# More Than a Feeling guitar solo > Tom Scholz's guitar solo on More Than a Feeling by Boston (1976) starts at 2:45. From the album Boston. Ranked #125 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Boston, 1976, from *Boston*. Solo by *Tom Scholz*. Layered guitars from a basement studio. Tom Scholz built the sound of 'More Than a Feeling' in his own home studio, layering guitars with meticulous precision. The solo is melodic and carefully constructed, with harmonized lines that sing like a choir. His tone is smooth, sustained and polished, blending power with clarity. It helped define the sound of 1970s arena rock, showing how studio craft could create an enormous sound from a small room. Listen for how the harmonized guitars move in perfect sync, creating a rich, orchestral texture, and how the solo builds seamlessly out of the song's soaring chorus before handing back to the gentle, chiming verse. More Than a Feeling by Boston is ranked #125 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 4 lists, placing as high as #13 (Rick Beato (YouTube)). ## In our lists - [The Most-Taught Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/most-taught/) — #29 - [The Road Trip 50](https://greatestsolos.com/list/road-trip/) — #29 - [Twin Guitars & Harmonies](https://greatestsolos.com/list/twin-guitars/) — #11 - [The Best Boston Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/boston-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1976](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1976/) — #5 ## Sources - [Rick Beato (YouTube): Top 20 Rock Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV-y91BZonY) — #13 - [Top 40 Weekly: Best 70s Guitar Solos: Top 40 Greatest of the Decade](https://top40weekly.com/best-70s-guitar-solos/) — #15 - [Guitar Solo Legends: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time — Ranked (2026)](https://guitarsololegends.com/) — #56 - [Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/) — #63 - [Musician Tuts: The 51 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://musiciantuts.com/best-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on More Than a Feeling? Tom Scholz played the solo on Boston's More Than a Feeling (1976). ### What guitar was used on the More Than a Feeling solo? A gibson les paul, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does More Than a Feeling rank among the greatest guitar solos? #125 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 4 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/)