# Seventeen guitar solo

> Reb Beach's guitar solo on Seventeen by Winger (1988) starts at about 1:50. From the album Winger. Ranked #414 of all time across 80 lists.

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Winger, 1988, from *Winger*. Solo by *Reb Beach*.

Reb Beach packs tapped runs and whammy tricks into a solo that outshines the song's teen-romance lyric.

Seventeen is a bouncy hair-metal single with a lyric few people defend, but Reb Beach's solo gives guitarists a reason to keep listening. He packs tapped runs, whammy tricks and fast legato into a tight space, jumping between ideas with a technician's precision and a showman's sense of fun. His tapping has a distinctive, slippery quality, with lines that seem to change direction mid-phrase. The solo showed how much musical detail a skilled player could fit inside a radio-friendly song. Listen for the quick whammy flutters at the end of tapped phrases, little flourishes that give the solo a playful, almost comic edge.

Seventeen by Winger is ranked #414 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Reb Beach and the song was released in 1988. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #7 (Ultimate Classic Rock).

## In our lists

- [The 25 Greatest Glam Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/glam/) — #16
- [Tapping](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tapping/) — #14
- [The Best Reb Beach Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/reb-beach-guitar-solos/) — #2
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1988](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1988/) — #4
- [The 18 Best Hair Metal Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/hair-metal-guitar-solos/) — #6

## Sources

- [Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/hair-metal-guitar-solos/) — #7
- [guitarguitar: Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/141664/) — #45

### Who played the guitar solo on Seventeen?

Reb Beach played the solo on Winger's Seventeen (1988).

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

#414 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.

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