I just played it!! Just finished playing for the High School musical where I teach and rocked out the new Jeff Beck strat loud.....doesn't sound any better than that

hmm, you know I've seen this thread for days and kept thinking I'd never heard a solo that I really thought was awesome. There's some really good/great ones out there, but they never do much for me. I'm more impressed by the song itself.

But then today I remembered the very first time I heard the guitar solo to Testaments-Practice What You Preach.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHOJVINZVR0

Solo starts at 2:10

Good solo, lotta fun to play and it really has alot of energy and excitement to it. And the crazy Em pentatonic pull offs to open strings at the very end just kicks all kinds of $@!.

The best solo i have ever heard was SRV's version of Little Wing.

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talking about Testament there is two great songs with two amazing solos:

1)"The Legacy": .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEhXQtkqM-M (original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjoLhwmE ... re=related (acoustic)

2)"Return to serenity":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLhzGXLR ... re=related (acoustic)

both from the album "Live at the Fillmore".

enjoy...

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lol, I was just teaching a student the 'The Legacy' solos this week. That's probably why it was on my mind.

Electric Crown and So Many Lies have some good solos too.

i find this version of "Return to serenity" with an orchesta!....just amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAKgr7m3DaQ

again...enjoy!

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The last three days I have been pumping Mr Crowley by Randy Rhoads. This has got to be one of the greatest solos ever .IMHO Just the structure and choice of notes ,melody and flash it has it all, and not just one but a two for one in the classic solo department.

Ritchie Blackmore: Gates of Babylon

The acoustic guitar solo on Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile) - it's the perfect example of a guitar solo that not only fits a song perfectly but helps define the whole structure of the song. Not there to be flash, but to be an integral part of the songwriting.

After much deliberation, I think SRV's solo on Couldn't Stand the Weather is my favourite.

Hands down, Stairway or Since I've Been Loving You... especially some of their live versions. I'm a Zephead I know

Bohemian Rhapsody is also near perfection!

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Like you Jyrgen, I like this !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiyGgWt6no

one of the best song "tribute" (and it´s F***ing funny) it´s...

Tenacious D - Tribute Song (long version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH35ahbWO_E

(the best starts from 5´ 03")

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Hell yeah! That DVD is the best thing I've bought this year!

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not the best just one of my faves since I have seen it live a few times...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzS_SnCkhp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzS_SnCkhp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb9AcRMWjlc

Sergio Vallin is one of the best guitarists you've likely never heard of...