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KolhiiHead69 t1_j6le009 wrote

Stairway To Heaven is the greatest guitar solo of all time.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lfe3k wrote

It ain't even Page's best but yeah its a doozy

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6lgo7o wrote

I'm a bit partial to the version as we hear in the Zeppelin movie. As far as that song. Well, and a couple others, too.

Jeez. Don't let me start on Page and Richards and their ilk. I'm such a blues purist, it's annoying even to me. For sake of decorum (read: love of humanity / common decency) I'll spare everyone before this becomes me pontificating in essays of opinion.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6li90y wrote

I don't blame ya TSRTS album was my 1st Zepp album and got me hooked.

I'm here for the pontification. Always a fan of Chicago and Texas blues. The Mississippi style Robert Johnson clones didn't catch my ear.

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6liwmj wrote

Zeppelin's BBC Sessions double cd has several truly deep and blistering blues pieces I can listen to anytime.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6ljiw6 wrote

Oooh forgot brb gonna steal that on yt5s

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6lk07f wrote

While you're there, look into the Page & Plant tapings from 1995, the DVD titled No Quarter. They were 50 (JP) and 46 (RP) and hadn't lost a step.

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bop999 t1_j6lj1l5 wrote

Alex Lifeson - La Villa Strangiato (exit stage left version)

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wiredtobeat t1_j6n372d wrote

I think Limelight’s solo is absolutely perfect. Emotional, not too technical, but powerful. Probably my favorite solo of all time.

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midwesteno t1_j6lfzcg wrote

Maybe not "best" but One by Metallica always comes to mind, and the music video makes it more intense

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6ld91t wrote

Cult Of Personality, Vernon Reid

Since I've Been Loving You, Jimmy Page

That dude Robbie Blunt on Big Log by Robert Plant

Life Without You, Stevie Ray Vaughan on the In Step album. This is why he's the 3rd greatest guitarist ever. Also he did the solo for Bowie's China Girl.

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6ldqr6 wrote

That'd be Robbie Blunt.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6le9mb wrote

Aye, and thank you. That was a masterpiece

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6leeyq wrote

Yup. Saw him with Bobby in early 1983. Sacramento.

Rock on.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lewih wrote

Lucky bastard...

Wait fuck I live in Sacramento.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lgdlc wrote

DONT COME BACK TO SAC. What we knew is dead and gone.

Downtown looks like the worst parts of Oakland, the BA trash moved up here. We now have scams at gas stations, open air drug dealing, homeless camps blocks long, lunatics in the streets and murder galore.

I'm trying to get the hell out and up to Eureka

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6leqz2 wrote

Also, the intro to Hotel California on the Hell Freezes Over album by Eagles.

Some Lindsey Buckingham stuff is in the mix

Dimes solo on Mouth For War is wild, but the one on Domination? Its crazy. Got to watch him do it from about 6' away and the shit was so hard that when he pulled it off note for note he looked like he won the Super bowl. Geeked beyond all reason, the dudes smile was unstoppable

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6lq3s8 wrote

> Lindsey Buckingham

For goosebumps on your skin and chills to your marrow, get comfy and pull up the version found on The Dance (1998? / 2000?) DVD of "I'm So Afraid".

While abso-to-the-lutely, the other 4 members of the band are flawless in the gifts they provide, Lindsey just shuts the world down and shows us all what it means to experience and display being human.

Enjoy!

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Least_Cabinet5936 t1_j6lj0y4 wrote

The solo on mother by Pink Floyd, though not incredibly technical, has that feeling that just gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

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Top-Philosophy-5791 t1_j6ldn09 wrote

I know this is so. . . cliche, but it's Eddie Van Halen's Eruption.

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Tobias_flenderz t1_j6lfg89 wrote

Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of Jimi Hendrix - "Little Wing" is up there for me. Smooth, takes a theme and just keeps lifting it up to new levels as the song goes. Very pretty.

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CaptainKrc t1_j6lqwqv wrote

The entire Blow By Blow album by Jeff Beck

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AllTheZoltans t1_j6lgvsf wrote

Lenny Kravitz - Again. Perfect solo for the song, very memorable

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WorldsWeakestMan t1_j6mxeq6 wrote

Sweet Child O’ Mine, I’ll hear no arguments, have a nice day.

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dingle_bopper_223 t1_j6lespw wrote

anything Dimebag Darrel from pantera.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lft30 wrote

Sure hope you got to see him live

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dingle_bopper_223 t1_j6mjzrk wrote

hes from pantera. i never got the chance cause some d hole shot him and their drummer that used to play for hell yeah passed away. all the greats are dying out it seems

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six6sixer t1_j6lffk5 wrote

Prince - 2004, plays "while my guitar gently weeps" George Harrison Rock & Roll Induction ceremony

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HullaballooWho t1_j6lffyv wrote

Shotgun Logic

Death And The Healing

Fermented Offal Discharge

Gaia

Drive Home

Zero Tolerance

Bewitched

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BrownPaperBag4 t1_j6lgew5 wrote

Damn you listen to some obscure bands, you like Steven Wilson, do you have a favorite Opeth?

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HullaballooWho t1_j6lh969 wrote

Best Opeth solo for me? Most likely Funeral Portrait. Really beautiful and elegant sounding.

