Guitar hero Sophie Lloyd has gone viral hundreds of times over for her fretboard-sizzling takes on classic rock, heavy metal and pop songs, amassing over a million followers on YouTube alone. Her debut full-length solo album, Imposter Syndrome, landed in 2023 to decent reviews, and last month she made her first appearance at Download Festival, ticking off a major personal bucketlister in the process.
During the festival, we caught up with Sophie to ask her to reel off her favourite guitar solos ever, and she was quick to mention one that set a very particular and personal bar for her as a young player.
