La revista Guitar World, conocida por especializarse en todo lo relacionado a la guitarra, ha realizado un conteo de los 50 mejores solos de guitarra.
Jimi Hendrix, pareciera ser el mejor, aparece en cuatro ocasiones, mientras que Jimmy Page tiene 3 canciones y además, le dan el primer lugar.
- “Stairway To Heaven” (Jimmy Page) - Led Zeppelin
- “Eruption” (Eddie Van Halen) - Van Halen
- “Free Bird” (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- “Comfortably Numb” (David Gilmour) - Pink Floyd
- “All Along The Watchtower” - Jimi Hendrix
- “November Rain” (Slash) - Guns N’ Roses
- “One” (Kirk Hammett) - Metallica
- “Hotel California” (Ben Felder, Joe Walsh) - The Eagles
- “Crazy Train” (Randy Rhoads) - Ozzy Osbourne
- “Crossroads” (Eric Clapton) - Cream
- “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” - Jimi Hendrix
- “Johnny B. Goode” - Chuck Berry
- “Texas Flood” - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- “Layla” (Eric Clapton, Duane Allman) - Derek and the Domino
- “Highway Star” (Ritchie Blackmore) - Deep Purple
- “Heartbreaker” (Jimmy Page) - Led Zeppelin
- “Cliffs of Dover” - Eric Johnson
- “Little Wing” - Jimi Hendrix
- “Floods” (Dimebag Darrell) - Pantera
- “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Brian May) - Queen
- “Time” (David Gilmour) - Pink Floyd
- “Sultans of Swing” (Mark Knopfler) - Dire Straits
- “Bulls on Parade” (Tom Morello) - Rage Against the Machine
- “Fade to Black” (Kirk Hammett) - Metallica
- “Aqualung” (Martin Barre) - Jethro Tull
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Kurt Cobain) - Nirvana
- “Pride and Joy” - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- “Mr. Crowley” (Randy Rhoads) - Ozzy Osbourne
- “For the Love of God” - Steve Vai
- “Surfing with the Alien” - Joe Satriani
- “Stranglehold” - Ted Nugent
- “Machine Gun” - Jimi Hendrix
- “The Thrill is Gone” - B.B. King
- “Paranoid Android” (Johnny Greenwood) - Radiohead
- “Cemetary Gates” (Dimebag Darrell) - Pantera
- “Black Star” (Yngwie Malmsteen) - Yngwie Malmsteen
- “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (Slash) - Guns N’ Roses
- “Whole Lotta Love” (Jimmy Page) - Led Zeppelin
- “Cortez the Killer” - Neil Young
- “Reelin’ in the Years” - Elliot Randall
- “Brighton Rock” (Brian May) - Queen
- “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (Eric Clapton) - The Beatles
- “Sharp Dressed Man” (Billy Gibbons) - ZZ Top
- “Alive” (Mike McCready) - Pearl Jam
- “Light My Fire” (Robby Krieger) - The Doors
- “Hot For Teacher” (Edward Van Halen) - Van Halen
- “Jessica” (Dickey Betts) - Allman Brothers
- “Sympathy for the Devil” (Keith Richards) - Rolling Stones
- “Europa” - Carlos Santana
- “Shock Me” (Ace Frehley) - Kiss
