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Who has the best guitar solo?
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over a year ago
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Hi Shag that is a really good one, but my favourites are
Dave Gilmore’s second solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb
Michael Schenker’s solo on Rock Bottom on UFO’s Strangers in the Night live album
And Alex Lifeson’s guitar masterpiece La Villa Strangiato by Rush |
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"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway  "
I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.  |
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Tough one..But up these come to mind immediately. Good guitar solo isn't haw fast but how it flows with the music, so no Satriani or Vai in my list....
Dave Gilmore - Comfortably Numb from Pulse
Alex Lifeson - Xanadu from Exit Stage Left
Daryl Stuermer - Inside Out from But Seriously Live. |
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"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway
I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in. "
Winners will keep trying... you'll get there! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Hi Shag that is a really good one, but my favourites are
Dave Gilmore’s second solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb
Michael Schenker’s solo on Rock Bottom on UFO’s Strangers in the Night live album
And Alex Lifeson’s guitar masterpiece La Villa Strangiato by Rush"
Hi and yes that is a good one too |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Prince - purple rain (live)
Or prince "while my guitar gently weeps"
https://youtu.be/efhlDbZ4SmY
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Try The Jeff Healey Band version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It's one of my faves . |
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By *ax777Man
over a year ago
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"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway
I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in. "
Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway
I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.
Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green"
Oh yeah, that’s good. Funny how that sound must have been an influence on Gary Moore |
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"Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay
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2 minutes in after the talking, and an amazing track to make love to,
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note I said make love, not just a fuck."
Beat me to it, though I was going to say anything by Zappa  |
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"So many to choose from and definitely depends what I'm in the mood for but love some Satriani or Jan Akkerman."
Glad to see a mention of Jan Akkerman. I'm going to throw in Robert Fripp, never been a huge public name, and even in his own band King Crimson he prefers to sit at the back and just play with no on-stage theatrics. Hard to pick out any particular tracks, but Fracture and Starless have pretty incredible guitar work. And then there's a huge amount of session work that Fripp did with other bands giving them a sound that just couldn't have happened without him. Bowie's Heroes - that amazing guitar that raises the track from good to blows your socks off - that's Robert Fripp. |
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By *ax777Man
over a year ago
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"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway
I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.
Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green
Oh yeah, that’s good. Funny how that sound must have been an influence on Gary Moore"
Gary Moore bought the famous ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul from Peter Green when the latter quit the music business in the 70s |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway
I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.
Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green
Oh yeah, that’s good. Funny how that sound must have been an influence on Gary Moore
Gary Moore bought the famous ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul from Peter Green when the latter quit the music business in the 70s"
Ah bingo! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As many have said.
Comfortably Numb.
Prefer the original version rather than the later live versions. "
I like every version bur prefer Gdansk as it prolongs the experience!
Love this thread and will definately get some of them of them on Spotify... |
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Some of dimebag darrell's were great.
I do like some of marty friedman early work.
And reb beach...
Recent music though i like an australian prog rock player called "plini". |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"One of my favs is the live version of Sultans of Swing on Alchemy
Oh yeah. Cracking choice.
I prefer the live version of telegraph road "
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Anything by knopfler is amazing but my favourite is private Investigations. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hi Shag that is a really good one, but my favourites are
Dave Gilmore’s second solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb
Michael Schenker’s solo on Rock Bottom on UFO’s Strangers in the Night live album
And Alex Lifeson’s guitar masterpiece La Villa Strangiato by Rush"
oh excellent choices ,love a bit of UFO and that's an amazing album |
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"No one mentioned any by joe bonamassa...yet!"
True story - a good friend of mine knocked him off the top of the iTunes blues charts a couple of years ago and Joe got in touch with him to congratulate him |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No one mentioned any by joe bonamassa...yet!
True story - a good friend of mine knocked him off the top of the iTunes blues charts a couple of years ago and Joe got in touch with him to congratulate him "
No way! What a compliment |
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By (user no longer on site)
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As a guitarist myself I have Themis discussion with fellow musicians a lot and I always shocked people always mention old school guitarist but never recent ones.
