# The Best Gibson SG Guitar Solos

> The Best Gibson SG Guitar Solos: #1 is War Pigs by Black Sabbath, then Let There Be Rock and Back in Black. Every video starts at the solo. 18 solos, ranked.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/list/gibson-sg-solos/>

The Gibson SG is light, thin and has devil horns, and it has powered some of the heaviest and most soulful solos in rock. Angus Young and Tony Iommi built entire careers on it. Clapton played his psychedelic 'Fool' SG through Disraeli Gears, Carlos Santana played one at Woodstock, Robby Krieger played one in The Doors, and Derek Trucks plays slide on one today. Every video starts at the solo.

1. [War Pigs](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-war-pigs/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
2. [Let There Be Rock](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-let-there-be-rock/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1977
3. [Back in Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-back-in-black/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1980
4. [Paranoid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-paranoid/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
5. [Light My Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-light-my-fire/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
6. [You Shook Me All Night Long](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-you-shook-me-all-night-long/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1980
7. [Sunshine of Your Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-sunshine-of-your-love/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1967
8. [Whole Lotta Rosie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-whole-lotta-rosie/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1977
9. [Zoot Allures](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-zappa-zoot-allures/) — Frank Zappa · solo by Frank Zappa · 1976
10. [Thunderstruck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-thunderstruck/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1990
11. [Soul Sacrifice](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-soul-sacrifice/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1969
12. [Tales of Brave Ulysses](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-tales-of-brave-ulysses/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1967
13. [Iron Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-iron-man/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
14. [Children of the Grave](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-children-of-the-grave/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1971
15. [Roadhouse Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-roadhouse-blues/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1970
16. [Dark Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/grateful-dead-dark-star/) — Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1969
17. [Midnight In Harlem](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-midnight-in-harlem/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2011
18. [Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-sahib-teri-bandi-maki-madni/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2002

## Quick answers

### What is the most famous solo played on a Gibson SG?

On the site, Black Sabbath's War Pigs and AC/DC's Let There Be Rock are the highest-ranked SG solos, followed by Back in Black and Paranoid.

### Which famous guitarists play an SG?

Angus Young, Tony Iommi and Derek Trucks are the best known. Robby Krieger, Frank Zappa, Carlos Santana (at Woodstock) and Eric Clapton in Cream all played SGs on classic recordings.

### How is an SG different from a Les Paul?

The SG has a thinner, lighter body with no carved maple top, and its double cutaway makes the high frets easy to reach. That usually gives a brighter, more midrange-focused sound than a Les Paul.

---

GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)