# Highway to Hell guitar solo > Angus Young's guitar solo on Highway to Hell by AC/DC (1979) starts at about 2:05. From the album Highway to Hell. Ranked #461 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: AC/DC, 1979, from *Highway to Hell*. Solo by *Angus Young*. A concise, perfectly structured solo that rides the song's iconic riff. Every lick is memorable and singable. Highway to Hell by AC/DC is ranked #461 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Angus Young and the song was released in 1979. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #10 (BLOmiG). ## In our lists - [The Best Angus Young Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/angus-young-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Best AC/DC Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/ac-dc-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1979](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1979/) — #13 - [15 Easy Guitar Solos to Learn First (Easiest to Hardest)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-guitar-solos/) — #11 - [The Greatest Australian Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/australian-rock-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources - [BLOmiG: Les 15 meilleurs solos de guitare du monde](https://www.blomig.com/2022/03/25/les-15-meilleurs-solos-de-guitare-du-monde/) — #10 ### Who played the guitar solo on Highway to Hell? Angus Young played the solo on AC/DC's Highway to Hell (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Highway to Hell solo? A gibson sg through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Highway to Hell rank among the greatest guitar solos? #461 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)