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This is the second of four electric guitar solos by Slash on "Locomotive (Complicity)," another brief ten-second statement at 118 BPM in A-flat. Arriving in the middle portion of the track, this solo continues the song's pattern of interspersing short guitar improvisations throughout its eight-and-a-half-minute duration. The slightly reduced tempo from the opening section creates a subtly different rhythmic foundation for Slash's phrasing. Like the first solo, this passage serves as a transitional moment, maintaining instrumental interest between the song's dense vocal sections and bridging the composition's shifting dynamics as it moves toward its later, more expansive guitar features.
Slash was 25 to 26 years old at the time.
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