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Best guitar solos of all time

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Pretty self explanatory title.. was reading through rollingstone's top 100 guitar solos of all time and was wondering what some of you lot on here thought

 

Cliche answer I guess but the second solo in Comfortably Numb (particularly the live version) is spectacular to me

 

 

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Funny, I was just thinking about this the other day as a song I liked from the 80's was playing and i noticed how great the solo was and how it fit the song perfectly.

 

I think 3 of the most "cliche" ones are the best and that's Comfortably Numb, Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven.

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On ‎31‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 17:49, GeorgeTheFox said:

Pretty self explanatory title.. was reading through rollingstone's top 100 guitar solos of all time and was wondering what some of you lot on here thought

 

Cliche answer I guess but the second solo in Comfortably Numb (particularly the live version) is spectacular to me

 

 

If you like Comfortably Numb then you'd probably like the Steve Hackett solo on Firth of Fifth from Selling England by the Pound (Genesis 1973) 

 

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10 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

2 guitar solos in this J Mascis is a god. He isn't even trying

 

 

Excellent shout. Rediscovered this last summer. Played it incessantly. Start Choppin' takes me back to uni days.

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15 hours ago, l444ry said:

If you like Comfortably Numb then you'd probably like the Steve Hackett solo on Firth of Fifth from Selling England by the Pound (Genesis 1973) 

 

I once toyed with the idea of getting the intro to Firth of Fifth as a ringtone for my phone.... but then I'd never answer my phone.

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On ‎02‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 13:22, Crinklyfox said:

 

I love a good guitar solo - and this has a couple of great ones.

Neil's solo's take you to another place, maybe not technically better than some but the feeling and atmosphere he creates is beyond most.  Some incredible solos of cortez the killer out there too.

 

Here's bruce Cockburn with a great live solo...3.48m in.

As one of the comments put it - Eddie Van Halen was asked one time "How does it feel to be the world's best guitarist?" He replied, "I don't know ... ask Bruce Cockburn." 

 

 

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On ‎02‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 18:43, l444ry said:

If you like Comfortably Numb then you'd probably like the Steve Hackett solo on Firth of Fifth from Selling England by the Pound (Genesis 1973) 

 

Probably one of the most under rated/least known guitarists of his era. Genesis not really known as a guitar band, but some of his work on tracks such as Giant Hogweed, musical box and cinema show were outstanding

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