Originally Posted by: shaggy_bonezSorry 'bout the confusion. Listen to "Crazy Train". During the solo (around the 3:07 time), tabs just don't seem explain enough. I hear this in a great deal of metal and it sounds just wicked.

Just a guess on my part, is it the last lick at the very of the solo before the main riff comes back in? If so, then you are just looking at an ascending F-sharp minor scale played in one position straight across the neck in 1/16th notes. And you are right it is slightly palm muted. It is very well placed ("dramatically") to cap off the solo.

I did a tutorial here that has the pattern he used:
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=370

Check out the Aeolian mode. :)