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    Best Guitar Solo.

    I do like a good guitar solo with my favourite being the epic 1 minute plus solo in Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

    Whats your favourite solo...i do like a good youtube session .

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    Two for the price of one in November Rain from Slash

    https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE

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    Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan. Solo courtesy of Larry Carlton.
    One of many.

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    Try these:

    Highway Star - Richie Blackmoor - Deep Purple
    Crossroads - Eric Clapton - Cream
    Hotel California - Don Felder & Jo Walsh - The Eagles
    Freebird - Allen Collins & Gary Rossington - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads - Ozzy Osbourne
    Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May - Queen
    All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix - The Jim Hendrix Experience
    Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash - Guns N' Roses
    Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
    Comfortably Numb - Dave Gilmour - Pink Floyd

    Best ever?

    Eruption - Edward van Halen - Van Halen
    Last edited by philjopa; 2nd February 2017 at 01:19.

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    It might not be the best but Free Bird is up there with them.

    https://youtu.be/D0W1v0kOELA

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    Do you go back as far as The Carpenters? Goodbye to Love?
    Tony Peluso was it?

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    Oh dear, this could be a long list...

    Iron Maiden - The Trooper https://youtu.be/2G5rfPISIwo?t=130

    Iron Maiden - Fear of The Dark https://youtu.be/qEja72NSg5Q?t=235

    Neil Young - Like A Hurricane

    David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

    Slash - Anastasia

    Slash (G'n'R) - Nightrain https://youtu.be/Qyf8oRF6Trg?t=187

    Slash - By The Sword https://youtu.be/yajU0oeMJo4?t=166

    Alter Bridge - Blackbird https://youtu.be/yz_j7nVCJJ0?list=RD...CJJ0&t=274


    David Gilmour - On An Island Live in Gdansk

    https://youtu.be/9hUjqL8YX30?t=456



    A few less well known, hidden gems:

    Rainbow Blues by Blackmore's Night. I can't conceive how Ritchie Blackmore went from Deep Purple to Rainbow to Blackmore's Night. 99% of Blackmore's Night is beyond terrible, but somehow he sneaked in what is one of my favourite solos. Don't listen to any more Blackmore's Night. Seriously, don't listen to it. Especially don't listen to their version of Child In Time.

    https://youtu.be/7ePrAzhXAeQ?t=142



    A virtually unknown Jimmy Page solo that perfectly encapulates his playing - it is both appallingly bad and genius at the same time. It's hidden away in a B-Side Tom Morello mix of Puff Daddy's Come With Me...

    https://youtu.be/zTNXC_9hrb8?t=126



    Did you know Pink Floyd's Pigs on the Wing parts 1 & 2 were originally a single song? And that there's a recording of it featuring a Snowy White solo?





    Finally, no greatest guitar solo list is complete without Larry Carlton's effort on Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne. Perhaps the most perfect and complete solo ever.

    https://youtu.be/E5EQaEHNeco?list=PL...fs0K&t=129

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    Quote Originally Posted by unclealec View Post
    Do you go back as far as The Carpenters? Goodbye to Love?
    Tony Peluso was it?
    Fabulous guitar on this. In fact, everything about the recording is pretty much perfect. A proper pop masterpiece.

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    Kid by the Pretenders... .16 seconds of lyrical perfection..

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    Coming Home by Deep Purple.
    Unhinged genius by the great Tommy Bolin

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    Comfortably Numb here for me too as my favourite but there are lots that come close.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Franky Four Fingers View Post
    I do like a good guitar solo with my favourite being the epic 1 minute plus solo in Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

    Whats your favourite solo...i do like a good youtube session .

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    Same but the version he played in Gdansk Poland.... amazing.

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    I've seen Cross Roads by Clapton, and All along the watch Tower by Hendrix, I'd include just about anything Peter Green did in the original Fleetwood Mac too.

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    Double Trouble - Eric Clapton
    No Woman, No Cry (live) - Bob Marley and the Wailers
    I'm Goin' Home (live at Woodstock) - Ten Years After
    Why Must I Plead - Riichard Thompson
    Crying to the Sky - Be Bop Deluxe

    Best Accoustic
    Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson

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    Always had a soft spot for Sweet Child o Mine (Guns n Roses).

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    Always liked Dweezil's solo here...starts at 1:49



    Also, talking of Steely Dan, Jeff Baxter's is great on this....


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    The top 3 IMO:

    Jimi Hendrix – ‘All Along The Watchtower’
    Guns N’ Roses – ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’
    Led Zeppelin – ‘Stairway To Heaven’

    But mentioned in despatches are:

    Clapton - 'Layla'
    Nirvana – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

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    There was a clip shown on the news when Prince died when he was lined up with a load of other famous artists all playing guitar. Can't remember the details but I'm sure it's findable on YouTube. Talented isn't the word!

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    https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

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    funkadelic's maggot brain (eddie hazel on guitar)


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    Jimmy Hendrix Red house
    SRV Tin pan ally
    Frank Zappa, Zomby woof
    Cosby & Nash, Mutiny on a sailboat
    Lindsey Buckingham, so afraid



    Currently Joe Bonamassa seems to be the best Guitarist around
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    Stevie Ray Vaughn


    Ok not really proper solos but 5 instruments on a guitar

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    Allen Collins & Steve Gaines in Freebird

    Dave Gilmour in Comfortably numb for me

    Last edited by trident-7; 2nd February 2017 at 12:08.

