Here is the guitar solo from “The Pass” by Rush. The members of Rush have said that this is one of their favorite songs that they have written, and it has one of my favorite guitar solos of all time. It may be short and simple, but there’s something quite special and beautiful about this solo. This is one of my favorite songs of all time! 🎵🎶🎸

Guitar: Gibson Custom Shop Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess (Royal Crimson)

This is the holy-grail guitar in my collection. My parents gave me this beautiful instrument as a Christmas gift in 2012, and it has remained my favorite guitar since then. Rush is my favorite band, so the fact that I was given Alex Lifeson’s signature guitar was so exciting. I had seen him play this guitar on the Time Machine Tour in 2011, and I had watched so many videos showing the guitar. I did not even ask my parents for this guitar because I knew how rare and expensive it was. This Gibson guitar has an extremely beautiful royal crimson finish on the figured maple top, and the way it moves in the light is beyond amazing. The guitar has some very comfortable sculpting at the neck joint and at the body, and it is thinner and not as heavy as a standard Les Paul. Upper fret access is a challenge on Les Paul guitars, but the way that this guitar is sculpted makes it very easy to get to the highest notes on the guitar. I love that it has a piezo pickup, allowing me to get acoustic tones from the guitar. This was my first guitar with a Floyd Rose, and that quickly became my favorite vibrato system. And of all my Floyd Rose guitars, this one is the one that I find the most comfortable to use. I recorded most of the songs from the Youth Be Told EP album with this guitar. This is the guitar that I used when Youth Be Told opened for Zebra at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury. This guitar is my prized possession, and I look forward to creating more memories with this beautiful instrument!

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