Favorite Guitar Solos

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I'm kind of copying a poster from Mania, and he turned out a fantastic thread.
So if you have some favorite guitar solos, let us know. This is for the lover of
guitars.

Let me start with Tommy Emanuel's "Initiation." Really off-beat and fantastic.
All the sound effects are from his guitar. This is almost nine minutes and worth
every second.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tN2LuMQjMo

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[Northman]

Great thread. Here are a few of mine.


Dweezil Zappa- Lets Talk about it (Feat Moon Zappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbN3iAdWPi0
Solo starts about the 2:40 mark.

Dokken (George Lynch)- Mr. Scary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ46M_BMOD0

Loudness (Akira Takasaki)- Let it Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsN_lLMo9nk&feature=related
Solo starts about the 2:50 mark.

Ratt (Warren Di Martini)- Body Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28jBK5R1SXQ&feature=related
Solo starts about the 2:10 mark.

Badlands (Jake E. Lee)- Winter's Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IepGiupfguM
Solo starts about the 2:50 mark.

Ozzy Osbourne (Zakk Wylde)- Miracle Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6dWSO0QfhY
Solo starts about the 1:48 mark.

Children of Bodom (Alexi Laiho)- Downfall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E_KAWL1UBk
Solo starts about the 3:20 mark.

Joe Satriani- Flying in a Blue Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UuCFtQy178&feature=related

Suicidal Tendencies (Mike Clark/Rocky George)- I'll Hate You Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuQwMPGke5Q
Solo starts about the 2:10 and 3:10 marks.

Savatage (Criss Oliva)- Prelude to Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcnCqYosFiE

Judas Priest (Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing)- Painkiller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAagedeKdcQ
Solo starts about the 2:10 and 5:15 marks.

Death (Chuck Schuldiner)- Sacred Serenity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEtLwR9TWFc
Solo starts about the 2:10 mark.

Primal Fear (Hendrik Wolter/Magnus Karlsson)- Angel in Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pal-SpjlJCI
Solo starts about the 1:45 mark.


I could go on forever but thats a good start. Great thread Top. :lol:

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[broncofaninfla]

Ozzy/Randy Rhodes S.A.T.O.
Ozzy/Randy Rhodes You can't kill rock and roll (the out going solo)
Ozzy/Randy Rhodes Over the mountain

[Flatinum]

Texas Flood - SRV
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

[broncofaninfla]

SRV-Little wing ( I know this is a Hendrix song but SRV made this one his own
Steve Vai-Love of God
Eagles-Hotel California
G&R- Sweet child of mine
VH-Eruption

[drewloc]

All Dream Theater solos are amazing too, check them out if you haven't heard them.
This is the song Constant Motion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44j6hvBx4fg

[Slick]

Guitar solo courtesy of Buckethead...starts around the 5:25 mark.

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Also, Bernie Worrell from the Parliment Funkadelics plays keyboards on this CD.

Buckethead, Bernie Worrell and Les Claypool...ridiculous. This is a tremendous CD. I would recommend this to anyone. Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains---The Big Eyeball in the Sky

[dogfish]

buckethead is a bad man. . . you ever listen to any praxis? buckethead, bernie worrell and bill laswell. . . .


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i love when he starts playing the star wars theme. . . . :laugh:

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Fernando Miyata - Brazilian guitarist. I don't even know who that is. He looks
like MO :D but you've got to see this. :shocked:


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[MOtorboat]

Best intro ever...ever...

Voodoo Chile...pretty good solo, too...

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And yes, I do like Stevie Ray's better than Jimi's.

[broncobryce]

Anything by John Frusciante....(sp, I'm drunk)

[Denver Native (Carol)]

Here's definitely an "oldie but goodie"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvUqrlD21Gg

[MOtorboat]

Here's definitely an "oldie but goodie"

Marty McFly...Johnny B. Goode.

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P.S. That's not the actual movie clip...I was just reminded of it by the "this is an oldie where I come from..."

