What's your favourite guitar solo today?

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mike_lmike_l Frets: 5700
Not an all-time favourite, just the one which has currently grabbed your ear.


Mine is Chris Holmes' solo from WASP's Sleeping in the fire.

Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • TheBigDipperTheBigDipper Frets: 4722
    Currently revisiting Television. "Venus De Milo".
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  • I was reminded of this yesterday, Guthrie Govan Regret #9. Lovely!


    I'm just a Maserati in a world of Kias.
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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 4028
    The little solo in Paolo Nutini's "Candy"
    It's a bit Hank Marvin but/and it's lovely.
    (And has been completely cut from the single version on YouTube (3:50) but starts around 2:19 on the album version (about 5 minutes long)).
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  • DesVegasDesVegas Frets: 4510
    Jane's Addiction 3 Days
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5112
    Clapton's After Midnight
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  • dindudedindude Frets: 8534
    I was reminded of this yesterday, Guthrie Govan Regret #9. Lovely!


    Absolutely love this, although since it was pointed out to me the weird bit at 43/44 seconds where he bends a note and you can hear vibrato that he doesn't apply to the note, it's one of those things I know look out for!

    Right now though it's the solo in Changes by John Mayer - mediocre output for him, but sublime solo.
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  • dindude said:
    Absolutely love this, although since it was pointed out to me the weird bit at 43/44 seconds where he bends a note and you can hear vibrato that he doesn't apply to the note, it's one of those things I know look out for!


    Well I never! Have a wisdom. So do you think it is:

    (a) GV can control vibrato using telekinesis?
    (b) Illuminati conspiracy?
    I'm just a Maserati in a world of Kias.
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  • Johnny B Goode

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  • dindudedindude Frets: 8534
    dindude said:
    Absolutely love this, although since it was pointed out to me the weird bit at 43/44 seconds where he bends a note and you can hear vibrato that he doesn't apply to the note, it's one of those things I know look out for!


    Well I never! Have a wisdom. So do you think it is:

    (a) GV can control vibrato using telekinesis?
    (b) Illuminati conspiracy?
    I'm going to ask Siraxeman before I make up my mind.
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  • Flink_PoydFlink_Poyd Frets: 2490
    edited March 2017
    Definitely not for everyone but when I hear Skolnicks solo in the car it makes my hair stand in end. Starts around 2:14



    Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow.....


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  • BellycasterBellycaster Frets: 5834
    Bodhisattva solo by Denny Dias of Steely Dan.......or anything else by any of Steely Dan's many Guitar players.
    Only a Fool Would Say That.
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  • mudslide73mudslide73 Frets: 3049
    ^^ I'll go for "Change of the Guard" Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. Truly magnificent. 
    "A city star won’t shine too far"


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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28280
    Bodhisattva solo by Denny Dias of Steely Dan.......or anything else by any of Steely Dan's many Guitar players.
    Always loved that track, great guitar playing
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28280
    Pendragon, breaking the spell. A lovely long melodic solo
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  • stratman3142stratman3142 Frets: 2177
    edited March 2017
    Bodhisattva solo by Denny Dias of Steely Dan.......or anything else by any of Steely Dan's many Guitar players.
    Good call.

    There was a time when I decided to learn all the classic Steely Dan guitar solos. So far I've got Kid Charlemagne, Peg, Pretzel Logic, Black Friday (I'd be pushed to remember that one) and Reeling in the Years.

    I must get back to my goal some time, starting with Bodhisattva and My Old School.

    It's not a competition.
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  • BellycasterBellycaster Frets: 5834
    Yeah, they're totally inspiring @stratman3142 ;

    Pushed to my limits, I can just about manage Kid Charlemagne, but I'd never dare try it live. Bodhis is just wonderful in tone and technique but sadly, some parts slightly out of my reach. They are great to learn from and study playing chord tones.

    I think Larry Carlton's playing on Royal Scam is wonderful, immense contribution to that album.
    Only a Fool Would Say That.
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  • riscadoriscado Frets: 180
    edited July 2017
    Currently, danelectro/silvertone U1/U2. I've always been very interested in their shape, simplicity, the pickups, how cheaply built, yet resistent, the tone and how they seem to be really good songwriter's guitars. And this time around I got hooked enought to get one.
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  • revsorgrevsorg Frets: 874
    edited March 2017
    Anathema - Deep.  The solo at 2:50 is the only one that brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it, and I'm in a mood for having a tear brought to my eye today.

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  • stratman3142stratman3142 Frets: 2177
    edited March 2017
    Yeah, they're totally inspiring @stratman3142 ;;

    Pushed to my limits, I can just about manage Kid Charlemagne, but I'd never dare try it live.
    I've played it live a few times. One one occasion it resulted in (probably) my single worst gigging moment. The band had a few deps and the backing went wrong during the solo. I think it was where there's a bar that drops a couple of beats (i.e. 2/4) during the solo.

    I'd learned the solo note for note and completely blanked. That's no excuse because I should have been able to improvise my way out of it.  I learned a huge lesson that day. Never learn a solo note for note without knowing how to improvise if anything goes wrong. As I realised, when I had time to reflect on it, it's fairly easy to blag your way through it with a Bluesy C scale (i.e. combined major and minor pentatonic) over the changes.
    It's not a competition.
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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7751
    Was listening to this in the car tonight - amazing Steve Morse-esque bit of shred from Ian Thornley at 2:50.


    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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