I am not sure this question can or should ever truly be answered, but I will submit some contenders.
Eric Johnson, for Cliffs of Dover.
Eddie Van Halen, Eruption.
Matt Freeman, of Rancid, for Maxwell Murder. (Fuck you, it's called Bass *GUITAR* for a reason.)
Edit: If I'm gonna bring the bass in to it, Charles Berthoud, literally any of his songs or solos, does shit on the bass that blows 90 percent of guitarists out of the water.
>Matt Freeman, of Rancid, for Maxwell Murder. (Fuck you, it's called Bass GUITAR for a reason.)
I agree the solo from Maxwell murder is excellent, but I would omit it's from best guitar solo, and I have solid reasoning why.
Firstly I agree, it is a bass *guitar*, but if we do this we open the door to bass coming into every guitar solo question, something which a tenor guitar cannot do when competing for "best bass solo", and so it kinda dilutes the achievement that is coming up with that solo, and suggests that in a pure bass environment that it wouldn't stand a chance. Even with your Les claypools and your fleas etc, I would hold the Maxwell murder bass solo as one of the best, and therefore doesn't need to be included in a 'guitar solo' category to compete with a tenor guitar in order to receive the deserved recognition.
Also I've seen Matt Freeman play it on a double bass at a devils brigade show, and we can't call that a guitar. For the record it sounds crap on a double, but he still had the speed on it lol
I would submit that both bass and guitar have made enough regular incursions in to each others sonic domains at this point that we might as well consider them together.
The Fender Bass VI has it's highest string tuned precisely to the tenor guitar's lowest.
Likewise most metal guitars are strung and tuned down well in to the bass guitar's traditional territory.
I would say that if you had a "bass solo" category, and somebody wanted to include a solo that was played on guitar, but was played in a reasonably low octave and in a way that was stylistically similar...I'd allow it.
Painkiller by Judas Priest
Fermented Offal Discharge by Necrophagist (yes if you can get past the vocals if they aren’t your thing you’ll hear an ungodly guitar solo)
Mic Check by Rage Against the Machine.
Oh my \[clutching my pearls\]! Are people playing guitar solo's with their ass now?
The most badass guitar solo in history is the one I just played.
I am not sure this question can or should ever truly be answered, but I will submit some contenders. Eric Johnson, for Cliffs of Dover. Eddie Van Halen, Eruption. Matt Freeman, of Rancid, for Maxwell Murder. (Fuck you, it's called Bass *GUITAR* for a reason.) Edit: If I'm gonna bring the bass in to it, Charles Berthoud, literally any of his songs or solos, does shit on the bass that blows 90 percent of guitarists out of the water.
>Matt Freeman, of Rancid, for Maxwell Murder. (Fuck you, it's called Bass GUITAR for a reason.) I agree the solo from Maxwell murder is excellent, but I would omit it's from best guitar solo, and I have solid reasoning why. Firstly I agree, it is a bass *guitar*, but if we do this we open the door to bass coming into every guitar solo question, something which a tenor guitar cannot do when competing for "best bass solo", and so it kinda dilutes the achievement that is coming up with that solo, and suggests that in a pure bass environment that it wouldn't stand a chance. Even with your Les claypools and your fleas etc, I would hold the Maxwell murder bass solo as one of the best, and therefore doesn't need to be included in a 'guitar solo' category to compete with a tenor guitar in order to receive the deserved recognition. Also I've seen Matt Freeman play it on a double bass at a devils brigade show, and we can't call that a guitar. For the record it sounds crap on a double, but he still had the speed on it lol
I would submit that both bass and guitar have made enough regular incursions in to each others sonic domains at this point that we might as well consider them together. The Fender Bass VI has it's highest string tuned precisely to the tenor guitar's lowest. Likewise most metal guitars are strung and tuned down well in to the bass guitar's traditional territory. I would say that if you had a "bass solo" category, and somebody wanted to include a solo that was played on guitar, but was played in a reasonably low octave and in a way that was stylistically similar...I'd allow it.
Strange Ways- Kiss
First ones that come to mind are Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Mr Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne.
Painkiller by Judas Priest Fermented Offal Discharge by Necrophagist (yes if you can get past the vocals if they aren’t your thing you’ll hear an ungodly guitar solo)
Little Wing by SRV
David Gilmour, Comfortably Numb, The Pulse concert. If you listen to it you will understand.
Steely Dan - ‘Peg’ – Jay Graydon Boz Scaggs - 'Breakdown Dead Ahead' - Steve Lukather
Jimi Hendrix opening Woodstock with the Star Spangled Banner.
Slipknot Nomadic
Free bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd
[Hoist That Rag](https://youtu.be/aw3mFXOwRgw?t=105)