# No Way But the Hard Way guitar solo > Joel O'Keeffe's guitar solo on No Way But the Hard Way by Airbourne (2010) starts at about 2:10. From the album No Guts. No Glory.. Canonical URL: Airbourne, 2010, from *No Guts. No Glory.*. Solo by *Joel O'Keeffe*. A stomping single whose solo is loose, loud and packed with pentatonic fire. No Way But the Hard Way by Airbourne is #5 in our ranking of the best Airbourne guitar solos. The solo is played by Joel O'Keeffe and the song was released in 2010. ## In our lists - [The Best Airbourne Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/airbourne-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2010](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2010/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on No Way But the Hard Way? Joel O'Keeffe played the solo on Airbourne's No Way But the Hard Way (2010). ### What guitar was used on the No Way But the Hard Way solo? A gibson explorer 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/)