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    Oh, another: Fredrik Akesson's solo in Opeth's Cusp of Eternity https://youtu.be/JHq9yMXw3iA?t=205

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    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1r6WSUlvQ20

    For me it has to be Julian Lage's Persian Rug. He plays lines so relaxed. Also, Julian playing with Santana at 7 years old is pretty awesome!

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro8vOlHDqYo

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    10cc - 'Feel The Benefit'.

    Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham) - 'I'm So Afraid'
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrtLxsqSic

    Eric Clapton on The Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'.
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    A lot of my favourites all ready mentioned Page, Blackmore & Gilmore etc

    So here are a few others:

    Rory Gallagher - Bullfrog Blues
    Ry Cooder - Crossroads (with Steve Via)
    Eddie Van Halen - Eruption
    Jan Akkerman - Hocus Pocus
    Alex Lifeson - YYZ
    Michael Schenker - Lights Out
    Johnny Winter - Illustrated man
    Gary Moore - Still got the blues

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    Great suggestions. I would add:

    "Lazy" by Deep Purple
    "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits
    "Scuttle Buttin" by Stevie Ray Vahughan
    And the whole first Van Halen album

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    Loads of great suggestions on this thread.

    I'd like to pitch this one in:




    Brilliant from the beginning, and then Prince steps in at about 3:25...


    Simply remarkable given that he could play at least 27 instruments.
    So clever my foot fell off.

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    Some of my favs are :
    Scarified by Paul Gilbert
    For the love of God by Steve Vai
    Cliff's of Dover by Eric Johnson

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    Quote Originally Posted by misterzero View Post
    Some of my favs are :
    Scarified by Paul Gilbert
    For the love of God by Steve Vai
    Cliff's of Dover by Eric Johnson

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    Right up my street!!

    For me... there can be only one... the man who's every tune is an ongoing solo!

    My all time favourite - Raspberry Jam Delta V!



    ...and any excuse to share a pic of my pride and joy... my Ibanez JS1200CA, signed by the man himself! Had the privilege of meeting him in 2008 backstage in Belfast - got a few pics with the legend, and my guitar signed. Guitar head's dream!

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    A couple off the top of my head:

    Jimi Hendrix 'Hey Joe'

    John Squire on The Stone Roses' 'Made of Stone' and 'Breaking into Heaven'

    Whoever plays the solo on The Super Furry Animals' 'Hometown Unicorn'

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    Two from the Knopfler:





    Not fancy, but there's always feeling and never a note out of place

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    Too many to choose one, as well as all the ones already mentioned there is a solo in Bitch by the Rolling Stones that always makes me grin


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    Robert Fripp-"Frame By Frame" King Crimson.
    Anything by Carlos Santana.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana View Post
    Loads of great suggestions on this thread.

    I'd like to pitch this one in:




    Brilliant from the beginning, and then Prince steps in at about 3:25...


    Simply remarkable given that he could play at least 27 instruments.

    Yeah this. Anyone who thinks Prince wasn't a brillaint musician should watch this...you sorta feel sorry for everyone else there.

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    I like my solos a bit heavier - frankly anything from 80s era Metallica or Maiden does it for me.

    For insanity - Herman Li from Dragonforce
    Last edited by Gromdal; 2nd February 2017 at 13:08.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff W View Post
    Yeah this. Anyone who thinks Prince wasn't a brillaint musician should watch this...you sorta feel sorry for everyone else there.
    I love the fact that everyone in that clip before Prince is playing with the tune and being very polite....he enters and plays completely against the tune but its so much stronger for that anarchy and genius craziness that he brings. Tom Petty looks annoyed for being upstaged but Harrison's son is loving it. Some of Princes guitar runs are simply out of this world, totally inspired just completely out there musically quite like Hendrix.

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    A definite vote for Carlos Santana

    And a bit off the wall choice - Beat It, with Slash and Orianthi Panagaris https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vCz1JDZazlU

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    Still in love with you.. Brian Robertson ,on Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana View Post
    Loads of great suggestions on this thread.

    I'd like to pitch this one in:

    Brilliant from the beginning, and then Prince steps in at about 3:25...


    Simply remarkable given that he could play at least 27 instruments.
    That was brilliant!! Thanks for sharing that one! What I liked was that his biggest fan was the young lad on the acoustic/rhythm guitar behind him.. grinning ear to ear when he knew the lead break was about to kick off. Pure genius.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scepticalist View Post
    Two from the Knopfler:





    Not fancy, but there's always feeling and never a note out of place
    Thank goodness you posted these!

    I really like Mark Knopfler and think some of his riffs are wonderful.

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    I'm seriously going to be streaming some of these clips to my Hi-Fi tonight

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    Talking of Joe Bonamassa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQwj3s8Y4s

    Wow.

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    Ry Cooder - So many to choose from
    Jan Akkerman - Hocus Pocus and others

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    Jimi Hendrix 'Redhouse'

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