Top 20 Greatest Guitar Solo Ever

There's so many great guitar solo in the world. so which one is the best? Well you can check the list below that we got from England's Guitarist Magazine. Recently they do a polling to select the best guitar solo ever. and shockingly most of the guitarist on the list was a Veteran Rock guitarist.

The results were a rather standard list of rock guitar greatness topped by a rather unlikely record, 2007's Blackbird by post-Creed rockers Alter Bridge. It received 16.52% of the final vote (compared with number 20's .57%). In between are two from Eddie Van Halen (one with Van Halen and one for Michael Jackson), Slash, John Petrucci, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix.

Here's the Complete list of the World's Greatest Guitar Solo.

1.Blackbird - Alter Bridge (Mark Tremonti & Myles Kennedy)
2.Eruption - Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
3.Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
4.November Rain - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
5.Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (Pulse: Live) (David Gilmour)
6.Hollow Years - Dream Theater (Live at Budokan) (John Petrucci)
7.Under a Glass Moon - Dream Theater (John Petrucci)
8.Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
9.Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Gary Rossington & Allen Collins)
10.Tornado of Souls - Megadeth (Marty Friedman)
11.Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
12.For the Love of God - Steve Vai
13.All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
14.Hotel California - Eagles (Joe Walsh & Don Felder)
15.Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
16.Since I've Been Loving You So Long - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
17.Still Got the Blues For You - Gary Moore
18.Beat It - Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)
19.Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield)
20.Aqualung - Jethro Tull (Martin Barre)

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Tom Hess an Online Guitar Teacher Joins Rhapsody of Fire

Rhapsody of Fire an Italian Neo Classical Metal bands will add a new member, that was a virtuoso guitarist tom hess. Tom Hess was known as an online guitar teacher. he does much more than helping guitar players from all over the world improve their guitar playing. His company, Tom Hess Music Corporation also helps music teachers build highly successful music teaching businesses and has a separate mentoring program for musicians to develop, sustain and expand a successful music career

Hess played guitar in the internationally renowned melodic metal band HolyHell from 2004-2007 touring both North America and Europe twice as the opening act for Rhapsody of Fire and Manowar.

Tom Hess was invited by Luca Turilli the lead guitarist of Rhapsody of fire to join the band. "Luca asked me to join the band and then 3 days later had me beginning to record the new album. I hadn't even heard the songs yet. It was like, 'here are the songs, start recording them all today', so I quickly learned the songs and began recording," Hess said. The band's new album "From Chaos To Eternity" will be released June 17, 2011.

With Tom Hess on Rhapsody of fire i think we'll hear another great sound from the duet of him and luca turilli. Let's wait for their performance on Rhapsody of Fire new album From Chaos to Eternity.

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