[Denver Native (Carol)]

And - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMz8XRGxZdY&NR=1

[MOtorboat]

This is "Stream" by Tim Reynolds, who has played many times in two-man shows with Dave Matthews.

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He segues in and out of Kazmir in this version.

Unfortunately, the DBs who took the video have to point out the obvious, because one of them is too hammered to quite realize what is going on...

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[MOtorboat]

Clearly, this conversation would not be complete without:

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And:

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[MOtorboat]

I'll include this, not because the solo is so spectacular, or anything, because it really isn't, but if there isn't a song that fits its title...

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[Thnikkaman]

Don't know if this qualifies, and if you don't like Jamiroquai, then don't watch the vid. But this is a guy playing his bass along with the album version of the song Space Cowboy, and I have always been impressed with his solos.

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Guitar Solo Contest. Kind of interesting.

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Don't know if this qualifies, and if you don't like Jamiroquai, then don't watch the vid. But this is a guy playing his bass along with the album version of the song Space Cowboy, and I have always been impressed with his solos.

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Pretty good. It was different. I liked the part where the kid had to itch his nose. lol


Other than that, it was uncanny: the kid seemed a spittin' image of my boy when he was a teeny-bopper . . .

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[Buff]

Stairway

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[NickelTG]

Dimebag Darrell At 18 years young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Zi6kHdCEY

Steve Vai - Bad Horsie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BrE1Pi5cU

SRV- Scuttle Buttin ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuT9Q4VmR4E

Satch- Always with me, Always with you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4fPv450OYM

Another dimebag of the solo only...Floods..Yes Phil says "everybody smoke heroin at the beginning :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4CQSox9ii0

[Hawgdriver]

One of my favorites is Metallica's Fade to Black.

I also really like the Allman Brother's Blue Sky. I like some of the slower Floyd solos like Comfortably Numb too.

Literally everything everyone else has posted rocks too, great thread top.

I would also throw in Pat Metheny when I'm in a jazzier mood, but I haven't gone there in a while.

[Hawgdriver]

I've always really liked this guy Edgar Cruz out of Oklahoma, too. I've got all his albums. He's a fly under the radar acoustic guitarista. Anyway, one of my favorite guitar solos is his rendition of "ghost riders in the sky" which you can find here (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6nca2_acoustic-medley-edgar-cruz_music) beginning at 8:00. His studio version is slightly better; he pops an open harmonic G after the final arpeggio that makes me shiver it's that good.

I like how he kicks it on steel string.

[NightTrainLayne]

I've always really liked this guy Edgar Cruz out of Oklahoma, too. I've got all his albums. He's a fly under the radar acoustic guitarista. Anyway, one of my favorite guitar solos is his rendition of "ghost riders in the sky" which you can find here (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6nca2_acoustic-medley-edgar-cruz_music) beginning at 8:00. His studio version is slightly better; he pops an open harmonic G after the final arpeggio that makes me shiver it's that good.

I like how he kicks it on steel string.

Dude, he was just playing in my town yesterday night. He's from here, and plays here all the time. He's awesome. How funny for you to post him here. Great guitarist.

[NickelTG]

^^^ You're lucky..all I ever got living around here was Dimebag's death..:(

[spikerman]

Ok, I'm gonna raise the "cheese" factor here - so sue me, I like these solos.

George Lynch - "Tierra del Fuego" (Not really a solo, but an instrumental)

Eddie Van Halen - "Beat it". One of the best rock guitar solos ever.

Van Halen - "Drop Dead Legs"

David Gilmore/Pink Floyd - "On the Turning Away"

[Skinny]

A couple off the top of my head...

November Rain – Guns N’ Roses

Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

Soma – Smashing Pumpkins

[Hobe]

Marty McFly...Johnny B. Goode.

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P.S. That's not the actual movie clip...I was just reminded of it by the "this is an oldie where I come from..."

