# Bad Company guitar solo > Mick Ralphs's guitar solo on Bad Company by Bad Company (1974) starts at about 2:50. From the album Bad Company. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: Bad Company, 1974, from *Bad Company*. Solo by *Mick Ralphs*. Over the brooding title track's piano-led menace, Ralphs adds a gritty, sustained lead that deepens the song's outlaw atmosphere. Bad Company by Bad Company is #6 in our ranking of the best Bad Company guitar solos. The solo is played by Mick Ralphs and the song was released in 1974. ## In our lists - [The Best Bad Company Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bad-company-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bad Company? Mick Ralphs played the solo on Bad Company's Bad Company (1974). ### What guitar was used on the Bad Company solo? A gibson les paul, 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/)