The Best Slash Guitar Solos Of All Time

Kareem Gantt

Updated May 1, 2025 35 items

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Voting Rules

Studio recordings only.

Ranking Slash's best guitar solos ever is no easy task. In Guns n' Roses alone, the legendary, Les Paul-toting guitarist, real name Saul Hudson was responsible for some of rocks most memorable solos in classics like "November Rain" and "Sweet Child o' Mine." Indeed, Hudson's storied career spans numerous other acts, such as his tenure with Velvet Revolver, his solo career, and his own group, Slash's Snakepit.

Whether you prefer the blistering solos of GNR-era Slash or the cadenzas of his later releases, the Slash discography contains no shortage of good guitar solos. But, it's up to you to decide which are the best of the best.

Vote up the greatest Slash guitar solos of all time below, and be sure to add any that you feel we may have missed.

1
Sweet Child o' Mine
194 votes
Released: 1987

Solo: 2:33-3:37
2
November Rain
183 votes
Released: 1991

Solos: 4:12-5:00/5:28-5:53/7:10-8:51
3
Paradise City
119 votes
Released: 1987

Solos: 3:06-3:26/4:47-5:04
4
Welcome to the Jungle
60 votes
Released: 1987

Solo: 2:39-3:44
5
Don't Cry
59 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 2:23-2:55
6
Nightrain
41 votes
Released: 1987

Solo: 1:54-2:40
7
Estranged
60 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 6:13-6:44/8:07-8:32
8
Knockin' on Heaven Door
40 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 2:56-3:33
9
Civil War
37 votes
Released: 1991

Solos: 2:00-2:26/3:24-3:51/5:01-5:28
10
You Could Be Mine
26 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 3:50-4:14
11
Rocket Queen
22 votes
Released: 1987

Solo: 2:12-3:02/3:25-4:04
12
It's So Easy
14 votes
Released: 1987

Solo: 1:36-1:48
13
Double Talkin' Jive
13 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 1:22-2:33
14
Live & Let Die
18 votes
Released: 1991

Solos: 1:33-1:46/2:27-3:02
15
Anastasia
22 votes
Released: 2012

Solo: 2:47-3:33
16
Out Ta Get Me
14 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 2:45-3:26
17
Slither
21 votes
Released: 2004

Solo: 2:44-3:10
18
Mr. Brownstone
18 votes
Released: 1987

Solo: 1:53-2:31
19
Locomotive
8 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 5:12-5:43
20
Dust N' Bones
11 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 2:45-3:14
21
14 Years
5 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 2:37-3:14
22
Don't Damn Me
9 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 3:23-4:05
23
Coma
9 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 6:05-7:40
24
Used to Love Her
7 votes
Released: 1988

Solos: 1:22-1:44/2:19-2:40
25
Ain't It Fun
10 votes
Released: 1993

Solo: 3:16-3:32
26
Sucker Train Blues
8 votes
Released: 2004

Solo: 2:47-3:09
27
Bent To Fly
5 votes
Album: World On Fire

Released: 2014

Solo: 3:00-3:27
28
Street of Dreams
7 votes
Released: 2008

Solo: 2:16-3:01
29
This I Love
8 votes
Released: 2008

Solo: 2:32-3:51
30
Breakdown
3 votes
Released: 1991

Solo: 3:27-4:17
31
Back and Forth Again
3 votes
Album: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Released: 1995

Solo: 4:13-5:09
32
Hard & Fast
2 votes
Album: Apocalyptic Love

Released: 2012

Solo: 1:45-2:14
33
We're All Gonna Die
3 votes
Released: 2000

Solo: 2:47-3:17
34
She Builds Quick Machines
3 votes
Album: Libertad

Released: 2007

Solo: 3:07-3:35
35
Wicked Stone
4 votes
Album: World On Fire

Released: 2014

Solo: 3:45-4:28