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[Hobe]

I have not been able to find a good version of Europa by Carlos Santana, however it is one of the best!

A so-so version...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weoGpyvIqP8&feature=related

[Hobe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdi0NGswSAo&feature=related

This is a better version, though the video is poor.

[Broncospsycho77]

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This one's one of my two faves. Real tough to beat this one. I mean, seriously, he did some of these effects before they were invented. That's just ridiculous. Also, real hard to argue against Stairway, seeing as it's pretty much the greatest of all time. Oh, and improved, for the most part.

Also, props to these:
Van Halen - "Eruption"
Ozzy Osbourne (Rhoads) - "No More Tears", "Crazy Train"
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

[Denver Native (Carol)]

Love Duane Eddy's songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMz8XRGxZdY&feature=related

[CrazyHorse]

NightRanger - Don't tell me you love me

[Broncospsycho77]

Comfortably Numb. Don't really understand Pink Floyd, but I understand what may be a perfectly toned guitar technique.

[broncophan]

There are alot of BOSTON songs that should be included here .......but "Gonna Hitch A Ride" contains the greatest guitar solo you will ever hear...

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Yngwie Malmsteen - Arpeggios From Hell

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Dimitris Kotronakis - Paganini's 5th Caprice

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And Jason Becker, same piece, this own style . . .

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Both fantastic, but one would hardly recognize it as the same one . . .

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky Is Crying

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[weazel]

Dimitris Kotronakis - Paganini's 5th Caprice

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And Jason Becker, same piece, this own style . . .

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Both fantastic, but one would hardly recognize it as the same one . . .

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Jason Becker could freaking shred! Damn ALS...

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CHET ATKINS tapping before Van Halen ever came along:

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Vivaldi Tribute by Totosh

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[atwater27]

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4:40 in for the solo. But the whole song; one of the greatest songs ever.

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Steve Vai - The Murder

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Steve Vai - "I'm the Hell Outta Here" (Crazy bass solo at 2:37)

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Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, & Steve Vai - "Voodoo Child"

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[Buff]

Lots have already been covered from Floyd, Zeppelin, Metallica, etc.

Here's one of my favorite newer ones:

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4:40 - 5:10 is the actual solo... Then it kicks into some kick ass dual guitar action.

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Caption:


Long version of Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughn! Texas Flood is an electric
blues album by blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double
Trouble, released in 1983.

Although "Texas Flood" has three verses of lyrics, the song is more of a
prolonged guitar solo, allowing Vaughan to show off his characteristic electric
blues style. During live shows, he would often play portions of this song
behind his back, arousing an enthusiastic crowd response. Stylistically, "Texas
Flood" is structured around the common three chord blues progression.
Written and performed in the key of G (sounding F# because of Vaughan's
tuning), it is in 12/8 time, or compound time[1], which gives it a "slow burning"
feel that is common in Texas blues.

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George Harrison & Eric Clapton - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

Mesmerizing guitar solo by Clapton (and probably the best vocal of this song
by Harrison that I've heard). Turns into a guitar duet at the end. Recorded live
in Japan 1991.

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[T.K.O.]

CARLOS ! europa...to lazy to embed right now:D

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CARLOS ! europa...to lazy to embed right now:D

Yup, lazy, all right. :nod: Here, got your back . . .

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And when you get through with this, check out Santana & Clapton:
(Man, I would love to have been there!)

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Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck:

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New blues guitarist: Tallan Lantz

You are not going to believe this:

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[weazel]

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[weazel]

There's just something about a Gibson Les Paul wailing through a marshall...
two great examples.

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Wow . . .

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[guitarj]

Favorite guitar solos? That's easy......
Mine!:D

[guitarj]

That's comparing playing to listening. Of coarse I shouldn't be compared with all those being mentioned here

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That's comparing playing to listening. Of coarse I shouldn't be compared with all those being mentioned here

That is GREAT, Guitarj!! http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/AZDynamics/Smilies/thdrink.gif

Who is playing the background?

