guitar solos where less is more

Jeff Beck's solo on What God Wants, Part III on Amused To Death.

Ritchie Blackmore's solo on 'Hold On' from Stormbringer album. Every time I hear that, it just makes me feel so good. Not a single wasted note in the whole solo.

Lindsey Buckingham on F/M's "The Chain".
Zappa, "Orange County Lumber Truck" on Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Zappa, "Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown". Latter part of the track after the schmaltzy sax stuff. He gets the groove down. Don't know if it is "less" but it sure is "more" for me.

Ghost,

Good calls, all. In particular, the end of "The Chain" (breakdown/outro) is among my favorite 2 minutes of rock n roll. There's that iconic bass guitar figure to kick it off, Mick Fleetwood going batsh*t on his drums, and Buckingham's repetitive solo, replete with accompanying chant. My favorite Buckingham solos are usually not of the "less is more" variety, but the last 30 seconds of this song probably qualify:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TV6BEwJEKI

Marty