Post a Great Guitar Solo

I'll go with an obvious choice - Steely Dan - but I'll choose an odd soloist - Walter Becker. His licks on "Pretzel Logic" aren't the fanciest, but they hit the right spot.

Starts at 1:50

 

Joe Walsh - Turn to Stone

solo starts 1:30

 

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Dream"

John McLaughlin letting it rip from 6:57.

 

Les Paul at around 1:00

 

Another from the great Paul Kossoff, from ~ 1:35 onwards

 

Good gracious! In those first moments, he's all Nigel Tufnel faces and hair.

 

The choice of notes, the touch, the feeling . . . oh man, I just get shivers.



And the vocals are pretty effing good too.

 

duplicate post

 

Jeff Beck... and a tasty bass solo as a bonus too

 

one at 2:00 and dueling at 5:00

 

That Ralph Macchio could really crank it

 

There are so many outstanding guitar pieces by Jeff Beck. But I'll just post one that is in support of a song, and as fabulous as Rod Stewart is, Beck makes the song outstanding. (This is the official video, and it makes zero sense that it fades before the final notes.)

 

I like this movie, in all its awfulness.

My favorite bit is the idea that a Memphis black gospel/soul crowd would even remotely entertain Vai's white boy shredding as cool.

 

Solo starts at 4 min til end but whole song is required for effect.

 

Like that you chose a Becker solo for Steely Dan

 

Gutrie Govan's solo in Steven Wilson's 'Drive Home' is the best solo I have heard in years. It has everything I look for in a solo - subtlety, dexterity and a power that lifts the song even higher. It starts at around 05:10.

 

Solo starts at 2:02

 

While Hendrix's version is sublime, I've always felt that Stevie Ray took it a step further.

 

Prince "Bambi"

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=239709056165807

 

Another amazing Prince guitar solo.