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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #60 on: October 02, 2008, 02:55:10 PM »
its a great solo indeed, but my favourite schenker solo is rock bottom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP_OqOJ8ug
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #61 on: October 02, 2008, 05:25:51 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on October 02, 2008, 02:55:10 PM
its a great solo indeed, but my favourite schenker solo is rock bottom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP_OqOJ8ug

The strangers in the night version is truly epic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6qoTMLrjQ
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #62 on: October 03, 2008, 10:10:22 AM »
+1, Strangers in the Night is a great live album.
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #63 on: October 03, 2008, 09:52:29 PM »
I'm quite into Guthrie Govan at the moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCKpRzfMzU
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #64 on: October 04, 2008, 05:16:05 PM »
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #65 on: October 05, 2008, 04:22:46 PM »
Whilst I admire much of the above ( especially Schenker's " Rock Bottom " from the 'Strangers In The Night' album ) - I am going to have to cite an old geezer's obvious choice - which is Dave Gilmour's live version of the second solo from the song " Comfortably Numb".  Specifically the extended version he played ( and recorded ) during the 'Pulse' tour.

For me it is not because there is anything technically fast or fearsome about it ;  but that it is emotionally epic - and he slowly but surely guides the listener along the melodic / emotive  trail like an old master ( which he is ).  :)
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #66 on: October 05, 2008, 07:55:15 PM »
Two epic solo's from the Dutchman Chris Koerts.

He always played on that great old Black Beaty.

Earth and Fire - Memories (2:35)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W2sMWXy_4Y

Earth and Fire - Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight (1:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akn3sPnKB-o
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #67 on: October 06, 2008, 10:56:04 PM »
Shawn Lane's solo on Illusions. Short, but so incredibly musical. Plus has an absolutely insane picking lick thrown in.
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #68 on: October 17, 2008, 09:40:57 PM »
Good choice there, Nolly.

One I'd like to throw in is Opus Pocus by Jason Becker. It's the kind of thing where if you studied the theory behind it you'd go "there's no way this can sound natural and melodic" but Jason did it. Shawn Lane to an even higher degree of course.
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #69 on: October 18, 2008, 12:15:43 AM »
For me i always get goosebumps listening to the first solo on La Villa Strangiato from Rush's Hemispheres album for the exact same reasons that Fourth Feline mentions for Comfortably Numb - its an emotional trip of expertly built tension and release rather than a technical display. And then there's always the unruly triumph of Page's lead work in Zep's Heartbreaker...
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #70 on: October 18, 2008, 09:47:54 AM »
Quote from: Fourth Feline on October 05, 2008, 04:22:46 PM
Whilst I admire much of the above ( especially Schenker's " Rock Bottom " from the 'Strangers In The Night' album ) - I am going to have to cite an old geezer's obvious choice - which is Dave Gilmour's live version of the second solo from the song " Comfortably Numb".  Specifically the extended version he played ( and recorded ) during the 'Pulse' tour.

For me it is not because there is anything technically fast or fearsome about it ;  but that it is emotionally epic - and he slowly but surely guides the listener along the melodic / emotive  trail like an old master ( which he is ).  :)

So glad someone mentioned that! That solo still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Purely emotional. :D
Gilmour is the ultimate example of how clever note selection and timing can make a solo so powerful. It always kind of bothers me how these "epic solo" debates are always dominated by metal bands. I just don't see it. I find what SRV did in "Lenny" much more emotional. Oh well, to each his own. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YIHvK5WN7I
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #71 on: October 18, 2008, 11:22:46 AM »
How can sweep picking itself bore people? Its just a technique!

It is the same as saying "I don't like arpeggios", which is rather odd, and I think that 'not liking' sweep picking is equally odd... would one enjoy it if the same notes were played with string skipping or some other technique?

If you were to play the left hand part of a great deal piano music written in the 19th Century (which, imo, is some of the most amazing music ever) on a guitar, you'd have ridiculous amounts of sweep picking.

Its just a comment which has confused me for a while.
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Re: Epic solos
« Reply #72 on: October 18, 2008, 03:25:20 PM »
Can I put a keyboard solo on here- Billy Preston playing "Isn't It A Pity" on the Concert for George concert soundtrack.
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