Favorite guitar solo

[Blaze]

As i was writing the Zappa s gear thread yesterday ,i thought of this guitar solo he performed on the " Inca Roads" tune (Sofa album) which i consider my personnal favorite guitar solo ..

Tell me which one would be yours ..

Blazes

[sunvalleylaw]

Hmm, tough one. Often, it is the one I am listening to when I am asked the question. Right now, it is "Time" from Dark Side of the Moon, playing in my head, and I want you (She's so Heavy) is another that is timeless. But on other days, an SRV one might catch my ear. Mayer has been putting out some lately that really grab me as well. Some of his live "Gravity" solos are really beautiful. And there is this punk band called MxPx that has some hard drivin' solos that really grab me when I am in the mood. So basically, I can't decide on one obviously. I go back to my first answer, the one I am listening to. :

[Fab4]

A few nominees:

George Harrison: "All My Loving" "Something"
Joe Walsh/Don Felder: "Hotel California"
Robben Ford: "Help The Poor"
Larry Carlton: "Room 335," "Kid Charlemagne" "Don't Take Me Alive"
Tom Johnston or Pat Simmons: "Rockin' Down The Highway" (Anybody know for sure who played the solo on this? Jeff Baxter, maybe?)

And the list goes on and on...

[Ch0jin]

There are just too many to remember and list!!!

So for this morning, it's the solo from The Cult, "Love Removal Machine". Ever since the first time I heard that track I find it just about impossible to resist some serious air guitar when that first lead break kicks in. It's only a short solo by many standards, but they have some seriously delicious tone going on.

[Disraeli]

Eric Clapton/Cream- Crossroads
The Beatles/Eric Clapton- WHile my guitar Gently weeps
Pink Floyd- Time
Traffic- Dear Mr Fantasy

There's alot more, but those are the ones I can think of right now.

[peachhead***]

Larry Carlton: "Kid Charlemagne" "Don't Take Me Alive"

Both of those are great. I have to go back to SVL though, whatever I'm listening to at the moment is what goes round and round my head.

[Andy]

Pat Travers, Live album,"Heat in the Street"and "Gettin Betta" would be a couple of many favorites.

[Algonquin]

Right now I'd have to say Angus Young ripping it up in Back in Black. Just something about those happy fingers that stands out in the crowd. :

[Blaze]

Here s Inca roads solo , love that wah attack and the build up ..





Dwezil practicing an Inca Roads interlude

[KrisH]

A toss up between three:

Lazy -- Deep Purple
Because We Ended as Lovers -- Jeff Beck
Since I've been Loving You -- Led Zeppelin

I think there's a pattern to my choices . . .

[wingsdad]

Tough to pick just one...two that are at the top of my list:

McCartney/Harrison/Lennon: going out in a blaze of glory following Ringo's drum solo in Abbey Road's 'The End'

Allen Collins/Gary Rossington/Steve Gaines/Leon Wilkeson: the closer to the One More From The Road live version of 'Freebird'

[just strum]

Geez, I couldn't even imagine narrowing it down to 1 or even 10.

So here is my top 100:

oh, never mind.:

[SuperSwede]

Allen Collins/Gary Rossington/Steve Gaines/Leon Wilkeson: the closer to the One More From The Road live version of 'Freebird'

+1

I totally agree with that

[Blaze]

I ve got plenty of favorites that s for sure ,like the entire Blow by Blow album Jeff Beck s classic for example .. The Gilmour works , Robben Ford, name it..


Chow

Blazes

[Katastrophe]

Gilmour in "Comfortably Numb." What a great solo. It says a lot, and conveys emotion but without any unnecessary notes.

[marnold***]

George Lynch on Dokken's "In My Dreams" and "Mr. Scary"
Randy Rhoads on Ozzy's "Crazy Train"
Yngwie J. Malmsteen on "Trilogy Suite Op. 5"
SRV on "Little Wing"

[tunghaichuan***]

Praxis (Buckethead) "Seven Laws of Woo" on Praxis (Mutatis Mutandis)

Cobra Strike (Buckethead again) "The 13th Scroll" on The 13th Scroll

David Lindley "Mercury Blues" on El-Rayo X

Albert Lee "Fun Ranch Boogie" (whole thing)

Gary Moore "Over the Hills and Far Away" from Wild Frontier

Johnny Winter (with Muddy Waters) "Jealous Hearted Man" on Hard Again

Plus hundreds more.

tung

[just strum]

I just thought of an old one and one that I watch anytime the movie is on TV

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee - I'm Going Home

[sunvalleylaw]

SRV on "Little Wing"

That was certainly one of the SRV songs I had in mind when I posted. Riviera Paradise is hitting my mood right now though. Not sure it counts as a solo though, since the whole piece is an instrumental. I am going to listen to both on the way home in a few minutes.