Are These The Hardest Guitar Solos To Master?

[@Hardwired07]

HEY GUYS! Thank you all SO MUCH for the love on this video! What are some guitar solos you think are missing from this countdown??? LETS TALK ABOUT IT! Love yall! Catch yall this weekend!

[@grapefruitsimmons]

River Dragon Has Come by Nevermore. Try it. I dare you lol

[@russhatcher4402]

Where's Yngwie? Love the list though 🎸

[@claymor8241]

Allan Holdsworth, the cadenza at 1:10 in the track Diminished Responsibility, played on acoustic guitar. Most difficult thing I’ve heard in 50 years of playing. Also John McLaughlin on Do You Hear The Voices You Left Behind?

[@susiedyer3260]

I'm not a country music fan at all but I'm a great guitar player fan and by God u should check out Mr chet Atkins and Roy Clark and basically all those old pickers and bluegrass pickers some of those dudes will wipe the floor with some of our greatest shredders of 2day

[@trevordunkley6653]

Cafo is like harder than 90% of that list lol i agree with you man.

[@peterzaidan6902]

Jason Becker : perpetual burn

[@bikescarsandeverythinginbe7309]

At the time nobody else did it. RIP,EVH!!!!!!!

[@Hardwired07]

He’s definitely a GOAT for his era 100%

[@kevinkarbonik2928]

You clearly don't know who Alex Lifeson is.

[@Hardwired07]

I do 😂

[@CrankDebt]

hey man i respect your opinion to your number 1 picks of steve vai or buckethead but i would personally suggest strongly that altitudes by jason becker should be atleast top 3 if not 1st but yeah great video and thanks for the great reaction

[@Hardwired07]

It's always love and respect over here my man, checking out Becker as we speak. A lot of folks have said him in the comments

[@CrankDebt]

Good to know man I look forward to that! Keep it up okay 👍

[@martinp5691]

No Marty Friedman , Paul Gilbert , Yngwie Malmsteen ?

[@Hardwired07]

I think it’s safe to say Watchmojo is not knowledgeable in music

[@bruceMooseman]

Totally agree with crazytrain.. it doesnt get enough attention in my opinion

[@Hardwired07]

I know there are better RR solos but just his writing on the song overall doesnt get talked about enough

[@kyledaughtry219]

Gotta give Jimi his dues because he was on like 10 hits of acid every time he played lmao

[@Hardwired07]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 he’s definitely the GOAT of improvisation

[@korat10]

GOAT of improvisation is Guthrie Govan. Arguably even the greatest guitarist of all time. I'm still a die hard Vai fan tho.

[@thales30]

Allan Holdsworth "the drums were yellow"

[@jackmaddox4960]

When they mentioned Vai as an honorable mention I was disappointed as well, tho I was thinking maybe Yngwie for #1, but when he said it'll be VH I thought oh shit, he's right.. And I was REALLY surprised to see Eric Johnson, not because of his playing, he's a freakin' alien, but cos I didn't think whatmojo or whatever would even think of him! I agree about the Hendrix solo, as a guy who made it my goal to learn EVERY Hendrix song every recorded (I'm at about 75% or so), there are much harder ones to learn; interestingly though, I've seen at least a dozen or more 13 year old girls ripping the Crazy Train solo virtually perfectly, but other than SRV, I've seen maybe 3 players who could ACTUALLY do justice to a version of Voodoo Chile, and give it the same sense of grandeur that Jimi could WHEN HE WAS ON, which he often wasn't, great player, but inconsistent live... Also, no Guthrie Govan..? Nonetheless, soooo disappointed by #1....

[@osemarvin2847]

All "top 10", "top 20", "top whatever" lists are idiotic. Fact.

[@DatDudeErk]

It's watch mojo you knew it was gonna be eruption

[@Hardwired07]

I honestly didn’t until I saw Vai as an honorable

[@bikescarsandeverythinginbe7309]

Lindsay Buckingham should get an honorable mention.

[@Hardwired07]

AGREEEEEED

[@brotheryoda]

Hendrix was great but yeah his solos are not that difficult in terms of raw skill. I agree regarding Little Wing. Crazy Train is great but Mr Crowley is infinitely better as a song and the guitar solos are his best. Don't disagree with it being here, most people know Crazy Train a lot better since it's more traditional rock/metal than Mr Crowley. I was going to lose my shit if Cliffs of Dover wasn't here, that intro solo is so friggin hard to play correctly. Never really gotten it myself, his toan is godly. Follows the Signs is delightful, technical but it sounds so awesome. Eddie deserves it but this is more of an influential list than hardest to master. Hollows Years (Live at Budokan) should be on this list over Under a Glass Moon, Petrucci transcends dimensions in that one. The Jazzy solo before the shredding is beautiful. Pretty much agree with your overall opinion.

