# The Best Tool Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Tool guitar solos, ranked. #1 is 7empest (2019), then Jambi and Forty Six & 2. Every video starts at the solo.

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Adam Jones is known mainly for riffs and texture, so his rare solos in Tool feel like big events. They are built on odd meters, effects and talk-box howls instead of speed. His lengthy break on 7empest finally gave him his own showcase as a lead player, and it went on to win a Grammy.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - 7empest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7empest), [Wikipedia - Jambi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambi_(Tool_song)), [Ultimate Guitar forum](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=463576), [Mixdown](https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/rig-rundown-adam-jones-of-tool/)

1. [7empest](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-7empest/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2019
2. [Jambi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-jambi/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2006
3. [Forty Six & 2](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-forty-six-and-2/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 1996
4. [Lateralus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-lateralus/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2001
5. [The Pot](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-the-pot/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2006
6. [Invincible](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-invincible/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2019
7. [Descending](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-descending/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2019
8. [Schism](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-schism/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2001
9. [Rosetta Stoned](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-rosetta-stoned/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2006
10. [Stinkfist](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-stinkfist/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 1996
11. [Pneuma](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-pneuma/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2019
12. [The Grudge](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-the-grudge/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2001
13. [Ticks & Leeches](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-ticks-and-leeches/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2001
14. [Sober](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-sober/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 1993
15. [Vicarious](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tool-vicarious/) — Tool · solo by Adam Jones · 2006

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