# The Best Yardbirds Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Yardbirds guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Shapes of Things (1966), then Heart Full of Soul and The Train Kept A-Rollin'.

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The Yardbirds were the launching pad for three of rock's greatest guitarists: Clapton, Beck and Page. Beck's fuzz, feedback and raga-inspired experiments in particular helped invent the vocabulary of psychedelic and hard rock soloing.

1. [Shapes of Things](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-shapes-of-things/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
2. [Heart Full of Soul](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-heart-full-of-soul/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1965
3. [The Train Kept A-Rollin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-the-train-kept-a-rollin/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1965
4. [I'm a Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-i-m-a-man/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1965
5. [Happenings Ten Years Time Ago](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-happenings-ten-years-time-ago/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page · 1966
6. [Stroll On](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-stroll-on/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page · 1966
7. [Over Under Sideways Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-over-under-sideways-down/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
8. [Jeff's Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-jeff-s-boogie/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
9. [Lost Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-lost-woman/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
10. [The Nazz Are Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-the-nazz-are-blue/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1966
11. [Smokestack Lightning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-smokestack-lightning/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Eric Clapton · 1964
12. [Got to Hurry](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-got-to-hurry/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Eric Clapton · 1965
13. [Evil Hearted You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-evil-hearted-you/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jeff Beck · 1965
14. [Think About It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-think-about-it/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jimmy Page · 1968
15. [Little Games](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-little-games/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jimmy Page · 1967
16. [White Summer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-white-summer/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jimmy Page · 1967
17. [Drinking Muddy Water](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-drinking-muddy-water/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jimmy Page · 1967
18. [I'm Confused](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-yardbirds-i-m-confused/) — The Yardbirds · solo by Jimmy Page · 1971

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