[@Hardwired07]

I was reading this and almost thought we were the exact same person lmao

[@shannon125]

I think your opinion on what's more difficult, speed versus chord progression, plays into what you feel is harder

[@Hardwired07]

Well yeah, memorizing chords is much easier than learning a solo that’s played at tempo some of these solos were at lol

[@shannon125]

@@Hardwired07 😑 Some chord progressions are impossible to master even with memorization. If your fingers can't move that way, they just can't. Side note; every dude on this list clearly never had an issue getting a woman to climax with those fingers

[@EliteNGHTMRE]

These kinda lists erk me cause it almost always stays mainstream. Dont get me wrong, i dont deny these solos are hard on different levels, but when you get into obscure genres (especially in metal) you find a PLETHORA of solos that make you go "how tf?!". Especially nowadays when you got bands like Sleep Token blending genres in a way that hasn't been done.. guitarists nowadays are far more advanced than my idols in alot of ways

[@Hardwired07]

You aren’t wrong by any means. It’s more of “if it sounds cool, it must be hard” but it’s honestly just them stepping on a metal box

[@vk3fbab]

They are never gonna get them correct but Skynard as an honourable mention. Great band and a great song, even a great solo section but does it challange an average player? You seeore challenges from Brian May, Brian Setzer, Nuno, Chet or Tommy Emmanuel. I'm surprise they didn't include Clapton as he's very popular.

[@Hardwired07]

Or Slash as well and I’m a MASSIVE Slash fan

[@adamgufbeam1560]

1983 A Merman I should turn to be. Is my favorite Hendrix song.

[@allwaizeright9705]

Everybody and their brother plays ERUPTION - There are some Alex Lifeson riffs that pretty impressively hard...

[@Hardwired07]

The beginning melody of YYZ always fucks with me for some reason. The riff is fine but that buildup in the beginning fucks me

[@lukegoffkat]

I've played Flying Fingers for years. It's not as hard as it sounds when you grow up playing that style of music and loved the "Boogie" style. I play the Dire Straits song, note for note, but use a pick as the thumb. The 8 string? I'm too old now to even care about learning 2 extra strings! LOL Little Wing is definitely right!! 👍

[@Hardwired07]

I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT 8 LMAO! anytime i see one, im like "yeah theres some pedal out there that can mimic this. i can save an extra $1200"

[@63Lazarou]

I knew Eruption was coming.

[@Hardwired07]

I'm still so tilted lol

[@bastychon3136]

Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Far beyond the sun

[@Hardwired07]

ill need to dig into his discography more

[@Dibble_Gaming]

Damn, Joe Maphis was absolutely shredding it lol 😳😮

[@Hardwired07]

Yo I deep dived into him after recording lmao I had never heard of him

[@josephregester7780]

I would say Mr. Crowley by Randy Rhoads is a better solo. More challenging to perfect. There is one lick where Randy alternate trill with his 3rd and 5th fingers leaving his 4th finger to bend followed by a pitch harmonic with his 5th finger. Unless you have pristine fundamentals with being able to alternate triplet trill with any finger in any order, it will sound clunky and forced. Randy's sounds very fluid and in the flow of the solo. Even Zach Wilde has to replace it with a substitute lick. No dishonor in not having that mastered. IMHO Randy was a monster of fundamentals.

[@Hardwired07]

I can 100% agree with this. The more I watch these mojo music countdowns, it’s clear they choose singles or the cult classic songs and not cuts that aren’t popular. I’m looking for countdowns that include those but it’s hard to find

[@Tomtraubert2009]

@@Hardwired07 we (the community) should collectively produce such a list (or 2, one for instrumentals, one for traditional songs with solos) from comments and you could do a video when it's all done? Maybe a google sheets thing or something to collect everything.

[@korat10]

I think if you look at the list from a present day standpoint then yh hendrix is "easy" to learn yes. However if you look at it as learning the solos he wrote when he did they were definitely "hard".

[@Hardwired07]

Oh for sure 100%. I’d say he’s the best of his era. Hands down but with all of the advances in talent throughout the years, I personally struggle with “of all time”

[@Hardwired07]

Ooops sorry wrong terminology. I struggle with his solo being “hard” but he definitely wrote some of the best of his era

[@russhatcher4402]

I am fine with EVH at the top,because of everything he did for the🎸🎸🎸

[@Hardwired07]

What did he do?

[@bruceMooseman]

They had hendrix voodoo child over steve Vai?! Wow

[@Hardwired07]

I’ve sworn off Watch Mojo for the next 6 months 😂😂

[@anightmare2remember]

Jason Richardson - Tendonitis

[@Hardwired07]

Not familiar with the name but gonna check him out!

[@anightmare2remember]

@@Hardwired07 he recently joined All That Remains 🤘🏼their new song is out now!

