OT: favorite guitar solo ever?

Norman Clyde · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 492

any song on this record by Teisco del Rey

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half-fast skier · Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 575 Location: rancho d'lux

hard to pick just one, but this is towards the very top of my list:
voodoo child by THE MAN
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vdrifter11 · Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 2034

John Scofield's cover of Wabash..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xrZoJmSgC-0
Larry Carlton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yMArrSjSjOo
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wayne · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 1066 Location: NY State

Just about anything Richard Thompson does.
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Norqski · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 602 Location: Los Anchorage

Have to go with the greatest living electric guitarist of all, the inimitable Jeff Beck. I'll throw my current vote for the intro to "Gets us all in the end" from Flash

Second place goes to the Human Riff Machine, Kieth Richards and "Can't you hear me knocking"

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vdrifter11 · Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 2034

Gotta love "Blackbird" et al..Jeff Beck is great at getting really interesting sounds out of electric guitar..
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seki · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 6385 Location: Gone

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wickstad · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:39 am Post subject:

I thought about this while riding today with a friend of mine who considers himself a music snob and "puts up" with FHV and I when it comes to music. I'll throw George Harrison out there. Especially the solo in "Let it be."

I'm sure there are dozens of others but looking forward to that contrast in "Let it be" with that soft build up and then George explodes the whole song. If you've heard the version with the organ solo instead of the guitar solo and been disappointed then you know how I feel.
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rockdoc · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 160 Location: western Oregon

A lot of great stuff presented in this thread, to which I add the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=old2pFY9owc

I have been a fan of Kimock's guitar work for nearly 20 years now. This video is of high quality and displays his talents quite well. Probably not quite in the category of "solo", but a worthy submission nonetheless, imnsho. If you want to cut to the shred, go to about the 7 minute mark; if you've got the time, enjoy the 10+ minutes.

cheers!
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rockdoc · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 160 Location: western Oregon

Speaking of Jeff Beck, this does not suck . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_EfBuscB8o&feature=related
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AT Apostle · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 2516

Pretty much anything by Derek Trucks, although even he seems to be in awe of Johnny Winter when they get together to play "Highway 61" on this video. It's cool to see a person who's blind and can barely walk, yet when you put a guitar in his hands he lights it up. Even Derek smiled.

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

hutguy · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 7114 Location: Breckenridge CO

Johnny Winter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tyg5SJDpiQ
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