# The Best Slash Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Slash guitar solos, ranked. #1 is November Rain (1991), then Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City. Every video starts at the solo.

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With a Les Paul, a Marshall and a top hat, Slash brought blues-based melodic soloing back to hard rock in the late 1980s. His hummable, emotionally direct leads with Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and his solo bands are some of the most recognizable solos in rock.

Informed by: [Guitar World - Slash's best guitar solos ranked](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/slash-best-solos), [Louder - Slash's 10 best guitar solos](https://www.loudersound.com/features/slashs-10-best-guitar-solos-from-guns-n-roses-to-velvet-revolver-and-beyond), [uDiscover Music - Best Slash Solos](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/slash-in-20-solos/), [Far Out Magazine - Slash's 10 greatest guitar solos](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/slash-guns-n-roses-best-10-guitar-solos/)

1. [November Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-november-rain/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
2. [Sweet Child O' Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
3. [Paradise City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-paradise-city/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
4. [Estranged](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-estranged/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
5. [Civil War](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-civil-war/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
6. [Nightrain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-nightrain/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
7. [Welcome to the Jungle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-welcome-to-the-jungle/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
8. [Rocket Queen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-rocket-queen/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
9. [Coma](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-coma/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
10. [Double Talkin' Jive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-double-talkin-jive/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
11. [Don't Cry](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-don-t-cry/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
12. [Locomotive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-locomotive/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
13. [Knockin' on Heaven's Door](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-knockin-on-heaven-s-door/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
14. [Slither](https://greatestsolos.com/song/velvet-revolver-slither/) — Velvet Revolver · solo by Slash · 2004
15. [Fall to Pieces](https://greatestsolos.com/song/velvet-revolver-fall-to-pieces/) — Velvet Revolver · solo by Slash · 2004
16. [Anastasia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/slash-anastasia/) — Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators · solo by Slash · 2012
17. [Give In to Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-give-in-to-me/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Slash · 1991
18. [Patience](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-patience/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1988

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