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Originally posted by Zayne E.
While I have to agree with HUNGRYMAN's most excellent shout out for Yngwie J. Malmsteen, I don't believe you can give him props without giving just desserts to John Petrucci of Dream Theater. The guy can play perfect 16th notes at 220 beats per minute! That's frightening.
IMHO the greatest guitar solo ever is in the song, "Under a Glass Moon" from "Images and Words" by DT. The solo has lightening speed blues, jazz, arpeggios and the most intense whammy bar pyrotechnics you'll hear anywhere...and it's not a solo-song like Yngwie...it's a full minute solo in a 7 minute song. The solo fits like a glove...It will blow your mind...especially the final 16th note chromatic run across 3 octaves.
And if you like the guitar/keyboard pyro, listen to some of the amazing runs in "Metropolis-Part I" off the same DT album. The solo is also #2 in my book  (All keyboard/guitar harmony). And if you're into bass guitar there is a 10 second, 8 string thingy that John Myung pulls off right before the solo that will snag you undivided attention.
Good stuff Maynard 
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I'm a great fan of Dream Theater too,
but Yngwie is waaay better than John!