# The Best Ventures Guitar Solos

> The 10 best Ventures guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Walk, Don't Run (1960), then Walk, Don't Run '64 and Diamond Head. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Ventures were the best-selling instrumental rock band of all time, and their twangy, precise guitar arrangements taught a generation to play. Nokie Edwards' whammy-bar flourishes and early fuzz experiments pushed rock guitar tone forward.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - The Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures), [Wikipedia - The Ventures discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures_discography), [Wikipedia - Surf music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_music)

1. [Walk, Don't Run](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-walk-dont-run/) — The Ventures · solo by Bob Bogle · 1960
2. [Walk, Don't Run '64](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-walk-dont-run-64/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1964
3. [Diamond Head](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-diamond-head/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1965
4. [The 2,000 Pound Bee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-the-2-000-pound-bee/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1962
5. [Hawaii Five-O](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-hawaii-five-o/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1969
6. [Perfidia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-perfidia/) — The Ventures · solo by Bob Bogle · 1960
7. [Ram-Bunk-Shush](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-ram-bunk-shush/) — The Ventures · solo by Bob Bogle · 1961
8. [Lullaby of the Leaves](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-lullaby-of-the-leaves/) — The Ventures · solo by Bob Bogle · 1961
9. [Slaughter on Tenth Avenue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-slaughter-on-tenth-avenue/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1964
10. [Pipeline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-pipeline/) — The Ventures · solo by Nokie Edwards · 1963

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