Some moments in music don't just play - they hit you somewhere deep and don't let go. A truly great guitar solo is like that.

The 21st century is still young but has already borne witness to some of the most spectacular lead guitar moments in the history of the instrument. Here, Total Guitar have whittled down the greatest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guitarist playing onstage . Guitar solos – we love them. A great guitar solo can elevate a great song to the higher level. And ...

These solos, pulled from a decade of live performances, are a reminder that Vince Gill is one of the best guitarists ...

Back in 2004, Prince pulled off one of the greatest guitar solos of all time — and it turns out he was inspired not by love, ...

The 1980s were prime years for the killer guitar solo. These three songs were partially or entirely improvised on the spot.

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

If there's one topic classic rock fans love to debate, it would probably be which guitarist is the "best" ever, and which licks and riffs are the most impressive. So it's no surprise that when Guitar ...

Jeff Beck, who died suddenly at the age of 78, was among the first and last of rock music’s epic guitar heroes. He played according to his own rules, with styles as unpredictable as the diverse genres ...

From Hendrix’s feedback to Tom Verlaine’s angular lines, these 15 iconic guitarists crafted unique tones, phrasing, and ...

Even though The Beatles tried to be a democracy at the best of times, Paul McCartney felt some solos might not have been ...

It may surprise you, but in the year-end edition of Total Guitar magazine, Metallica's Kirk Hammett posits that much of the music-listening public likely forgets most songs' guitar solos. But Hammett ...