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IMO the second solo (from 4:35 - 5:27) is one of the finest guitar solo's ever composed. The structure is fantastic.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WEAHRLorM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WEAHRLorM[/url]

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Not likely to be on Youtube, but it's Thin Lizzy's Still in love with you from Life - live album.

John Sykes I believe playing it. If you haven't heard it, get it and enjoy every note.

Every mood in a solo all under one track.

Brian Downey, Big Phil and Gary Moore in supporting roles at the scene of the crime - it can't fail at being a gem - really.

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A certain not so well known Texan wiping the floor with Mr Clapton - OK, so he's a friend of mine and I'm biased but Buddy Whittington is up there with the all time greats:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5tiSxA0ri0[/media]

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+1 for Ladies Night In Buffalo but, for me, the most emotionally satisfying guitar solo ever (today) is The Un-Merry Go Round by Allan Holsdworth, The tune is over 14 minutes long and there are all sorts of 'sections but the bit that bleeds is from 9.42. You need to start listening at around the 6.00 minute mark in order for the solo to make sense.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DtvLxrL9VA[/media]

Another favourtie of mine is Carlos Rios' solo on Chick Corea's Cool Weasel Boogie off the first Elektric Band lp. It isn't on youtube so you'll have to look it up on Spotify.... solo starts at about 3.06.

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And, of course, this monster from Metheny (solo starts with the greatest 'wow' moment in jazz guitar history...at 1.36)

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmWCYNRpNs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmWCYNRpNs[/url]

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[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1343994382' post='1758332']
And, of course, this monster from Metheny (solo starts with the greatest 'wow' moment in jazz guitar history...at 1.36)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmWCYNRpNs[/media]
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Thank you for posting this, really enjoy Pat Methany Group - when Jazz is good, it beats prog rock for me!! I need to have a think about my favourite solo but it's gonna be something from 80's LA/NY hair metal era :)

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[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1347111013' post='1797059']
Another from Mr Holdsworth. This is concise, and the phrasing is just great. Starts around 2.47

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMu7XUc9OcI[/media]
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ha ha no way was just gonna put this on. i band i was in at college used to play this when we were 17. We'd never heard of em but a lecturer told us to learn it as like a challenge. We nailed it. Loved it

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[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1343996925' post='1758400']
how about the worst guitar solo ever?
kicks in about 1.20
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About par for the course for some 'progressive' bands of the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMzoqpyUbhg

I can tell you've never heard a Beastie Boys song.

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0[/media]

I always loved the way the guitar in this track helped give it a sinister feel and moved it away from just another dance track. Great little solo by Eddie too, not the greatest but it all fits so nicely. I heard this track in the car a few days ago and thought it does sound good

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Blimey! Where do you begin with this topic? Are we talking pyrotechnics? Musicality? Taste? Style?

In the absence of governing criteria and being an old Rock/Blues fart at heart I'm going to pick a Hendrix song - All Along The Watchtower (several solos; take your pick) - and yes I do know it's actually a Dylan song, but if you love guitar then which version would rather listen to? In 45 years I've never tired of listening to it and still stop what I'm doing whenever I hear it.

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