David Gilmour's solo in "Comfortably Numb" always hits the spot. Also, I've listened to Eddie Van Halen's solo on Michael Jacksons Beat It, and it's a great performance.
Speaking of guitar improvement, I've been tinkering around, too. Switched to a mono jack to enhance sound quality, but I recently read on
https://ironageaccessories.com/blogs/iron-age-general-blog/guitar-jacks-mono-stereo-how-to/ that stereo jacks might be the secret sauce. Any opinions on this? Trying to take my solos up a notch!