# Walk guitar solo

> Dimebag Darrell's guitar solo on Walk by Pantera (1992) starts at about 2:54. From the album Vulgar Display of Power. Ranked #129 of all time across 80 lists.

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Pantera, 1992, from *Vulgar Display of Power*. Solo by *Dimebag Darrell*.

Dimebag Darrell's solo on 'Walk' is short, nasty and full of whammy-bar squeals, perfectly matched to the song's swaggering, half-time groove. Instead of long, flowing runs, he plays jagged bursts, dive bombs and pinched harmonics that sound like the guitar is being pushed to its limits. It's the opposite of a showpiece, yet it's instantly recognisable and deeply influential for metal players who came after. Dime made aggression sound playful. Listen for the extreme whammy dips and screaming harmonics, and how he fits them between the riff's heavy accents instead of burying them, so every squeal lands like punctuation.

Walk by Pantera is ranked #129 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Dimebag Darrell and the song was released in 1992. It appears on 5 lists, placing as high as #57 (Bombay Lives (Substack)).

## In our lists

- [The Modern Canon: Best Since 1990](https://greatestsolos.com/list/since-1990/) — #30
- [The 25 Greatest Metal Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/metal/) — #16
- [The 1990s](https://greatestsolos.com/list/1990s/) — #23
- [Whammy, Fuzz & Feedback](https://greatestsolos.com/list/whammy-fuzz-feedback/) — #9
- [Most Divisive](https://greatestsolos.com/list/most-divisive/) — #11
- [The Best Dimebag Darrell Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dimebag-darrell-guitar-solos/) — #3
- [The Best Pantera Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pantera-guitar-solos/) — #4
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1992](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1992/) — #3

## Sources

- [Bombay Lives (Substack): 100 Greatest Guitar Solos](https://bombaylives.substack.com/p/100-greatest-guitar-solos) — #57
- [Topito (now 10h26.com): Top 100 des plus grands solos de guitare de l'histoire (Benoit Floyd)](https://www.10h26.com/top-100-des-plus-grands-solos-de-guitare) — #57
- [DigitalDreamDoor: 200 Greatest Metal Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_metal-guitar-solos.html) — #64
- [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #96
- [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #98
- [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #233

### Who played the guitar solo on Walk?

Dimebag Darrell played the solo on Pantera's Walk (1992).

### What guitar was used on the Walk solo?

A dean ml, according to widely reported accounts.

### Where does Walk rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#129 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 5 of them.

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