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[weazel]

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[guitarj]

Who is playing the background?

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Playing in the background? I have a link to my reverbnation page.... but not sure what you mean

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Playing in the background? I have a link to my reverbnation page.... but not sure what you mean

Drums and stuff. Just curious.

You are terrific. I say that only because I mean it . . .

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[guitarj]

Thanks Top.
Drums are loops I programmed from Easy Drummer. The rest of the tracks I played the guitars and bass, using recording software on a laptop

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (Live, Full Version)

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Roy Clark (what I wouldn't give to play like that)

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SRV - "Couldn't Stand the Weather"

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INSANE!!
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[weazel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU

[weazel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rsdZHcRM9c

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Hotel California - one of my absolute favorites of all -time, and Joe Walsh's solo makes it so.

Satriani's style is much like Steve Vai's. The guy's good.
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[weazel]

Hotel California - one of my absolute favorites of all -time, and Joe Walsh's solo makes it so.

Satriani's style is much like Steve Vai's. The guy's good.
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that's because Satriani taught Vai.

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Gary Moore, one of the greatest guitarists the British Isles ever produced. He
died in his sleep on this date, 6 February 2011.

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[spikerman]

Top?????? WTF?

[tomjonesrocks]

Three Days - Janes Addiction.

Still my fave.

Will add link later.

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Joe Bonamassa - "Woke Up Dreaming"

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[chazoe60]

Joe Bonamassa - "Woke Up Dreaming"

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OMG it's the return of Simon, Bennett, Robins, Toppenheim, and Taft. :laugh:

[Valar Morghulis]

Freebird and sultans of swing

[Hawgdriver]

For some reason, the guitar work from Down to the Waterline came to mind when I reopened this thread. Then I had to listen and compare to Sultans. It speaks even more convincingly than Sultans when I take a look after these 30 some years. Sultans may be more powerful but DttW seems more intimate and true.

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TJR: I'm gratified someone else is as impressed with Three Days as me.

[Hawgdriver]

I enjoy Jim James's guitar work at the end of this one. Nothing amazing I guess, but I like it all the same.

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Jimmy Page - Dazed and Confused

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Joe Bonamassa - "Evil (Is Going On)"

Whether or not you like the Blues, you've got to admire the way he hammers that axe.

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Joe Bonamassa - Just Got Paid/Dazed and Confused

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100 Greatest electric guitarists of all time, according to Rolling Stone:

http://tinyurl.com/kacfmfm

It's interesting, although I disagree with much of it. They have Stevie
Ray Vaughan at #12, but I believe he's better than most of the others
ranked higher than he. And where are Steve Vai, Tommy Emmanuel,
and Joe Bonamassa, among others?

They still have Jimi Hendrix at the top, but, while he was the creme
de la creme for his time, many others have since surpassed him, IMO.

In all fairness, the article is dated 2011, but the ones I mentioned and
many others have been around much longer than that.

[weazel]

100 Greatest electric guitarists of all time, according to Rolling Stone:

http://tinyurl.com/kacfmfm

It's interesting, although I disagree with much of it. They have Stevie
Ray Vaughan at #12, but I believe he's better than most of the others
ranked higher than he. And where are Steve Vai, Tommy Emmanuel,
and Joe Bonamassa, among others?

They still have Jimi Hendrix at the top, but, while he was the creme
de la creme for his time, many others have since surpassed him, IMO.

In all fairness, the article is dated 2011, but the ones I mentioned and
many others have been around much longer than that.

Those rankings are always kinda lame, it's hard to argue them because its all personal opinion anyway. I don't think Jimi should be anywhere in the top 5 TBH, he was a pretty sloppy player.

I think its kinda funny they have Albert King and SRV at 12 and 13 and state that SRV was influenced by Jimi? SRV was influenced by King, that's who he looked up to.

