Favorite Guitar Solo

I think Jeff Beck has the best chops of any living guitarist.  However it's the way he treats melodic songs such 'A Day in the Life' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHY3eRUMsM) or 'Nessun Dorma' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUdtpjv0ZI) that set him apart from other guitarists.

I'm surprised no one mentioned  Paul Kossoff.  He was the lead guitarist in the band Free that played the infamous solo in 'All Right Now'.  True, it's not a tricky solo, but it's probably one of the 10 best remembered guitar solos due to the countless airplay the song has received through the decades.  

Yeah...too many to say just one is best. Lots of great examples here. Jeff Beck is a personal hero. No one does what he does with a guitar...and for so long.

I heard one the other day with an old interview of Bob Seeger and how he wrote "Main Street".

The melodic guitar line intro and solo are songs within the song. Simply masterful, and moving.

I challenge anyone to watch and listen to (On YouTube) to Roy Buchannon's Live from Austin cover of Hendrix' "Hey Joe", and then claim anything else!  I used to think that Stevie Ray Vaughn'sx cover of Hendrix' "Little Wing" was at least my favorite cover interpretation, but Roy!  I never cease to be amazed by beyond belief at the sounds he learned to make, and of his chops, which others have to use special effects, and multiple pedals on the floor, to poorly simulate.   BTW, Roy and Steve Vai (Ex Zappa and Ex David Lee Roth lead guitarist, old rocker in the movie)  wrote and performed the guitar parts in the "Karate Kid" remake using guitars intstead of Karate, for the movie "Crossroads".