I love a good Neil Young guitar solo. Even his riffs, like the beginning of "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" grab me right from the get-go.

Pop Todd, I agree about what makes a good solo...spectacular pyrotechnics are just one way to go about it, but they can be really boring. It's not a matter of how hard is it to play, but how great it sounds. Sometimes the easy ones are sheer perfection (Neil Young's "Southern Man"...pretty easy, pretty perfect).

But when it comes to extremely difficult ones, Frank Zappa is my favorite. Lightning speed, explosive feel, amazing scales and tone...and the whole time he looks relaxed and bored. smile