[spikerman]

I would put Eddie Van Halen above all of those guys. I always thought Paige and Hendrix were sloppy compared to him. He revolutionized the guitar. How many people were tapping and doing the hammer ons before him?

[tomjonesrocks]

I would put Eddie Van Halen above all of those guys. I always thought Paige and Hendrix were sloppy compared to him. He revolutionized the guitar. How many people were tapping and doing the hammer ons before him?

So subjective. I find I tend to be moved by sloppier players. I mean I love shredders too but a guy like Satriani can't write a decent/catchy riff in a band setting to save his ass -- but is a far more technical player than EVH. But EVH has many dozens of iconic songs and riffs - I'd go EVH hands down.

Jimi was sloppy -- hell even Page was sloppy. "Don't care"...

[spikerman]

So subjective. I find I tend to be moved by sloppier players. I mean I love shredders too but a guy like Satriani can't write a decent/catchy riff in a band setting to save his ass -- but is a far more technical player than EVH. But EVH has many dozens of iconic songs and riffs - I'd go EVH hands down.

Jimi was sloppy -- hell even Page was sloppy. "Don't care"...

EVH said that Paige was amazing, but live sounded like a "two year old with a broken arm." Watch "The Song Remains the Same." I think you'll agree.

Eddie was also more than a "shredder." He played some slower stuff. Just a musical genius.

[spikerman]

On a side note. I'm off to see Greg Allman tonight.

[weazel]

I would put Eddie Van Halen above all of those guys. I always thought Paige and Hendrix were sloppy compared to him. He revolutionized the guitar. How many people were tapping and doing the hammer ons before him?

you can say that about a lot of the guys on that list... Albert King was the king of bends and Elmore James was the king of slide. Eddie didn't start "tapping" or hammer-ons, he started two-hand tapping. People were doing the former for a long time.

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you can say that about a lot of the guys on that list... Albert King was the king of bends and Elmore James was the king of slide. Eddie didn't start "tapping" or hammer-ons, he started two-hand tapping. People were doing the former for a long time.

Actually, it might be surprising to note that Chet Atkins was tapping long before
the word was devised to describe it. He just didn't do it a lot. I guess he never
thought of it as anything special.

A little story about Stevie Ray Vaughan, as told by Eric Clapton: Eric was driving
along one day, and this guitar player came over the radio. Eric pulled over and
just listened. Then he thought he had to find out who that was, and he had to
find out now. As it turned out, it was SRV.

Eric said that every guitar player gets to a point where his score kind of dries up,
and he thinks, where do I go from here? I guess it takes a professional player to
detect that in another player because Eric said he never detected that with SRV,
that SRV just had that knack of knowing where he's going at all times. That's
really saying something because Eric confessed that it had happened even to
himself.

Speaking of Eric Clapton, the day Jimi Hendrix died, Eric was on this way to
see Jimi. He had brought with him a guitar that he was going to give to Jimi
as a gift.

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Those rankings are always kinda lame, it's hard to argue them because its all personal opinion anyway. I don't think Jimi should be anywhere in the top 5 TBH, he was a pretty sloppy player.

I think its kinda funny they have Albert King and SRV at 12 and 13 and state that SRV was influenced by Jimi? SRV was influenced by King, that's who he looked up to.
Yes, Albert King actually took SRV under his wing and mentored him.

[CoachChaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk

Solo starts at the 5:35 mark

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

This is a fun one. While playing the guitar behind his back, SRV broke a
guitar string. His brother Jimmie picked up the slack while SRV changed
guitars. Stevie then put the guitar back behind his back and picked up
the song in progress. Nothing short of impressive.

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12 years old. Unbelievable . . .

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John Mayer with his own version of "Voodoo Child"
Red Rocks, 1 Sept 2010

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"Crossroads Duel" recreated - Steve Vai & Mike Keneally

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Tina S. covers Jason Becker's "Altitudes." 16 years old!

