If there’s one reason why classic rock is beloved today, it likely has to do with the electric guitar. But to be even more specific, it probably has something to do with the electric lead guitar solo.

View post: 'Persona 4 Revival' Producer Confirms Major Changes for a Controversial Character Guitar World readers ranked Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” solo second greatest of all time. The solo is ...

Eric Clapton always finds himself near the top of any ranking discussing the best guitar players of all time, but fans can rarely agree on which of his iconic guitar solos is the best. His style of ...

Ritchie Blackmore’s 1972 “Highway Star” solo named among the greatest by Guitar World. Blackmore influenced the neoclassical guitar genre with his classical and wild playing style. Guitar World ...

There's a particular kind of silence that follows a great guitar solo. Not the silence of an ending, but the silence of a listener trying to process something that moved faster than words. Some solos ...

Choosing the Big 4 of guitar solos? Provocative is one word for the task. Thankless is another. As we know, most any rock song worth its salt has a guitar solo. That means there are hundreds of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout music history, a handful of guitarists have delivered iconic solos that were so extraordinary that they made them ...

In May 2026, Rolling Stone ranked “Easy” among the greatest guitar solos of all time, noting, “The Commodores’ Seventies ...