# The Best Jimi Hendrix Guitar Solos > The 17 best Jimi Hendrix guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Machine Gun (1970), then All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return). Canonical URL: Jimi Hendrix rewrote what the electric guitar could do in less than four years, turning feedback, fuzz, wah and whammy bar into expressive tools. His solos still anchor almost every all-time greatest list, from the studio precision of Electric Ladyland to the live storm of Machine Gun. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Jimi Hendrix discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_discography), [Wikipedia - Electric Ladyland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Ladyland) 1. [Machine Gun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-machine-gun/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1970 2. [All Along the Watchtower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-all-along-the-watchtower/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 3. [Voodoo Child (Slight Return)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-voodoo-child-slight-return/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 4. [Little Wing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-little-wing/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 5. [Purple Haze](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-purple-haze/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 6. [Red House](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-red-house/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 7. [Star Spangled Banner](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1969 8. [Bold as Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-bold-as-love/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 9. [Castles Made of Sand](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-castles-made-of-sand/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 10. [Foxy Lady](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-foxy-lady/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 11. [Hey Joe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-hey-joe/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1966 12. [Freedom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-freedom/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1971 13. [Angel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-angel/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1971 14. [Crosstown Traffic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-crosstown-traffic/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 15. [1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-1983-a-merman-i-should-turn-to-be/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 16. [Spanish Castle Magic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-spanish-castle-magic/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 17. [Manic Depression](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-manic-depression/) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 --- 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/)