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Jefferson Starship - "White Rabbit"

Not Grace Slick's best performance on this song, IMO, but the guitar solo is the reason I have posted it.

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[pulse]

This has become my favorite Buckethead solo of the gazillion that he's done. Just incredible...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY6oqk_J-Nk

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Joe Walsh - Turn to Stone

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[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix has some great guitar sounds.

[EastCoastBronco]

I've always been partial to David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler.

[SR]

Skill wise it's probably not up there, but sound wise the beginning of "The Sentinel" by Machinehead is pretty awesome. The guitar throughout that song is awesome. It reminds me of Van Halen.

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I've always been partial to David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler.

Hard to argue against that . . .

[Canmore]

Loved this guitar work since I was in high school.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ZKyFWi7kY

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Carlos Santana - "Revelations"

I spent years trying to learn to play the guitar with my fingers.
Santana shows how to play it with your heart . . .

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[Slick]

Carlos was incredible live. Blew me away.

[viko555]

There are so many great guitarists out there, sadly, most of them stay unknown. I disdain pure shredders, so I tend to stay away from most guitar-solo genres (after having played in some progressive/hard rock and metal bands myself). However, I still admire the pre-2000 John Petrucci. Such great and delicate guitar work... my favourite has to be his Lines in the Sand solo. Such great tone, such great buildup, so much emotion in that one. Still makes me smile.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNMkl8UDcY

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Be sure you're sitting down before you watch 15-year-old Tina S. cover
Dragon Force's "Through the Fire and Flames"

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Skill wise it's probably not up there, but sound wise the beginning of "The Sentinel" by Machinehead is pretty awesome. The guitar throughout that song is awesome. It reminds me of Van Halen.
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[SR]

Top, I'm confused.

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Top, I'm confused.
We all know that, my friend. ;)

But what's up?

[SR]

We all know that, my friend. ;) But what's up?

You're in to metal? Or you're just....?

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You're in to metal? Or you're just....?
I have eclectic tastes. I don't like all metal, all classic rock, all country, all classical music.
But I like certain aspects of each. About the only form I have no use for is rap, but then,
we're talking about real music, aren't we?

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Ben Johnson - "S.R.V." (Actual name of the piece - as suspected a tribute to the G.O.A.T. of Blues guitarists.)

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Fredrik Strand Halland - Little Wing
(Quite some cover for a 14-year-old.)

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Tyrone Vaughan - "Steppin' Out"
Tyrone is Stevie Ray's nephew.

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Joe Bonamassa - "Just Got Paid"

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David Gilmour - "Comfortably Numb"

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Life Without You"

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Zakk Wylde - Voodoo Child

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[Magnificent Seven]

Eddie Van Halen! No question about it!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2I0a7EwWa8

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Mark Knopfler records the master guitar track for "Sultans of Swing" (no picture)

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[Dapper Dan]

Glen Campbell is pretty awesome.

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Eric Clapton isn't the king of guitarists. He's the god . . .

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[Dapper Dan]

A couple videos I like. I think it's neat to think about. A lot of the similar artists of the time just don't compare to Campbell when it comes to guitar ability. Maybe Jerry Reed. But most of the country artists of the 60s, 70s, and 80s are all voice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8AKbrEjUmQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bhuxkzjuQc

[Dapper Dan]

Eric Clapton isn't the king of guitarists. He's the god . . .

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-aAYl259k

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Glen Campbell is pretty awesome.

You posted Glen Campbell playing the William Tell Overture on acoustic. Here he does it with the electric.

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It would be timely to post a solo by Prince. He played 27 instruments,
but none better than he played the guitar. His part starts at 3:27.

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Prince covers "Whole Lotta Love." His usual zany self, but, boy, could he play the guitar!

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[tomjonesrocks]

It would be timely to post a solo by Prince. He played 27 instruments, but none better than he played the guitar. His part starts at 3:27. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y">YouTube Link</a>

Showmanship was not a problem for him. Would hope there was someone to catch that butterscotch tele he chucked into the air after.