Personally I don’t enjoy a lot of old school I appreciate it but don’t think wow it’s amazing which always shocks people
But my greats are:
Edge u2 the stuff he does is wow
Graham coxon blur he is amazing with change and style along with experimental
Johnny greenwood Radiohead amazing and so skilled
James Dean Bradfield manics one of my all time greats every song is lead guitar perfect
Matt Bellamy muse again amazing and so skilled
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In no particular order:
Eddie Van Halen in Michael Jackson's Beat it.
Gary Moore's live rendition of The Messiah Will Come Again.
George Harrison's beautiful solo in Something.
Mark Knopfler's Tunnel of Love. |
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To many to name.
Slash - second solo in November Rain.
Randy Rhoades - Crazy Train
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing
Marillion - Jigsaw
Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond
Santana - Black Magic Woman
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By (user no longer on site)
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"To many to name.
Slash - second solo in November Rain.
Randy Rhoades - Crazy Train
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing
Marillion - Jigsaw
Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond
Santana - Black Magic Woman
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stevie ray vaughn's version of little wing is pure class..
I like the live version of gary moore's "still got the blues" too there's an extra few minutes of great solo (i saw him live ages ago) |
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Carlos Santana - Europa (Moonflower)
Nils Lighten - Youngstown (Springsteen Live in NYC)
Bill Nelson - pictures from a Yorkshire landscape (live in the air age)
John Frusciante - don't forget me (RHCP live in Hyde park)
Duane Allman - statesboro blues (Allman brothers at Filmore east)
Jimi Hendrix - star spangled banner (Woodstock) |
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My favourite guitar solo is the one in Hello by Lionel Richie, not fast or technically complex there's just something magical about it.
On a more technical level I really like Satriani's Flying in a Blue Dream.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My favourite guitar solo is the one in Hello by Lionel Richie, not fast or technically complex there's just something magical about it.
On a more technical level I really like Satriani's Flying in a Blue Dream.
Cal"
the track "hello"- yes it's really tasteful and understated.
There's a track by Suzanne Vega called "left of centre" - there's a really tasteful solo on that track too. (don't know who played it though)
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By (user no longer on site)
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Albert king for an all in voice song and guitar expression. A good filling sound.
Roy Buchanan for what he can do with a telecaster. It's a bit alien but accomplished.
Gilmour for finding that sound.
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Some great shouts so far. I usually contribute to these threads with something from one of the usual suspects, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Peter Green. Tonight I’m going to give a mention to Danny Kirwan. One of the 5 original members of Fleetwood Mac who doesn’t get as much recognition as Peter Green but is no less worthy. A track he wrote for the band called Something Inside of Me highlights his guitar skills. Sadly no longer with us R I P. |
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
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Van Halen - Eddie Van Halen (EVH) - Eruption.
It's got to be him as he re-purposes builds his guitars from different guitar parts, pick ups etc. and saws them up to get a different sound! The red, white, black "Frankenstrat" is the most famous one of his.The Smithsonian had a replica on display in 2015. |
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John Sykes - "Still in love with you" on Thin Lizzy's last live album. He surpasses all the different players on the track over the years including the original.
Good to see Lifeson on here too, so underrated. My fav of his is " Between the wheels" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As a guitarist myself I have Themis discussion with fellow musicians a lot and I always shocked people always mention old school guitarist but never recent ones.
Personally I don’t enjoy a lot of old school I appreciate it but don’t think wow it’s amazing which always shocks people
But my greats are:
Edge u2 the stuff he does is wow
Graham coxon blur he is amazing with change and style along with experimental
Johnny greenwood Radiohead amazing and so skilled
James Dean Bradfield manics one of my all time greats every song is lead guitar perfect
Matt Bellamy muse again amazing and so skilled
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I know we all have different tastes and I applaud that but I just can't see U2's Edge as being one of The Greats. To much ching chingy ching ching for me. |
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