Your Favorite Guitar Solos
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Orianthi Panagaris plays some pretty hot stuff:
always impressive: Carlos Santana
just ff to 4:20
Jimi Hendrix. He was the best!
agreed.
and Yngwie Malmsteen is another guitar genius
Ten Years After's Alvin Lee
some of my fave solos
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Guns n Roses - November Rain
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
and most recently... Monte Pittman - I am The Black Rabbit
14 posts and not a single mention of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd? Strange.
I love this 
The great Ritchie Blackmore
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Solo starting at 3:32
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Guitar solo starting at 3:45
Guitar solo starting at 3:47
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Solo starting at 3:32(can't edit the previous post...)
^ Amazing!
One of the best guitarists in rock history, no doubt.
On a heavier note, I love these solos by Dimebag Darrell
Cemetery Gates, first solo starting at 1:00; second solo at 4:59
Floods, solo starting at 3.51
U2's The Edge - New Year's Day
^ Love The Edge's guitar work.
Rather simple, but he does an amazing work with the effects (such as delays, etc).
Best thing is he is immediately recognizable.
A wonderful guitar solo, by George Harrison in his song Something, which appeared on the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
The guitar work on that whole album is one of the best the band achieved. The same can be said about Paul McCartney's bass lines: absolutely inspired.
The solo here clearly shows us Harrison's style on lead guitar: quite sober and every note on it's right place. A wonderful guitar solo with no need for ultra speed or virtuoso techniques. Melody above all else here.
Solo starting at 1:42
(Couldn't find a better sounding version on Youtube...)
I'll See The Light Tonight by Yngwie Malmsteen
Running With The Devil by Van Halen
Only You Can Rock Me by UFO
Mr. Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne
I Surrender by Rainbow
Solos courtesy of Eric Clapton, who was invited by George Harrison to play lead guitar on his song.
This one was included on the album The Beatles, known as The White Album
When It's Love by Van Halen's Eddie Halen
Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple's Richie Blackmore
Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons
Detroit Rock City by KISS's Ace Frehley
Rainbow In The Dark by Dio's Vivian Campbell
Thanks guys 
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Good point about musicality being able to carry a solo as well 
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^ I think that musicality is the most important aspect about a solo. Be it a guitar solo or anything else.
I'm not denying virtuoso techniques or great speed when playing, I actually like those aspects on a guitar solo too. I have nothing against a good shred. But I think pyrotechnics shouldn't be the center of the attention but something that should work for the music itself, and not the other way around.