Best guitar solo ever

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Thought it should live here really.
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What's your fave & why?

Mine.
Comfortably Numb from Delicate Sound of Thunder .

Just an astonishing rendition of the break Gilmour played on The Wall.
The crescendo is something that makes me put everything down & lose myself in the whole solo.
Noodling to some, but heaven to me.
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Fuck Off!

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it's Wayne's solo on Knocking on Heaven's Door from Wake BTW, ani fule noe that
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James Blast wrote:Fuck Off!

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it's Wayne's solo on Knocking on Heaven's Door from Wake BTW, ani fule noe that
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Oh of course.
Missed that one.
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There's a version of Comfortably Numb / Some Kind Of Stranger (from "Dark Christmas" or something?) which has a really good guitar solo.

But the best guitar solo in the world is a very short one. It is found in The Velvet Underground's "Rock And Roll". In this video, it's at 3'28" and lasts about 4 seconds.
It doesn't sound like much, but it's a great little part, and my favourite.
Sometimes less is more.
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Sisters - Knocking on Heavens Door (waaaaaaayne)

and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRC-IpK5VZA
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As integral parts of the whole song, so to speak, guitar solo's are fine, if not too long. But as displays of dexterity and oh look what i can do with a guitar they are as about as interesting as oh say drum solos.... ;D Knocking on Heaven's Door on the 'We're all aware of that' bootleg is great by the way...
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Wayne & Wake; Knocking On Heaven's Door -> pretty hard to beat.
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mh wrote:FREEBIRD!!!

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Obviously it's the banjo solo on I Am A Cider Drinker by The Wurzels.
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Neil Young of course! Wayne on KoHD bien sûr! Poison Ivy hell yaeh!

And let me add Lindsey Buckingham. His solo in Go Your Own Way is sublime: not too many notes & with feeling... just the way I like it ;D

Dinosaur jr's J. Mascis is pretty good in that departement too :D
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Harvey Winston wrote:hendrix - little wing.
That's worth a vote too. :notworthy:
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