# Hitch a Ride guitar solo > Tom Scholz's guitar solo on Hitch a Ride by Boston (1976) starts at about 2:19. From the album Boston. Ranked #335 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Boston, 1976, from *Boston*. Solo by *Tom Scholz*. Builds from a gentle acoustic verse into one of Scholz's most lyrical, climbing lead passages, layered into a wall of harmonized guitars. Hitch a Ride by Boston is ranked #335 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Tom Scholz and the song was released in 1976. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #41 (Gibson.com (via Georgia Straight)). ## In our lists - [The Best Boston Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/boston-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1976](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1976/) — #16 ## Sources - [Gibson.com (via Georgia Straight): Gibson.com's Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.straight.com/blogra/gibsoncom-picks-top-50-guitar-solos-all-time) — #41 ### Who played the guitar solo on Hitch a Ride? Tom Scholz played the solo on Boston's Hitch a Ride (1976). ### What guitar was used on the Hitch a Ride solo? A gibson les paul through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Hitch a Ride rank among the greatest guitar solos? #335 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/)