tasteful as a Stephen Hawkings lecture:

ye olde fretmonkey · November 19th, 2008, 11:18 PM

Damn, that Neal Schon thing is just excruciating. What part of the song did he think he was soloing over?

Do you have the link for that? I can't find it on YOuTube.

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smsuryan Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Missouri Age: 33 Posts: 175	Black Hole Sun....and basher youre right about "twist and shout"...i think its the same way with "yankee rose" by Roth...the c-section right before the solo theres a huge buildup and youre expecting vai to play WEEee...EEEEE!!!! dubada dubada dubada waHHHHHH!!!! and it...just...kinda...stops....and theres a bass solo...hey i love billy sheehan yeah hes the shiznit but i didnt see that comin...it was all foreplay and no payoff... __________________ "I have loved some ladies, and I have loved jim beam, and they both tried to kill me, in 1973." -Hank R Last edited by smsuryan; November 17th, 2008 at 11:38 PM.

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jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 29 Posts: 2,466	i don't think i can judge "worst..." some of them are pretty bad technically, but really fit the tune (sympathy for the devil, rockin' in the free world, anything jimmy page ever played--sorry page fans, the guy is sloppy as they come. and most of his solos are freaking awesome.) nothing makes me cringe like stevie ray vaughan on "the sky is crying." that's the exact opposite of the kind of blues playing i like. but that's just IMHO, and that means nothing... __________________ “For the guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose melancholic voice awakes in our soul exquisite reveries.” Andres Segovia

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wangdangdoodle Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 211	Eric Clapton's solo on Crossroads... just yuck. Sloppy, boring, and a hideous tone. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jamsblues

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Big Lug Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lower Mainland, the Great White North Posts: 651	Wow. There are a number of so called worst solos mentioned here that I actually like. Not going to refute anyone's choice as each to their own and whatever sinks your boat. But... no, I'll just leave it at that. __________________ "Set my compass North I've got winter in my blood." Robbie Robertson

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garytelecastor Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,881 18 Photos	The solo on this tune is about as imaginative and tasteful as a Stephen Hawkings lecture: __________________ éí 'aaníígÓÓ 'áhoot'é Would you mind holding this bag while we go through the custom shop????? Redd Volkaert is a Jedi Knight at one with the Force!!!

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gaddis Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Age: 53 Posts: 221	My vote would go with Grand Funk's "Locomotion".

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Robert H. Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Age: 55 Posts: 843 7 Photos	Probably my own...

November 19th, 2008, 11:18 PM	#214 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,449	Damn, that Neal Schon thing is just excruciating. What part of the song did he think he was soloing over? Do you have the link for that? I can't find it on YOuTube. __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.