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Showmanship was not a problem for him. Would hope there was someone to catch that butterscotch tele he chucked into the air after.

I would like to have caught it.:nod:

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This guy rules! 81-year-young Bob Wood wandered into a Tennessee guitar shop,
picked up a guitar, and this happened:

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[Hawgdriver]

This is my favorite solo in recent times. Nels Cline apocalypse guitar at the end.

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[Northman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGZ_IPLfdKg

The whole song is great but for those who want to skip the crazy vocals the solo starts at the end at the 5:40 mark.

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Steve Vai - "Tender Surrender"

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Steve Vai - "Now We Run"

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Paul Kossoff - "Moonshine" (Free)
Guitar solo begins at about 3:35. Video/Audio sync is a bit off, but Kossoff's performance is just mesmerizing.

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Joe Satriani

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Joe Bonamassa on tone – and how to sound like Clapton, Page and Beck
(If you're a serious guitar student, this is really interesting. If you are not, it probably isn't.)

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise

Anyone familiar with the blues might be surprised that this is SRV playing this piece. Really nice.

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For The Love Of God - Steve Vai cover by Tina S.
This young lady is a phenomenon . . .

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Danny Gatton plays while . . . well, you have to see it . . .

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Here's Danny Gatton while he's not messing around. And that sax just throws icing on the cake:

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Zoe Thompson - 24th Caprice (Paganini) - Amazing!

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SRV - Life Without You

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Prince - Purple Rain
Enjoyable all the way through, but guitar solo begins at about 4:04

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[atwater27]

Pretty sure about half of the greatest guitar solos ever are from Metallica.

[tomjonesrocks]

Pretty sure about half of the greatest guitar solos ever are from Metallica.

Ugh, Hammett hasn't had a noteworthy solo since before he discovered the wah pedal on the Black Album. He's been cashing checks for decades at the point.

[BroncoJoe]

Well, just stumbled across this 14 year old kid. Pretty impressive!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtD0hAzGbeg

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RIP Danny Gatton

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Ted Nugent - Stranglehold

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Clapton like you may not have heard him before . . .

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Glen Campbell & Roy Clark - "Ghost Riders In The Sky"

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Roy Clark

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Joe Bonamassa - Midnight Blues (Wow)

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[WTE]

Did the Andrew Sisters play guitar Tops?

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Did the Andrew Sisters play guitar Tops?
Hey bud! How the heck are you? When did they allow you back?

[WTE]

Hey bud! How the heck are you? When did they allow you back?

The b@stards made me get on my hands and knees and beg for forgiveness.

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Derek Trucks - Layla

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[Jsteve01]

Derek Trucks - Layla

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My brother took me to the Tedeschi Trucks Band last year at Red Rocks and what an amazing display of musicianship period I'm just ticked off that I missed the one from a few years ago where they had Doyle Bramhall with him. To see those two guys play with Clapton would have definitely been a bucket list item for me. When Eric brought them both on tour and showed his humility as one of the all-time great musicians and showcased both of them on virtually every set

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood"

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Eric Clapton - Voodoo Chile (with Steve Winwood)

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There are a lot of good guitar players out there. Eric, though . . . he's special . . .

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The Immortal Chet Atkins

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Glen Campbell & Roy Clark - Ghost Riders in the Sky

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[Slick]

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Steve Vai - Little Wing
Don't care much for that version of the song, but that guy can really swing an axe!

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[BeefStew25]

Top, you like some Lawrence Welk?

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Top, you like some Lawrence Welk?

You don't?

[BeefStew25]

You don't?

I actually do.

[Hawgdriver]

Top, you ever get into Django Reinhardt? Or does it have to have that modern sound?

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Top, you ever get into Django Reinhardt? Or does it have to have that modern sound?
Reinhardt is sensational. His speed and precision have few peers. However, he is an acoustical artist, and I have another thread for that. :)

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny
Here, SRV mixes in a jazz flavor with his blues and shows why many consider him the greatest ever . . .

