# The Best Wah Pedal Guitar Solos > The Best Wah Pedal Guitar Solos: #1 is Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses, then Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and All Along the Watchtower. 18 solos, ranked. Canonical URL: Rock the pedal and the guitar cries, quacks or sings. The wah arrived in 1967, and within a year Jimi Hendrix (Voodoo Child) and Eric Clapton (White Room, Tales of Brave Ulysses) had made it essential. Slash, Kirk Hammett, Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell carried it on. These are the greatest wah solos, and every video starts at the solo. 1. [Sweet Child O' Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987 2. [Voodoo Child (Slight Return)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-voodoo-child-slight-return/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 3. [All Along the Watchtower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-all-along-the-watchtower/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 4. [Surfing with the Alien](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-surfing-with-the-alien/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 5. [25 or 6 to 4](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chicago-25-or-6-to-4/) — Chicago · solo by Terry Kath · 1970 6. [White Room](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-white-room/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 7. [Enter Sandman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-enter-sandman/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991 8. [Three Days](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jane-s-addiction-three-days/) — Jane's Addiction · solo by Dave Navarro · 1990 9. [Tales of Brave Ulysses](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-tales-of-brave-ulysses/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1967 10. [Even Flow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-even-flow/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991 11. [Voodoo Child (Slight Return)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-double-trouble-voodoo-child-slight-return/) — Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1984 12. [Trampled Under Foot](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-trampled-under-foot/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1975 13. [Fairies Wear Boots](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-fairies-wear-boots/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970 14. [Heartbreaker (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-heartbreaker-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Mick Taylor · 1973 15. [Too Rolling Stoned](https://greatestsolos.com/song/robin-trower-too-rolling-stoned/) — Robin Trower · solo by Robin Trower · 1974 16. [Armed and Ready](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-schenker-group-armed-and-ready/) — Michael Schenker Group · solo by Michael Schenker · 1980 17. [Rooster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-rooster/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 18. [Fools Gold](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stone-roses-fools-gold/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989 ## Quick answers ### What is the most famous wah solo? Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is the usual pick. On the site, Slash's Sweet Child O' Mine solo ranks highest of the solos that use wah. ### What was the first famous wah pedal song? The Vox wah came out in 1967. Early landmarks include Cream's Tales of Brave Ulysses and Hendrix's Burning of the Midnight Lamp from that year. ### Why do guitarists park the wah halfway? Leaving the pedal part-way down (the 'cocked wah') acts like a fixed filter and gives a nasal, vocal midrange. Michael Schenker is famous for it. --- 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/)