# The Stage guitar solo > Synyster Gates's guitar solo on The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold (2016) starts at about 4:34. From the album The Stage. A heavy metal classic from the 2010s. Canonical URL: Avenged Sevenfold, 2016, from *The Stage*. Solo by *Synyster Gates*. A progressive, multi-part solo that shows the band's turn toward more complex arrangements. The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold is #12 in our ranking of the best Avenged Sevenfold guitar solos. The solo is played by Synyster Gates and the song was released in 2016. ## In our lists - [The Best Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/avenged-sevenfold-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Stage? Synyster Gates played the solo on Avenged Sevenfold's The Stage (2016). ### What guitar was used on the The Stage solo? A schecter synyster gates custom, 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/)