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Breeeow, ling da ding la REEEEEEET!
Guitar 48%  48%  [ 14 ]
Bass 10%  10%  [ 3 ]
Drums 10%  10%  [ 3 ]
Piano/Keyboards/Synth 24%  24%  [ 7 ]
Woodwinds 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Brass 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
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I'm not talking about your favorite instrument, or what instrument you play, I'm saying what instrument sounds best, by itself, going crazy.

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I've gotta say guitar, but drums are a evry close second.
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Thread over due to misspelling of "bass".

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I'm going to say guitar. Some of my favorite songs involve awesome guitar solos or just guitar (no vocals) throughout the entire song.

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Personally Guitar, though a Piano can produce wonderfully by itself.

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You forgot keyboard. Those solos kick rule 6.

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drum solos are soooooooooooo awsome if you hear good one. reference point? listen to the ALIVE! version of God Of Thunder by Kiss.

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Jello B. wrote:
Thread over due to misspelling of "bass".

Hey, I'm just one person here.

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You forgot keyboard. Those solos kick rule 6.
"Wolf in the Bend" by Joy Electric. Best synth solo ever.

And I fixed the spelling of "bass".
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Nothing beats the versatility of a keyboard.

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Yea verily; if you can play the piano, you can play the organ, synth, clavichord, harpsichord, harmonium, melodeon, and Mellotron.
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'nuff said.

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'nuff said.


What Beyond the Grave said.

I think the guitar gets this one, hands down. I mean, come on guys. You just can't have an ear-blasting rock concert without a face-melting guitar solo. You just can't. It needs to be in there somewhere, by itself or in a song. Just listen to Eruption by Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix when he was at Woodstock. Guitar Gods like those literally melt faces. It's science.

Drum's do get second on this one though, I won't argue that.

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Keyboard solo's are so sexy... It's like sound making love with my ear.

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Keith Emerson has a restraining order against you now.
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*A tear*

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Thanks to editor of my poll.

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And I fixed the spelling of "bass".
You're welcome. :)
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Keyboard, but that might be biased due to the fact that I play this more well than any other instrument on this list.

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I voted Bass, even though the instrument I play the best is the guitar.

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I can't play any instruments very well except for the recorder and Guitar Hero guitar. So it's a toss up between novelty recorder solos (Jingle Bells is INTENSE) or Guitar Hero fake guitar solos (oh man oh man oh man that yellow button is HRAD!!11)

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Teenage Wasteland has a great keyboard solo, even though that's pretty obvious.

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That's not a solo; it's a riff. And the song's called "Baba O'Riley". [/music nerd]

The violin solo is pretty awesome, though. Won't argue with that.

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And I never liked the title "Baba O'Reily", I always preffered "Teenage Wasteland".

EDIT: Oh, just looked at Wikipedia, never knew that a riff was a repeated chord.

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Duecex2 wrote:
And I never liked the title "Baba O'Reily", I always preffered "Teenage Wasteland".
Peter Townsend is angered by this remark.

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EDIT: Oh, just looked at Wikipedia, never knew that a riff was a repeated chord.
*Facepalm*

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EDIT: Oh, just looked at Wikipedia, never knew that a riff was a repeated chord.
*Facepalm*


Yeah, I used to think it was just a synonym for "solo". I know, I know, I'm stupid. I don't actually play music, I just listen.

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Beaums wrote:
Beyond the Grave wrote:
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What Beyond the Grave said.

I think the guitar gets this one, hands down. I mean, come on guys. You just can't have an ear-blasting rock concert without a face-melting guitar solo. You just can't. It needs to be in there somewhere, by itself or in a song. Just listen to Eruption by Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix when he was at Woodstock. Guitar Gods like those literally melt faces. It's science.

Drum's do get second on this one though, I won't argue that.


this man knows what hes talking about. also the star spangled banner by jimi is totally sick

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Guitar solo.

This isn't bias, since I play piano and not guitar. Guitar's not my favorite instrument, and others may be more versatile, but when it comes to solos, guitars win. I mean, come on. The distortion, the bending of pitches, the just plain RAWWWWRARARRAR REERRRRHRHHRHRHRH RAWRRRRWAWAARARARARARR of it, all add up to insane levels of awesome.

Brass is a close second. Gotta love that trumpet solo; gotta love that trombone solo; [s]gotta love that tuba solo[/s].

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Brass, when that trumpet goes wild, the guy who plays it must be having a really, really REALLY bad headache

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What? No viola? Dag. Note: I'm serious.

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