First impressions mean a lot in many circumstances, but especially in guitar solos.
What are some solos where the initial second or two really grabs your attention?
As I was driving home earlier, Slayer’s Dittohead came up on my shuffled playlist (which immediately caused me to start speeding a little), and I was reminded how much I liked Jeff Hanneman’s intro to his solo - he comes in early, on the and of beat 4, and plays an E minor triad lick (well, Eb min) that has always made me think of the theme to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (though they aren’t really alike). There’s just something about the super fast EBEGE lick I’ve always found cool, and I also dig his ending run… totally chaotic goodness.
Whatcha got? Any style/genre is game.