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This, BTW, is my favorite SRV solo . . .

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Joe Bonamassa - Just Got Paid

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Guitar and Vocals,Arlan Schierbaum - Keyboards,Carmine Rojas - Bass,Tal Bergman - Drums,Lenny Castro - Percussion.
The whole group is badass.

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Tina S. - Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement)

This probably belongs in the Classical thread, but her performance is so stunning
that she can easily take her place here.

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Jimmy Page (w/ Robert Plant) - Since I've Been Loving You

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Steve Vai shows off his improvisational talent in this guitar lesson . . .

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[missMorgan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNAM2EVXH9A

Is this considered as one?

[MOtorboat]

Oh dear.

[Buff]

Oh dear.

My morning started with a Jake Plummer post and has progressed to this and I no longer want to go on living.

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My morning started with a Jake Plummer post and has progressed to this and I no longer want to go on living.
lol

[BroncoJoe]

My morning started with a Jake Plummer post and has progressed to this and I no longer want to go on living.

I might be able to help you with this...

:yo:

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David Gilmour doesn't cover. He takes something and makes it his own . . .

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Some beautiful guitar work . . .

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[Hawgdriver]

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That SoS solo reminds me of Jim James's solo here (specifically at about 4:20, the similarity is striking).

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MK and Dire Straits are the best.

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Tina S. - Teen Sensation

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Tina S. covers Gary Moore's "The Loner"

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Gary Moore - "Texas Strut"

INSANE guitar . . .

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From the way this video started out, it looked as if this guy was going to be in over his head. But then . . .

If you can arrange something like this on the fly and then play it for the first time like he did, you're one badass musician.

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SRV - Testify

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Tina S.

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David Gilmour - Purple Rain

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Get cut off before the end, but still worth listening to . . .

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Justin Johnson - One of my favorite finger pickers of all time. Merits being mentioned
in the same breath as Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, IMO.

Always did love finger picking. I wish that, when I started playing, a flat pick had never
been placed in my hands. But then, I would never have achieved this level of playing,
anyway.

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The late Gary Moore - Joe Bonamassa's choice as the greatest . . .

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[BroncoJoe]

This showed up on my FB feed. Pretty incredible:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nq-kDmQDZM

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This showed up on my FB feed. Pretty incredible:
This probably could have gone into the acoustic thread, but as good as this guy is, he can go about anywhere . . .

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Phil Emmanuel died today at 65. One of the world's elite guitarists. RIP.

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Justin Johnson

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[Buff]

Underrated candidate here - two great solos... Live version is best, but can't find a super clean version.

First one ~ 2:00 -

Second one ~ 4:00


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5waGz0bBA0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XViiUHHzYRw

[Hawgdriver]

Randy!


The day before Osbourne was scheduled to return to England, Rhoads agreed to audition for Osbourne at a Los Angeles studio with his Gibson Les Paul guitar and a practice amp and started warming up. Osbourne, who was very inebriated on that day, said of the audition "He played this ******* solo and I'm like, am I that ******* stoned or am I hallucinating or what the **** is this?!" Osbourne has maintained that he immediately gave him the job. Rhoads recalled later, "I just tuned up and did some riffs, and he said, 'You've got the gig'; I had the weirdest feeling, because I thought, 'You didn't even hear me yet'".

[Hawgdriver]

I'm sure it's been said, probably even by me in this thread, but Gilmour's solo in Time is my favorite. Sometimes it's best to let it breathe.

[Northman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ist5aR5mgA

[aberdien]

This was a good fingerpicking electric guitar solo I'd never heard until 2 minutes ago

https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/status/1265671662911066112?s=20

[MOtorboat]

He definitely wouldn’t be someone I would mention, but that was excellent. I’ve always found the thumb pick to be a difficult technique to pick up, personally.