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Cool guitar solos
skydivingninja:
Hotel California, Comfortably Numb, Aqualung, Powerslave, and Limelight all have awesome solos.
The Joker:
Oh, and Stairway to Heaven. How could I forget Stairway?
Also, anything by Jeff Healey since he basically solos through all of his songs. Awesome.
Cadeonehalf:
Actually the fills for Ten Years After's "I'm Going Home" are pretty epic as well.
And Aqualung's solo was TOTALLY a result of Jimmy Page visiting Jethro Tull in the studio and Martin Barre wanted to impress him since he was recording the solo take when he came in.
zerobar:
I'll probably get ripped into for this, but I'd listened to alot of old stuff from the 80's lately, and one of the better unknown solos was from Whitesnake's "Wings of the Storm." Starts out with this cool ambient sound effect-y arabic scale part, then goes into this dual trading guitar lick part and then ends with this nutso tapping run. I like it best because, unlike alot 80's solos, there's actually some pretty good phrasing involved, and it's not constant shred.
Also, George Lynch had some pretty sweet 80's solos, too. Great "80's" tone and phrasing.
Seconded on whoever said Jason Becker. "Altitudes" is amazing.
I've also always liked Andy Timmon's more "soulful" stuff. ("Gone", "Resolution") And since their instrumentals, they might as well be solos.
Got another Buckethead one too. "Humans Vanish" very "Maggot Brain"-ish, which should also be on this list.
I suppose another thing I always look for in a good solo/guitarist, is if you can tell without knowing the song, who's playing it.
The Joker:
--- Quote from: zerobar on 09 Apr 2009, 00:34 ---I suppose another thing I always look for in a good solo/guitarist, is if you can tell without knowing the song, who's playing it.
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Yes indeed. Also: All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix. Stupendous.
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