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Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo

Of all the musical performances I own on recorded format, whether they be LP or CD, there are certain guitar solos that are the most engaging and memorable. You know, the ones that when they're over, you just sit there speechless, wondering "How the hell did they just do that"?

As with anything, there are certain performances when everything was "just right". When the musician had that "perfect connection" between themselves and the instrument. This is not limited to acoustic or electric, live or studio, or any specific discipline of music. It also does not necessarily have to be your favorite guitarist. Very simply, your favorite guitar solo.

I would like to hear your opinions. This would be a great thread for providing exposure to other listeners, to material that they may be unaware of. If possible, also name the album that the solo is from.

My two favorites would have to be:

Jeff Beck / "The Golden Road" off of "There And Back".

John Mc Laughlin / "Every Tear From Every Eye" off of "Electric Guitarist"

Thanks for your responses.

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falconquest
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It has already been mentioned a couple of times but one of my absolute favorites is Steve Hackett, Firth of Fifth, the solo just dovetails so well with Tony's keyboards. It's amazing.

Also have to agree with the mention of Mr. Robin Trower on Bridge of Sighs.

I also have always enjoyed Buckethead, Soothsayer, such sweetness! 
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ghosthouse
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What a great thread to resurrect, Harold. Well done.

There are many that deserve mention, no doubt. I’d like to submit one I suspect is generally overlooked:

Frank Zappa’s solo (starting at 3:20) on Track 6 of Burnt Weeny Sandwich, "Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown".

Honorable mention from the same album to his soloing throughout Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Track 4).

harold-not-the-barrel
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Thanks House the Ghost, but I´m only living in the past and am just a lawnmover. I agree Frank Zappa is a great guitarist, I need to revisit that album...
My fav Prog guitarists are Franco Mussida from PFM still going strong and Rodolfo Maltese from BMS RIP, they both fall in the same cathegory like Steve Hackett playing complex textures and sounds into music´s structure not just brilliant instrumentalists/soloists.

Oh dear, I almost forgot Steve Howe´s work on Paul Simon´s "America", 1971, how his progressive country style takes this beautiful yet quite simple song into another happy even funny level is sheer brilliance. He brought country guitar into Prog and that´s why Americans esteem Yes as the best Prog band IMO. As he said on Yesyears docu, Prog in the 70´s could be fun, sheer fun
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lenmc2964
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Robert Fripp on Eno's Baby's On Fire off the Here Come The Warm Jets album.
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jafant
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Another +vote for -"Eruption" Van Halen.
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