[@reneet8710]

painkiller is one of the best solos ever.

[@zikemchzikemch756]

no way the solo of 'jordan' by buckethead isnt on the list euhh!!

[@Hardwired07]

NOT EVENNSOOTHSAYER

[@charlie_shield]

As the daughter of a guitarist, I have been told my ENTIRE life that Stevie Ray Vaughan is the best guitarist of all time, next to Eddie... BUT..... One by Metallica is a guilty pleasure 100% (don't tell my dad :P)

[@Hardwired07]

SRV is the most underrated blues guitarist of all time. Slash is my top blues though

[@roberteltze4850]

Honorable mentions should have included Your Can Still Rock in America by Night Ranger.

[@Hardwired07]

They also could have entered any Slash, Jimmy Page and Steve Vai song and it would have beaten Eruption 😂

[@roberteltze4850]

@@Hardwired07 I was specifically thinking of the 8 fingered tapping used on that solo. It's a difficult technique to master, I know I could handle it

[@bobdobs23]

Fripp fracTured

[@dontuateytu2557]

Any Django solos are the hardest played with only 2 fingers.

[@Hardwired07]

Minor Swing is actually my warm up jam track!!!!

[@RMGCBG]

Buckethead - Soothsayer

[@Hardwired07]

Soothsayer and Welcome To Bucketheadland FTWWWW

[@vt4663]

Steve Vai - Juice.

[@d.d.6232]

Too much talking and too much breaks, instead of more room for the solos. I quit

[@Hardwired07]

Agreed. They also chose to do live versions and not play the album versions of the song. I wish watchmojo played more of the music instead of 5 seconds

[@countinfinity776]

I have to add that Chris Broderick has been doing two handed tapping on 7 and 8 strings for maybe 2 decades + now

[@Hardwired07]

I’m not familiar with the name. Solo act or in a band?

[@countinfinity776]

@@Hardwired07 He's played in a few big bands like Nevermore, Megadeth (some people didn't like him for basically playing like a robot), now In Flames. There's some videos on youtube of him playing Classic pieces, i think he started out as a classical guitar player.

[@sicpuppy9500]

Vai is #1

[@Hardwired07]

YES TELL THEMMMMMMM

[@danielchatterton3711]

Nuno Bettencourt

[@Hardwired07]

INCREDDDDDIBLYYYYY underratedd

[@TheDistruptor]

I bet you cant play Dragonforce’s songs

[@Tomtraubert2009]

If steve vai is not on this list this list is shit............... Ok, tell me a guitar solo Steve wrote in a song that would be one of the top ten hardest solos? And, exclude all his solo work. That's not a guitar solo like what's implied here (ie a solo within a song, the traditional guitar solo) and yes, Eruption shouldn't be here either. In fact, most mojo lists are trash.

[@Hardwired07]

Vai’s instrumental work has solos in it. For example, For The Love Of God has a verse melody and variations of it. The solo sections are clearly different from the verse melodies lol. That’s a Vai solo

[@Hardwired07]

The CLEARLY obvious guitar solo of The Audience Is Listening or The Moon And I eclipse most of this list. Stop

[@Tomtraubert2009]

@@Hardwired07 I get that, and agree, but not top 10 hard, but I think you know what I mean by the traditional guitar solo (ie not in an instrumental) and I think that's what mojo started out trying to do but, as usual, fucked up a list.

[@Tomtraubert2009]

@@Hardwired07 we need another type of list!

[@Hardwired07]

Ahh I feel you now. I wouldn’t be against compiling a top 10 but I fear there will be ego involved and personal choice and feelings will get hurt 😂😂

[@davidferrara1105]

Classical guitar is way harder. Check out Yamashita's version of Pictures at an Exhibition on here. eruption etc. are cake by comparison. Played 45 years here and counting, son

[@Hardwired07]

We love and respect seniority around here! Classical, bluegrass and jazz have always been in my top 3 hardest styles to not only play but to learn. Especially Jazz and its tempo changes and odd time signatures. Checking out Yamashita right now!

[@3dw3dw]

MOJO is total bullshyt.

[@susiedyer3260]

Eddie Van Halen wasn't that great and all his stuff was smoke and mirrors tricks that actually look difficult but are not and yes this list is absolute shit now

[@Hardwired07]

YES SUSIE LET THEM KNOWW

[@cletusburst4188]

lol mojo anything is a load of shit

[@Hardwired07]

Lmaoooo I’m learning this myself

[@TheDistruptor]

So noob

[@Hardwired07]

The absolute noobiest 🖤

[@MGM261]

Don't be so hard on yourself Abdul. You'll master your open chords soon 🤘🏻

[@Hardwired07]

That F chord is giving him a real workout as we speak

[@Fkku-r6d]

Never seen anyone play thru aint dead yet by frank marino while all you guys are polishing on EVHs knob.