# Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be guitar solo > Angus Young's guitar solo on Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be by AC/DC (1977) starts at about 2:10. From the album Let There Be Rock. Canonical URL: AC/DC, 1977, from *Let There Be Rock*. Solo by *Angus Young*. A driving, swaggering song with a punchy, direct solo. It captures the raw sound of their early years. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be by AC/DC is #18 in our ranking of the best Angus Young guitar solos. The solo is played by Angus Young and the song was released in 1977. ## In our lists - [The Best Angus Young Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/angus-young-guitar-solos/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be? Angus Young played the solo on AC/DC's Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (1977). ### What guitar was used on the Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be solo? A gibson sg through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)