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re: Is the Comfortably Numb guitar solo the greatest of all time?

Posted on 10/11/21 at 2:47 pm to
Posted by metallica81788
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Posted on 10/11/21 at 2:47 pm to
Nothing is the greatest guitar solo of all time - haven't we already answered this
Posted by Melvin
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Posted on 10/11/21 at 4:44 pm to
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You frickers need to listen to more metal
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Posted by parrotdr
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Posted on 10/11/21 at 6:18 pm to
Worth a repeat for this thread.

Posted by samson73103
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:11 pm to
Don't know if it's the greatest but it surely in the discussion. Especially after smoking a bowl and listening to that song.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:59 pm to
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No one can match Gilmour in absolute beautifully perfect tone of a guitar.


Mark Knopfler would like a word with you.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 4:00 pm to
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She looks so much like a young David. Spitting image.
Posted by Cdonaldson27
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 4:42 pm to
Considering that guitar sold for $4 million, I assume he was standing close by.
Posted by Bigpoppat
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 9:33 pm to
"Sultans of Swing" gets my vote
Posted by Crow Pie
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 9:55 pm to
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Considering that guitar sold for $4 million, I assume he was standing close by.


David Glimour Guitar Collection
Posted by UAinSOUTHAL
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 1:55 am to
My top 5

1. Eruption - Van Halen
2. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
3. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
4. Lines on My Face - Peter Frampton
5. Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix


I personally think Eddie is the most gifted guitar player the world has ever seen.

13 minute EVH Eruption Solo
This post was edited on 10/13/21 at 2:02 am
Posted by Easye921
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 5:43 am to
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Considering that guitar sold for $4 million, I assume he was standing close by.


That guitar was more than likely one of his Fender Custom Shop Reissues. Think the real one was already sold by then.
Posted by Shanegolang
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 6:41 am to
Surprised Bohemian Rhapsody hasn't been mentioned. The solo is amazing, Brian May is quite the guitarist.
Posted by Cdonaldson27
New Orleans
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 9:28 am to
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That guitar was more than likely one of his Fender Custom Shop Reissues. Think the real one was already sold by then.

You might be right. Here is more info on that one.

David Gilmour - the black strat

Really seems like he is enjoying retirement with his family. Good for him.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 7:15 pm to
No mention of Billy Gibbons. Dang
Posted by dnm3305
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:43 pm to
It’s one of the greatest but it’s so difficult when you consider all the genres and great guitar playing through the years.

Just Ozzy’s catalog of guitar players is amazing. Jake E. Lee in Bark At the Moon is full of emotion, technicality, amazing tone, effects, it “launches” the song into another level, and you can sing it, just like Comfortably Numb. Randy Rhoads on Mr. Crowley absolutely smokes and is also full of emotion and technicality.

Gary Moore’s Parsienne Walkway and Still Got the Blues are masterfully written.

Hotel California deserves a mention with Dirty Fingers Don Felder and Joe Walsh creating a masterpiece.

The Skynyrd Guys have some gems - Simple Man, Freebird, Needle and the Spoon with the wah wah, etc.

Who can touch SRV’s pure raw emotion, vibrato, touch, and precision? I don’t think more emotion has ever been laid down than on “Life Without You.”

Slash absolutely owns so many GNR tracks. Go back and listen to how awesome the Sweet Child of Mine solo is. Just perfect for the moment, it makes you want to punch a baby. Descending and then ascending all the way back up. November Rain is a masterpiece, and Estranged may be the best of all.

Clapton on While My Guitar Gently Weeps is always in the conversation.

EVH, Billy Gibbons, Hendrix, Brian May, Neal Schon, Duane Allman, etc
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 10/13/21 at 11:54 pm to
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Just Ozzy’s catalog of guitar players is amazing. Jake E. Lee in Bark At the Moon is full of emotion, technicality, amazing tone, effects, it “launches” the song into another level, and you can sing it, just like Comfortably Numb.


Absolutely love all of Jake's playing on Bark At The Moon. Top five for sure.
Posted by Tackle74
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Posted on 10/14/21 at 8:07 am to
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You frickers need to listen to more metal
Pass


Ignorance is bliss. There is no "greatest" solo or guitarist just your favorites. That being said Metal is full and i mean full of great solos and to the uninformed not just shredding.
Posted by dek81572
Bossier City
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Posted on 10/14/21 at 8:47 pm to
It's definitely good, 2 of my favorites are Steely Dan's Kid
Charlemagne and Toto's Roseanna.
Posted by jimmy the leg
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Posted on 10/16/21 at 6:08 pm to
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Slash absolutely owns so many GNR tracks.


I personally prefer Slither when he was with Velvet Revolver. Honestly, solos had pretty much vanished for the most part. Perhaps that is why it stuck to me so much. It’s a damn good tune either way imho.

My vote for best of all time is...Time. A list like this is obviously subjective, but that would be my pick.
This post was edited on 10/16/21 at 6:09 pm
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
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Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 10/16/21 at 8:51 pm to
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That being said Metal is full and i mean full of great solos and to the uninformed not just shredding.




Well don't just pop off. Name one.

I agree. I'd submit Crazy Train (Randy Rhoades).

Din't he spell it with an "A"?


ETA The Fade to Black outtro.
This post was edited on 10/16/21 at 8:53 pm
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