# The Best Jeff Beck Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Jeff Beck guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Cause We've Ended As Lovers (1975), then Freeway Jam and Where Were You. Every video starts at the solo.

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Jeff Beck went from Yardbirds fuzz pioneer to jazz-rock innovator to a fingerpicking, whammy-bar sculptor of melody, reinventing his approach every decade. Many guitarists consider him the most expressive player of all, able to make a Stratocaster sing like a human voice.

Informed by: [Guitar World - Jeff Beck's 10 greatest guitar solos](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jeff-beck-greatest-solos), [Variety - 10 of Jeff Beck's Best Solos and Songs](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jeff-beck-best-guitar-solos-songs-1235486824/), [Rolling Stone - 100 Greatest Guitar Solos (Freeway Jam)](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/jeff-beck-freeway-jam-1235520394), [Goldmine - 5 standout lead guitar songs by Jeff Beck](https://www.goldminemag.com/music-history/5-standout-lead-guitar-songs-by-jeff-beck-that-you-need-to-hear/)

1. [Cause We've Ended As Lovers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-cause-we-ve-ended-as-lovers/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975
2. [Freeway Jam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-freeway-jam/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975
3. [Where Were You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-where-were-you/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1989
4. [Blue Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-blue-wind/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1976
5. [Led Boots](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-led-boots/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1976
6. [Goodbye Pork Pie Hat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-goodbye-pork-pie-hat/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1976
7. [Beck's Bolero](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-becks-bolero/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page · 1967
8. [Shapes of Things](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-shapes-of-things/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
9. [Heart Full of Soul](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-heart-full-of-soul/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1965
10. [Jeff's Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-jeff-s-boogie/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
11. [Over Under Sideways Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-over-under-sideways-down/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
12. [Brush with the Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-brush-with-the-blues/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1999
13. [Nessun Dorma](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-nessun-dorma/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 2010
14. [People Get Ready](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-people-get-ready/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1985
15. [Scatterbrain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-scatterbrain/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975
16. [Superstition](https://greatestsolos.com/song/beck-bogert-and-appice-superstition/) — Beck, Bogert & Appice · solo by Jeff Beck · 1973
17. [Big Block](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-big-block/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1989
18. [I Ain't Superstitious](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-i-ain-t-superstitious/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1968

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