Guitar solos – we love them. A great guitar solo can elevate a great song to the higher level. And many of us can learn a lot the skills and styles of the idols that managed that rare combination. In ...

What is rock and roll without energy-pulsating electric guitar solos? Throughout rock and roll history, guitar solos have sent the guitarist and the audience into spirit-like trances and unmatched ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Few things defined the genre of rock and roll more than the guitar solo. Sometimes powerful and loud, at other times gentle and orchestrated, the ...

As long as rock’n’roll continues to thrive (which it will) the guitar solo will never die. There’s nothing quite like hearing someone absolutely tear a guitar to pieces mid-song. The sensation of ...

Kirk Hammett has been responsible for some of metal guitar’s most incendiary guitar solos, with his hyper-kinetic style, laced with the squawk of wah pedal, as good as a thumbprint in recognising a ...

Almost everyone can spot the best guitar solos of all time. But to spot the best guitar duels, that’s another level of music fandom very few qualify for. Which is a shame, as guitar duels are a ...

When John Fahey recorded The New Possibility in 1968 to make a few bucks off Christmas sales every year, his album title turned out to be emblematic of the solo guitar's potential. The music grows ...

About two minutes into “Outta My Head,” from the new album Free Spirit by pop-R&B star Khalid, a strange, foreign sound bubbles to the song’s shiny disco-pop surface. It’s a squiggly, pitchy thing ...

This solo features a bunch of cool tricks that we can learn from. Firstly, Brian May plays very melodically throughout, there are always strong melody lines that you can hook onto. The way this solo ...