Also Epilogue is pretty overlooked.

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BrownPaperBag4 t1_j6liacc wrote

Yes Funeral Portrait is unjustly named the weakest of BP, Epilogue is great but April Ethereal is so damn perfect…She faced me in awe…

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SCP_6327Oficial t1_j6ljaqj wrote

In My Darkest Hour, Fade To Black and Free Bird

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Freddy_Rican_11-3 t1_j6m9h6e wrote

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb” live version “Pulse”.

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polishTrytytka t1_j6moqqz wrote

we got the winner. I think this post should be the end of the story "Best guitar solo"

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Desecrator92 t1_j6mt1in wrote

Any Judas Priest solo,really(Except last 2 albums)

Mercyful Fate is only one came close

One Shot At Glory,Beyond The Realms of Death,Hellrider,Judas Rising,throw a dart.

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Ok-Impress-2222 t1_j6n0dls wrote

Either "Fade to Black" or "One", Kirk Hammet.

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Iwillnotbeokay t1_j6n2644 wrote

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Holy Wars… Megadeth

Almost Easy - Avenged Sevenfold

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Similar_Joke_5500 OP t1_j6lchqq wrote

Any genre is welcomed

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6ldxzl wrote

On mobile, so can't link. If I list its artist, title, and contributor name, will you give it a listen?

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lffwa wrote

Hit me

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6lft0n wrote

Over on y.t.

BB King : Three O'Clock Blues

Contributor : Lazyfingers61

Its solo is what that Page fellow has been trying to say all this time!

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lipvj wrote

Just listened to two versions but I don't think the one you listed. Goin back in

E: nope I did

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6ljm3y wrote

While we're here...Toppest Tier pieces for me continue with:

"I Need You Tonight" -- ZZ Top

"Red House" -- Jimi

"Texas Flood" -- SRV

"Down In The Hole" -- the Stones

Scope out Jeff Beck's TRUTH album in its entirety

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lkavk wrote

Texas Flood is MURDER.

I took Machine Gun by Hendrix(Band of Gyosies) over Red House but its close

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lkrlh wrote

Oooh brains cooking now

Prince - Computer Blue

Lonnie Simmons - Early In The Morning by Gap Band

Dave Mustaine for Phantom Lord tho he didn't play it

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Ihadsumthin4this t1_j6loxg5 wrote

Prince was so good it was ridiculous. The kind of beyond where decades later, you can find room and play in what he was trying to get across -- as it hits you after repeat listens, or not necessarily looking for it, whether in his guitar phrasing or keyboard arrangements. And vocally, he presented avenues and platforms which gave so many of his influences their justice and due.

Thanks for the reminder on the Gap Band, as well. Man, you weren't kidding: Early In The Morning has the kind of inescapable infectious grip that's like a good massage -- like the Isleys' unbeatable smoothness you can't help but savor. Early/Morning from now on will find regular replays happening here on my system.

One of my longtime Isleys pets (among others) is Livin' In The Life.

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lrhlg wrote

Saw Prince live, did a solo about 10min long. Best I ever saw live.

That Gap song is one of the few RnB/funk songs where I can taste his distress. That hurt is real

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2ControversialIGo t1_j6lhwja wrote

I've seen him live, but this ain't it chief. Tried the recording and a live version and it didn't strike me

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CoolArt589 t1_j6lhvdx wrote

I find Paul Gilbert’s Boku No Atama quite nice.

Also, valley of eternity by Cacophony and Tsunami by Marty Friedman are favorites for me

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HesterFlareStar t1_j6lle2p wrote

The Faceless - Deconsecrate

Periphery - Mile Zero

Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good

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Nizamark t1_j6lnt3j wrote

Gumbo Variations by Frank Zappa

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gldmj5 t1_j6lo4y0 wrote

I don't know about best, but I've always really enjoyed Elliot Easton guitar solos. Same with Neil Giraldo. Just really interesting stuff happening in there to pick apart.

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gjgun t1_j6m1skv wrote

Best live solo is all I can contribute. Frank Zappa ‘The Muffin Man’

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Asleep-Camp1686 t1_j6msreb wrote

Not exactly "solos" but Little Wing by Hendrix or Eruption by Van Halen are really masterpieces of the solo electric guitar.

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andywtr t1_j6muitx wrote

Hiram Bullock's solo on Sting's version of Little Wing.

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VrinTheTerrible t1_j6n4ot0 wrote

I know it’s not the guitar but I feel like some love needs to be given to the fiddle solo in The Devil Went Down To Georgia.

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Hydraskull t1_j6nn79j wrote

Billy Breathes by Phish

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MikeHatSable t1_j6npg9q wrote

The opening solo in "Seven" by Symphony X.

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Hydraskull t1_j6nq5cc wrote

Buckingham Green by Ween

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666ygolonhcet t1_j6nqsbi wrote

My SHARONNA by the Knack. 2 1/2 minutes of Chuck Berry licks on hyper speed. No Eddie Van Halen tricks, just blues rock soloing that takes the song to a higher plain.

Don’t scoff. Go to YouTube and listen. Don’t play the radio edit where they cut the solo in 1/2.

Our vinyl had a mark where the solo started from me moving the needle back there over and over.

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